Wonder Woman #224

Marathon Part Two

Greg Rucka Writer
Cliff Richards Pencils
Ray Snyder Inks
Richard & Tanya Horie Colors
Todd Klein Letters
Ivan Cohen Editor
Wonder Woman created by William Moulton Marston

Our cover by JG Jones shows Wonder Woman leading her fellow Amazons in battle. Jones' realistic painted style is a really nice change of pace every now and then, and I really like the different Amazons here. Wonder Woman herself looks a bit odd, but that's just a minor nitpick on my part.

When we last saw the OMACs, they were swarming over Blüdhaven, leaving an overwhelmed Nightwing wondering what to do. But then the evil sentient satellite Brother Eye got a better idea and sent all the OMACs to Themyscira to attack the Amazons. Wonder Woman tries to warn her sisters that the OMACs are actually innocent people trapped in robotic shells, but she's unable to prevent the Amazons from killing a large chunk of the OMACs.

Turns out that this was exactly what Brother Eye wanted. He realized the OMACs wouldn't be able to defeat the Amazons, but he could turn the world against them. Building on his video of Wonder Woman killing Maxwell Lord, Brother Eye sends out another video across the world, showing Amazons killing innocent people trapped in OMAC suits. This video is even seen by the Teen Titans, who have apparently returned from their adventure in Los Angeles and picked up Robin on the way.

Wonder Woman feels the Amazons' reputation will never be able to recover after this, nor will they be able to prevent future attacks on Themyscira. So she has the entire island disappear from the world of man, while she stays behind to continue battling the OMACs.



Geoff Johns is sometimes annoyingly precise when dealing with time (11:48 a.m., 12:07 p.m., etc.). But with Infinite Crisis, he was mercifully vague. This will especially come in handy during the crossovers that will try to add a few little details to the main story that is so jam-packed with action, it often feels like everything is happening at the same time. In this particular case, I think it's good to assume that the Teen Titans did have a little bit of downtime after their fight with Brother Blood, giving Robin enough time to finally meet up with the team.

As for this issue, I did like Brother Eye's plan (and Wonder Woman's sacrifice to counter that plan), but I don't know why such a big deal was made of the OMACs flying over Blüdhaven if their goal was always Themyscira. And this wasn't Greg Rucka's fault — this was exactly how Johns had it in the main Infinite Crisis series. I mean, Infinite Crisis #1 had an entire two-page spread of the OMACs over Blüdhaven, and nothing happened. Oh well.

Next time, we'll conclude the battle with Vandal Savage in The Flash #230.