I liked this for a number of reasons !!
1. At the front, there is a massive fold out timeline of events for where the story takes place including color coded key with a map of the galaxies with a giant 6 page spread on the reverse side. It introduces the story really well, as well as a taste of the really beautiful artwork.
2. The artwork in this is really something else. From what I've read so far in the first month of comic books, this is my favorite artwork. Each page is unique in it's layout format, which makes it exciting to read, not that typical grid format is boring, but I don't think that would have worked well for this story because it is so dramatic and fantastic. Each page has so much color and there is so much depth and layering to each page, it really is a beautiful work of art. There is so much going on, but Ward keeps everything so well balanced with his use of line.
3. Gender roles reversed! Though it is the retelling of Homer's Oddysey, all of the men are now women so REALLY every character that you are reading about in this issue is female, powerful, strong, complex character. Fraction said he wanted to create a futuristic Wonder Woman type set of characters for his daughter to look up to. They are not overly sexual or dramatically 'feminine' like most female roles in comic books, but they are also not just a mirror image of their male counterparts from the original Oddysey with breasts. They are women, which, I obviously think, is really cool.
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