After days of searching through a mouse-infested world, Wonder Woman finally locates the lost Etta Candy and fugitive Amazon Emilie. Little does she know, theyare hiding a tiny harbinger of death who will change Diana’s fate forever! You won’twant to miss the first appearance of the Matriarch in this oversize anniversary issuethat will set the stage for all Wonder stories to come!
Kings larger Wonder Woman saga begins to become clear as he introduces her new arch-villain: The Matriarch. It's an interesting progression. The first couple of years of this series were about Wonder Woman gaining control in a conflict with the villain known as The Matriarch seems to be a story of Wonder Woman losing control, which is an interesting contrast. Theres a tremendous amount of patience in Kings narrative when one also considers the long-run narrative thats playing out with Wonder Womans daughter...both in this title and her own. Its really just the two titles, but it feels like a big, sweeping narrative that touches on nearly every aspect of the DC Universe. Read Full Review
Wonder Woman #25 plays with its two artists to setup an unpredictable and sometimes shocking story which pushes Diana's present day storyline forwards whilst continuing to build towards an uncertain and bleak future. Read Full Review
The first two years of this title feel like they're just scratching the surface of what King's building here, and it could be as ambitious as his multi-year Bat-run. Read Full Review
Wonder Woman #25 is a beautifully crafted comic that is both emotionally resonant and action-packed. It's not just a story about a hero saving the day; it's about the emotional toll of heroism and the difficult choices that come with it. Read Full Review
Everything about Mouse World snaps into place for me (though probably not everything, I'm sure I'm missing some subtext), and I'm now fully on board with this weird and awesome story. New characters, new concepts and some acts of true heroism are highlights this issue. Read Full Review
Wonder Woman #25 is a very informative future for the future of the series that also takes time to showcase what makes Diana so unique compared to her peers. Read Full Review
Wonder Woman #25 looks undeniably gorgeous. Unfortunately, it is also emblematic of the series's worst habits. Good looking but shallow, which is everything Wonder Woman is not supposed to be. A new villain is introduced at the expense of other characters, and I worry that the series has already run out of interesting things to say. Read Full Review
Videos by ComicBook.comThat's in part due to 80% of the issue still dealing with the conflict on the island, and while certain moments do resonate, so much of the issue feels underwhelming compared to what's happening in the future and in the book's final moments. It's not that the critical parts of this story won't be important, but between the redundancy of the dialogue and the lack of tangible connection to what's happening later, those parts of the story just aren't connecting like they should. Read Full Review
King is giving us a great story and Sampere is probably DC's best artist after Mora. I'm loving this run!
Tom King seems to treat even his extended runs as out-of-continuity Vertigo titles. As a result, you never know which aspects are to be considered canon or not. From Batman, for example, Alfred is still dead, but Bruce and Selina aren't married. I can see how this could be a frustrating and dissatisfying turn off for some readers, seeing core titles being treated as offshoots for several years. And waiting for a payoff from a King title can be the longest of waits. It looks like next issue we might finally learn something the about the amazon who started this whole mess in the first issue two whole years ago! I almost gave up on this run for that reason.
But this style of storytelling has grown on me. I am appreciating the scope more
I can really live without yet another "Oh noes, the big bad unstoppable OP has destroyed everyone except the hero!" storyline.
Tom King gives into all his worst impulses. Jumping around to story parts he feels like telling with no justification, tearing down other characters to prop up his own, and of course complete mischaracterizations of the actual title character. This book is rotten.
Awful