When Batman’s Got Your Back(story)...: A (Very!) Brief Review of Wonder Woman #6

Gentle Reader, there is really nothing I can add to the ongoing debate surrounding Wonder Woman #6. My Brother and Sister Bloggers have said it all for me, and said it Quite Well. Don't believe me? When Fangirls Attack! has collected several recent reviews for us. However, I will say, with some conviction, that I was, to put it mildly, a bit disappointed with this latest issue. The credit cards, the subway turnstiles, the pumping of the gas, all of it seemed a bit Out Of Character with a superhero defined as “Wise As Athena.”

But there is one point that haunts me, again and again, and I’d like to present it for your input.

If Batman—yes, that’s right, Friends, *The* Batman—creates an identity for you, wouldn’t that include basic understanding of said new identity?

That is to say, if Bruce were trying to help out his Dear Friend Diana, wouldn’t he, I don’t know, teach her to use credit cards and pump gas if he suspected she were unaware of such things?

I’m still reading Wonder Woman, Friends; I’m still buying the title, and I’m willing to give any writer a chance. But I was as unimpressed with #6 as I was impressed with #5. #7 is out Very Soon Indeed, as is Amazons Attack. I’m curious, very curious, to see how all of this falls together.