Wonder Girl Mini - a Second Opinion

In my review of issue #1 of this miniseries I said that I would be telling my local comics shop to drop the title. However, my nine year old daughter begged to differ with me. Where I saw the flaws of an editorial driven story by J. Torres, my daughter saw a fun action filled title about a powerful girl. Where I saw rushed and sloppy art from Sanford Greene and Nathan Massengill, my daughter saw art that she really liked and I quote, "Dad, I think this art is really good!" Where I didn't care what was happening, my daughter was enthralled. I guess a 39 year old married guy wasn't the target demo for this comic...who knew?

So, from the true target demo, my daughter gives this book two thumbs up. I'm keeping this on my pull list for her. I look at the racks of comics on display at my local comics shop and 99.9% of the comics there would not keep my daughter's interest. I'm grateful that DC finally zeroed in on what she likes. Keep 'em coming.

Wonder Girl #1 of 6

Spinning out of the absolutely horrible "Amazons Attack", Wonder Girl gets a six issue miniseries and bring a lot of baggage along the way. Writer J. Torres uses the first few pages to catch us up on Wonder Girl's origins and jumps right into her life following the events of "Amazons Attack". Torres is really saddled with a load of bad editorial and writing decisions with this character. Her role in "Amazons Attack" being the biggest issue and driving force her. Another his her relationship with Robin from the pages of "Teen Titans". Both of these turn what could have been a fun book into a mess. The real problem is I just don't care and Torres didn't make me want to either.

Sanford Greene's art is not my favorite style and looks rushed. The lack of any sense of background highlights the rushed look. I will be telling my local comics shop to remove this miniseries from my pull list.