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Summary: Wonder Woman's League
Review: This graphic novel may be marketed as a JLA book, but make no mistake, Wonder Woman is far and away the star. When a monstrous dragon appears in Europe, the Oracle at Delphi makes a prediction to Wonder Woman -- the Justice League will defeat the dragon, but perish in the attempt. Wonder Woman swears, then, to save her teammates from death the only way she can -- by defeating them each, one at a time, and then facing the dragon alone.Simply put, this is one of the best portrayals of Wonder Woman I've ever read. She is gentle, but decisive, a woman of peace but ready for battle in an instant when she sees no other way. She is strong (as shown in her battles with Batman and the Flash) and wise (by taking Superman out of the picture the only way she could). She's a full, rounded, honest character, and that alone makes the book worthwhile. Furthermore, this story gives us something every comic fan loves to see -- heroes in a good scrap with each other. The problem is that those stories almost always involve some stupid misunderstanding or mind control or some other contrived plot device -- but not this time. It's perfectly in character and exciting to boot. Moeller's artwork is also beautiful. Although more suited for a fantasy story than a superhero tale, that's what this grapic novel really is -- a fantasy that happens to feature the JLA. There's one portrait of Wonder Woman emerging from dragonfire, her bracelets glowing with heat, that's absolutely breathtaking. (This illustration is used on the back of the paperback edition of this book -- even if you don't get it, check out that art!) "A League of One" is well worth the purchase for any fan of fantasy comics or Wonder Woman. It's great to see DC doing some good, original graphic novels.
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Summary: Moeller's work is excellent
Review: This is a GREAT story. Deep characterization of Wonder Woman, with everything flowing out of that characterization. This story could not have been told with any other superhero. Add to that the awesome artwork and you've got a high-quality tale that you'll be showing your non-comics friends to get them to consider buying comics. Yep, it's THAT good.
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Summary: JLA and Woner Women
Review: This is a well carfted story with even gerater artwork. The story basically deals with sacraficing ones-self to protect those whom you love and care about. It raises the question: How does one do this? Wonder Women choose the road of hiding the truth and, what looks to be betrayal of friends, for what she consinders the greator cause to save their lives. It begs the questions whether this is the right course of action? Even though she is victories, she herself defies the prophecy about the JLA destruction with her own survival. (To know what that prophecy is, one must read the book). Did she choose well? The reader is left to decide. That is the only problem, is that the author didn't steer the reader to a moral high ground and even though Wonder Woman's actions aren't really endorsed, one comes away thinking she might have done the right thing (if this was a philosophy class, one could argue against her actions solidly). Other than that, the book is well worth the read and get this in the hard back before it becomes a papaerback. The artwork is splended to say the least.
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Summary: Excellent artwork, interesting story
Review: This is the among the best artwork I've ever seen in hand-painted comics. The dragon is very well done, and unique too--as Moeller mentions in the sketchbook at the end of the graphic novel, he based the head and neck of the dragon on a horse rather than a reptile because he wanted it to look majestic. Wonder Woman is rendered superbly--she's beautiful in a classical sense, not drawn grossly out of proportion or "softcore" like women in most superhero comics are these days. This is also the best rendition of Superman I've seen in recent memory: he looks very young, which I think reflects his naivete and youthful outlook on life much better than the "old and venerable" or "generic superguy" look that most other comics have given him. I also really liked the way light and shadow were used--there were quite a few panels with Wonder Woman's face in shadows, which really made her seem like a villain sometimes, visually reflecting the moral ambiguity of her actions. The musculature of all the heroes was also done with a dose of realism--they looked strong, but not impossibly so--which actually made them look formidable and ominous rather than simply "super strong" (adding to this effect was the fact that the costumes, while form-fitting, didn't seem to be made out of spandex). Anyways, there's a bunch of other things I really liked about the artwork in this comic, but I'll stop now, suffice to say that I was pretty impressed and would probably buy the graphic novel for the art alone. The story is decent--nothing jaw-dropping like Frank Miller or Alan Moore, not witty and easy-going like Grant Morrison (granted, with this kind of story it shouldn't be), but it's good, though it feels a bit heavy-handed at times. The story mostly centers around Wonder Woman, of course, and although her character is developed pretty well, it's still nothing I can relate to; yes, her "purity and integrity" and love for "truth and compassion" are nice, but she's so perfect in those regards that she just becomes uninteresting because it ultimately makes her less human (Superman has always had a similar problem). Though the book hints at her own pride a few times, throughout the story that pride never manifests itself, as everything she thinks, says, and does is purely out of love and compassion for her friends. I did like the moral ambiguity of WW's actions in confronting her friends, but I didn't like how the end of the book concludes that her actions were unquestionably the "right" thing to do, instead of leaving the morality of her actions to the reader. Anyways, for what it's worth, I was still left thinking about what she did after I finished the book, so at least that's good; but I still don't like how impossibly (almost mechanically) perfect all of Wonder Woman's thoughts and deeds were supposed to be.
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Summary: Ugly
Review: This was infact the worse comic drowing I ever seen , I'll remember the name Cristopher Moeller for never to buy a comic by his name again, though I did give the comic 2 stars its only as response for the plot, which would've become 4 stars if not for him . which is all about how WONDER WOMAN get a prophecy that the JLA will be massacred if they went to face a dragon , and for that she betrayed the JLA got them out of earth for her to face the Dragon as a the "league in one" knowing that death a wait her.
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Summary: Interesting
Review: Though I wonder what inspider DC to bring the sci-fi genre into clashes with the comic world, I'm sure that Tolkien is rolling over in his grave for no reason. Although the genre of both super heroes and of sci-fi, especially dragons, has been played out this book has succesfully fused the two. Much as the other JLA novel of this genre, The Riddlers' Quest I believe, also available in hardcover or soft, the hardcover is a wonderful brown leather as is A League Of One while the softcover has an entrancing picture, which is also featured on the slip cover for the hardcover edition. A League of One is an enthralling story told by a few story tellers that are definitely going to make a name fore them selves, though they don't have the definition of Wade of the the likes but they do have great potential. I think the thing I like most was that for once DC packagewd a nice hardback at a decent price and a good quality cover and printing run. I recommend this book highly.
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Summary: Interesting
Review: Though I wonder what inspider DC to bring the sci-fi genre into clashes with the comic world, I'm sure that Tolkien is rolling over in his grave for no reason. Although the genre of both super heroes and of sci-fi, especially dragons, has been played out this book has succesfully fused the two. Much as the other JLA novel of this genre, The Riddlers' Quest I believe, also available in hardcover or soft, the hardcover is a wonderful brown leather as is A League Of One while the softcover has an entrancing picture, which is also featured on the slip cover for the hardcover edition. A League of One is an enthralling story told by a few story tellers that are definitely going to make a name fore them selves, though they don't have the definition of Wade of the the likes but they do have great potential. I think the thing I like most was that for once DC packagewd a nice hardback at a decent price and a good quality cover and printing run. I recommend this book highly.
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Summary: finally, portrayal of wonder woman done right!
Review: with beautiful artistry and characterization,i feel that this is one of the best JLA books around. although not much modern action, it is best looked at on moral terms. an ancient dragon awaits. she has her own minions doing evil upon the earth. wonder woman, being foretold of this evil (and also told that she and her teammates will perish) decides to battle this one alone. one-by-one, she gets rid of her teammates. YES, even batman! in an all-out brute strength and skill fight! and so, she faces the dragon alone. she then realizes that one of the dragon's attacks would have destroyed her teammates, yet she alone can survive such an attack. in a touching ending, the JLA stand together again.
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