Sensation Comics Featuring Wonder Woman #1 Discussion Thread

[brettc1]

Finally read it.

I do have to say I was disappointed. Diana only appeared in half the book and the once she did show up... I had forgotten how joyless Gail's Diana was.

Also the idea that Diana was perceived by Oracle as less kind hearted than the Flash and less noble than Superman didn't set well with me. Does Gail really see Diana as the assistant principle/mother superior of DC Junior High?

Likewise the idea that a brief exposure to Batman's villains would make Diana step over to the dark side was unpalatable. It felt more like Artemis or Aleka in Gotham.

All in all it was just not a character I either empathized with or enjoyed reading.

It has to be remembered that Oracles perception is only Oracles perception and is not necessarily true.

Later in the story she tells Diana she has to think like Batman to win, but Diana makes the decision to think like Wonder Woman instead and is proved correct. The story wraps with Oracle admitting her mistake.

What this tells me is the Babs view if Diana is not necessarily the correct one. But I can certainly see how given the events of Sacrifice there would be a clear differentiation in her mind between Diana's approach and Clark's.

Many times folks read what a writer has a character thinking and think those are the authors words. Those are only the authors words from the perception of THAT character. What the author thinks may be different altogether.

[Javier Velasco]

It may be, but Oracle used to be Batgirl. Especially if this happened in the old DCUniverse, she would have had years of knowing about (and working with) WW before and after Sacrifice. She did after all work with Diana in JLA, as Oracle.

But as I have already mentioned, much of my dislike of the story had to do with Diana's actual tone herself, not just Oracle's description of her. A tone which Simon gave the character in her own book. A rather joyless "disciplinarian".

[brettc1]

It may be, but Oracle used to be Batgirl. Especially if this happened in the old DCUniverse, she would have had years of knowing about (and working with) WW before and after Sacrifice. She did after all work with Diana in JLA, as Oracle.

But as I have already mentioned, much of my dislike of the story had to do with Diana's actual tone herself, not just Oracle's description of her. A tone which Simon gave the character in her own book. A rather joyless "disciplinarian".

I found her formal, not joyless.

She cretanily had a big ol smile on her face when she asked Powergirl to tie her up, but personally I found Ruckas Diana to be the joyless one.