Great place to get started
This review may be slighly longer because I wanted to go into a little more detail about the issue since it's the first one I bought of the series.
The Good
This is the first issue of this series that I have got I picked it up because the series had got good reviews and the whole premise with Greek Gods sounded interesting and I was pleasantly surprised!
This issue takes place on Paradise Island when Diana was a child it's Diana's birthday and she has to give something to her mother so that her Birthday is recognised and celebrated she collects a Harpy egg and gives it to her mother. That's not the main focus of this issue though while Diana is celebrating you see war watching from afar.
What I really liked was the appearance of Young Aleka (I know I said I Jumped on the series this issue but I recently got the Trade with the first six issues in it and Aleka was in that). What was good to see is that Aleka is very aggresive towards Diana because she is not a true Amazon but was made of Clay (she's not but Aleka believes she was made of clay). It was nice to see how she reacted and how she felt about it.
This issue also adds something to Diana's history she was trained by war to be the perfect warrior. It was nice to see this and how her training progressed and how eventually the two part ways because of differences in what they do with their opponents. That was the best part at first I thought War was going to totally change the way Diana thinks but it was nice to see that see that she still holds some of her virtues.
This issue also has a real Golden age feel to it because of the Captions in this issue they were quite hearted and really set the tone of this issue without becoming annoying and lengthy. One of them reads like this "When, Diana turns, the blood in her veins goes icier than the sea she plunged into a year a go"
Cliff Chiang this might be his best issue on the series he makes Diana seem youthful and beautiful with just a few lines and I love his drawings of Paradise Island.
The bad
Nothing good jumping on point for the series, can't wait for the next one.
5 stars.
