Some thoughts about Wonder Woman #51

Wonder Woman's biggest strength is her compassion.

Diana beat a supervillain months ago but she believes there are much better ways to end her criminal ways.

A new run officially begins and you should understand why I wasn't particularly excited. The last two attempts were not the best with Shea Fontana delivering an immensely forgettable story and James Robinson even surpassing that in terms of being unremarkable. That wasn't my only concern since the new writer, Steve Orlando, has shown to be extremely hit and miss with some of his recent work not being even half as good as his first Midnighter series.

That being said, this is a pretty promising beginning so far. Orlando surprisingly focuses on one of the most forgettable events from Fontana's run to deliver a really compelling story about how people can change were they're shown some emphaty and really, there's no better person to demonstrate this than Wonder Woman.

The theme not only works strongly for the series but also creates really solid an appropriate characterization for Diana which focuses on her past and shows what the future of this run could be. Not to mention that it also gives personality to a character who I didn't even care about when she first appeared and once again, developed a solid connection between her and the protagonist and book.

Laura Braga handles the art and is really good looking with beautiful and expressive characters along with clear storytelling.

So far so good and better than expected. Hope it continues this way.