I really wasn’t sure what to expect from this issue especially after all the publicity earlier today about Wonder Woman’s costume changes, but issue #600 is a great anthology, with amazing stories from Gail Simone (pencils George Perez) , Amanda Conner, Loiuse Simonson (pencils by Geduardo Pansica), and Geoff Johns (pencils Scott Kolins).
The last few pages are a prologue to all the changes facing Diana, which I am going to keep an open mind about. While I hate when they try to create new universes and (in this case) timelines, I know that everything will be reconciled in the end, and I am hoping it will lead to an updated, yet true version of the princess (which is what J. Michael Straczynski is promising), although I do hope we get the old costume back.
The book also includes pinups from some amazing artist: Adam Hughes, Nicola Scott, Ivan Reis, Guillem March, Greg Horn, Francis Manapul, Phil Jimenez, Jock, and Shane Davis. Out of all the pinups Francis Manapul’s is my favorite, and he is quickly becoming one of my favorite artists.
Even with all the wonderful artwork I have to admit that my favorite Wonder Woman image of all time still has to be Michael Turner’s cover to Identity Crisis #4.
All the stories are good, and show a different side to Wonder Woman, but my favorite is Amanda Conner’s. Lately I love everything she does, and this was no exception. Her artwork is wonderful as always and her story has the same light-heartedness as her and Jimmy Palmiotti’s Supergirl run on Wednesday Comics.
If you are a Wonder Woman fan this issue is a definitely an issue you should pick up, it even has a introduction by Linda Carter.