photo by Chris Blakeley www.blakeleyphoto.com
I am living for this series of books [DC Icons series]. As a fan of comic books who is sick of the ossification and stagnation of the Big Two, these books are a welcome breath of fresh air in that they are fun tweaks to familiar characters. Wonder Woman is young, naive and conflicted on a Themyscira out of time. Batman is a college-aged Bruce Wayne whose life was utterly transformed by the death of his parents but has a life and friends and joy. And Catwoman… oh what they’ve done to her is fantastic, bringing in Harley and Ivy and the League of Assassins, making her dangerous, proactive and human. I can’t wait to see what they do next. Superman? Oh my…
–Chris Blakeley, Seattle, WA
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