Not the interview she expected…
Creative Staff:
Story: Cecil Castellucci
Art: Chris Sprouse, Karl Story
What They Say:
“Girls’ Day Out” part 1 of 2! Lois Lane doesn’t do “puff piece” interviews, which is fine, because Diana of Themyscira is not interested in being treated as fluff. But when they’re attacked by robots and croco-aliens, the situation really gets heated!
Content: (please note that content portions of a review may contain spoilers):
With the ability to tell its tales outside of continuity and just have fun with mixing it up, Sensation Comics can definitely play all the angles it wants. We’ve had a lot of focus on Diana’s younger days that delves into the character well, but when it focuses on her as an adult and as Wonder Woman, it tends to go more towards the action aspect. With this first part of a two part story from writer Cecil Castellucci and artists Chris Sprouse and Karl Story, we get something that plays well because it has enough of an inside joke angle to work while also playing the action well. As much as I like my comics with the action element, Sensation Comics does things better by Diana when it focuses more on her character. Straightforward action can get pretty unappealing after awhile.
The story here in the first few pages is definitely a whole lot of fun in general as we get Diana being interviewed by Lois Lane. This takes us to a time where Lois doesn’t know too much about the inner workings of certain heroes and you get the sense that it’s relatively early on in Wonder Woman’s career. While we know that Lois is an award winning journalist, it’s amusing how she gets through the kinds of questions that knows must be asked but really aren’t all that interesting to ask from her perspective. That has her being asked about what she thought of when she first saw a man, who’s the hottest superhero and other fluff things that could be amusing, but is far more infotainment than actual journalism. But as we see, that’s just Lois getting past the boring story so she can get to what she really wants to ask.
Unfortunately, instead of getting a pretty interesting potential interview, the chaos happens instead – which Lois is all too familiar with. The arrival of a giant robot that bursts into the building makes for some decent action as it unfolds, though the robot itself is pretty old school and not all that interesting in its design, but it makes for a lot of fun as Diana does her best to stop it from going further while Lois throws herself into the mix as well to try and help – and to get more details for a story. Unfortunately, Lois tends to become the story herself a bit with the way she gets involved, but as it plays out there’s some decent bits from her about what she’s doing but also some admiration on a basic level from Diana over it. Since it doesn’t conclude here, it’s just a lot of action for the second half but it has some great visuals and a very smooth flow to it overall.
In Summary:
Sensation Comics brings one of my favorite artists to its pages with Chris Sprouse and her certainly doesn’t disappoint here with some great designs and excellent panel layout that helps to make it a smooth and engaging read with some very appealing artwork and a sense of fun about it. That he can make Lois look good and realistic in her outfit while mixing it up with the giant robot is great, especially since she doesn’t forget her purse along the way. Diana hits the right notes here, especially the derisive look she has early on in the interview, and seeing the two of them operating together definitely makes for some fun. The interview material at the start is the best, especially some of the quiet moments because of certain truths that have to be kept secret.
Grade: B
Age Rating: 13+
Released By: DC Comics via ComiXology
Release Date: February 26th, 2015
MSRP: $0.99
