An okay production, The art is good and the plot not unreasonable, but the gods aren't as godlike as mythology and awful poor human beings. Never sure how much of the weirdness that the artist puts into the deities is based on some little mythological footnote, and how much is unabashed artistic license.Th e plotting and dialog also leave more mysteries than they solve -- I'm never sure when the comic is supposed to be making a point and when it is just odd because the writer wasn't communicatin...

Better than volume 1, but still not greatYet again I find myself struggling with a rating on this. So far in this series, Azzarello will give me something I like and then I start feeling excited and then the next page there will be something that annoys the hell out of me and I'm right back to feeling ambivalent. And this time they're totally different annoying things! I will say that so far the best thing about this series is how well written Wonder Woman is as a character. The side characters

A little melodramatic to start, but Azzarello has a compelling take on the classic WW mythology, that I happen to think make more sense - and make for a richer universe in which to set WW's stories. What makes more sense, and gives room for more pathos: Amazonians are a race somehow devoid of males, or that Amazonians *choose* not to keep the males as part of their culture?This reminds me of Milligan's attempt to put a modernist spin on Greek mythology, in his Greek Street series. I didn't reall...

(B+) 78% | GoodNotes: It endows humanity upon gods, who, in their cold divinity, admit forsakenness and love as fountainheads to motive.

I enjoyed the second volume slightly more than the first one, because this volume was full of interesting plot twists. Also, I really liked how the gods are depicted, especially Hades.

Azzarello’s Guts picks up right where Blood left off without missing a beat. Brian continues to mix it up by stirring in even more Greek mythology with Diana’s origin. This one starts out with Wonder Woman meeting up with Hephaestus “The Smith”. Really dig this guy. Diana comes to him for some help preparing for her road trip to the Realm of Hades. She also has a surprise in store for her when she discovers a little secret about home sweet home, Paradise Island. And this one shocks the hell outt...

*On rereading this- I really love that Azzarello wrote this as a horror story, a Vertigo title, calling back to his reallllllly effed up run on Hellblazer.*I understand that some readers are feeling a little... uncomfortable with the rewritten backstory of the Amazons, in that they basically rape and kill seafaring men and then sell their male offspring into slavery. This is actually the true mythology behind the Amazons, and with Azzarello keeping in step with the extremely heavy mythological s...

Bullet Review:I found this better than volume 1, though maybe it was just because I now have a better grasp of previous WW works. That said, the art is weird (like how Aphrodite was seen at the waist) or awful (WW can't seem to be consistent between panels), and I can't BELIEVE we are still on this stupid "Ultimate Gods" showdown with that stupid Zola woman. I thought this was about WONDER WOMAN.Wonder Woman herself isn't bad - at least she's confident and kicking ass instead of a questioning, s...

Some more good twists on the Amazonian lore, and a bunch of unexpected surprises from the denizens of Olympia.

3.5 starsThis series stands out as a New 52 title because of how heavy it is on Wonder Woman's Greek background. I've always liked mythology and it's cool to see it in a superhero comic.This series is better so far as a cohesive storyline than it is as individual volumes. So far it's not amazing but it is enjoyable. Definitely interested in continuing.

3.5 starsConsidering how much I disliked the 1st volume, I'm a little surprised to say that this new Wonder Woman is growing on me.I'm not in love with it, but I probably won't wait as long to try to read the next volume.I think the main thing that turned the tide for me was Hephaestus and the whole Amazon babies storyline. I liked it, and I think that plot line could really go somewhere interesting.The art didn't freak me out as much this time around, either. Hades still looks like a stupid bir...

Greek mythology scholars know that Zeus was a ladies’ man and none too faithful to his wife Hera. According to legend, and Rick Riordan’s fun writing, the world is bursting full of Zeus’ bastards.Wonder Woman writer Brian Azzarello has more amusement with this idea as Zeus knocks up a little redneck girl from Virginia – probably disguised as a truck driver.So there’s a scene where tall Amazon Diana is hanging out with Zola, barefoot and pregnant and wearing Dollar General attire.Too fun!Azzarell...

I love this volume down to its very last detail. It is a frenetic, smart, rich and surprisingly humorous installment of Brian Azzarello's stellar Wonder Woman run! In this book, our Amazon Princess literally goes to the underworld to marry Hell himself, as a price for the bargain she has with Hades. Hephaestus and his automatons has an unexpected heartfelt backstory. It is in these details that make volume two of Wonder Woman a memorable read.Azarello's New 52 Wonder Woman is a solid story of ac...

Story: The story ramps up as Wonder Woman and gang head into hell to save Zola. However, in hell, there's always a price to pay. After Wonder Woman is wounded she is left by the gang as an exchange for Zola. Now, without their leader, the crew has to figure out how to save Wonder Woman. However, the amazon queen isn't about to back down so easy. Art: It's weird. Some of the art doesn't work for me at all, while the emotional shots, and big fights, all look great. So basically best way to describ...

This series continues to be epic as we see Diana escaping from earth to meet with Hephaestus and the plight of the male children of the Amazon and then travelling to hell to rescue Zola from HADES and she does and well gets stuck there and its a great escape and how she manages to escape from there but they could have done the story so much better and make it more epic compared to a family gathering and if the plot of "Zola being abducted" was not enough she has to now go to Apollo and fight him...

Guts is the second volume of Wonder Woman’s New 52 iteration. Now, I have to admit, I’ve never particularly been a Wonder Woman fan. I mean, sure, as a young boy, I liked her just as much as the next young boy, but I never read her comics. But, when DC decided to (sort of) reboot their shared universe with the New 52, and when I learned that Brian Azzarello would be taking over Wonder Woman, well, even as a thirty-five year old man with a wife and two daughters, I couldn’t resist. Azzarello is a...

AMAZING. I think I'm in love. The direction in which Azzarello is taking Wonder Woman is nothing short of amazing. I love that he is giving so much weight to the different Greek Gods, and I enjoy seeing what he is doing with them, making them his and part of this story. Even when there are changes to the mythology (like Hades beig a kid and wanting to marry Diana, demoting Persephone) this changes do make the story so much more powerful as we are surprised by its turns.I am really loving this se...

I like how the goddess of love is shown here. It's an interesting take on the gods.

It is my firm belief that Brian Azzarello's 'Wonder Woman' is the best New 52 book out there! Before 'Blood', I must confess, I'd never read a single one of Diana's graphic adventures, and I was completely blown away by the creativity, the artwork, the mythos and, above all, the character of the titular heroine. So, you can imagine how happy i was as I kept on reading into Volume 2 and found it even better!Like a mixture of Clash of the Titans and The godfather, the Greek Gods are reimagined as

What did I think? Hmm. While these were probably some of the most entertaining Wonder Woman stories I have ever read, I still think there is a great lack of storytelling in modern comics. Everything is downsized. There is no depth, very little characterization. What glimpses I got into the glory of the art form are no longer even attempted these days. I don't even know how to put it into words.IF you're going to rely on artwork to tell the majority of the story, cutting the page count down to 20...