WONDER WOMAN #600

Really? I mean...really? Who knew that this stupid character would have six-hundred issues under her magic belt. & even though I read this issue, I really have no idea who reads this book. I guess before internet porn, maybe perverts liked to ogle the chick in the short shorts. Girls don't read comic books (I've been in comic book stores a million times and have never once saw a girl buying a comic). There was a Wonder Woman TV show in the 70's. Maybe this book was big back then. I'm not sure why it continued. Finally, though, DC has a major player writing this book. J. Michael Straczynski, who wrote Amazing Spider-Man and Thor before escaping to DC, is the new writer on this book. The first order of business was to get Jim Lee to design a new outfit. Wonder Woman now wears leather pants. Straczynski's prologue is short, but not surprisingly the only good story in this book. The first story is fluff but drawn by superstar George Perez, the artist that seems to always give himself more work by stuffing each frame with thousands of characters (Perez also drew the clean-cut, gorgeous cover). The second story is written and drawn by Amanda Conner and is terrible. The third story is written by Geoff Johns but isn't really much of anything except a psuedo-history of the character. There are some amazing pin-ups here, too, by such artists as Jock, Ivan Reiss, Phil Jimenez, Shane Davis and Francis Manupal. This is a big anniversary issue and they've got every major player at DC working on the thing. It would have been a lot better if it was just a really good 22 page issue with something shocking or revelatory, but it's a celebration of a character, and that's okay, too. **