Fucking Review: Glory #23

First off all, you thought I was joking didn't you? Any ways on to the review.

This book was alright. Having not read anything else fromthe Glory series, it was a niceintroduction to the character and gave some back ground into what iseffectively Rob Liefeld’s version of the Justice League. From her backgroundand look she definitely comes across as a Wonder Woman-esc character, butreally there is a lot more to her than just that. It's kind of like Wonder Woman without the screwed up past that we're all familiar with.

The issue literally opens up with Glory’s origin as a childborn of two different races that have been warring for millennia. Her birthsignifies peace, but she’s raised to be able to rule in peace and destroyduring war. This continues for centuries for her until her boredom takes her toEarth. She fights in WWII beating the shit out of Nazi’s for the simple reasonthat it’s the right thing to do.

The story takes us to the future and a little girl namedRiley that is dreaming vividly of Glory and her life. This continues for yearsas Riley grows up thinking there must be more to her dreams. She becomes areporter of sorts and decides to write her thesis on Glory. As Riley travels and growsshe continues to dream of Glory until her path puts her closer to her than everbefore.

What a difference a decade makes

One thing I really enjoyed about this book was Glory’salmost constant costume changes. It’s hard to get tired or distracted by thecostume when it becomes secondary to notice its changes. In that regard Gloryis very different from Wonder Woman. As far as the story goes though it wasjust okay as it has a Thor element to it and that was different. I’m curious tosee where the story heads after this issue as it didn’t leave me to interestedat the inevitable plot twist that it’s building up.

The writing was very strong for issue even if I didn’t carefor where the story headed. I believed Glory as a character and really enjoyedher dialog. At times I thought for sure she would come off pompous or arrogant,but instead she was just righteous and fair with a stern attitude. It was niceto be fooled by the look of the character for once.

The art is by far the best part of the book. From the coveruntil the very last page the art is great. Glory ages, puts on muscle andlosses it, but all of that made the character appear to have gone throughchanges in her life and homage to the journey of Golden Age heroes. The characterdesigns and looks are very accurate to their ethnicity which is refreshing incomics. Usually characters are drawn pretty similarly and then it becomes thecolorist’s job to give them ethnicity, but that’s not the case in Glory.

I can’t say that I was wowed by this book like I was by Prophet, but I did enjoy it a lot. I’lldefinitely be picking up the second issue and will throw a guess out there thatthis is Image’s next book to sell out. If you were a fan of the series beforeyou’ll definitely dig this next installment of Glory, but if you are like me and this is your first experiencejust know that it’s as welcoming to new readers as it is to the old.

Score: 3/5

Writer: Joe Keatinge

Artist: Ross Campbell

Publisher: Image Comics

Price: $2.99

Release Date: 2/15/2012