During this stint, Rucka zeroed in on Diana’s role as the ambassador from Paradise Island, where she led a full-time staff at the Themysciran Embassy (and courted controversy when she wrote a book based on her own personal philosophy).

Wonder Woman (Volume 2) Issues #205-213 (2004)Īfter The Hiketeia, Greg Rucka took the reins of the ongoing Wonder Woman series for a three-year run starting in 2003, joined bt Drew Johnson and various other artists. This one-shot graphic novel is an early example of how much Rucka understood the complexities that make up Wonder Woman’s philosophy.Īlthough initially published as an original graphic novel, it is now collected in Wonder Woman By Greg Rucka Vol. Considering that the Hiketeia is a sacred duty that must be honored when invoked, Wonder Woman has to make a choice-either honor her moral code, or break the ancient oath. Jones ( Final Crisis) is very much a Greek tragedy. In this story, Princess Diana takes part in an ancient Greek rite called the Hiketeia, where she is honor-bound to eternally protect and care for a young woman who asked for her protection by invoking an ancient, sacred ritual, one she knows an Amazon like Diana cannot ignore or refuse.Eventually, Wonder Woman finds out that the young woman has killed the sex traffickers and drug dealers who murdered her sister, and she the finds herself in a moral conflict with her fellow Justice Leaguer and friend Batman, who is searching for the fugitive to bring her to justice. This one-shot, which is illustrated beautifully by artist J.G. So if you’re wondering what all the hubbub is about regarding Rucka’s take on Princess Diana, here are some of his very best stories with the character over the years.īefore he started his run on Wonder Woman, in 2002, Greg Rucka’s first go-’round with the character was the graphic novel Wonder Woman: The Hiketeia. Rucka has quite a history with the character going back some 15 years, and is considered by many to be one of the definitive Wonder Woman creators of the modern era. All any of us who’ve worked on the book this last year have wanted is to serve her well, to illuminate what we so absolutely believe makes Wonder Woman such a remarkable and unique and timeless and important character.” “Writing Diana again has been an amazing experience, on the level of a dream-come-true. He announced his departure from the title via his blog, saying the following: Rucka was given the reigns of Wonder Woman for her “back to her roots” approach in DC Rebirth, and the series so far has been exactly the Princess Diana that fans have been missing since the New 52 era began. This week, Wonder Woman fans were given the bummer news that veteran comics writer Greg Rucka would be leaving the character with issue #25 this July.

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