Absolute Wonder Woman, Vol. 3: Season of the Witch

Absolute Wonder Woman (2024)

by Kelly Thompson, Hayden Sherman (Artist), Mattia de Iulis (Artist)

Eisner Award winners Kelly Thompson and Hayden Sherman continue their bestselling, critically acclaimed take on Wonder Woman with the debut of Absolute Zatanna!

The Mark of Hecate, the symbol on Diana’s arm, shows up at a series of crime scenes in Gotham, drawing her into Batman’s orbit and kicking off a deadly team-up—the very first in the Absolute Universe!

But back in Gateway City, a familiar face has emerged—Zatanna Zatara, the Mistress of Magic. This time, her appearance is no dream—instead, it’s pure nightmare fuel, as Zatanna and a strange new Suicide Squad are set loose on the city with one mission...kill Wonder Woman at any cost. Will it take a witch to destroy a witch?

Plus, the return of artist Mattia De Iulis for a mythic tale of gods and monsters as Diana journeys to the ends of the Earth to deliver justice!

Collects Absolute Wonder Woman #15-20 and Absolute Wonder Woman 2026 Annual #1.

Genres: Comics, Dc Comics, Graphic Novels, Comic Book, Graphic Novels Comics, Superheroes, Mythology

216 pages, Paperback

Expected publication October 27, 2026

About the author

KELLY THOMPSON has a degree in Sequential Art from The Savannah College of Art & Design. Her love of comics and superheroes have compelled her since she first discovered them as a teenager. Currently living in Portland, Oregon with her boyfriend and the two brilliant cats that run their lives, you can find Kelly all over the Internet where she is generally well liked, except where she's detested.

Kelly has published two novels - THE GIRL WHO WOULD BE KING (2012) and STORYKILLER (2014) and the graphic novel HEART IN A BOX from Dark Horse Comics (2015). She's currently writing ROGUE & GAMBIT, HAWKEYE, and PHASMA for Marvel Comics and GHOSTBUSTERS for IDW. Other major credits include: A-Force, Captain Marvel & The Carol Corps, Jem and The Holograms, Misfits, Power Rangers Pink, and the creator-owned mini-series Mega Princess.

Kelly's ambitions are eclipsed only by her desire to exist entirely in pajamas. Fortunately pajamas and writers go hand in hand (most of the time). Please buy all her stuff so that she can buy (and wear) more pajamas.

Reviews

[Renato]

As a recap of the elements Absolute Wonder Woman:
⨈➵ Takes place in a world where Diana of Themyscira is stolen from the Amazons as a baby, and put into the care of Circe
⨈➵ Diana grows up in the underworld (on Wild Isle in Hell) and develops the strength of magic first and foremost (but she can still punch a wallop)
⨈➵ She is based in California (Gateway City) and has a magical base called The Hieron.
⨈➵ Instead of bearing the Golden Lasso of Hestia (truth), she has 3 alternative Lassoes:
𓍯𓍯🟢Green Thysía - allows for shape-shifting
𓍯𓍯🔴Red Nemesis - reflects the pain they have caused to others upon the perpetrator
𓍯𓍯🔵Blue Troika - causes the user and bearer to plunge into a cognitive space where fears and guilts are faced

This volume has 3 main stories:

An Absolute Batman x Wonder Woman Crossover
- I was not excited for this one, as I felt that the Absolute stories worked well in their own lanes. But this crossover was a low stakes story that had this great moment included:


A story where Diana seeks to save the tortured Medusa
Story speaks for itself, but look at the glory that is Athena's characterization - GLORIOSKY!


Season of the Witch
Main chunk of this volume setting a Task Force X employed/brainwashed Zantanna Zatara. Really cool they stuck with the strong magical aspect of the Absolute Wonder Woman universe. Did not make it all about uppercuts and swords (although there ARE uppercuts and swords)

All in all, very happy that AWW remains so strong and consistent with the Absolute Batman and Superman imprints.

[Kelly]

This was definitely the weakest Wonder Woman book so far but I still enjoyed it

[Thomas Gagel]

DC won’t let WW be queer but god knows that won’t stop the writers/artists from going crazy with the subtext

[Evan Horad]

This is my favorite volume of all the absolutes so far.

[Ross]

Still an incredibly engaging series...

We're given the first team-up in the Absolute Universe. I like that it's Bruce and Diana. Blue collar versions of each just vibe a little better with the other. They also give us the government sponsored Suicide Squad of Area 41...with Zatanna (and her father?) Love this so much as it brings familiar names and faces into the series in such unique ways.

Also...that YEET of Dr. Poison into the stratosphere was amazing.
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Bonus: are those barbed parasites, Absolute Starro?
Bonus Bonus: Diana finally begs/prays to the Gods to help her help Medusa. (collective: aww)

[James De Leon]

Kelly Thompson continues to absolutely knock it out of the park.

We get 3 main stories here:
1) Diana's quest to save Medusa in the annual, which to me was the highlight and shows her compassionate side
2) WW's side of her team-up with Bruce
3) Veronica Cale unleashes her Area 41 knock-off Suicide Squad to bring down Wonder Woman. Zatanna is properly introduced here and goes head-to-head with Diana in a battle of magic.

+ we get to see Athena in all her glory is just the icing on the cake.

Solid volume.

[Nevin]

3 volumes in, it's still a fun title with stunning art. There are two small stories and one large one here: The small ones are an unnecessary filler that crosses over with Absolute Batman, then a good one about Medusa that probably features the best splash page of the year. The main story, a fight with an Absolute Suicide Squad and a blackmailed Zatanna, is decent. It doesn't feel as important to the story as the first two volumes, but it manages to keep the characters' personalities and morals centered even through long battle scenes. And again, the art is amazing.

[Chad]

Remains the best book DC is currently publishing. Veronica Kale sends the Absolute version of the Suicide Squad after Wonder Woman and they are a team full of witches. There is a lot of backwards magic with Zatanna part of the team but that's easy enough to read. The first issue is a team up with Batman which was great too. Thompson and Sherman are absolutely killing it. Also included is the 2026 annual where Diana petitions Hecate to let her help Medusa. Very well done.

[Keegan Schueler]

Lot of great issues in here with the teamup, the annual, and the witch arc. I think the other volumes are a bit stronger than this one but it doesn’t mean this one is bad in any way. Things don’t feel concluded with Cane which I felt like was the direction this was heading in so we’ll see where it goes.

[David]

No, I’m not gonna start doing a bunch of comics reviews in Goodreads, this is a singular case (and I’m caught up regardless).

Another step down from volume 2 to just a really good comics arc. Cool Zatanna design and Kaiju fight with Giganta tho.

[Robert]

Half the dialogue is just an endless listing of Diana's titles and associations, and the other half is written in the annoying backward magic that grinds the reading to a halt. So...repetitive and stilted.

[Valuxiea]

Probably the best of the Absolute Runs at the moment. Batman is trying to do too much. Superman has its issues. Manhunter has a stronger first half than second. But this sits above them all, so consistent and excellent.

[Kurt Lorenz]

15, ☆☆☆☆
Annual #1, ☆☆☆☆☆
16-20,

[Laura Zarzyńska]

Nigdy nie przestanę jej kochać. I do tego tyle bogów pojawiło się w tej części. Dajcie mi już kolejne zeszyty!

[Noah frelin]

Editorial may bot let diana be explicitly bi, but they said nothing abt zatana

I swear this isn’t me just liking their designs together. This ship has evidence, 10/10 ship. Need more

[Dennis]

Read in single issues. 5 ⭐.

[Andres Pasten]

Recomendable

[rravanne]

It continues to be an amazing story and I can't wait to read even more of it💖

[S]

Afrodita >>>

[Alyssa Kay]

Kelly Thompson continues to remind us just how well she knows Diana (I honestly would believe she lives in her bones at this point)

[R.J. Miranda]

4,9⭐️

[Cristhian]

Broken.
Beaten.
Damned.

[Yoghavaarman]

Wondaaa Womannnn

[Anne]

Season of the Witch.

I read this as single issues on DC Infinite and reviewed them, so if you're interested in a particular issue, you can click the links below.
First Diana sets out on a quest to save Medusa in the annual issue, then she and Bruce continue their team-up in #15. Both of these are great stories.
But the skinny gist of the overall arc is that we see Zatanna and Diana go toe-to-toe as magic users. Veronica Cale has sent in the Absolute universe's Suicide Squad to take out Wonder Woman, and much like in the regular DC universe, most of these characters did not sign up willingly.
Zatanna has been searching for a way to break free of her imprisonment in Cale's Area 51, and the only way to do that is to steal Diana's power for a bit.
This does not go over well with Diana.
And then things get interesting.
I'm not going to spoil it for you, but this is a fantastic volume, and Kelly Thompson just continues to absolutely kill it.

Absolute Wonder Woman 2026 Annual #1



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issue #17


issue #18


issue #19


issue #20


Highly Recommended.