Amazons Attack! # 4 - Chapter 4 - Things Fall Apart

The story is really getting fleshed out in issue no. 4 of Amazons Attack!. The heroes are disagreeing with each other on which battlefronts need attention most and who should be where; the young and naive Wonder Girl and Supergirl take off on their own causing a large catastrophe; nothing goes right for Superman; and Batman and Oracle make a big discovery.

For three issues the superheroes of the Justice League believed they were only fighting the Themyscirians. The comic cuts to a great scene of Grace Choi (from the Outsiders) taking down a group of the Amazon warriors. Someone observing her eventually approaches her. It's Karna, leader of the Bana's rogue tribe of warrior women who hate the Themyscirians and men. Choi doesn't accept the offer to be recruited but it's unlikely that Karna will just take no for an answer. These panels are only two pages but some of the best in the series so far.

You also get this issue to see the devastating effect caused by Wonder Girl's and Supergirl's plan going awry. They foolishly believed they could threaten the President of the United States and force him to negotiate with Queen Hippolyta. Unfortunately for them, the Amazons on winged horses take the opportunity to follow them to Air Force One and take the plane down. Not even Supergirl's strength can keep the enormous plane in the sky and it crashes. Definitely not what the young heroines wanted. And if that wasn't enough of a backfire, once on the ground, the Amazons are gunned down by the US troops. "The road to hell is paved with good intentions," is an adage that applies here.

My only criticisms of the book itself is the coloring. I don't like the way the skin tones have been coming out. They have too much sheen or something that makes people look rubbery. However, the colors of the costumes, particularly Wonder Woman and her mother, look amazing. Brad Anderson is obviously talented with colors but he could use some improvements with those textures.