"Children of the Gods" part one! Spinning out of the pages of DC UNIVERSE REBIRTH and JUSTICE LEAGUE: DARKSEID WAR, legendary writer James Robinson (JSA: THE GOLDEN AGE, STARMAN) comes on board to answer one of the biggest questions of the year: Who is Wonder Woman's brother? Taken away from Themyscira in the dead of night, the mysterious Jason has been hidden somewhere far from the sight of gods and men...but his life and Wonder Woman's are about to intersect in a terrifying way, bringing them face to face with a cosmic threat they never imagined! Don't miss the start of the next great Wonder Woman epic!
Carlo Pagulayan, Sean Parsons, Jason Paz and Scott Hanna give us some dynamic artwork, the aforementioned battle is just glorious, that helps to tell the story. There's great facial work and distinct backgrounds which are legitimately important in setting up the two threads we follow. Read Full Review
Robinson seems well versed in the various layers of Wonder Woman's mythology and is setting up an elaborate arc to play off her history. That's a good sign that readers could be in for another lengthy, memorable and entertaining run. Hopefully this creative team continues building on this promising start. Read Full Review
This issue reminds me of the Earth2book before Robinson left and it was turned into anther Batman and Superman book. Its well thought out, providing stability for a character that has gone through some creative changes of late, both in her own book, and in different interpretations in the books in which she is featured. Read Full Review
Welcome back to DC Comics James and your return marks a stellar beginning for Wonder Woman that I for one cannot wait to see where and how it unfolds. Your partner in artistic crime Carlo Pagulayan also captures the wonder and majesty of Wonder Woman with some brilliant panels, splash pages and action sequences that makes the next chapter of Wonder Woman a very captivating one and more importantly, very enjoyable. Hopefully with James back, let's hope he continues on Wonder Woman (I never thought he would write her) for awhile and also be offered a more classical Justice Society of write! Read Full Review
The current arc is off to an interesting start and Im enjoying both the art and the story but I worry that Diana is going to suffer from a perpetual identity crisis. For now though, Im looking forward to the next issue! Read Full Review
The first issue of James Robinson's "Children of the Gods" story is promising. Great pencils, color, and dialog propel this mystery by picking up previous threads from past stories and jumping into the unknown. I have no idea where this will go, but I can bet that it will be exciting. Read Full Review
This is a solid start to this new run. The story is interesting with gorgeous art. There's a couple of fun action scenes and it's a pretty enjoyable read. I have some minor quibbles but I'm excited to see where Robinson takes this. Read Full Review
Carlo Pagulayan is excellent here. His Hercules loos like Henry Cavills Superman! The fight is well-choregraphed even-though it was brief and did not show as much struggle as I would have liked. I did enjoy his Wonder Woman who vaguely resembles Gal Gadot! Read Full Review
James Robinson starts his "Children of the Gods" with a prologue to setup the big threat in this story, albeit without much action involving Wonder Woman herself. Read Full Review
The art is gorgeous and the plotting is great, but the dialogue leaves a bit to be desired. It's either unnecessarily detailed or just contrived. It's not a bad read at all, though, so I recommend it. Read Full Review
Wonder Woman #31 offers a mostly satisfying start to a long-awaited DC Rebirth storyline. Read Full Review
Wonder Woman #31 is a decent start to what will hopefully be an entertaining arc. It's not especially original and doesn't distinguish itself much thus far, but the execution is solid and there's potential for something interesting here. Read Full Review
This is a good comic, but it lacks what Ive come to expect from a Wonder Woman comic, and I worry about where its going. I am still interested in the implications of Grail and Darkseids roles in this story. I do recommend it. Pick it up. Read Full Review
Robinson just does a really good job at making the characters speak in a way that tells of their past, their current situation and sets the tone for the rest of the arc to unfold in the appropriate manner. Coupled with Carlo Pagulayan's amazingly detailed work, I have high hopes for CotG to continue on in the same vein as the recent Wonder Woman stories have: to be completely and irrevocably in beast-mode. Read Full Review
A measured, though not entirely memorable, opening of the "Children of the Gods" arc. Read Full Review
While I'm all about this story and can't wait to see what we get next, I have to tell ya.......... there's not a lot going on in this issue than the bare minimum of set up. The art is great though and I'm happy as hell that this is the direction that we're going with in Wonder Woman, I just hope to get something with a little more meat to it next issue. Read Full Review
Not the most exciting issue, but an interesting setup for some big things to come for Wonder Woman. Read Full Review
. I'm still not convinced that this is a story that needs to be told, but I'm at least more willing to hear the argument, which I think maybe says a good deal about either the quality of the issue or my general desperation for readable Wonder Woman comics. Read Full Review
Art's good, plot's weird, pacing's off. One minute you're in the middle of nowhere and then it cuts to LA. They need to make Grail more complex of a character. She's just not that interesting. Also since Darkseid is now a kid, is this after Metal?? Because from what I know, he's still a baby that Batman has been carrying around in an oversized fanny-pack. However, I'm still gonna give it a pass because it could get more interesting. If they bring back the Greek gods, it could make for some epic storytelling. But then again, after Heart of an Amazon, I'd probably think Diana opening up an ice cream shop with only three flavors would be a better story arc than the past one.
Suddenly, it's Hercule Poirot for no reason! Or rather, a lawyer drawn to look like Poirot on the long running TV series (one of my all time favorite shows). That really takes me out of a story that wasn't quite grabbing me. It was a Robinson script, but not a very substantial one, and we barely have any Diana. Tossing in that character - is he a hint that the seemingly dead Hercules is still alive, given the name? - just makes me struggle to say engaged.