Wonder Woman Vol 2 58

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Confusing start

The War of the Gods was not my favourite crossover of all time. It might have had something to do with Wonder Woman being my favourite character and maybe expecting more out of the event. Here the story is still trying to wrap up the confusion of previous issues with the conspiracy against Diana which has been ongoing. Midway through the issue Heracles shows up and the action thereafter follows him, with his meeting with Atlas. Towards the end of the issue the store telling returns back to the Perez staple, that of using a police report to tell the action, as opposed to the usual comic story telling method. This only adds to the confusion. Mostly for an issue basically starting off the event (this is part 2 overall) it does not give it such a strong start. The art at times is also pretty sloppy at times.

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🤬 there were several panels of the military personnel, taking the Lords name in vain three times, perhaps in a front to the triune God. Since when does the comic book A of authority allow such things? There appears to be the beginning of dismantling the Greek and Roman pantheon of gods , so why not take down the monotheistic religion especially in reference to Christianity?

📚 the title of the story comes from a book by Ayn Rand Atlas Shrugged. In the story arc is a summary of the book, not really necessarily related at all to what’s going on between atlas and Hercules or Heracles.

☦️. In the last panel, with a picture above, and there’s a reference by the Inspector Indelicato to predestination. The gods of Olympus don’t seem to have a clue as to what’s going on, but the reference to Ephesians has to do with the creator of all things predesting to salvation, those who would believe in Christ.

NASB Eph 1) Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, 4 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him. In love 5 He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind intention of His will, 6 to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed on us in the Beloved. 7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace 8 which He lavished on us. In all wisdom and insight 9 He made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His kind intention which He purposed in Him 10 with a view to an administration suitable to the fullness of the times, that is, the summing up of all things in Christ, things in the heavens and things on the earth. In Him 11 also we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to His purpose who works all things after the counsel of His will, 12 to the end that we who were the first to hope in Christ would be to the praise of His glory. 13 In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation—having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise, 14 who is given as a pledge of our inheritance, with a view to the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of His glory.
15 For this reason I too, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which exists among you and your love for all the saints, 16 do not cease giving thanks for you, while making mention of you in my prayers; 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of Him. 18 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you will know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, 19 and what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe

Appearing in ”War of the Gods, Chapter Two: Atlas Shrugged”
Featured Characters:

Wonder Woman
Supporting Characters:

Amazons of Themyscira
Epione
Euboea
Hellene (Deceased)
Iphthime
Menalippe
Mnemosyne
Myrrha
Penelope
Pythia
Timandra
Ed Indelicato
United States Air Force
Gen. George Yedziniak
Gen. John Hillary
Lt. Etta Candy
Steve Trevor
Antagonists:

Amazons of Bana-Mighdall
Shalir
Marita
Cheetah (As an illusion only)
Circe (As an illusion only)
Doctor Psycho (As an illusion only)
Other Characters:

Atlas
Heracles
Hermes
Julia Kapatelis (In dream sequence only)
Mercury
United States Army
Austin
Fedderman (Dies)
Lawson (Dies)
Owens
Locations:

Themyscira
United States of America
Massachusetts
Boston
Hanscom Air Force Base
New Jersey
Items:

Sandals of Hermes
Vehicles:



Notes
The story in this issue takes place at the same time as War of the Gods #1.
Reprinted in Wonder Woman: War of the Gods.

https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Wonder_Woman_Vol_2_58

Sep 1991

DC Comics

070989317819

58

2

1991

United States

$1.00

(Bronze Age, from 1971 to 1985) & (Copper Age, from 1986 to 1992)

Copper Age

English

Magazine

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George Perez

📚Atlas Shrugged Full Book Summary, War Of The Gods crossover #2.


In an environment of worsening economic conditions, Dagny Taggart, vice president in charge of operations, works to repair Taggart Transcontinental’s crumbling Rio Norte Line to service Colorado, the last booming industrial area in the country. Her efforts are hampered by the fact that many of the country’s most talented entrepreneurs are retiring and disappearing. The railroad’s crisis worsens when the Mexican government nationalizes Taggart’s San Sebastian Line. The line had been built to service Francisco d’Anconia’s copper mills, but the mills turn out to be worthless. Francisco had been a successful industrialist, and Dagny’s lover, but has become a worthless playboy. To solve the railroad’s financial problems, Dagny’s brother Jim uses political influence to pass legislation that destroys Taggart’s only competition in Colorado. Dagny must fix the Rio Norte Line immediately and plans to use Rearden Metal, a new alloy created by Hank Rearden. When confronted about the San Sebastian mines, Francisco tells Dagny he is deliberately destroying d’Anconia Copper. Later he appears at Rearden’s anniversary party and, meeting him for the first time, urges Rearden to reject the freeloaders who live off of him.


The State Science Institute issues a denunciation of Rearden metal, and Taggart’s stock crashes. Dagny decides to start her own company to rebuild the line, and it is a huge success. Dagny and Rearden become lovers. Together they discover a motor in an abandoned factory that runs on static electricity, and they seek the inventor. The government passes new legislation that cripples industry in Colorado. Ellis Wyatt, an oil industrialist, suddenly disappears after setting fire to his wells. Dagny is forced to cut trains, and the situation worsens. Soon, more industrialists disappear. Dagny believes there is a destroyer at work, taking men away when they are most needed. Francisco visits Rearden and asks him why he remains in business under such repressive conditions. When a fire breaks out and they work together to put it out, Francisco understands Rearden’s love for his mills.

Rearden goes on trial for breaking one of the new laws, but refuses to participate in the proceedings, telling the judges they can coerce him by force but he won’t help them to convict him. Unwilling to be seen as thugs, they let him go. Economic dictator Wesley Mouch needs Rearden’s cooperation for a new set of socialist laws, and Jim needs economic favors that will keep his ailing railroad running after the collapse of Colorado. Jim appeals to Rearden’s wife Lillian, who wants to destroy her husband. She tells him Rearden and Dagny are having an affair, and he uses this information in a trade. The new set of laws, Directive 10-289, is irrational and repressive. It includes a ruling that requires all patents to be signed over to the government. Rearden is blackmailed into signing over his metal to protect Dagny’s reputation.


Dagny quits over the new directive and retreats to a mountain lodge. When she learns of a massive accident at the Taggart Tunnel, she returns to her job. She receives a letter from the scientist she had hired to help rebuild the motor, and fears he will be the next target of the destroyer. In an attempt to stop him from disappearing, she follows him in an airplane and crashes in the mountains. When she wakes up, she finds herself in a remote valley where all the retired industrialists are living. They are on strike, calling it a strike of the mind. There, she meets John Galt, who turns out to be both the destroyer and the man who built the motor. She falls in love with him, but she cannot give up her railroad, and she leaves the valley. When she returns to work, she finds that the government has nationalized the railroad industry. Government leaders want her to make a speech reassuring the public about the new laws. She refuses until Lillian comes to blackmail her. On the air, she proudly announces her affair with Rearden and reveals that he has been blackmailed. She warns the country about its repressive government.

With the economy on the verge of collapse, Francisco destroys the rest of his holdings and disappears. The politicians no longer even pretend to work for the public good. Their vast network of influence peddling creates worse chaos, as crops rot waiting for freight trains that are diverted for personal favors. In an attempt to gain control of Francisco’s mills, the government stages a riot at Rearden Steel. But the steelworkers organize and fight back, led by Francisco, who has been working undercover at the mills. Francisco saves Rearden’s life, then convinces him to join the strike.
Just as the head of state prepares to give a speech on the economic situation, John Galt takes over the airwaves and delivers a lengthy address to the country, laying out the terms of the strike he has organized. In desperation, the government seeks Galt to make him their economic dictator. Dagny inadvertently leads them to him, and they take him prisoner. But Galt refuses to help them, even after he is tortured. Finally, Dagny and the strikers rescue him in an armed confrontation with guards. They return to the valley, where Dagny finally joins the strike. Soon, the country’s collapse is complete and the strikers prepare to return.


https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/atlasshrugged/summary/

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