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Wonder Woman (2023)
Wonder Woman Vol. 5: The Wonder War Act I
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Expected 17 Nov 26Wonder Woman faces the next evolution of her legend as Tom King and Daniel Sampere’s modern epic continues into its most powerful The Wonder War!
The Matriarch commences her crusade to rule over the DC Universe. As heroes and villains alike fall to her insurmountable power, Wonder Woman and her daughter Trinity must unite to save all that they hold dear. Time’s up for the princesses of Themyscira, and the Queen of America will not rest until they bow to her will.
As allies fall one by one, it's up to Trinity to stop the Matriarch. Can the daughter of Wonder Woman finally live up to the name and all the pressures that come with it?
The Eisner-nominated creative duo of Tom King ( Woman of Tomorrow) and Daniel Sampere (Dark Crisis) is back for the most riveting installment of their Wonder Woman epic yet!
Plus, the origin of Wonder Woman as you’ve never seen it before, told through the eyes of the man who loved her—Steve Trevor! Could Diana’s past hold the key to saving the future? From rising star writer Stephanie Williams (Nubia and the Amazons) and epic artist Clayton Henry (Adventures of Jon Kent).
Collects Wonder Woman #31-36, Act I of The Wonder War!
The Matriarch commences her crusade to rule over the DC Universe. As heroes and villains alike fall to her insurmountable power, Wonder Woman and her daughter Trinity must unite to save all that they hold dear. Time’s up for the princesses of Themyscira, and the Queen of America will not rest until they bow to her will.
As allies fall one by one, it's up to Trinity to stop the Matriarch. Can the daughter of Wonder Woman finally live up to the name and all the pressures that come with it?
The Eisner-nominated creative duo of Tom King ( Woman of Tomorrow) and Daniel Sampere (Dark Crisis) is back for the most riveting installment of their Wonder Woman epic yet!
Plus, the origin of Wonder Woman as you’ve never seen it before, told through the eyes of the man who loved her—Steve Trevor! Could Diana’s past hold the key to saving the future? From rising star writer Stephanie Williams (Nubia and the Amazons) and epic artist Clayton Henry (Adventures of Jon Kent).
Collects Wonder Woman #31-36, Act I of The Wonder War!
152 pages, Paperback
Expected publication November 17, 2026
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Review of advance copy
Back again, only to be disappointed again. For what should have been an absolutely thrilling villain who could actually challenge Wonder Woman in an interesting way, Matriarch falls extremely flat here. It bounces to the future to show how bleak it has become under her reign, and then . The butchering of Diana as a character continues, and there are some absolutely baffling choices when it comes to her actions. There's a big push for Trinity, who I suspect is no-one's favourite member of the Wonder Woman family, and Steve Trevor returns to join her as the new mentor figure. Reminiscing between the two allows for another Diana origin and it's probably the best part (notably written by Stephanie Williams, not Tom King). Another pile of nothing. Simply flicking through to look at the art and ignore all the words will be a better use of the time.
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October 12, 2026Read this in single issues. Overall I liked this even though Tom Kings writing can be very robotic at times. Part of it reminds me of his Batman run that I was so tired of by the end. But he still writes a compelling wonder woman story but like Batman, it seems his run is coming to a quick end after issue 40.
Review of advance copy
I read the singles. I was delighted to be free of Mouse Man, even more so when Diana beat the crap out of him. I got a sense of Tom King’s CIA background. Pages and pages of “Mouse Man knows” and “Mice have ears” felt like a psyop designed to irritate the reader into frothing.
Review of advance copy
The final arc of Tom King's Wonder Woman begins, with a time-twisting epic that brings Diana into conflict with a terrible future that only she, her daughter, and a semi-resurrected Steve Trevor can stop.
I've enjoyed all of Tom King's Wonder Woman so far, which I think puts me in the minority these days, but alas. It's an interesting take on Diana, and the world building around her with Lizzie, Steve, and the Fates feels fresh. I think my only complaint is that Wonder Woman feels like a bit of an afterthought at times here - King clearly likes the Matriarch as a villain, and needs to focus on her to establish her properly, but I think the balance between her and Diana feels a bit skewed at times. Daniel Sampere's artwork is hard to fault, of course.
Also included here are the two interlude issues by Stephanie Williams and Jeff Spokes, set back on Paradise Island. These little mini-origins are neat, but I think I preferred the current day set bookends, just because we don't get enough of the Wonder Family interacting these days.
I've enjoyed all of Tom King's Wonder Woman so far, which I think puts me in the minority these days, but alas. It's an interesting take on Diana, and the world building around her with Lizzie, Steve, and the Fates feels fresh. I think my only complaint is that Wonder Woman feels like a bit of an afterthought at times here - King clearly likes the Matriarch as a villain, and needs to focus on her to establish her properly, but I think the balance between her and Diana feels a bit skewed at times. Daniel Sampere's artwork is hard to fault, of course.
Also included here are the two interlude issues by Stephanie Williams and Jeff Spokes, set back on Paradise Island. These little mini-origins are neat, but I think I preferred the current day set bookends, just because we don't get enough of the Wonder Family interacting these days.
Review of advance copy
~ I read this as singles before the bundled volume was released ~
Finally a 4 star wonder woman read again! After this whole "mouse man knows" fiasco that finally ended in Volume 4, I felt like there would be no upturn. But Wonder Woman has received a new main villain arch with "The Matriarch" and it is an interesting one, even though the current plot has left me quite confused. I am not sure in what timezone we are, who is alive and who is dead and what the truth behind it all is... Did anyone else feel this way when reading this? But the artwork was stunning, we get to see a lot of the Amazonians and I hope this Wonder War plot line will develop further and we get to see more of the Matriarch, so it doesn't just end again right when it started. It has the promise to build up into something huge, if handled and written correctly. So I have high hopes for this one!
Finally a 4 star wonder woman read again! After this whole "mouse man knows" fiasco that finally ended in Volume 4, I felt like there would be no upturn. But Wonder Woman has received a new main villain arch with "The Matriarch" and it is an interesting one, even though the current plot has left me quite confused. I am not sure in what timezone we are, who is alive and who is dead and what the truth behind it all is... Did anyone else feel this way when reading this? But the artwork was stunning, we get to see a lot of the Amazonians and I hope this Wonder War plot line will develop further and we get to see more of the Matriarch, so it doesn't just end again right when it started. It has the promise to build up into something huge, if handled and written correctly. So I have high hopes for this one!
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June 14, 2026I read the singles, I like this Wonder Woman.
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