The greater impact of this issue is blunted and mutated by the big Trial of the Amazons crossover that's going on in every other Wonder Woman title this spring. The shock of Wonder Woman's own mother casting her into certain death is compromised by her death in the crossover. Granted: this is clearly a completely different Wonder Woman from a completely different earth, but that doesn't change the fact that this particular series happens to be running through a major crossover for its mainstream DC Universe counterpart...and that series has really hammered into a major emotional impact that robs this series of some of its potential power. Read Full Review

While Wonder Woman: Evolution still feels like a really unnecessary comic book, issue #5 does at least seem to be a little more cohesive. Read Full Review