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Published September 3, 2024
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January 23, 2025
A piece of social commentary that fails at being a fun comic book. It spends more time making sure to hammer home its message than crafting an enjoyable and memorable story to encompass it. The premise itself has potential, and the characters chosen to lead are probably the correct ones, but Campbell is unable to find the right balance. Skip.
actual rating: 1.5 stars
actual rating: 1.5 stars
February 15, 2025
2.3 stars
September 16, 2024
It's very very good. It's combines the current fear mongering against any migrants and refugees with the idea that a strong-minded, unbound woman is the root of all social problems.
It's both a classic and modern Wonder Woman story.
It's both a classic and modern Wonder Woman story.
July 16, 2025
As someone with no context to Wonder Woman's side of the story, I think this did a remarkable job of being a contained narrative that stands on its own. I really enjoyed the cast and I felt that I got a good sense of who they all were even without knowing their back stories.
December 14, 2024
'Amazons Attack (2024)' is one of the best canon-run 'Wonder Woman' comics I have read in ages, and it doesn't even feature Wonder Woman herself, not once. It is about the Amazons as they are currently, as a community, and as a now-marginalised and ostracised group of people in man's world. It is about Queen Nubia, the new queen of the Amazons, as she desperately tries to take care of one disaster, one terrorist event, after another, through peaceful, diplomatic means, in a world that is determined to hate and blame her and her people.
It is an overwhelmingly violent, aggressive, deadly, hopeless situation. But Nubia will have her fellow Amazonian sisters to back her up, and help her out, even the estranged ones. The Amazons are in this nightmare together - and together, they will slowly, surely, break out of it. Out of this stigma and ostracism. The patriarchy is a powerful influencer, but so are they.
Nubia - and all Amazons, and therefore all women - will never give up their rights.
For the threat to the Amazons represents and means a threat to women, period.
Minority groups, different groups of people from the social "norm", and especially women, and anyone who threatens the status quo and, specifically, "traditional family values", "traditional gender roles" and "traditional American values" (and I thought it was the land of the free, hmm?), being targeted, ostracised, victimised, terrorised, and scapegoated through lies, hatemongering and fearmongering - resulting in the rise of hate crimes and violence and death fuelled by bigotry, not to mention systematic abuse, against people who are feared and are "banned" just for existing, which the instigators, the bigoted authorities, people in positions of power and influence, will not acknowledge, or will downplay, it in order to further their own narcissistic, closeminded self-interests and agendas - all leading to governments making inhumane, regressive and fascistic laws and mandates, to the point where the minorities - the victims of the white supremacist, misogynistic, abusive and hypocritical fundamentalist patriarchy - will have to seek sanctuary to survive... no I can't see how this could be reflecting real life right now, and how 'Amazons Attack' could be viewed as a cautionary tale for our own looming chaotic and dystopic political landscapes, what could possibly make you think that?
'Amazons Attack' also stars Queen Faruka of the Bana-Mighdall, an Amazonian tribe, Yara Flor of the Esquecida Amazonian tribe, Mary Marvel, aka Mary Bromfield, an Amazon ally and therefore a target and enforced public enemy number one, and her talking teleporting rabbit Hoppy, and later, Cassandra Sandsmark, aka one of the Wonder Girls. Nubia's lover Io is also there sometimes.
It is all about these brilliant superheroines, of different ethnicities, backgrounds, beliefs, religions or lack thereof, and sexual orientations, trying to do what is right and good in the face of the patriarchy and the corrupt American government. They are fighting for their right to exist, and in doing so they are saving their people, and the world, and I am here for it!
In spite of the infuriating and devasting real world-adjacent politics going on, 'Amazons Attack' is very fun, action-packed, good-natured at heart, brisk, breezy, and lighthearted and hilarious in places (like Cassie's character, and Mary to a degree, and it has a talking teleporting rabbit, come on!). Levity, chances to breath, these are needed in a dark, anxiety-inducing, world-saving plot like this one. These lively, upbeat moments are what I remember, alongside the moments that genuinely shocked me to my core, as a balance. The comic knows when to have fun as it's telling a story about superheroes and badass warrior women. And a talking teleporting bunny rabbit.
This is what I read comics books for. 'Amazons Attack' doesn't get too bogged down in politics and talking heads to the point where I wonder where the plot is going - even where the plot is - and the superheroes are inactive, even passive, making a tense, near hopeless situation even worse, and I want to say, "You are superheroes! With decades of experience! What are you doing?"
Looking at you, 'Wonder Woman: Outlaw'.
With 'Amazons Attack', I have not had so much fun, and I have not been so emotionally invested, in reading a modern day 'Wonder Woman' comic run. I have not cared so much. It's a gigantic relief.
At best the 'Trial of the Amazons' stuff was meh, and at worst it was confusing and convoluted AF. I didn't like 'Wonder Woman: Outlaw', nor the 'Future State' event. The only other modern 'Amazons' comic storyline I came to remotely liking is 'Nubia & the Amazons'.
I get what DC is trying to do with Wonder Woman and the Amazons; what they are trying to say, and trying to build up to. But writing-wise it does not always succeed. Too much politics, too much dialogue and exposition, can ruin a comic. Remember, writers, that you are writing about superheroes, too! Younger audiences are reading your comics, as well as older generations longing for the good old, good-vs-evil action days - remember to have fun, too! Remember to enjoy yourselves, so the readers will also enjoy themselves. Don't overwhelm your readers, and give them reasons to care about what's going on, without inundating them with everything being so dark and bleak and hopeless.
But regardless, in this comic and the rest, I love Nubia, the queer POC feminist icon, a literal queen who slays, who is strong in many ways. I adore her arc as Queen of the Amazons, despite being dumped in the worst possible time to be the queen, and left to clean up the mess... the mess she made, but it wasn't entirely her fault. She had the best intentions.
I think this is the only comic where I feel Yara Flor is given the justice she deserves. (Read my review of 'Nubia & the Amazons' (link above) for more info). I really like Mary Marvel, too, and this is coming from someone who didn't like 'The New Champion of Shazam!', of which 'Amazons Attack' works as a sequel to (don't worry, this is in fact relevant to the main story and is not convoluted), and was also written by Josie Campbell. Great job, Josie! Cassie Sandsmark is a blast - literally!
'Amazons Attack' is a huge breath of fresh air, for the 'Wonder Woman/Amazons' storylines, and for current DC Comics. Hope, fun, cleverness, thought, and cultural relevance are back!
It is not perfect - there is an Amazonian/Esquecidian oracle character, Anahi, who is important at the beginning, but then goes missing halfway through, without explanation, and she is never seen or mentioned again. And the revelation of the twist villain, and their motivation, don't make a lot of sense, and this leaves a few holes... and highly questionable retcons.
But the climax, ultimately, is awesome, empowering and feminist.
It contains - no, it shouts out - one particular message, one important angle in feminism, that needs to be considered by everyone:
Do not join - do not associate with - a cause, a group, a community, a religion, etc, that requires you to be lesser than you are in order for it to function.
Do not join anything that makes you feel small and not good enough.
Do not join anything that deliberately keeps you from the light in its darkness
Join a community, a cause, that makes you you, that encourages and loves the whole of you.
Because you are enough. You deserve better.
You deserve to be free. To live freely and safely.
You represent you. All of you.
You belong in the world.
You are the world. Let that world know you are not going anywhere.
It is absolutely uplifting and hopeful that DC seems to still have its shit together, when the rest of the world seems to be turning upside-down, and causing its own destruction in throwing away basic human rights, decency, morals, ethics, and sense of justice and goodwill, in keeping with the (still being avoided) consequences of late-stage capitalism, and adhering to a desperate and dying, regressive, archaic patriarchy.
That 'ARE YOU HARBORING AMAZONS IN YOUR HOME? ' propaganda flyer at the beginning of issue 4 really made my blood boil. It is sick and twisted what the patriarchy's - and by extension, fundamentalist Christianity's - idea of a "good girl" is. Good girls should be silent, unless it is to tattle on those big, scary, aggressive, too independent, too smart, and rebellious Amazons and Amazon sympathisers, or any female human who dares to express those human qualities. Good girls - the ideal female - should only exist to serve men. To obey men. There really are men - and women! - who still think like that.As if my faith in humanity couldn't be any lower.
Another quick mention: 'Amazons Attack' is, thank goodness, nothing like the infamous, bloody terrible 'Amazons Attack!' comic from the mid 2000s.
Terrific and horrific. Light and dark. Hopeful and hopeless. 'Amazons Attack' is a harrowing, intense story, and a demand for justice for all women, for all people. An exhale of relief - and a battle cry. And a damn good superheroine comic.
Diana isn't in it, as she's off doing her own thing relating to the global persecution of "foreign" and "immigrant" Amazons in Tom King's comic run, but good writing has managed it so this doesn't hinder the comic one bit. It is a gem.
I have called myself a feminist, an independent woman, a witch, a sorceress, a magical girl, a superheroine, an ally, an openminded philanthropist - anything that the patriarchy would hate and fear, and has hated and feared irrationally for forever now - and now I am proud to call myself an Amazon, to add to my identity.
Phew!
How exhausting. But the fight is far from over...
Final Score: 4/5
It is an overwhelmingly violent, aggressive, deadly, hopeless situation. But Nubia will have her fellow Amazonian sisters to back her up, and help her out, even the estranged ones. The Amazons are in this nightmare together - and together, they will slowly, surely, break out of it. Out of this stigma and ostracism. The patriarchy is a powerful influencer, but so are they.
Nubia - and all Amazons, and therefore all women - will never give up their rights.
For the threat to the Amazons represents and means a threat to women, period.
Minority groups, different groups of people from the social "norm", and especially women, and anyone who threatens the status quo and, specifically, "traditional family values", "traditional gender roles" and "traditional American values" (and I thought it was the land of the free, hmm?), being targeted, ostracised, victimised, terrorised, and scapegoated through lies, hatemongering and fearmongering - resulting in the rise of hate crimes and violence and death fuelled by bigotry, not to mention systematic abuse, against people who are feared and are "banned" just for existing, which the instigators, the bigoted authorities, people in positions of power and influence, will not acknowledge, or will downplay, it in order to further their own narcissistic, closeminded self-interests and agendas - all leading to governments making inhumane, regressive and fascistic laws and mandates, to the point where the minorities - the victims of the white supremacist, misogynistic, abusive and hypocritical fundamentalist patriarchy - will have to seek sanctuary to survive... no I can't see how this could be reflecting real life right now, and how 'Amazons Attack' could be viewed as a cautionary tale for our own looming chaotic and dystopic political landscapes, what could possibly make you think that?
'Amazons Attack' also stars Queen Faruka of the Bana-Mighdall, an Amazonian tribe, Yara Flor of the Esquecida Amazonian tribe, Mary Marvel, aka Mary Bromfield, an Amazon ally and therefore a target and enforced public enemy number one, and her talking teleporting rabbit Hoppy, and later, Cassandra Sandsmark, aka one of the Wonder Girls. Nubia's lover Io is also there sometimes.
It is all about these brilliant superheroines, of different ethnicities, backgrounds, beliefs, religions or lack thereof, and sexual orientations, trying to do what is right and good in the face of the patriarchy and the corrupt American government. They are fighting for their right to exist, and in doing so they are saving their people, and the world, and I am here for it!
In spite of the infuriating and devasting real world-adjacent politics going on, 'Amazons Attack' is very fun, action-packed, good-natured at heart, brisk, breezy, and lighthearted and hilarious in places (like Cassie's character, and Mary to a degree, and it has a talking teleporting rabbit, come on!). Levity, chances to breath, these are needed in a dark, anxiety-inducing, world-saving plot like this one. These lively, upbeat moments are what I remember, alongside the moments that genuinely shocked me to my core, as a balance. The comic knows when to have fun as it's telling a story about superheroes and badass warrior women. And a talking teleporting bunny rabbit.
This is what I read comics books for. 'Amazons Attack' doesn't get too bogged down in politics and talking heads to the point where I wonder where the plot is going - even where the plot is - and the superheroes are inactive, even passive, making a tense, near hopeless situation even worse, and I want to say, "You are superheroes! With decades of experience! What are you doing?"
Looking at you, 'Wonder Woman: Outlaw'.
With 'Amazons Attack', I have not had so much fun, and I have not been so emotionally invested, in reading a modern day 'Wonder Woman' comic run. I have not cared so much. It's a gigantic relief.
At best the 'Trial of the Amazons' stuff was meh, and at worst it was confusing and convoluted AF. I didn't like 'Wonder Woman: Outlaw', nor the 'Future State' event. The only other modern 'Amazons' comic storyline I came to remotely liking is 'Nubia & the Amazons'.
I get what DC is trying to do with Wonder Woman and the Amazons; what they are trying to say, and trying to build up to. But writing-wise it does not always succeed. Too much politics, too much dialogue and exposition, can ruin a comic. Remember, writers, that you are writing about superheroes, too! Younger audiences are reading your comics, as well as older generations longing for the good old, good-vs-evil action days - remember to have fun, too! Remember to enjoy yourselves, so the readers will also enjoy themselves. Don't overwhelm your readers, and give them reasons to care about what's going on, without inundating them with everything being so dark and bleak and hopeless.
But regardless, in this comic and the rest, I love Nubia, the queer POC feminist icon, a literal queen who slays, who is strong in many ways. I adore her arc as Queen of the Amazons, despite being dumped in the worst possible time to be the queen, and left to clean up the mess... the mess she made, but it wasn't entirely her fault. She had the best intentions.
I think this is the only comic where I feel Yara Flor is given the justice she deserves. (Read my review of 'Nubia & the Amazons' (link above) for more info). I really like Mary Marvel, too, and this is coming from someone who didn't like 'The New Champion of Shazam!', of which 'Amazons Attack' works as a sequel to (don't worry, this is in fact relevant to the main story and is not convoluted), and was also written by Josie Campbell. Great job, Josie! Cassie Sandsmark is a blast - literally!
'Amazons Attack' is a huge breath of fresh air, for the 'Wonder Woman/Amazons' storylines, and for current DC Comics. Hope, fun, cleverness, thought, and cultural relevance are back!
It is not perfect - there is an Amazonian/Esquecidian oracle character, Anahi, who is important at the beginning, but then goes missing halfway through, without explanation, and she is never seen or mentioned again. And the revelation of the twist villain, and their motivation, don't make a lot of sense, and this leaves a few holes... and highly questionable retcons.
But the climax, ultimately, is awesome, empowering and feminist.
It contains - no, it shouts out - one particular message, one important angle in feminism, that needs to be considered by everyone:
Do not join - do not associate with - a cause, a group, a community, a religion, etc, that requires you to be lesser than you are in order for it to function.
Do not join anything that makes you feel small and not good enough.
Do not join anything that deliberately keeps you from the light in its darkness
Join a community, a cause, that makes you you, that encourages and loves the whole of you.
Because you are enough. You deserve better.
You deserve to be free. To live freely and safely.
You represent you. All of you.
You belong in the world.
You are the world. Let that world know you are not going anywhere.
It is absolutely uplifting and hopeful that DC seems to still have its shit together, when the rest of the world seems to be turning upside-down, and causing its own destruction in throwing away basic human rights, decency, morals, ethics, and sense of justice and goodwill, in keeping with the (still being avoided) consequences of late-stage capitalism, and adhering to a desperate and dying, regressive, archaic patriarchy.
That 'ARE YOU HARBORING AMAZONS IN YOUR HOME? ' propaganda flyer at the beginning of issue 4 really made my blood boil. It is sick and twisted what the patriarchy's - and by extension, fundamentalist Christianity's - idea of a "good girl" is. Good girls should be silent, unless it is to tattle on those big, scary, aggressive, too independent, too smart, and rebellious Amazons and Amazon sympathisers, or any female human who dares to express those human qualities. Good girls - the ideal female - should only exist to serve men. To obey men. There really are men - and women! - who still think like that.
Another quick mention: 'Amazons Attack' is, thank goodness, nothing like the infamous, bloody terrible 'Amazons Attack!' comic from the mid 2000s.
Terrific and horrific. Light and dark. Hopeful and hopeless. 'Amazons Attack' is a harrowing, intense story, and a demand for justice for all women, for all people. An exhale of relief - and a battle cry. And a damn good superheroine comic.
Diana isn't in it, as she's off doing her own thing relating to the global persecution of "foreign" and "immigrant" Amazons in Tom King's comic run, but good writing has managed it so this doesn't hinder the comic one bit. It is a gem.
I have called myself a feminist, an independent woman, a witch, a sorceress, a magical girl, a superheroine, an ally, an openminded philanthropist - anything that the patriarchy would hate and fear, and has hated and feared irrationally for forever now - and now I am proud to call myself an Amazon, to add to my identity.
Phew!
How exhausting. But the fight is far from over...
Final Score: 4/5
September 22, 2024
3.5 sadly rounded down as while the message and story is interesting there was this general “eh” around it that I couldn't shake off and that final issue really gave that as I realized how I was uninterested in the cool action happening on page. It just really lacked some special spice or je ne sais qoui.
You know a story that follows up the awesome Mary Marvel and Amazon's team up in Lazarus Planet Revenge of the Gods just HAD to be read by me. Something about the different Amazon tribes working with their figurehead in Nubia, Yara Flor, Faruka, and (newly Amazon-ed) Mary Marvel Shazam is super fun as a concept. They're all wanting to work together and yet on such different wavelengths that it's a fun dynamic. It's a bit of a goose chase storyline with lots of action and a neat prevailing whodunnnit mystery of who's in charge. It also has a fair amount of sentiment from the ongoing Wonder Woman run with issues of how we treat migrants when terrorism happens, bigotry, and feminist ideas. I do feel its shows it a lot but doesn't really say that much but the focus is more on the adventure with these points added in so I understand why they might feel not fully baked, integral, or given proper time. This is a fun romp with strong writing and characters that bump off of each other well (likely due to Josie Campbell's freedom from DC to really work with these characters over a longer section).
I found the villain to be interesting.
It's just a shame since I also had this general meh towards it still. Like something about the action and all wasn't resonating which is a shame as there was neat stuff but still some je ne sais quoi that was desperately missing.
The art is by Vasco Gorgiev. The art feels like that type of “anime inspired but definitely comic” comic artstyle. It's works amazingly with much of the book especially the namesake Amazons but some characters like Peacemaker look off.
You know a story that follows up the awesome Mary Marvel and Amazon's team up in Lazarus Planet Revenge of the Gods just HAD to be read by me. Something about the different Amazon tribes working with their figurehead in Nubia, Yara Flor, Faruka, and (newly Amazon-ed) Mary Marvel Shazam is super fun as a concept. They're all wanting to work together and yet on such different wavelengths that it's a fun dynamic. It's a bit of a goose chase storyline with lots of action and a neat prevailing whodunnnit mystery of who's in charge. It also has a fair amount of sentiment from the ongoing Wonder Woman run with issues of how we treat migrants when terrorism happens, bigotry, and feminist ideas. I do feel its shows it a lot but doesn't really say that much but the focus is more on the adventure with these points added in so I understand why they might feel not fully baked, integral, or given proper time. This is a fun romp with strong writing and characters that bump off of each other well (likely due to Josie Campbell's freedom from DC to really work with these characters over a longer section).
I found the villain to be interesting.
It's just a shame since I also had this general meh towards it still. Like something about the action and all wasn't resonating which is a shame as there was neat stuff but still some je ne sais quoi that was desperately missing.
The art is by Vasco Gorgiev. The art feels like that type of “anime inspired but definitely comic” comic artstyle. It's works amazingly with much of the book especially the namesake Amazons but some characters like Peacemaker look off.
October 5, 2025
بغض النظر إني كنت فاكر العدد ده استكمال لسلسلة 2006 اللي بدأت بمجلد Who is Wonder Woman? واني مركزتش في التواريخ قبل القراءة ، بس هي مش غلطتي ، شات جي بي تي لما سألته زي ما بتأكد منه باستمرار علي ايه يتقرأ قبل أي قصة باقرر اقرأها في مارفل ودي سي هو اللي قال ابدا بالسلسلة دي ، وطلع إنه في نسخة اتعملت في 2007 كقصة فرعية ملهاش علاقة بنسخة 2023 اللي اتعملت طبقا لسلسلة تانية ، سلسلة 2006 بدأت بإنه البشر قبضوا علي ووندر وومن وبيحققوا معاها عشان يوصلوا لسلاح سري مع الامازونيات وهيبوليتيا امها اللي ساحرة شريرة صحيتها من الموت وخدت قوات وراحت تهاجم امريكا ، هنا العكس تماما ، ساحرة شريرة برضه بس اتعرف ده في الاخر ورطت الامازونيات اللي عايشين في امريكا - وده بعد ما المفروض في قصة سابقة إنه الملكة نوبيا اللي ضافوها للعالم كنوع من الصوابية السياسية فتحت الجزر للعالم - في مدبحة وأمريكا بدأت ترحلهم وفجاة ال3 ملكات بتوع اقاليم الامازون لقوا نفسهم في مغامرة كده ومعاهم واحدة من فريق شازام في محاولة للنجاة من الامريكان أولا ولتبرئة الامازونيات ثانيا
القصة حلوة والرسم لطيف وشخصية البنت بتاعة شازام تستنتج إنها اتحشرت في النص لأنه المؤلفة ماسكة سلسلة هي بطلتها فدمجتهم مع بعض ، بس للأسف بمرور الوقت بنسيب القصة الأصلية بتفاصيلها وبنقلب علي خدمة قضايا نسوية واللي قادرة ع التحدي وطبعا مش بيفوت المؤلفة والرسامة يطلعوا ملكة ثماسكيرا - اللي هي أصلا سوداء - شاذة بتبوس واحدة في الاخر وبتحضنها في الاول ، حاجة كده وجع بطن وقرف وقلة ادب ، مفيش واحدة سوية ابدا ، لازم تكون نسوية واللي قادرة ع التحدي ومحاربة شرسة وبتتغلب ع الرجالة الاوغاد وشاذة وهي اساسا سمراء
فيعني وزي ما مكملمن فترة : ملعونة أي قصة مهما كانت درجة جودتها لو سيبت القصة اللي بتحكيها وحطيت تركيزك كلها علي دعم اجندات سياسية او جندرية ، هجرب النسخة القديمة لعل وعسي
القصة حلوة والرسم لطيف وشخصية البنت بتاعة شازام تستنتج إنها اتحشرت في النص لأنه المؤلفة ماسكة سلسلة هي بطلتها فدمجتهم مع بعض ، بس للأسف بمرور الوقت بنسيب القصة الأصلية بتفاصيلها وبنقلب علي خدمة قضايا نسوية واللي قادرة ع التحدي وطبعا مش بيفوت المؤلفة والرسامة يطلعوا ملكة ثماسكيرا - اللي هي أصلا سوداء - شاذة بتبوس واحدة في الاخر وبتحضنها في الاول ، حاجة كده وجع بطن وقرف وقلة ادب ، مفيش واحدة سوية ابدا ، لازم تكون نسوية واللي قادرة ع التحدي ومحاربة شرسة وبتتغلب ع الرجالة الاوغاد وشاذة وهي اساسا سمراء
فيعني وزي ما مكملمن فترة : ملعونة أي قصة مهما كانت درجة جودتها لو سيبت القصة اللي بتحكيها وحطيت تركيزك كلها علي دعم اجندات سياسية او جندرية ، هجرب النسخة القديمة لعل وعسي
August 25, 2024
A few quick notes: You don’t need to read Josie Campbell’s other stories with Mary Marvel and the Amazons (Lazarus Planet: Once We Were Gods, LP: Revenge of the Gods and New Champion of Shazam) but it helps with some context at the start.
The series hit the ground running and doesn’t let up till the finish. Campbell delivers plenty of twists and several very good cliffhangers. She doesn’t treat this mini-series as a simple side story to the “main event” happening in the Wonder Woman series—Campbell not only manages to keep our leads personalities recognizable (something not guaranteed in stories like this) but actually builds and/or strengthen relationships between these characters and makes you want to see more. Vasco Georgiev provides engaging art and some really great two-page spreads throughout. His art doesn’t simply convey the story, but enhances it. I hope he winds up with working on some big event story or lands a run on one of DC’s flagship books.
The story was not without some bumps, the largest being Cassie and Yara in Brazil hearing over a regular walkie-talkie of a fallen opponent a call for backup on an assault at Belle Reeve to capture Mary Marvel—I just found that unbelievable and nearly gave the book four stars instead of five. However it occurred to me at the finish of the book Campbell and Georgiev manages to seamlessly integrate into the story a talking teleporting rabbit named Hoppy the Marvel Bunny and take the character seriously, which was enough to pardon all other sins
The series hit the ground running and doesn’t let up till the finish. Campbell delivers plenty of twists and several very good cliffhangers. She doesn’t treat this mini-series as a simple side story to the “main event” happening in the Wonder Woman series—Campbell not only manages to keep our leads personalities recognizable (something not guaranteed in stories like this) but actually builds and/or strengthen relationships between these characters and makes you want to see more. Vasco Georgiev provides engaging art and some really great two-page spreads throughout. His art doesn’t simply convey the story, but enhances it. I hope he winds up with working on some big event story or lands a run on one of DC’s flagship books.
The story was not without some bumps, the largest being Cassie and Yara in Brazil hearing over a regular walkie-talkie of a fallen opponent a call for backup on an assault at Belle Reeve to capture Mary Marvel—I just found that unbelievable and nearly gave the book four stars instead of five. However it occurred to me at the finish of the book Campbell and Georgiev manages to seamlessly integrate into the story a talking teleporting rabbit named Hoppy the Marvel Bunny and take the character seriously, which was enough to pardon all other sins
May 20, 2024
They keep trying to push the three tribes of Amazons and NOTHING works...
It's yet another story that could work. Heck, it even has the amazing WW series to bounce off of, but it falls short. Falls short by a large margin, even.
There's a graphic they use in the first issue that gets everybody up to speed on what's been happening to the Amazons in DC.
It's broken up into four parts. There's the 'The Trial', 'The Coronation', 'The Revenge', 'The Attack'. The first three? They're, respectively, the death of Hippolyta and unificati0ns of all Amazon tribes, the coronation of Queen Nubia, and the Gods coming back and demanding worship. Every one of those first three stories were not engaging, bland, and hard to finish. They weren't bad, but the connections to the characters weren't there.
Could be that I'm not the target demographic. I challenge that thought because there's several of these runs I've found amazingly written and fully engaged with them. These last few have just felt...bland? This one tries. It tries SO hard. The connections to the machinations of the Sovereign in current WW books helps, but with that book pulling away from the mythical elements the storyline here can't fully utilize those plot threads.
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Bonus: I keep forgetting that Mary Marvel is now powered by the Hippolyta and Amazonian stuff
Bonus Bonus: Where's is Yara's flying horse (Jerry)?!
It's yet another story that could work. Heck, it even has the amazing WW series to bounce off of, but it falls short. Falls short by a large margin, even.
There's a graphic they use in the first issue that gets everybody up to speed on what's been happening to the Amazons in DC.
It's broken up into four parts. There's the 'The Trial', 'The Coronation', 'The Revenge', 'The Attack'. The first three? They're, respectively, the death of Hippolyta and unificati0ns of all Amazon tribes, the coronation of Queen Nubia, and the Gods coming back and demanding worship. Every one of those first three stories were not engaging, bland, and hard to finish. They weren't bad, but the connections to the characters weren't there.
Could be that I'm not the target demographic. I challenge that thought because there's several of these runs I've found amazingly written and fully engaged with them. These last few have just felt...bland? This one tries. It tries SO hard. The connections to the machinations of the Sovereign in current WW books helps, but with that book pulling away from the mythical elements the storyline here can't fully utilize those plot threads.
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Bonus: I keep forgetting that Mary Marvel is now powered by the Hippolyta and Amazonian stuff
Bonus Bonus: Where's is Yara's flying horse (Jerry)?!
August 30, 2024
After Trial of the Amazons, the couple of Nubia mini-series, and the one-shots, I've gotten used to having more than one Wonder Woman book kicking around these days.
Amazons Attack picks up on some stuff Tom King's started over in his Wonder Woman book, with the Wonder Girls, Queen Nubia, Queen Faruka, and Mary Marvel trying to quell anti-Amazon hatred, only to find that there's something sinister behind it all that's almost worse than the Sovereign. It's a bit of a mystery book, though the ultimate reveal isn't massively impactful, but the character work with everyone involved is nicely done. Josie Campbell has a good grasp of the women in this title, and she manages to bring Mary into the book neatly without forcing a Shazam! character in where she might not be needed (despite her new tie to the Greek gods).
The art's solid, everything's pretty nice to look at. I do appreciate that Vasco Georgiev likes his elastic characters, it's a little Humberto Ramos crossed with Clayton Henry.
I sense that this is probably the end of supplementary Amazon books for a while, but this one especially goes a long way towards redeeming the meme-able quality of its predecessor in namesake.
Amazons Attack picks up on some stuff Tom King's started over in his Wonder Woman book, with the Wonder Girls, Queen Nubia, Queen Faruka, and Mary Marvel trying to quell anti-Amazon hatred, only to find that there's something sinister behind it all that's almost worse than the Sovereign. It's a bit of a mystery book, though the ultimate reveal isn't massively impactful, but the character work with everyone involved is nicely done. Josie Campbell has a good grasp of the women in this title, and she manages to bring Mary into the book neatly without forcing a Shazam! character in where she might not be needed (despite her new tie to the Greek gods).
The art's solid, everything's pretty nice to look at. I do appreciate that Vasco Georgiev likes his elastic characters, it's a little Humberto Ramos crossed with Clayton Henry.
I sense that this is probably the end of supplementary Amazon books for a while, but this one especially goes a long way towards redeeming the meme-able quality of its predecessor in namesake.
September 22, 2024
It was kind of a good idea with Amazons having to fight the world as they believe that they are the enemy after the events of WW and I love how it happens and then it becomes this weird thing about a former Amazon hating on her fellow Amazonians because she liked to serve men? Yeah idk what it was lol.
The way it starts off is cool and how our heroes come together and all and then the villain they think is Eris, goddess of discord and she has teamed up with Dr Sivanna from Champion of Shazam series also written by the same writer and they are using some magi tech to turn people against our heroes and how they escape is the story plus they have a rat who can create portals so that was funny.
I like the effort they're putting here and all that but then it gets weird mid point of the volume like I said above when you find out who the villain is and yeah idk lmao maybe if it had actually stuck to it was Eris who hated on them that would have been better. And there were some good moments for Nubia and Mary but they are less compared to the bad ones. I like the friendship that develops between Cassie and Mary during the end of the series and that was cool.
You can skip this volume tbh, its kinda dull.
The way it starts off is cool and how our heroes come together and all and then the villain they think is Eris, goddess of discord and she has teamed up with Dr Sivanna from Champion of Shazam series also written by the same writer and they are using some magi tech to turn people against our heroes and how they escape is the story plus they have a rat who can create portals so that was funny.
I like the effort they're putting here and all that but then it gets weird mid point of the volume like I said above when you find out who the villain is and yeah idk lmao maybe if it had actually stuck to it was Eris who hated on them that would have been better. And there were some good moments for Nubia and Mary but they are less compared to the bad ones. I like the friendship that develops between Cassie and Mary during the end of the series and that was cool.
You can skip this volume tbh, its kinda dull.
April 16, 2024
I wanted to make sure that I give this a higher rating than the last time DC tried this story (because that one was terrible). This one was pretty much meh, until the last chapter which redeems this story (a little).
Perhaps someone in editorial thought this should run parallel to the current Wonder Woman story. Well, that fails because the Wonder Woman story is being very well told.
What I did like is when it became a story about men trying to put women in "their place". That theme, especially after I hear a commentor last Sunday point out how most fundamentalist religious ideologues believe women are second class citizens (and he included multiple religions) honestly believe this, well that part stuck with me.
But, the whole idea of turning Themyscira into a rogue state committing terrorist acts just didn't gell.
Perhaps someone in editorial thought this should run parallel to the current Wonder Woman story. Well, that fails because the Wonder Woman story is being very well told.
What I did like is when it became a story about men trying to put women in "their place". That theme, especially after I hear a commentor last Sunday point out how most fundamentalist religious ideologues believe women are second class citizens (and he included multiple religions) honestly believe this, well that part stuck with me.
But, the whole idea of turning Themyscira into a rogue state committing terrorist acts just didn't gell.
October 14, 2024
It's funny, but I've enjoyed very little of the recent Wonder Woman titles and events where this characters got their start, but this mini worked for me.
Despite not reading much of their previous appearances, and really disliking Tom King's current WW stuff, this story was accessible and a fun read.
Info is given as you go and the writer doesn't assume you've done all the homework, which is a pleasant surprise in modern comics.
Liked the dynamic between the characters, thought it was clever making Mary Marvel an honorary amazon and the use of story threads from previous stories being used and built on.
It was a fun romp, where the messaging didn't overwhelm the story.
Definitely keep an eye out for more stuff by this writer.
Despite not reading much of their previous appearances, and really disliking Tom King's current WW stuff, this story was accessible and a fun read.
Info is given as you go and the writer doesn't assume you've done all the homework, which is a pleasant surprise in modern comics.
Liked the dynamic between the characters, thought it was clever making Mary Marvel an honorary amazon and the use of story threads from previous stories being used and built on.
It was a fun romp, where the messaging didn't overwhelm the story.
Definitely keep an eye out for more stuff by this writer.
March 7, 2025
I technically just finished the single issues but I’ve ordered the paperback so I’m gonna put it on my list anyway. I genuinely teared up at this. Not only because the Amazons hammer home that they are heroes and protectors of women but that they and other women deserve to live and not be persecuted. Which is even more relevant now than it was last year. It also talks about how dangerous and sometimes easy it can be to be a woman who spews misogyny.
May 7, 2024
Art is sub fine to me. Slightly too 'cartoony' for my taste and this serious of a topic/theme.
I love that Amazons are a stand in for women in general. The social commentary is great but the story itself never grabbed me.
Read digitally.
I love that Amazons are a stand in for women in general. The social commentary is great but the story itself never grabbed me.
Read digitally.
March 22, 2025
Honestly, it is closer to 3.5. I liked this a lot and liked the political angle in this, however the final fight flopped.
March 28, 2025
Seems like a fun sidequest for the Wonder Woman characters.
June 7, 2025
6 / 10
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