Diana is locked in a brutal battle with Doomsday. She takes a hell of a lot of punishment showing us how powerful new 52 Doomsday is but this does not cow Diana. She refuses to go down even though her arms are broken. Clark, meanwhile, is trying to save a ship in danger of sinking and as he does Doomsday simply disappears. Diana gets a reprieve.
Clark is worried about Diana and offers to take her to get medical attention but she declines citing her divine blood will soon enough help her heal. I think we also see that Amazon part of her that does not indulge in her self and keeping any vulnerability under wraps. She asks Clark about the creature and describes it for him. Clark's reaction concerns her. She's never seen him look so worried. He explains who and what Doomsday is. Diana reassures him, in one of the best exchanges between them in the new 52, showing how much she understands the nature of the man and hero. She also shows why she is so wonderful because she tells him she will stand with him. Even after being beaten by something so powerful that she never experienced before she remains 100 % supportive and unafraid. I really hope Clark can see what he has here.
Diana takes Clark to visit her brother Hephaestus' forge in Mount Etna. The plan is to go try to convince the Smith of the Gods to create armor for Superman when he has to face Doomsday. But we also get to see a fun interlude of the boyfriend meeting his girlfriend's family.
Now these are Gods and recall Clark, while having the power of a God, does not see himself this way. So this is the son of a farmer who is an alien/outsider, meeting the powerful and privileged. He first takes on Hephaestus, the protective big brother.
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Hephaestus is grudgingly satisfied Superman might be alright. But then we have the arrogant Apollo and the spiteful Strife join them. Apollo looks down at Superman calling him a thing and disrespects Diana. Clark is not amused. While he stays quiet during the insults tossed at him he simply cannot remain silent when Apollo calls Diana derogatory names.
I grinned in appreciation. This scene was awesome. Clark is in character. Respectful when he needs to be but when the occasion arises, he shows he'll kick your ass. We also see intelligence when he speaks to Apollo in the way he articulates. He displays the kind of chivalrous nature that you would find in men brought up to respect women and what you'd expect from the son of the Kents. Diana shows she can be like any other woman. Her able to look after herself has little to do with the scenario. She can appreciate her guy standing up for her. And that he stand up to cruel Gods? Yeah, I'd fan girl like Strife too. Strife you could see enjoyed all the mayhem as well. Mayhem happening when she is around can't be a coincidence either.
The title ends with a familiar foe showing up. Prepare to kneel.
This book does a great job tying in Wonder Woman to the DCU. Her book is very insular so at times it felt like Diana existed in a world devoid of heroes and no need to wear that Wonder Woman uniform. This series is already showing that the Gods can exist in a world where an alien can exist and the meeting can be one that can be very entertaining. It promises to have great potential future storylines. Apollo as a real threat to Superman for example. And the foe at the end? Yeah the story is going to be big.
I give this one 5 out of 5.
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