I'm really looking forward to re-reading John Byrne's run on Wonder Woman. It's kind of like Velveeta. It has absolutely no nutritional value, but that doesn't stop you from reading and kind of enjoying it.
I don't remember how long he was on the book, but I do remember he had a few big arcs. It's been so long that I didn't really remember too much of what's reprinted here. I'm waiting for his Hippolyta arc and his (kind of awful) Donna Troy arc. I have very fond memories of both of those.
What he did here is take Diana, drop her in a new city, set up a new supporting cast and introduce the seeds for the new Wonder Girl. At this stage in her fictional life, Wonder Girl is kind of a horrible idea. Thankfully later on she gets fleshed out much better, only to be turned into something even worse than what we have here in the New 52.
Lots of guest stars in this book. I like guest stars. Sue me.
The only thing that really pissed me off about this book is Byrne did what everyone else likes to do when they have no idea what they're doing with Wonder Woman. They stage something big and tragic on Themyscria and slaughter half the Amazons. That's so overdone and such bullshit. Future writers, don't even think about it!!
Wonder Woman By John Byrne Vol 1
Writer: John Byrne
Artist: John Byrne
DC Comics
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