"We are each other's shelter from the storm."
SUPERMAN/WONDER WOMAN #6

One day I walked into a library and my eyes fell on a book called Kingdom Come. I picked it up and to my surprise it was a comic book...or rather as I later learned, a graphic novel. But I saw beautifully painted panels and heroes that I recognized from my childhood who seemed ...well, grown up. I borrowed that book and I was moved and fascinated by, not only the story of men and women who are great heroes, but by they way they showed their humanity. They suddenly were not two dimensional people who just fought bad guys. They were deeply complex. I love books and reading on the whole and I guess getting into the comic genre as an adult woman was a case of serendipity. It led me to finding DC comics and the heroes I grew up with on TV and saw in movies and newsprint. It led me to finding Clark Kent or as he is known by his other name, Kal-El, and Princess Diana. I fell in love with them and am obsessed with all things Amazonian and Kryptonian now. I love their relationship. I love what they stand for. I love the contrasts of the princess/farmer's son; reporter/ambassador; pragmatic warrior/idealistic protector and empathetic teacher/enforcer of justice. A girl born of the earth and a boy who fell from the sky. The first daughter of Themyscira and last son of Krypton. And it surprised me to find that there were many fans like me, who adore them too.

DC rebooted their universe in 2011 and my favorite pairing is now canon!!! Yay.



Disclaimer : Superman and Wonder Woman are the property of DC comics.

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Young Romance #1 DC New 52 Valentine Special, Review of Superman and Wonder Woman,Truth or Dare,



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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