"Athena #1" -- starring the Divine Backside of Godly Grecian Wisdom... and oh yeah, the goddess Athena.
Okay, I'll admit it. The idea of the ancient Greek goddess Athena reappearing in modern times and kicking butt is kind of a cool one, but here's the thing... you have to have a decent story behind the gimmick. Sadly, Doug Murray doesn't manage that; instead we get endless shots of Athena's bottom and a plot that is one part lame cop drama and one part bad "modern" Trojan War.
A naked woman is found unconscious in Greece, and is taken to a hospital. That night, she wakes up and goes wandering off to the Parthenon... in her tiny little gown that doesn't cover her butt. One almost-rape and lightning bolt later, and Athena is back in the hospital... where she dons skin-tight clothes and decides to go to New York. Yeah.
"Several years later" (of course, Athena is no older and thinks nothing of this), she's a police detective in the NYPD and everybody thinks she's awesome. They also come up with contrived reasons to cram her into skintight clothes and have her gyrate sexily at a special competition at Paris' club... yeah, you can see where this is going.
Doug Murray needs to go back to Comic College right away, because he doesn't seem to realize that you need more than a naked bottom and a sexy costume to make a good comic book. And no, jamming in a "modern" judgement of Paris does not make up for it at all -- it just feels contrived, especially since nobody notices "hey, golden apple, three women, dude called Paris."
You've got glaring errors (since when is the Parthenon on a CLIFF?), choppy editing (we get several pages of backstory RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF A SCENE) and plot holes (so... nobody noticed the naked lady who's been lying there for MILLENNIA? Did they just step over her?).
The worst part is Athena herself, because she is the worst kind of heroine: a Mary Sue. She's superpowered, has a sex kitten body, is an amazing dancer, and she's the bestest awesomest most wonderfullest police detective EVER because she can get the truth out of people... despite not being the goddess of truth. In case you're not in enough pain, everybody adores her too -- her sleazy-looking partner practically has a meltdown because she got a tiny little graze on her arm. Barf.
And even worse, we have one of those ghastly little mini-stories where the "hero" (quotation marks because Athena hasn't done anything too heroic) meets Obama in order to further glorify them both. It's very boring, confusing and pointless. Pass.
"Athena #1" is a total fail of a comic book, with a sickmaking heroine and a lame excuse for a plot. And yes, it DOES get worse.
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