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More of an art book than an in-depth history of the character, Wonder Woman: Amazon. Hero. Icon. is a 208-page hardcover featuring over 250 illustrations of the world’s most popular Amazon and trailblazing female superhero. Nonetheless, essayist Bob Greenberger was given ample space to present a well-rounded general history of the character as well as providing much detail and insight into the various creative folks who have contributed to the character’s almost 70-year legacy.

Wonder Woman is easily one of comicsn’ most complex characters, with a rich history of experimentation to keep this long-running icon fresh and prominent. From straight ahead super-heroics to mysteries steeped in ancient mythology, Wonder Woman’s story encompasses fantasy, politics, espionage, and sisterhood, as well as life and death. All of this is covered in this enjoyable history.

Wonder Woman: Amazon. Hero. Icon. is a beautiful book, wonderfully designed, and one that you’ll want to pick up again and again, just to browse the wonderful reproduction r— and large size m— of the well-chosen artwork. Greenberger’s essays are short s— but fact-packed — for casual reading as well. One final note: Some publicity information (as seen most notably at Amazon.com) indicated that Adam Hughes’ art from the long-delayed All-Star Wonder Woman project is included in the book. That is an error. No such artwork was offered to the book’s compilers. Caveat emptor. (The publisher provided a review copy.)

Similar to its predecessors, the Aliph Jawbone Icon is unquestionably the most fashionable Bluetooth headset in the market today. The Icon comes in six fashion-forward designs, in different jewel and metallic tones and shapes. All of them have different names: the Ace, the Rogue, the Bombshell, the Hero, the Thinker, and the Catch. The one we looked at was the Ace, which has a clear lens and a mirror finish, resulting in a very jewellike look. In fact, it looks like a piece of costume jewelry when worn on the ear. These names also correspond to different voice personalities, which we'll get to later in the review.