REVIEW: Wonder Girl No.4

Once again Yara stays at the top of the line of successors for the tiara that Diana once held with honor and pride before her untimely death in Death Metal.

Even with Artemis present in the book, and Nubia with her own title, the scrappy 18 year old South American shows up and shows out in this 4th installment of Jones’ “Homecoming” arc.
The limits of Eros’ arrows are tested, as Yara is led around Mt. Olympus and given the offer to sip the ambrosia of the gods and become trapped on Olympus forever.
This offer, though it sways Yara, does not prevent her from seeing the bus driver that she met as soon as she touched down in Brazil. With that, it appears that perhaps Dan Watters was right during his run of “Lucifer” about the power of forgotten gods.

Jones has found some way to make the romantic sequences in this book far from vomit-inducing. Full creative control is such a wonderful thing, and Jones is continuing to set a new benchmark of a single writer and artist solely responsible for one story. Artemis and Yara first meet up was something to relish in, if only for the future of a possible Contest of Champions and Yara’s big mouth almost got the preliminaries off in this very issue ! But, this didn’t occur because for some reason Wonder Girl O.G. (these days more like W.G.- Lite) actually had some words of wisdom to cool the situation down, that is a stretch from her days under the pen of Peter David or Geoff Johns, and that’s not a bad thing in the slightest. Cassie may never get the title of Wonder Woman, but at least under Jones’s pen she’s continued to progress in maturity, a feat that cannot be overlooked in a universe that changes continuity like Superman changes overwear.

“Homecoming Part IV” features poster worthy art, a modern and entertaining story without appearing to forcefully garner attention from a specific demographic. This approach Jones takes sets “Wonder Girl” apart from the rest of the current titles DC has featuring the Amazons of Themyscira – possibly the best spot to vacate, but Jones might just have rewrote history and switched that destination to the Brazilian rainforest. Hats off.

Score : 5/5

(W) Joelle Jones (A/CA) Joelle Jones, Adriana Melo