Wonder Woman #34 - Discussion & Spoilers

[richalex]

So Jason turns into a Tsunami, water, like Zan. A little on the nose with the Wonder Twins thing. Is Diana supposed to be Jayna since she can't turn into animals, but talk to them?

And where is the artist from the first issue? I really enjoyed his pencils.

[PyroTwilight]

Isn't this the 4th issue? I swear, comic writers have a side bet to see just who can drag out the story the most - and I blame Bendis most of all. It's also why I've been reading a lot less comics and more novels.

Oh man you're right. That's even worse.

Issue 31: Hercules gets to fight and dies.
Issue 32: Diana gets Hercules' inheritance.
Issue 33: Flashback to 5 minutes ago with Grail and Baby Seid
Issue 34: Betrayal dun dun dun

[Pinsir]

Also did anyone else notice how off some of the speech bubbles are?

[Awonder]

Oh man you're right. That's even worse.

Issue 31: Hercules gets to fight and dies.
Issue 32: Diana gets Hercules' inheritance.
Issue 33: Flashback to 5 minutes ago with Grail and Baby Seid
Issue 34: Betrayal dun dun dun

Yeah, four issues of meh for the title character.

Also did anyone else notice how off some of the speech bubbles are?

Speech bubbles over the character's face? And no one caught that before printing them?

[MarquisAsh]

Also did anyone else notice how off some of the speech bubbles are?

Rucka’s last run had the same issue with the first arc finale

[BrianWilly]

Another disappointing issue...

Jason's father is Zeus, god of the sky, so he has the power to...create a tsunami? Whaat? I know that they gave a half-arsed pseudo-scientific explanation for it, but c'mon. Just have him throw lightning, or create a tornado! I almost expected that page to reveal that their father was Poseidon instead of Zeus.

I've come to dislike Jason's overall design as well, and the wonky art in this issue (in this whole arc, really) doesn't do him any favors. He's just...a shirtless guy in rolled up jeans. That's it. Is that really it? That's the sort of thing I expect -- and love -- from a CW show, not a major character introduction in this WW series.

All of which would be way more tolerable if the character were somehow more likable or interesting, but he's just mega bland and cliched at first, and then later he turns whiny and throws a temper tantrum over hurt feelings or something. Is he really going to be a recurring presence in this book? 'Cuz that's clearly just what Diana's stories need...a big ol' maladjusted manchild with daddy issues/mommy issues/sister issues/whaaatever. Are we sure no one swapped him out for Superboy-Prime when we weren't looking?

Man...I'm obviously no Azzarello fan, but at this point I'll gladly take a couple Lennoxes over this guy. Sorry, but my only hope at this point is that he becomes so unlikable that he gets inevitably retconned or limbo'd whenever the next big reboot comes!

[Aioros22]

Well he was given away because he was born a man. Which isn’t fair

That I would expect but his reaction looked too persona and staged.

[MarquisAsh]

That I would expect but his reaction looked too persona and staged.

I blame the artist. I didn’t really like the artist for Jason at all. His face just didn’t seem right. But I seen the cover for 35 and the art is actually better. I’ve enjoyed the issue and I’m excited to see where it goes

[OBrianTallent]

The story was ok, not Robinson's best, but definitely not the worst thing he's written or has appeared in Wonder Woman. The art though became quite disappointing. Jason was just ugly. Being the son of an Olympian god and the queen of the Amazons as well as the twin brother of Diana...he should be considered quite the looker. Not someone with a big nose and forehead.
As for the powers...I'm guessing it's because he has wind powers???

[BrianWilly]

Winds don't even cause tsunamis, earthquakes do! I guess Jason just never took an elementary school science class lol?

It's just super weird that there's like a dozen other powers that a child of Zeus might have, but Robinson handed him the one that's not only least affiliated with Zeus but just flat-out strongly associated with another Olympian. It's like if you called him the son of Hermes but he has fire powers like Hephaestus for some reason. Rick Riordan weeps.

[sakuyamons]

Winds don't even cause tsunamis, earthquakes do! I guess Jason just never took an elementary school science class lol?

It's just super weird that there's like a dozen other powers that a child of Zeus might have, but Robinson handed him the one that's not only least affiliated with Zeus but just flat-out strongly associated with another Olympian. It's like if you called him the son of Hermes but he has fire powers like Hephaestus for some reason. Rick Riordan weeps.

If this story was about Jason Grace I'd be all over Wonder Woman.

[Outside_85]

Maybe that's why Jason sells her out? "I was really looking forward to meeting you, Diana. But, you're weird. So I traded you for some Beyoncé concert tickets."

Right now I wouldn't be surprised if it was some baseball cards and shiny objects. Maybe he is not always mr. squeaky-clean and in the night he turns into Gollum?

[wonder39]

....so he got his powers from Zeus, ("We're twins" he exclaims, noting that's why they both have powers) BUT DIana very clearly got her powers from the Patrons, who visited her while she was under military detainment....

so wtf? Can we just sweep this under the "well, he's the twin from the magical reality, and since that was created by the Gods, he's "real" and exists. But I was born of clay so we're spiritual siblings" and get this nonsense over with?

[Outside_85]

....so he got his powers from Zeus, ("We're twins" he exclaims, noting that's why they both have powers) BUT DIana very clearly got her powers from the Patrons, who visited her while she was under military detainment....

so wtf? Can we just sweep this under the "well, he's the twin from the magical reality, and since that was created by the Gods, he's "real" and exists. But I was born of clay so we're spiritual siblings" and get this nonsense over with?

Actually, that Diana is the daughter of Zeus has remained despite everything else. The patrons gave her gifts... but they didn't give her everything she could do, question actually is if they gave her anything at all. Like all we have is her being told they did.

[Mel Dyer]

Another disappointing issue...

Jason's father is Zeus, god of the sky, so he has the power to...create a tsunami? Whaat? I know that they gave a half-arsed pseudo-scientific explanation for it, but c'mon. Just have him throw lightning, or create a tornado! I almost expected that page to reveal that their father was Poseidon instead of Zeus.

I've come to dislike Jason's overall design as well, and the wonky art in this issue (in this whole arc, really) doesn't do him any favors. He's just...a shirtless guy in rolled up jeans. That's it. Is that really it? That's the sort of thing I expect -- and love -- from a CW show, not a major character introduction in this WW series.

All of which would be way more tolerable if the character were somehow more likable or interesting, but he's just mega bland and cliched at first, and then later he turns whiny and throws a temper tantrum over hurt feelings or something. Is he really going to be a recurring presence in this book? 'Cuz that's clearly just what Diana's stories need...a big ol' maladjusted manchild with daddy issues/mommy issues/sister issues/whaaatever. Are we sure no one swapped him out for Superboy-Prime when we weren't looking?

Man...I'm obviously no Azzarello fan, but at this point I'll gladly take a couple Lennoxes over this guy. Sorry, but my only hope at this point is that he becomes so unlikable that he gets inevitably retconned or limbo'd whenever the next big reboot comes!

It was such a promising moment, seeing them fly off together. After reading WW, on and off, for over forty years, with no 'Wonders', who looked like me, there's finally a super-powered male in the Wonder Woman family. Here's a guy, who wasn't just a little embarrassing, in the ways that Lennox and Gail's Olympian were, ..and he's Wonder Woman's blood brother! Felt pretty good, finally seeing that literally take off...

Then...CRA-AASH!!!

I expected a badass, rugged, physical guy, who would be the avatar of every impulse a little boy had ever had to jump into the myth-inspired mythos and join Diana's adventures. I expected him, while not Superman, to be a natural warrior, like his sister - a decidedly masculine expression of that aspect of her. Instead, ..Jason is whiny. He holds out his arms, when he flies, like Peter Pan or a ballerina doing a plie. He has sparkly, air-pressure powers. He's unmanly. Right now, he is just not representing. Right now, he is just not that guy. He is so not that guy that I'm hoping he's Darkseid, in disguise.

While not quite embarrassed by Jason, ..yes...feeling a little disappointed.