REVIEW: The Silver Swan Flies in Wonder Woman: Swan’s Song
From: Wonder Woman (2016) #38-40 Arc: Swan’s Song After being saved by Wonder Woman, Vanessa Kapatelis thought that they would become the best of friends. She looked up to the Amazonian Princess and considered her as a role model. She thought highly of Diana as the latter helped her recover from her injury. Expecting that Wonder […]
From: Wonder Woman (2016) #38-40
Arc: Swan’s Song
After being saved by Wonder Woman, Vanessa Kapatelis thought that they would become the best of friends. She looked up to the Amazonian Princess and considered her as a role model. She thought highly of Diana as the latter helped her recover from her injury. Expecting that Wonder Woman would always be there for her, she was disappointed of Diana’s absence when she hit a rough patch in life. This eventually led her to the path to villainy as she used the microscopic nanites in her blood to transform into a cybernetic winged villain called the Silver Swan.
“Swan’s Song” has all the elements of a good story. Sadly, it wasn’t utilized to its potential. At the very least, the story was good enough to keep the readers entertained. One thing that didn’t work well was the under-utilization of the panels. It felt that some dialogues could have been compressed or combined to shorten the time needed to tell the story. Moreover, some dialogues were redundant and didn’t helped in the progression of the story.
Emanuela Lupacchino’s art and Romulo Fajardo Jr.’s colors were the saving grace of this book. While panel transition and panel utilization could have been better, the interior art was, nonetheless, eye-catching. From the point of view of art appreciation, the Jenny Frision variants made it even better.
While there is not much to be impressed about in this story arc, the continuity element James Robinson set in is quite exciting as he lays down the path for another Wonder Woman-Darkseid tussle. For the readers and collectors who would like to complete the series, it is highly recommended to just wait for these books at the sale bins.
