Amazons Attack #2 - Comic Review

 

Amazons Attack is a strange pick for the title of this series. Not only is it drawing to mind an absolutely terrible past event with that name, but it's incredibly disingenuous. Though I am willing to give it a slight pass as being how the bigots in the US see the events of this book, as no matter what our group of women do they're painted as terrorists and killers. 

The new Wonder Woman series is doing some big things with the Amazons. Making them enemies of the US, using them as a way for every right wing bigot and angry commentator in the country to vent all of their hatred towards women. Some of the things said in Wonder Woman are infuriating, not because it's badly written, but because it reflects the bigotry and hatred that exists for real in our world, just magnified. The Amazons are a danger, they're coming to destroy your way of life, they're corrupting your women, they're going to wipe out good, decent white men. All of the shit that you see blamed on minorities are being used in this story.

And, as Queen Nubia tries to set things right the Amazons are set up even more, made to look even worse, and now angry mobs and every law enforcement and military in the country are going after her and her team; and they don't seem to care if they kill them. The end of the last issue saw Nubia, Faruka, Yara, Mary Marvel, and Hoppy the Rabbit in the middle of Time Square, their pictures on every screen declaring them enemies of America.

This issue deals with the four women and their rabbit friend trying to stay alive long enough to get out of New York. As such, the book has a lot of stuff going on, whilst not a huge amount happens at the same time. They're having to try to avoid getting grabbed by mobs, or being shot by the military, so there's a lot of action, dodging attacks, and trying to get Hoppy recharged so that he can get them out of there.

The best part of the issue is actually that last one, and I think that Faruka and Hoppy might be one of the best pairings we've had in a while. They have some great banter, such as her giving him condolences when he tells her he's a boy, and him scolding her and telling her to pay for the food he needs is frankly adorable. There aren't many characters that can tell Faruka off and get her to do something she doesn't want to, but it seems like Hoppy might be one. Being a bunny parent though, I have to say they as a species are absolutely up for theft, so I don't believe Hoppy would make her pay.

This issue also draws upon some of the elements from the New Champion of Shazam! series that had Mary dealing with the new Dr Sivana and her magi-tech devices. It's very lightly touched upon here, and there's decent enough explanations for what it is so that those who didn't read the other mini-series don't feel left out. We also see that there's more going on than just regular bigotry and mob rule, as an Apple of Discord is involved. Whether this is going to be it's own thing, or tied into the Soverign stuff in Wonder Woman waits to be seen.

The issue ends with team managing to get out of New York and arriving at Akahim to talk to the oracle to find out more about the vision she had of this group of women. However, they arrive to find the city in ruins, with the word 'sanctuary' scrawled on it.

Art duties for the issue fall to Vasco Georgiev with Alex Guimarães on colours. The book looks great, and the scenes of chaos in New York are staged really well. It feels frantic and dangerous, and you get the sense that the team are constantly rushing around, on guard and ready for things to go bad. The characters are all really expressive and have some great emotions on their faces (again, see the scene with Faruka and Hoppy). It's a great book to look through, and the final page reveal of the devastation at Akahim is gorgeous.

This is a pretty fun series, more fun that a book called Amazons Attack should be. I like the group of characters that are being used, and including Mary in Amazon stories gives her stuff to do outside of whenever the Shazam! title decides to use her, and adds some power variety to the team. I'm looking forward to seeing where this chapter of the Amazon story goes next.

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