Monday, June 29, 2009

Wonder Woman - The Hiketeia Review


Hey Batfans, welcome to the second edition of Jason Todd's Graphic Novel reviews. This week our favorite Gothamite makes a guest appearance in "Wonder Woman - The Hiketeia" Written by Greg Rucka, with artwork by J.G. Jones and starring Two-Thirds of the DC Trinity; this book has the recipe for success.

Wonder Woman - The Hiketeia's plot is simple...What happens when the Amazonian Princess Wonder Woman agrees to Hiketeia, which is the tradition that she must play host to a young woman by the name of Danielle "Danny" Wells to protect her with her life. Little does she know Danielle is being hunted by a certain Caped Crusader for committing unspeakable crimes. So what's Diana to do ... does she allow Batman to pursue her protected companion or does she aid a criminal and fight one of her strongest allies?

As always, I'm not going to ruin the book for would-be readers. The plot idea is very interesting and led me to believe that we'd see a fight of epic proportions between Batman and Wonder Woman. Sadly, I was mistaken. Over 80 pages and the fight between the two heroes lasted maybe three at the most ... The artwork was very good but the story was seriously lacking. What started out strong, quickly fell with each page, even to the point of being screwed out of a fight between two of the biggest names in comic history.

Sure Batman is nowhere near as strong as Wonder Woman, but that's never been an obstacle before. The ending seemed rushed as well and I felt letdown by Greg Rucka. Honestly, I feel that this may be one of the worst stories I've ever read ... the artwork is a plus, and the plot had potential but ultimately was a letdown. I wish I could start a Hiketeia and have someone protect me from reading things this bad in the future. Overall, I give Wonder Woman - The Hiketeia a 3/10.

-Jason Todd

9 comments:

  1. Great job, Jason. Harsh score, though.

    Is it really that bad?

    ReplyDelete
  2. Lol Yes...I hated it with a passion lol

    ReplyDelete
  3. Jason...don't lie to these folks! lol

    ReplyDelete
  4. You certainly don't hold back do you?

    ReplyDelete
  5. Nah...If it sucks I'll let ya know

    ReplyDelete
  6. Ouch, this story must have really sucked! I'm tempted to read it just to see how bad it was, but there's NO way I'm going to waste my money on it! I've got to know though, what was the fight between WW and Bats like? That's really the only reason I'd be interested in picking this one up, and if you tell me then I'll never have to read it for myself!

    ReplyDelete
  7. Dude i swear to you it lasted like three pages and one was a two page spread...she like put Bats in a headlock if I remember correctly. It was SO anti-climactic.

    ReplyDelete
  8. "she like put Bats in a headlock"?!? That sounds like THE worst fight EVER!!!

    ReplyDelete
  9. You see why I hated it so much. I mean look at the cover, I expected such an AWESOME friggin fight and it was a TOTAL LETDOWN! Man I felt like I'd have had a better time just watching paint dry.

    ReplyDelete