Wonder Woman: Black & Gold 2026 Special (2026-) #1 (Wonder Woman Black & Gold

by Tom King, Rossi Gifford (Artist), Karen S. Darboe (Artist)

Witness thrilling tales starring the Amazon Princess—embellished in the color of her famous lasso. This round, the Eisner Award-winning team of Tom King and Mitch Gerads (Mister Miracle, One Bad Day) reunites, Steve Orlando has Diana search for the truth in a land of lies, Alyssa Wong brings Wonder Woman to the Spirit World, and the team behind Wonder The Adventures of Young Diana is back for more!

Genres: Comics

Kindle Edition

Published January 14, 2026

Reviews

[Kay ☾ · Rating 2 out of 5]

Actual rating: 2.2 stars
What I liked: The artwork
Art & Coloring: Another picture book, I enjoyed the artwork each of the 4 stories offered.
Writing: Non existent. It was bad.
What I didn't like: Each story had a horrible plot.
Final thoughts: I feel scammed.
Continuing?: No

[abbey ౨ৎ · Rating 2 out of 5]

i’m giving this 2.75 stars but i’m not rounding up because it doesn’t deserve to be shown as 3 stars. the four stories in here were mid at best, but the first one written by tom king and the last one written by jordie bellaire were atrocious. tom king didn’t even centralize his story around diana which i’m not surprised about because when has he ever written diana or any female character properly (woman of tomorrow run excluded… but even then kara didn’t feel centralized lol) and bellaire’s peach thief story could’ve been replaced by an actual decent one instead of that kiddie cartoon sequence.
last flight by alyssa wong with karen s. darboe as the artist was the only one i truly enjoyed. the ending of the story fell flat for me because it felt very anticlimactic, but the art was so gorgeous and the story had a bit of substance to it that the others lacked. the truth unreal by steve orlando was boring to me, but i enjoyed rossi gifford’s art.
overall, this was such a let down and i was already skeptical of purchasing this comic for ncbd due to diana not being appreciated or properly written by dc for the longest time so i didn’t have high hopes regardless. it’s a nice collectors item to have i guess, but omg diana i am so sorry they nuked you

[Annemarie · Rating 2 out of 5]

2,5☆ average.

Only one story I truly liked, all others felt a bit short and simplistic. The art was the highlight of this comic.

Decent Docent - Tom King ☆☆
This was ... five. Didn't particullarly care for it. It felt symplistic and a bit cliché tbh


Last Flight - Alyssa Wong ☆☆☆☆
The art was so pretty. I loved the designs on the afterlife. I liked how hopeful and full of love this story was.


The Truth Unreal - Steve Orlando ☆☆
The cult story could have been great, but it wasn't. I liked some of it, but all in all it felt incomplete and rushed. I think this could make a great longer story arc, if it got developed a bit more.


Peach Thief - Jordie Bellaire ☆☆,5
Love the art, it's very cute, very different from the other styles in the book. Another symplistic, story, but it's cute and got the art style well. More in line with the Wee Wonder webseries

[Dean · Rating 3 out of 5]

not the best stories but two incredible artists in Gerards and Darboe (similar to sana takeda or peach momoko)

worth having as an art book.

[Lizzy DeMarco · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some of the stories felt disjointed, otherwise this was a nice special issue.

[Abbie · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5
Highly disappointing. Most of the stories barely center wonder woman which is absurd for the special. The best thing about this book is the cover by a mile.

[Roland Baldwin · Rating 2 out of 5]

A real disappointment bar the Steve Orlando story. I hate Tom King on Wonder Woman and his story is only mediocre. I never rate this now but I guess there’s a beginning for all things

[Alex Fyffe · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5