Wonder Woman 69 / by MELINDA Schmidbauer

My first impression, looking at this cover, was that Diana had cut her hair short.  But then I saw the pony-tail holder.  Not sure Dina should have a pony-tail.  But that is more practical to fight with than loose hair that would fly in your face.  But I really think she should have cut it short, like Natasha's.

Exposition, exposition, exposition.  I am not sure the purpose of telling the first part of this in an expositive flashback by a Kreel official.  Why not just tell the story?  I guess it's a convenient way to skip through six months.  So, we learn that Diana and her band of former slaves are now acting as pirates, catching the Kreel ships and adding their cargos - more women - to the fighting force.  They are training and waiting for the right time to focus an attack on the Emperor.  Natasha continues to entertain with magic tricks, while Diana lounges around on a big bean-bag chair and looks like Harry Mudd with breasts.  I am not very fond of the  overcoat they've put her in...and I think she looks much better on the cover than inside the book.  

And Diana has her team of scientists (amazing what you get with a load of slaves and an asteroid) working on a new lasso, which answers one of my questions from earlier.  They haven't quite got it yet, though.

And now we've reached the climax of the story.  Diana has gotten the Daxamite, now called Julia, to team up with their pirate band, and Diana takes the fight to the Emperor, appearing as a giant head to challenge him. Go to it, great and powerful Diana!