"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.

Saturday, November 23, 2013

Superman #20



This issue makes the wackiness of Superman #19 make a little more sense. The mind manipulation continues. Once again playing with Superman's memories and feelings. Last we saw Lois wearing Diana's uniform, we now see Clark dreaming about a perfect life with Lana and his parents alive.


But Clark gets his little perfect dream interrupted because this issue is really touted as a throw down between him and Orion. No, it's not over Diana. It's Highfather's fault. There is heavy hitting shown until Diana turns up to break up Blue and Red's fight.






Orion decides to help Superman with mother box putting mental blocks in his mind but of course we have some awkwardness between the three. It's clear Orion fancies Diana's wonderpants and she's still keeping stuff about her family from Clark. The "kiss" which was actually Diana's wringing Orion's testicles and punching his lights out was not really explained and Clark let it slide because he says she owes him no explanation.


Later we see that Clark's mind has manifested something interesting.

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