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5.0

Wow I completely fell in love with this and ordered volume 2-3 right away.

So the first story is probably one of the most famous stories. You know the famous image of Wonder Woman's boot on Batman's face? (WE KNOW YOU LIKED IT BATMAN) Well...this is hiketeia. A woman who is being hunted by the Batman for killing people goes to Diana for sanctuary. After doing a Hiketeia which is basically a vow to protect that person, it puts Batman and Wonder Woman verses each other.

This story is great, filled with quick pacing, great art, wonderful bitter moments between two fights who HAVE to fight with a legit reason, and a sad but strong ending. Overall, I can see why so many people hold this as a classic for Wonder Woman. It is THAT good.

The next few arcs in here focus on Diana as she releases a book. This book is all about her view points and trying to preach love and such to everyone. This is a great view into the world of Wonder Woman as we take multiple points of views of people around her, down to even a new assistant. This won't be for everyone as it is very down to earth but I love the political nature of this arc and a very scary "villain' in the sense she's not some hulking god or something.

We also get multiple stories running here and that includes the gods fucking around because...well that's what they do. But when War has his eye on Diana once more he begins to play his family to get back at Diana, which cause a major event to happen that not even HE could see coming.

Overall, I was engrossed the entire time. Each issue made me want to read more and Rucka was a master at giving us SO many plot lines but making it very easy to follow. I can't recommend this title enough.

Also, 500th book read in 2020! WHOHOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Okay 4.5 out of 5.