I liked G Willow Wilson's writing on Ms Marvel but so far this run on Wonder Woman is just okay. My favourite parts were actually the parts with the refugee mythological animals, as they actually had fun dialogue and interesting panels - just more personality than the exiled gods. My main problem with the writing is that there's no fire in the story, no ingenuity. When the location is a modern warzone, the dialogue can't be a hope speech with a meaningless concept of justice. Wonder Woman needs to stand for something and she seems very milquetoast here


I didn't care for Cary Nord's art at all. It came across way too juvenile, making what should have been some visually epic fight panels between Ares and Diana seem underwhelming (that the concepts of justice felt empty is a different problem). It felt a little more appropriate for a graphic novel aimed more at the middle-grade age group. Issues 4-6 use artists Xermanico and Jesus Merino which increases the gravitas of the story as their art was more complex and worked well with the park of the colorist, though Merino could have calmed it down with the sexist outfit choices for Nemesis and Aphrodite. Time to grow up, boys.

Absolutely love Terry and Rachel Dodson's covers and Jenny Frison's variant covers. I'd buy an entire book of just those. ( )

Wilson takes over Wonder Woman, but rather than shake things up, she follows fairly closely on Greg Rucka's lead. Ares is again the main bad guy, but there is also a nod to current events by introducing a bunch of refugees trying to come to America, the twist being these folks are not exactly human.

Pretty good overall in the short term, but I worry I could get bored if the bigger storyline is drawn out too long. ( )