Superman/Wonder Woman #1- "We Have Nothing But Time."

Charles Soule, continuing on his quest to write every comic, and Tony S. Daniel, fresh off his arc on Action Comics, team up to tell this story of two of the world’s most powerful people trying to make things work in secret.

It’s been over a year since Superman and Wonder Woman met with the kiss heard ‘round the world and started a controversial relationship. Since then there have been less than a handful of issues actually dealing with that relationship. We’ve been told about their relationship and the effect it could have on the world, but we’ve yet to actually see any of it in action. Superman/Wonder Woman is the beginning of the first full attempt to show us these two characters belong with each other.

A book of this nature is a bit trickier than your run of the mill team book, such as Justice League. Focus isn’t shifted from one person to the other over the course of an issue, or even an arc. These two larger than life characters demand equal focus and time. Charles Soule manages to accomplish this well by splitting the issue into two very different sequences. One sees the action and all of its godlike feats, while the other seems smaller and intimate. In that latter setting, Soule shows the concern and respect for each other.

Tony S. Daniel does an outstanding job at showing off the strength and abilities of these characters in the action sequences. However, some of the quieter moments don’t fare at well. Some of the more subtle facial expressions that should be there, especially in a few tender exchanges between Diana and Clark, are missing.

Superman/Wonder Woman #1 is a great first issue that takes DC’s power couple and elaborates on their relationship in a way sure to win over ever the biggest of naysayers in the issues to come.

Last Line…8.1/10