Carlo BarberiBesprekingen

She's a demi-godess of truth and justice. He's a manipulative, mind-controlling liar. Together, they're detectives!

So, yeah, Wonder Woman teams up with Maxwell Lord for ten issues. It's funny, y'see, because WW killed Max once. um. ha?

To make it even worse, the story delivers a previously unknown relative for a major character -- one of my least favorite tropes.

The Mikel Janín art for the opening two chapters and the Joshua Middleton variant covers at the back of the book might be the only reasons this isn't a one-star review.

My first encounter with Max Lord and I really like him as a villian. The best ones believe they are on the side of right and this volume really emphasized that. This was a wonderful story.

ETA: I see the writer is a Toronto playwright. No wonder the story was so good.