This comic has several stories featuring couples like Clark and Diana, Batman/Catwoman, Arthur/Mera etc centered around themes of love and romance. The Superman/Wonder Woman one was written by Andy Diggle and it attempted to finally bring Superman into Wonder Woman's world. Something at the time the Wonder Woman writer refused to do. It was very nice to see them together out on a date getting to know each other better and talking about the burdens of secrets.
With Diana, Clark can simply be himself and not have to hide and lie about Superman. Something he does to protect others. Clearly it is a relief for him and he opens up to her and Diana, while confident about herself as a hero, ( Clark has his journalism etc) admits she is still searching for her place in the world after finding out a lot about her life was built on lies.
Their date gets interrupted ( as you do if you are heroes) and they have to deal with the Sirens and Eros. The story has a really clever twist and wonderful ending but it suffers from being way too short. It could have been extended to flesh out more of this couple seeing DC had been sparing with what we had been given so far. Not too keen on the art but I enjoyed it and most fans of this couple will as well.
The Kenneth Rocafort cover is just gorgeous.
Enjoy some pages.
How awesome is that? He stopped Eros' love bullet. While it is magical and it does wind him to catch it, a bullet to Superman is still a bullet. And he already has love in his heart...for her...which is his choice.
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