New arc starts here & the dream team is back

Thompson, Sherman, Bellaire and Carey are locked in again to bring us another amazing chapter of Absolute Wonder Woman! Diana is back in Gateway City, and she reunites with all her friends, Steve, Greta, Gia and Barbara. The flipside of that is we also see the return of one Veronica Cale and oh boy is she a treat or what? Ms. Cale is not just one name, or one some random face with a legacy name sprinkled in this world for some sense of familiarity. No, Ms. Cale is a force to be reckon with. She clearly has access, resources, influence and just good old power. Not the kind that defeats monsters and saves the day like the power wielded by Diana. Not even remotely close. Veronica Cale has the type of power wielded on this earth that causes problems for everyone caught in the crossfire. That's exactly what happens to the people of Gateway city. Just as stated by Diana, the people are still recovering from the monster invasion and the Tetracide attack that almost took their entire city, and here they are again submitted to even more trauma.

We also get a chance of paste with Diana's character. We see her, even for just a moment, be one with and enjoying nature. It is not lost on Diana the blessings that exist above ground, and that's the perspective of someone who grew up in very inhumane conditions. As far as a theme for this series, it works as a very powerful metaphor and character trait. Diana is not just gracious at all times, but she's grateful as well. Not just of others, because she's always saying thank you, but also grateful for pretty much anything she interacts with, animals and nature included.

There's a quite a new light on gateway city, you can see a more expanded color palette one the landscape, blue skies, green grass, etc. Quite the contrast versus the first arc where everything was in a shade of red to illustrate the danger they were in because of the invasion. These are the minute details that go over your head when reading and not paying attention. Coloring is also part of the crafting of the story, and I just wanted to credit Bellaire for her efforts in making this the best story possible.

Finally, we have the introduction of Doctor Poison, or Absolute Doctor Poison if you will. As far as the character design goes, I have a score of a 10/10. Not sure why or rather how he's working directly under the supervision, and I'm using the word supervision very loosely. But he's clearly a meta-type character and besides the obvious poison aspect that's just visually present, he's also some sort of tech genius. Quite the combination.

Very, very excited for this new arc and this series as a whole. Absolutely DC's best Absolute title.