Wonder Woman The Hiketeia by Greg Rucka and J.G. Jones

 Wonder Woman The Hiketeia 

by Greg Rucka and J.G. Jones



    I continue to look for great Wonder Woman comics based in the main contiuity instead of a spereate universe like Absolute Wonder Woman. Today I finally read Wonder Woman The Hiketeia, which had been on my list for a while. Overall I think its fine. Its an interesting plot of Wonder Woman having to protect a woman who begs for her protection while Batman is seeking to bring her to justice for murder. The ideas and themes of justice vs honor are interesting and for the most part the characters are well written, but for me I didn't get enough to know a character who is the central part in the story. So if you aren't as invested in the character then the ending is going to fall a little flat. But don't think that I hated this, because Greg Rucka is a very skilled writer and he writes Wonder Woman very well and Batman fairly well. The art by J.G. Jones is great as well, but overall I don't know who I would reccomend this story to. Yes it is one of Wonder Woman's most iconic stories and the image of Wonder Woman's boot on Batman's head is iconic as well, but the actual story just kind of exists. I'm also not sure if this story would make anyone want to read anymore Wonder Woman or read Greg Rucka's Wonder Woman run which came out after this. I do plan to read that run eventually but this didn't make me have to start reading it now.  So yeah, Wonder Woman The Hiketeia is a good, short but kind of forgettable Wonder Woman story. But its still one of her most famous.




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