And Then I Read: WONDER WOMAN 15, LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES 15

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Writer Brian Azzarello is having some fun in this title with demi-gods, various illegitimate children of Zeus that are hiding out in our world, sort of the way the Fables characters do in their book. Wonder Woman is trying to find these half-brothers and half-sisters for her own reasons. Meanwhile, one of them is hanging out with Orion of the New Gods, who doesn’t take kindly to interference from Diana. As you can guess, a battle ensues, and in it Diana finds she has a new power. This is a more enjoyable storyline to me than the previous one, and I rejoice in the art of Cliff Chiang on this issue.

In this book, writer Paul Levitz sets aside some of the many storylines he’s juggling to focus mainly on a time-disrupted Barcelona, where dinosaurs and other anomalies from the past are mixed together with the city’s beautiful art nouveau architecture and a few Legionnaires to create a lovely scramble. Magic-wielding Glorith gets some time in the hot seat, literally, and handles it well. The art by Francis Portela is almost as much a star as the storyline, beautiful work on the future Barcelona and all the other fun stuff.

Both books are recommended.