I picked WONDER WOMAN, VOL 1 at the local library to continue my quest to read more things Diana after liking the Wonder Woman movie so much. My reading order is rag tag at best, but this hasn't mattered yet. Everything's pretty understandable so far, plot-wise.

In WHO IS WONDER WOMAN? Diana begins her struggle for identity after taking a human life in the previous comic arc. There's no grandiose themes in this volume: solid arc- and world-building; introductions to the major players; and tying the last arc's loose ends fill the pages, making for a straightforward read. Well, straightforward up to a point because:

WHAT THE *BLEEP* IS UP WITH HERCULES IN THE DC UNIVERSE. *cough, cough* Really, once they explain his backstory, I'm surprised anyone decided it was okay to have him in a Wonder Woman comic. Please put him back under the earth where he belongs.

Circe, acting as Diana's shadow, brings up a much more interesting, relevant point about Diana acting for and on the behalf of the common woman. It seems a concept worth exploring, and Diana didn't respond to Circe's challenges in a way that satisfied me. At the end of the comic, I too wondered why Diana didn't fight sex traffickers, rapists, and domestic violence, especially as she's taking this time to explore the human experience. Those are human experience that crave justice, and she likes bringing the justice.

So. All and all, a good, if a little bland, start to this Wonder Woman run. I'm more interested in what happens later in the series because Gail Simone writes it and so far, she's the best WW writer I've read.