Wonder Woman #4

Title: Wonder Woman
Issue: 4
Date: February 2012
Publisher: DC Comics
Writer: Brian Azzarello
Artist: Cliff Chiang
Colorist: Matthew Wilson
Letterer: Jared K. Fletcher
Editor: Chris Conroy, Matt Idelson
Cover: Cliff Chiang

Hera exacts a bit of divine revenge on Hippolyta for her affair with Zeus. There is actually a pretty intense (and vividly drawn; the visuals of Hera are awesome) confrontation between the two queens, but when it is all said and done we learn that 1) Probably not a good idea to bring a mortal axe to a the divine equivalent of a gunfight, 2) The Amazons continue to be the Redshirts of the DC Universe, and 3) Somebody is going to need to get these mother****ing off of this Paradise mother****ing Island (and I don't think Nick Fury is likely to be available any time soon).

Meanwhile, Diana, Zola, Hermes, and Strife go clubbing. In the sense of drinking and dancing. Strife finally manages to annoy Diana enough that Diana smacks her around (stabs her in the hand with a broken bottle, actually), and Strife leaves in a huff.

There is a really nice follow-up scene with Diana and Zola talking about the nature of home and about the isolation they each felt in their childhood.

There's also some scenes involving Apollo and War, who's drinking amid the carnage in Darfur, but these serve more to distract than to add to the plot, at least for the moment.

The final revelation of Hera's revenge is a pretty strong scene, reinforcing this series' theme that these gods really do have pretty godlike abilities and they are not beings you would want to trifle with.

A lot of really great scenes in this issue, but it was more uneven than the last couple of issues have been.

Rating: 7/10