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Wonder Woman, Vol. 7: Amazons Attacked
The Gods separated Themyscira from the world for a good reason: it serves as the prison for the God of War, and the most powerful army ever created stands guard around him! So what happens when the greatest evil in the universe decides he wants that army for himself?
The power of the ancient gods has returned Darkseid to his former self, but he wants more--he wants the throne of Apokolips back! But to put down the rebellions and civil war raging on his homeworld, he'll need an army more powerful than he's ever had before. That sounds suspiciously like the Amazons!
Meanwhile, Wonder Woman's brother Jason has always longed to meet his mother, Hippolyta, but the machinations of the gods have made it impossible. But now, with the barrier between worlds at its thinnest, could they come face-to-face at last? Should Wonder Woman help him return home, if it could lead to the destruction of the Amazons?
From superstar writer James Robinson and artist Carlo Pagulayan comes the next great Wonder Woman epic in Wonder Woman Vol. 7! Collects Wonder Woman #38-45.
The power of the ancient gods has returned Darkseid to his former self, but he wants more--he wants the throne of Apokolips back! But to put down the rebellions and civil war raging on his homeworld, he'll need an army more powerful than he's ever had before. That sounds suspiciously like the Amazons!
Meanwhile, Wonder Woman's brother Jason has always longed to meet his mother, Hippolyta, but the machinations of the gods have made it impossible. But now, with the barrier between worlds at its thinnest, could they come face-to-face at last? Should Wonder Woman help him return home, if it could lead to the destruction of the Amazons?
From superstar writer James Robinson and artist Carlo Pagulayan comes the next great Wonder Woman epic in Wonder Woman Vol. 7! Collects Wonder Woman #38-45.
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First published December 24, 2018
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January 23, 2019
First, we get a condensed down version of Silver Swan's origin (which George Perez did much better). Giving Silver Swan's blood the power to erase computers is REALLY dumb. Then Steve Trevor calls Diana "Angel" a gazillion times. That felt like it may have been the main plot point over Darkseid's return. His plan felt very small in scope and more than a little beneath him. James Robinson used to be one of my favorite writers back in his Starman and Leave It to Chance days but his writing now seems very uninspired. There are a lot of artists on the book, all of which are solid or better. Romulo Fajardo's colors keeps the book looking very consistent across the different styles.
March 21, 2022
Wow this one was something.
The first story with Silver swan was kinda similar to the one in post crisis WW comic but was still cool seeing Vanessa and Diana fight and the villains motives for hating her but its never made clear how she got her powers but regardless the battle was great and seeing the conflict of love and belonging and Jason's role in it was cool and how Diana defeats this foe. 2.5/5 fot this one.
The next story with Darkseid finally comitting his plans and going after the artefacts and thus Themysciria for whatever reason and thus fighting Diana and her family begines and its a heavy emotion-charged story though how Jason got that armor is unclear but regardless the big fight with the dark god and Diana trying everything to save her sister and the reunion between Jason and his mother was great and the big battle and the aftermath interesting too.
Its a pretty cool volume and shows the power of love Diana has and how she uses that and not "war" to take down her opponents like she did with Silver Swan and Darkseif though it could have used a bit less ambiguity when it came to some stuff but still a fun read! And the art terrific throughout!
The first story with Silver swan was kinda similar to the one in post crisis WW comic but was still cool seeing Vanessa and Diana fight and the villains motives for hating her but its never made clear how she got her powers but regardless the battle was great and seeing the conflict of love and belonging and Jason's role in it was cool and how Diana defeats this foe. 2.5/5 fot this one.
The next story with Darkseid finally comitting his plans and going after the artefacts and thus Themysciria for whatever reason and thus fighting Diana and her family begines and its a heavy emotion-charged story though how Jason got that armor is unclear but regardless the big fight with the dark god and Diana trying everything to save her sister and the reunion between Jason and his mother was great and the big battle and the aftermath interesting too.
Its a pretty cool volume and shows the power of love Diana has and how she uses that and not "war" to take down her opponents like she did with Silver Swan and Darkseif though it could have used a bit less ambiguity when it came to some stuff but still a fun read! And the art terrific throughout!
June 12, 2018
Well that was a cliched janky choppy read that back tracks a lot of what happened last arc…
World: The art is fine, it’s not the prettiest and I really miss Liam Sharp and Nicola Scott, they were so good. The world building here is okay, it’s a bit cliched with the STAR GATE (it is what it is) and the half baked idea of the relics and the plan, it’s a bit of a paper thin world. After the large and beautiful world that Rucka created I am now feeling that Robinson is zooming in and making the world smaller. I would not mind if it was more intimate and character driven but at this moment I can’t say it is. It’s aight, cliched and nothing special.
Story: The two stories found here are both very cliched. Swan Song is about a villain who was someone that adored Diana before which has been done so many times in Superhero books that it’s not even a thing anymore. It was a bit choppy and iffy in terms of logic and how she was able to get those powers and how the “science” allowed them to her, but oh well. It was okay, the end was aight and the story was aight but forgettable. Then there’s the continuation of the Darkseid story which I thought was good last arc, it moved the DCU forward and brought back a huge part of it and I thought this would like to a New Forth World for the DCU and even lead to books in the future. But alas it was not to be as Robinson pretty much went back on everything he pushed forward and created and now we are back to something different (yes I know Darkseid is in Justice League Odyssey which puzzles me too). That entire storyline was cliched with boring making it a slog to get through. It really didn’t add anything to the characters. We’ve had two trades now with Robinson and I’m not seeing a quite issue and time for the book to breath, it’s an endless slugfest that is neither hopeful and loving like the Diana from Rucka’s and the movie’s run…it’s getting to stabby stabby (which I don’t mind but after what we had before it’s feels like a step back).
Characters: As I said above I know Robinson is still using ‘Love’ as Wonder Woman’s thing but not enough, she’s a bit too stabby stabby because the story doesn’t stop and give her a chance to be loving and find the road that doesn’t lead to a fight. Those stories are good and they balance the punchy punchy out but after 12 issues we are getting very little of that and it is worrying me. I don’t want to revert back to the old Diana. The rest of the cast also has little depth as it’s become an endless slug fest. Trevor has had no growth or story and is only the soldier, Grail is just mwa haa haa evil, Jason comes off as whiney cause he has no time to develop. This book needs more quiet time to build these characters.
This book is heading somewhere I don’t want it to go and the back track was annoying.
Onward to the next book!
*read individual issues*
World: The art is fine, it’s not the prettiest and I really miss Liam Sharp and Nicola Scott, they were so good. The world building here is okay, it’s a bit cliched with the STAR GATE (it is what it is) and the half baked idea of the relics and the plan, it’s a bit of a paper thin world. After the large and beautiful world that Rucka created I am now feeling that Robinson is zooming in and making the world smaller. I would not mind if it was more intimate and character driven but at this moment I can’t say it is. It’s aight, cliched and nothing special.
Story: The two stories found here are both very cliched. Swan Song is about a villain who was someone that adored Diana before which has been done so many times in Superhero books that it’s not even a thing anymore. It was a bit choppy and iffy in terms of logic and how she was able to get those powers and how the “science” allowed them to her, but oh well. It was okay, the end was aight and the story was aight but forgettable. Then there’s the continuation of the Darkseid story which I thought was good last arc, it moved the DCU forward and brought back a huge part of it and I thought this would like to a New Forth World for the DCU and even lead to books in the future. But alas it was not to be as Robinson pretty much went back on everything he pushed forward and created and now we are back to something different (yes I know Darkseid is in Justice League Odyssey which puzzles me too). That entire storyline was cliched with boring making it a slog to get through. It really didn’t add anything to the characters. We’ve had two trades now with Robinson and I’m not seeing a quite issue and time for the book to breath, it’s an endless slugfest that is neither hopeful and loving like the Diana from Rucka’s and the movie’s run…it’s getting to stabby stabby (which I don’t mind but after what we had before it’s feels like a step back).
Characters: As I said above I know Robinson is still using ‘Love’ as Wonder Woman’s thing but not enough, she’s a bit too stabby stabby because the story doesn’t stop and give her a chance to be loving and find the road that doesn’t lead to a fight. Those stories are good and they balance the punchy punchy out but after 12 issues we are getting very little of that and it is worrying me. I don’t want to revert back to the old Diana. The rest of the cast also has little depth as it’s become an endless slug fest. Trevor has had no growth or story and is only the soldier, Grail is just mwa haa haa evil, Jason comes off as whiney cause he has no time to develop. This book needs more quiet time to build these characters.
This book is heading somewhere I don’t want it to go and the back track was annoying.
Onward to the next book!
*read individual issues*
June 3, 2019
Last volume was good, this....eh.
So Wonder Woman decides to go after Darkseid after the events of the last book. Which was a pretty big dramatic fucked up moment. Here? We start off with Jason throwing a party and then Wonder Woman getting pissed at him. It's goofy and dumb but it builds some relationship between brother and sister. Then the fight to Darkseid begins and...it's just a lot of punching, kicking, and...a really bad ending.
I enjoyed the stuff with Jason and Diana was nice. I also think the art is pretty solid and makes the world and fights pretty great. However, the rest of the storyline is kind of boring and the ending for certain characters couldn't be MORE anticlimatic if they tried. I also think the very ending is building up to something blah.
Like most of Robinson's recent stuff I like moments but he doesn't really seem to put a ton of effort into making interesting twist and turns. A 2-2.5 out of 5.
So Wonder Woman decides to go after Darkseid after the events of the last book. Which was a pretty big dramatic fucked up moment. Here? We start off with Jason throwing a party and then Wonder Woman getting pissed at him. It's goofy and dumb but it builds some relationship between brother and sister. Then the fight to Darkseid begins and...it's just a lot of punching, kicking, and...a really bad ending.
I enjoyed the stuff with Jason and Diana was nice. I also think the art is pretty solid and makes the world and fights pretty great. However, the rest of the storyline is kind of boring and the ending for certain characters couldn't be MORE anticlimatic if they tried. I also think the very ending is building up to something blah.
Like most of Robinson's recent stuff I like moments but he doesn't really seem to put a ton of effort into making interesting twist and turns. A 2-2.5 out of 5.
July 30, 2019
One of the better stories so far in the rebirth arcs. Though the ending was the laziest piece of writing I've ever seen. 4 stars.
January 14, 2019
Others may take issue with the PC/SJW crap larded throughout, interrupting and infecting every story, but for me the biggest problem was the authors cry for help, namely when - in a fight against the biggest bad in the DC universe - WW 'realizes' that if she only loves her dead daddy hard enough he'll make the bad man explode and go away. If that's not evidence of a repressed mommy's-new-boyfriend-touched-me incident I don't know what is.
March 2, 2019
Pure comic book dreck with the added detriment of Jack Kirby's Fourth World characters. Why do writers continue to use the Female Furies and, god help us, the Deep Six?
October 26, 2018
[Read as single issues]
Wonder Woman’s compassion comes back to haunt her when a victim of a vicious attack has her love for Diana twisted into hate, and the Silver Swan flies again! Then, Grail and Darkseid make their move on Themyscira, and only Diana and Jason can stop them from turning all of the Amazons into Parademons!
Having read it all now, I think Swan’s Song is probably the strongest of James Robinson’s Wonder Woman run; the Darkseid arcs and the Dark Gods that follow this volume are good, but I really think Swan’s Song nails why Diana is such a good character, and how her own unending love for literally everyone can be her undoing when it results in the creation of the Silver Swan. Their battle feels a lot more personal than anything else Diana has faced under Robinson’s direction, and that’s because he takes the time to explore their relationship and Vanessa’s downfall into darkness.
Then we get the follow-up arc to the previous volume’s Children Of The Gods. The real shining light here is the relationship between Diana and her new brother Jason, who is doing his best at this whole hero thing, but maybe isn’t the most cut out for it. Jason’s been a bit of a blank slate character, so it’s nice for him to get some heroic moments even if he is a goof some of the time. Darkseid and Grail never really feel as threatening as they have previously, and their plan to transform the Amazons into a new Parademon army is a peculiar one that feels a bit beneath both of them after their ambitions in the Darkseid War, but I’ll roll with it because it gives us some bombastic action scenes.
The Swan’s Song arc and some of the Darkseid story have the privilege of being drawn by Emanuela Lupacchino whose art I always sing the praises of because she just churns out beautiful characters on every page, and the battle/dance between Silver Swan and Diana is especially gorgeous. Jesus Merino and Matteo Santucci handle the other Darkseid issues – I feel like Merino has fallen from grace a little and keeps getting shifted around DC’s series without a home to call his own, while Santucci’s still working his way up the rungs by doing the same thing. They’ve similar styles and neither is a poor artist, but Lupacchino is easily the highlight of this volume.
Wonder Woman’s second and third James Robinson arcs are pretty solid. The first is easily stronger than the second, but they’re definitely Wonder Woman stories that wouldn’t feel right with any other character at the helm. With some lovely artwork and great character moments for Diana, Jason, and Silver Swan, overall this volume is pretty darn good, I’d say.
Wonder Woman’s compassion comes back to haunt her when a victim of a vicious attack has her love for Diana twisted into hate, and the Silver Swan flies again! Then, Grail and Darkseid make their move on Themyscira, and only Diana and Jason can stop them from turning all of the Amazons into Parademons!
Having read it all now, I think Swan’s Song is probably the strongest of James Robinson’s Wonder Woman run; the Darkseid arcs and the Dark Gods that follow this volume are good, but I really think Swan’s Song nails why Diana is such a good character, and how her own unending love for literally everyone can be her undoing when it results in the creation of the Silver Swan. Their battle feels a lot more personal than anything else Diana has faced under Robinson’s direction, and that’s because he takes the time to explore their relationship and Vanessa’s downfall into darkness.
Then we get the follow-up arc to the previous volume’s Children Of The Gods. The real shining light here is the relationship between Diana and her new brother Jason, who is doing his best at this whole hero thing, but maybe isn’t the most cut out for it. Jason’s been a bit of a blank slate character, so it’s nice for him to get some heroic moments even if he is a goof some of the time. Darkseid and Grail never really feel as threatening as they have previously, and their plan to transform the Amazons into a new Parademon army is a peculiar one that feels a bit beneath both of them after their ambitions in the Darkseid War, but I’ll roll with it because it gives us some bombastic action scenes.
The Swan’s Song arc and some of the Darkseid story have the privilege of being drawn by Emanuela Lupacchino whose art I always sing the praises of because she just churns out beautiful characters on every page, and the battle/dance between Silver Swan and Diana is especially gorgeous. Jesus Merino and Matteo Santucci handle the other Darkseid issues – I feel like Merino has fallen from grace a little and keeps getting shifted around DC’s series without a home to call his own, while Santucci’s still working his way up the rungs by doing the same thing. They’ve similar styles and neither is a poor artist, but Lupacchino is easily the highlight of this volume.
Wonder Woman’s second and third James Robinson arcs are pretty solid. The first is easily stronger than the second, but they’re definitely Wonder Woman stories that wouldn’t feel right with any other character at the helm. With some lovely artwork and great character moments for Diana, Jason, and Silver Swan, overall this volume is pretty darn good, I’d say.
July 8, 2018
Wow, what a mess. Ok, here we go:
This volume is flashback city. We get flashbacks to things we have already seen. We get flashbacks of enemies that Diana fought that would make a MUCH better story than what we are given. We get a whole issue that is mostly flashbacks.
All of the stuff from the last volume or two leading up to this? Yeah, most of it is immediately retconned and pointless now.
Two of my least favorite characters, Steve "Angel, Angel, Angel, Angel" Trevor and Jason "Personality of a Brick" get a TON of face-time in this volume. This book might as well have been called "Wonder Woman's Not-So Amazing Friends".
They use the trope of "I have you where I want you, but I'm going to let you go and give you a weapon so we can go HAND TO HAND!". I HAAAAAAAAAATE this trope. What's worse is that it is Wonder Woman doing it, and her wasting time in doing this causes people to die. Terrible, out of character writing at its finest.
We get a new Silver Swan who has the super special power of "Whatever the hell the writer needs". She can fly and has a sonic voice like most incarnations of Silver Swan, but now she can hack all of the computers in the world with her blood. Alrighty then.
Speaking of which, she hacks all of the world's computers to erase the method of healing people with nanites. Ok, fine, but you are telling me that no one wrote any of that shit down on paper somewhere at all? Not even some notes?
Darkseid's plan doesn't make a whole lot of sense. I won't go into details, but I will say that it just seemed pretty short-sighted and dumb to me.
This volume is flashback city. We get flashbacks to things we have already seen. We get flashbacks of enemies that Diana fought that would make a MUCH better story than what we are given. We get a whole issue that is mostly flashbacks.
All of the stuff from the last volume or two leading up to this? Yeah, most of it is immediately retconned and pointless now.
Two of my least favorite characters, Steve "Angel, Angel, Angel, Angel" Trevor and Jason "Personality of a Brick" get a TON of face-time in this volume. This book might as well have been called "Wonder Woman's Not-So Amazing Friends".
They use the trope of "I have you where I want you, but I'm going to let you go and give you a weapon so we can go HAND TO HAND!". I HAAAAAAAAAATE this trope. What's worse is that it is Wonder Woman doing it, and her wasting time in doing this causes people to die. Terrible, out of character writing at its finest.
We get a new Silver Swan who has the super special power of "Whatever the hell the writer needs". She can fly and has a sonic voice like most incarnations of Silver Swan, but now she can hack all of the computers in the world with her blood. Alrighty then.
Speaking of which, she hacks all of the world's computers to erase the method of healing people with nanites. Ok, fine, but you are telling me that no one wrote any of that shit down on paper somewhere at all? Not even some notes?
Darkseid's plan doesn't make a whole lot of sense. I won't go into details, but I will say that it just seemed pretty short-sighted and dumb to me.
November 3, 2022
James Robinson’s run as writer in Wonder Woman, Volume 7, “Amazons Attacked”, isn’t the best, but it isn’t the worst either. In this issue: WW saves a young girl who loses the ability to walk, but a new nanotechnology helps her, only to change her into a villain called Silver Swan; Jason parties a little too hard, decides to straighten up and then gets sucked into some blue cloud; Darkseid recruits a group of female supervillains called the Furies; Jason returns in a new super-suit and more hopped-up superpowers, but he doesn’t remember how it happened or where he’s been for months; WW goes up against Darkseid in an epic battle…
Just wasn’t feeling this one. It was okay, I guess.
Just wasn’t feeling this one. It was okay, I guess.
July 5, 2022
Yet another installment from Robinson in which Diana plays supporting character to a bunch of men that nobody gives two poops about. The writing is bad, the pacing is worse, and the story is terrible. The only remotely good thing about this arc is the art is nice.
February 1, 2019
Good vs. evil. James Robinson writes a standard epic adventure that sees Wonder Woman take on one of her old foes for the first time in DC Rebirth and conclude the battle against Darkseid. There wasn't a whole lot to chew on in these issues and honestly I think that was a good. This was really fun and easy super hero comic book storytelling. The Silver Swan arc are was simple but mesh well with the continuing story of Wonder Woman trying to cope with her life with her found twin brother and the pressures of being available to spend time with her friends. The Silver Swan story showcases that no matter how heroic Wonder Woman aspires to be she will not always save everyone. But James Robinson reminds readers that it is Diana's great compassion that ultimately wins the day. Artwork and coloring wasn't bad but admittedly was not as great as earlier artists on the series which included the likes of Nicola Scott, Liam Sharp, and David Finch. All the mention artist are just a hard act to follow, But book still looks pretty good. My favorite parts of the story is all the stuff with Kirby's New Gods characters. Anytime we get to read characters like Darkseid or the Female Furies it is a fun treat. The New gods really mesh well the Greek mythology of the world that Diana inhabits. This was a great pick up and read Wonder Woman adventure although if you are an completest you make want to read Wonder Woman, Volume 6: Children of the Gods first.
July 20, 2018
Wonder Woman is now in mourning and Darkseid is still going on his shenanigans and overall being a jerk after he killed and absorbed the energies of the paternal side of her family (does that mean she's kind of sort of related to Darkseid now?)
Hey at least her brother is on her side now, there's always a plus, right?
Hey at least her brother is on her side now, there's always a plus, right?
July 5, 2020
The four stars is mainly for the artwork, but I liked how this wrapped up the Darkseid/Grail storyline too. I’m a little frustrated not to know where Jason’s mysterious armor came from, which of course I don’t trust. I’m intrigued enough with the twin brother storyline that I’ll probably read more.
December 16, 2021
Perhaps we should forgive this comic for the sins of its fathers, that Azarello and Robinson have spent the Nu52 era destroying the unique character of Diana by first revealing her as the daughter of Zeus and then imposing a brother upon her. Perhaps we should judge this comic by its own merits, even though those continue to be major (albeit dull) plot points.
But even on its own merits, this second Robinson volume is at best mediocre, an unfortunately constant descriptor for Robinson's work post the '90s.
We get "Swan Song", which acts like it's the first Silver Swan III (Vanessa K.) story ever, but which does absolutely nothing interesting or new with the concept, and in fact loses all nuance and depth.
Then we get "Amazons Attacked", which at least continues (perhaps closes) the Darkseid story from the previous volume, but only with massive fight scenes and entirely unearned emotional carthasises.
Brother Iason runs through all of this, less pouty than before, in fact so much less pouty and more heroic that he seems an entirely different character.
Imminently missable. I look forward to this whole era of Wonder Woman being entirely retconned out of existence.
But even on its own merits, this second Robinson volume is at best mediocre, an unfortunately constant descriptor for Robinson's work post the '90s.
We get "Swan Song", which acts like it's the first Silver Swan III (Vanessa K.) story ever, but which does absolutely nothing interesting or new with the concept, and in fact loses all nuance and depth.
Then we get "Amazons Attacked", which at least continues (perhaps closes) the Darkseid story from the previous volume, but only with massive fight scenes and entirely unearned emotional carthasises.
Brother Iason runs through all of this, less pouty than before, in fact so much less pouty and more heroic that he seems an entirely different character.
Imminently missable. I look forward to this whole era of Wonder Woman being entirely retconned out of existence.
February 3, 2019
I loved the first story in this one, but worried about a little too much reliance on the brother/Steve in the others.
April 8, 2019
I love that they brought back Silver Swan!!!
January 18, 2019
I'm officially tired of Wonder Woman. In Amazons Attacked (such a dumb name), we see the origin story of Silver Swan, see WW battle Darkseid alongside her lame brother, Jason, and we see Steve Trevor call WW "angel" about ten million times. None of it is strictly bad (the art might even qualify as good), but none of it is particularly interesting. For example, Silver Swan's power set is basically "whatever you can think of because nanites," which does not exactly explain why she's a swan or why she can like...shout hard at you. Even the fun character interactions are brought down by Jason's general blandness and Steve's somewhat unsettling devotion to his angel. Also,
October 3, 2020
*I’ve read A LOT and not reviewed in a long time, so to catch up: Three sentence reviews! (More or less.)*
Not gonna lie... while some of the action in this was really solid, Darkseid being defeated all of a sudden by "the power of love," felt like a bit of a cop-out. His plan to turn the Amazons into parademons had some seriously high stakes for the end of an issues-long odyssey as Darkseid slowly gained more and more power. But for all of that to be undone in... I think it was only a few panels? It felt kinda cheap honestly. The message was good and perfect for Wonder Woman's character, but the delivery was just... meh. Not a bad book until the end, where it was definitely anticlimactic and lackluster.
Not gonna lie... while some of the action in this was really solid, Darkseid being defeated all of a sudden by "the power of love," felt like a bit of a cop-out. His plan to turn the Amazons into parademons had some seriously high stakes for the end of an issues-long odyssey as Darkseid slowly gained more and more power. But for all of that to be undone in... I think it was only a few panels? It felt kinda cheap honestly. The message was good and perfect for Wonder Woman's character, but the delivery was just... meh. Not a bad book until the end, where it was definitely anticlimactic and lackluster.
January 16, 2019
Basic plot: First, we got an origin story for the new version of Silver Swan. Then, Diana and her brother get to know each other better and continue their conflict with Darkseid and his plans.
The art is this arc was good. I really enjoyed the visuals. The story itself had some interesting twists and turns that I also enjoyed. I don't quite know what is up with her brother's disappearance/reappearance, but in a story with literal, actual gods, it seems a bit off to complain about deus ex machina. There were a lot of good moments between Diana and the other characters, particularly in non-combat scenes. It really did showcase some of WW's best qualities.
The art is this arc was good. I really enjoyed the visuals. The story itself had some interesting twists and turns that I also enjoyed. I don't quite know what is up with her brother's disappearance/reappearance, but in a story with literal, actual gods, it seems a bit off to complain about deus ex machina. There were a lot of good moments between Diana and the other characters, particularly in non-combat scenes. It really did showcase some of WW's best qualities.
December 13, 2019
There is so much going on with this book that Wonder Woman almost seems like a supporting character, and not the heroine of the book. There are also a lot of made up rules to push the story along that distract more than advance the narrative.
January 17, 2020
A powerful comic that pits Wonder Woman against Darkseid alone with Themyscira on the line.
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December 7, 2020
3 1/2 stars
And so the tale continues, in Wonder Woman, Volume 7: Amazons Attacked. Recently, Diana found that she had a sibling – one who is closer to her than she ever could have expected. Now, she's once again facing off against Darkseid.
Darkseid is not a new threat, not to Wonder Woman, nor the rest of DC. Yet he still manages to bring plenty of surprises with him. This time, he's targeting the throne of Apokolips (again), and he doesn't care who gets caught in the crossfire.
Then there's Jason, who never got to know his mother, not in the way that his sister did. Perhaps this war of gods and Amazonians will finally give him the chance that he's always been wanting. Or perhaps not.
I went into Wonder Woman, Volume 7: Amazons Attacked with relatively high expectations. I knew that a major confrontation was on the horizon. Likewise, I knew just how much potential a plot such as this one can contain.
Overall, I found myself neither impressed, nor unimpressed. It was a solid volume, all things considered. Just not the most memorable piece out there. Not in comparison to some of the biggest highs in Wonder Woman's career, at any rate.
Still, I'll take it. Though I'll admit that I'm already finding myself a bit tired of the back and forth of Jason's character. Perhaps if he were more stable – a larger constant in Diana's life, I wouldn't be bothered so much by this fact.
Still, there are some things that I found to be fascinating about the plot. There's a strong sense of poetic justice. Not to mention the undeniable threat that is Darkseid. Can't deny that one, not ever.
Personally, the highlight for this volume is Silver Swan. I wish that the entire volume had been dedicated to her character. Now that is a plot with potential! It could have been something amazing, had it been allowed to spread it's wings (pun not intended, but welcomed).
I adored Silver Swan's character design, which I give full credit to the artistic team for. Actually, I enjoyed most, if not all, of the artwork within this volume. It was bold and dramatic, while still being evocative in the way that Wonder Woman's character would demand. It's that perfect balance of human and something more.
While I wasn't head over heels for this volume, I am looking forward to seeing what Wonder Woman's series will have in store for me next. And yes, I know just how painfully behind I am with this series. I'm working on it!
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And so the tale continues, in Wonder Woman, Volume 7: Amazons Attacked. Recently, Diana found that she had a sibling – one who is closer to her than she ever could have expected. Now, she's once again facing off against Darkseid.
Darkseid is not a new threat, not to Wonder Woman, nor the rest of DC. Yet he still manages to bring plenty of surprises with him. This time, he's targeting the throne of Apokolips (again), and he doesn't care who gets caught in the crossfire.
Then there's Jason, who never got to know his mother, not in the way that his sister did. Perhaps this war of gods and Amazonians will finally give him the chance that he's always been wanting. Or perhaps not.
I went into Wonder Woman, Volume 7: Amazons Attacked with relatively high expectations. I knew that a major confrontation was on the horizon. Likewise, I knew just how much potential a plot such as this one can contain.
Overall, I found myself neither impressed, nor unimpressed. It was a solid volume, all things considered. Just not the most memorable piece out there. Not in comparison to some of the biggest highs in Wonder Woman's career, at any rate.
Still, I'll take it. Though I'll admit that I'm already finding myself a bit tired of the back and forth of Jason's character. Perhaps if he were more stable – a larger constant in Diana's life, I wouldn't be bothered so much by this fact.
Still, there are some things that I found to be fascinating about the plot. There's a strong sense of poetic justice. Not to mention the undeniable threat that is Darkseid. Can't deny that one, not ever.
Personally, the highlight for this volume is Silver Swan. I wish that the entire volume had been dedicated to her character. Now that is a plot with potential! It could have been something amazing, had it been allowed to spread it's wings (pun not intended, but welcomed).
I adored Silver Swan's character design, which I give full credit to the artistic team for. Actually, I enjoyed most, if not all, of the artwork within this volume. It was bold and dramatic, while still being evocative in the way that Wonder Woman's character would demand. It's that perfect balance of human and something more.
While I wasn't head over heels for this volume, I am looking forward to seeing what Wonder Woman's series will have in store for me next. And yes, I know just how painfully behind I am with this series. I'm working on it!
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September 7, 2021
Anyone who’s ever had the task of bringing up a younger sibling will remember just how tough it could be. They don’t mean to be nasty, surly, difficult, demanding or rambunctious. It just somehow turns out that everything they do seems designed to get on your nerves.
Although Diana and Jason are twins, born on the same day to the same mother and father, their behaviors couldn’t be more different. Diana has spent years saving the world and helping its various denizens while Jason has spent his formative years on a fishing boat with his foster dad. Let loose in Diana’s home, he plays the louche fratboy, inviting over his dissolute cronies for nights of drinking, partying and senseless carousing. (How the hell do you get sausage links dangling from a ceiling fixture, anyway?!?)
Diana is a patient woman and struggles to bring her immature brother to heal with wise words. She points out how she has enemies and that any of his foolish “friends” might blab to them where she lives. Few would tackle the Amazonian warrior who is part god in her own home. But Jason has yet to be tested in a pitched battle and there are many who might wish to make a name by attacking him.
We see her point and marvel at her tolerance. Jason is too old and buff to spank but you or I would be dearly tempted to place him over our knees and give him a few hard slaps. But there are other more serious dangers out there than a rebellious brother.
Darkseid returns and his plan is brought into clearer focus. One of the things that makes Darkseid so dangerous is that he plays matters very close to the vest. No boastings from him about what his fiendish plans are; we and Wonder Woman are left to guess his ultimate purpose and that leaves the Amazonian princess often floundering in his wake. He defeats her time and again simply because he pops up and disappears, bides his time, flees when he’s outnumbered (the Justice League has bested him before and he now knows to retreat when they appear), attacks on different fronts, leaves portions of his plans in the hands of competent underlings (they know the price of failure), amasses his forces quietly and carefully. He’s truly a supervillain to be feared and respected.
I won’t tell whether Wonder Woman defeats him in this volume. That would be spoiling! You’ll just have to read it for yourself. It’s a grand conclusion, complete with many of the familiar figures. Etta Candy is conspicuous by her absence but perhaps she’ll show up in future volumes.
Although Diana and Jason are twins, born on the same day to the same mother and father, their behaviors couldn’t be more different. Diana has spent years saving the world and helping its various denizens while Jason has spent his formative years on a fishing boat with his foster dad. Let loose in Diana’s home, he plays the louche fratboy, inviting over his dissolute cronies for nights of drinking, partying and senseless carousing. (How the hell do you get sausage links dangling from a ceiling fixture, anyway?!?)
Diana is a patient woman and struggles to bring her immature brother to heal with wise words. She points out how she has enemies and that any of his foolish “friends” might blab to them where she lives. Few would tackle the Amazonian warrior who is part god in her own home. But Jason has yet to be tested in a pitched battle and there are many who might wish to make a name by attacking him.
We see her point and marvel at her tolerance. Jason is too old and buff to spank but you or I would be dearly tempted to place him over our knees and give him a few hard slaps. But there are other more serious dangers out there than a rebellious brother.
Darkseid returns and his plan is brought into clearer focus. One of the things that makes Darkseid so dangerous is that he plays matters very close to the vest. No boastings from him about what his fiendish plans are; we and Wonder Woman are left to guess his ultimate purpose and that leaves the Amazonian princess often floundering in his wake. He defeats her time and again simply because he pops up and disappears, bides his time, flees when he’s outnumbered (the Justice League has bested him before and he now knows to retreat when they appear), attacks on different fronts, leaves portions of his plans in the hands of competent underlings (they know the price of failure), amasses his forces quietly and carefully. He’s truly a supervillain to be feared and respected.
I won’t tell whether Wonder Woman defeats him in this volume. That would be spoiling! You’ll just have to read it for yourself. It’s a grand conclusion, complete with many of the familiar figures. Etta Candy is conspicuous by her absence but perhaps she’ll show up in future volumes.
April 26, 2019
This Volume started so great and then dragged a bit in the middle, but the story is well written and far reaching, continuing directly after the Gods died in order to bring Darkseid back to life.
Before getting into the bulk of the Volume, we get an interlude that raises an interesting question: When a hero saves someone, even going as far as to show up through their recovery, what happens when the hero can't come visit anymore? This is the origin of the new villain Silver Swan. A woman rescued by Wonder Woman, who gets jealous that Diana can't come visit her anymore and decides to become a villain to grab her attention again. (Strong comparison to Cheetah, but they make that connection in the story as well). After Diana defeats her, she leaves her in a coma with ARGUS, ensuring that she can make a return at some point. Overall, pretty interesting villain.
The bulk of this Volume is surrounding the continuation of the story around Darkseid's return. Jason, Diana's recently revealed twin brother, plays a huge role here, and gets an amazing gift (as well as a suit of armor from "someone", thinking this will be revealed later). Revealed by Grail when wrapped in the Lasso, Darkseid's plan is to collect relics that will help power a machine to open a doorway to Themyscira. He wants to unleash an army of Amazons to due his bidding. Complicated battle breaks out... breakdown:
- Jason (having never been there before) follows Grail to Themyscira, where he meets his mother Queen Hippolyta for the first time, teams up with her to defeat the Amazons who have received a parademon makeover, and is given a magical spear to use in the future. Grail is imprisoned in Themyscira with Ares as her jailer.
- Diana goes toe to toe with Darkseid and is only able to defeat him by reconnecting with the spirits of the Gods that he absorbed in the last Volume and calling them out, severely weakening him. Of course, by the end of the Volume he has already resurrected.
Overall, this was a good Volume. I am a bit concerned about Wonder Woman and her title's longevity, but it has lasted this long.... guess I'm just waiting for something really epic to happen in her pages. Perhaps with the new movie coming soon, the comic will go back to a really good Cheetah story.... one can hope.
Recommend
Before getting into the bulk of the Volume, we get an interlude that raises an interesting question: When a hero saves someone, even going as far as to show up through their recovery, what happens when the hero can't come visit anymore? This is the origin of the new villain Silver Swan. A woman rescued by Wonder Woman, who gets jealous that Diana can't come visit her anymore and decides to become a villain to grab her attention again. (Strong comparison to Cheetah, but they make that connection in the story as well). After Diana defeats her, she leaves her in a coma with ARGUS, ensuring that she can make a return at some point. Overall, pretty interesting villain.
The bulk of this Volume is surrounding the continuation of the story around Darkseid's return. Jason, Diana's recently revealed twin brother, plays a huge role here, and gets an amazing gift (as well as a suit of armor from "someone", thinking this will be revealed later). Revealed by Grail when wrapped in the Lasso, Darkseid's plan is to collect relics that will help power a machine to open a doorway to Themyscira. He wants to unleash an army of Amazons to due his bidding. Complicated battle breaks out... breakdown:
- Jason (having never been there before) follows Grail to Themyscira, where he meets his mother Queen Hippolyta for the first time, teams up with her to defeat the Amazons who have received a parademon makeover, and is given a magical spear to use in the future. Grail is imprisoned in Themyscira with Ares as her jailer.
- Diana goes toe to toe with Darkseid and is only able to defeat him by reconnecting with the spirits of the Gods that he absorbed in the last Volume and calling them out, severely weakening him. Of course, by the end of the Volume he has already resurrected.
Overall, this was a good Volume. I am a bit concerned about Wonder Woman and her title's longevity, but it has lasted this long.... guess I'm just waiting for something really epic to happen in her pages. Perhaps with the new movie coming soon, the comic will go back to a really good Cheetah story.... one can hope.
Recommend
December 15, 2019
I'm over Jason.
He was up for killing Diana in the last volume, and now he wants to be a superhero? Eh.
He also brings out the worst in Diana. She’s dramatic & always serious with him, speaking down to him like he's a child. Her "emotional" dialogue with him is stiff and not compelling. Same with her time with Steve, sadly. There are pages (after time apart) of Diana and Steve talking in issue #40. Both Steve and Diana are totally lacking chemistry and emotion in their back and forth... After two issues of them not synching up and not being able to see each other or talk... their reunion was so flaccid. :-/
I didn't mind the Darkseid plot or even the creepy (and Deja vu-ish) Silver Swan story as much as I'm minding the stiff emotionless writing from Robinson. I noticed it in Wonder Woman, Volume 6: Children of the Gods, but it seems to be highlighted here with Steve.
I did like the creepy reveal of Doctor Psycho, who will probably be in the volumes to come, and Wonder Woman's confrontation with Veronica Cale. It was smart of WW to realize Cale had orchestrated her really busy superhero day, and I like Cale, who's smart, calculating, and angry, as an adversary. (She likes to play Luthor to WW's Superman.)
The "defeat" of Darkseid was a little weak. "Love" being the answer, of course. (Eyeroll)
Wonder Woman thought about her love for her unknown half-siblings really hard in front of Darkseid and it drew out all their lifeforce energy from him.
And poor Steve was left standing there like a dunce with a handgun in each hand and a WTF look on his face as Diana runs over to fight Darkseid after he says "Win or lose, do or die, I'll be by your side. I believe in you... And I love you." and she responds "That's it, Steve! Love! Hatred won't win this violence ---But love just might!" Poor Steve.
He was up for killing Diana in the last volume, and now he wants to be a superhero? Eh.
He also brings out the worst in Diana. She’s dramatic & always serious with him, speaking down to him like he's a child. Her "emotional" dialogue with him is stiff and not compelling. Same with her time with Steve, sadly. There are pages (after time apart) of Diana and Steve talking in issue #40. Both Steve and Diana are totally lacking chemistry and emotion in their back and forth... After two issues of them not synching up and not being able to see each other or talk... their reunion was so flaccid. :-/
I didn't mind the Darkseid plot or even the creepy (and Deja vu-ish) Silver Swan story as much as I'm minding the stiff emotionless writing from Robinson. I noticed it in Wonder Woman, Volume 6: Children of the Gods, but it seems to be highlighted here with Steve.
I did like the creepy reveal of Doctor Psycho, who will probably be in the volumes to come, and Wonder Woman's confrontation with Veronica Cale. It was smart of WW to realize Cale had orchestrated her really busy superhero day, and I like Cale, who's smart, calculating, and angry, as an adversary. (She likes to play Luthor to WW's Superman.)
The "defeat" of Darkseid was a little weak. "Love" being the answer, of course. (Eyeroll)
Wonder Woman thought about her love for her unknown half-siblings really hard in front of Darkseid and it drew out all their lifeforce energy from him.
And poor Steve was left standing there like a dunce with a handgun in each hand and a WTF look on his face as Diana runs over to fight Darkseid after he says "Win or lose, do or die, I'll be by your side. I believe in you... And I love you." and she responds "That's it, Steve! Love! Hatred won't win this violence ---But love just might!" Poor Steve.
February 5, 2025
3.25 stars. This was a pretty enjoyable read but still flawed in a number of ways. Several different artists throughout but the style seemed consistent and it was all good.
The first arc is about Silver Swan. I thought she was a compelling villain. She was a young girl that Diana rescued but it left her paralyzed. Diana would visit every so often but it became less frequent over time. Eventually she got a nanites treatment and was learning to walk again, then her mom died and she felt all alone and abandoned. The nanites somehow give her a lot of different powers and she murders a family that Diana recently saved to get her attention and then they fight.
The remaining part of the book is about Darkseid and Grail again. It is interesting to see WW going after Darkseid solo as opposed to a JL battle. Darkseid is targeting some artifacts so he can open a portal to Themyscira and then turn them into his soldiers. Kind of a weird plot but it was interesting. There is a lot of Jason still in this one. At least they give some context to why he initially sided with Grail, as she staged an attack on him and then saved him. So he is a little less annoying knowing that background but he is still annoying. He randomly gets more powers and a new costume. Overall the story is intriguing but the ending is so anti climatic. Diana basically just mentally wills the power of the fallen gods out of Darkseid and he just disappears? What kind of power was that? What even happened? This was an interesting story but that ending was strange.
The first arc is about Silver Swan. I thought she was a compelling villain. She was a young girl that Diana rescued but it left her paralyzed. Diana would visit every so often but it became less frequent over time. Eventually she got a nanites treatment and was learning to walk again, then her mom died and she felt all alone and abandoned. The nanites somehow give her a lot of different powers and she murders a family that Diana recently saved to get her attention and then they fight.
The remaining part of the book is about Darkseid and Grail again. It is interesting to see WW going after Darkseid solo as opposed to a JL battle. Darkseid is targeting some artifacts so he can open a portal to Themyscira and then turn them into his soldiers. Kind of a weird plot but it was interesting. There is a lot of Jason still in this one. At least they give some context to why he initially sided with Grail, as she staged an attack on him and then saved him. So he is a little less annoying knowing that background but he is still annoying. He randomly gets more powers and a new costume. Overall the story is intriguing but the ending is so anti climatic. Diana basically just mentally wills the power of the fallen gods out of Darkseid and he just disappears? What kind of power was that? What even happened? This was an interesting story but that ending was strange.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 28, 2019
Although I've missed a few in this series, it was much easier to pick up the background and carry on.
Starting off with a short tale of a Silver Swan, how a person who loses everything can become something else. There was some backstory in here referred to that I didn't know, but it didn't interfere.
Then there's a little piece which must be part of the arc of the series but it doesn't link in with the other two tales here.
Then the big build up to a battle with Darkseid, including some angst with brother Jason. I think it's that Jason.
Steve's around in the background, but he gets plenty to do. Why he's calling Wonder Woman 'Angel' I'm not sure as we never see Diana in normal clothes. A little creepy to be honest.
Grail is a bit one dimensional, being daughter to Darkseid she's on his side, no questions. Wonder if there's some redemption storyline like Nebula gets in the Marvel universe?
There's a lot of punching in here, far more than I though Wonder Woman did. Reading other reviews it seems this is a step back from previous issues and disappointing. Did the DC universe get all punchy punchy after Snyder changed what Superman stood for?
The artwork is crisp, I only lost my place once and everyone keeps there likeness. The colours are intense too.
Enjoyable.
Starting off with a short tale of a Silver Swan, how a person who loses everything can become something else. There was some backstory in here referred to that I didn't know, but it didn't interfere.
Then there's a little piece which must be part of the arc of the series but it doesn't link in with the other two tales here.
Then the big build up to a battle with Darkseid, including some angst with brother Jason. I think it's that Jason.
Steve's around in the background, but he gets plenty to do. Why he's calling Wonder Woman 'Angel' I'm not sure as we never see Diana in normal clothes. A little creepy to be honest.
Grail is a bit one dimensional, being daughter to Darkseid she's on his side, no questions. Wonder if there's some redemption storyline like Nebula gets in the Marvel universe?
There's a lot of punching in here, far more than I though Wonder Woman did. Reading other reviews it seems this is a step back from previous issues and disappointing. Did the DC universe get all punchy punchy after Snyder changed what Superman stood for?
The artwork is crisp, I only lost my place once and everyone keeps there likeness. The colours are intense too.
Enjoyable.
January 6, 2020
I liked this volume in the continuing series. There may have been nothing great here and Wonder Woman is still underwritten but the story was enjoyable and the marriage between an action plot and a narrative worked well. There was more going on here than ass-kicking and the sudden appearance of villains. The book begins with the return of Silver Swan that keeps in step with resurrecting some of the Amazons Princesses vintage villains - such as Circe and Cheetah. We then move to the major story about Darkseid - who is a villain I never understood. He so powerful crushes planets and is indestructible but somehow he always loses. This book stays keeps the DC heroes still batting a thousand no need to say. How they get there is the bigger question and this book uses the Amazon Jungle, Themyscira and a host of part-time DC characters. The half-brother is still as lame as other DC male characters not named Bruce Wayne but at least here he's given a pertinent storyline that may or may not play out in future issues. Once more DC uses a collection of artists but at least they all try to look the same and they do the action sequences well. This is a mediocre WW story but it was still enjoyable and kept me interested.
October 19, 2019
Retoma lo que se construyó directamente en el tomo anterior. La trama con su hermano, el enfrentamiento de Zeus contra Darkseid, y Darkseid buscando reformar su energía.
Tras el volumen anterior, esperábamos que Darkseid ya tuviera energía suficiente, pero parece que no. La línea conductora de la trama en el tomo siete es que el ex gobernante de Apokolips necesita encontrar unas reliquias para terminar de cargarse y reunir un ejército de súper parademonios. El tomo es bastante largo ya que la primera mitad es Wonder Woman enfrentándose contra un villano de tomos anteriores y un nuevo villano. Son tres capítulos de esto, y aunque es interesante ver como construyen a Diana, lo hacen muy poco y el origen del villano se me hizo exagerado y poco original.
De ahí tenemos cuatro volúmenes donde Jasón regresa y junto con Diana, buscan proteger a Temyscira. La batalla es emocionante, vemos buenas escenas de acción, pero la manera en la que Diana soluciona el conflicto se me hace ridícula. Más que varias veces se mencionó que ni la Liga junta lo habían podido derrotar y ahora imagina que WW se enfrenta sola.
Se esforzaron por darle sentido a eso pero fue ridículo.
Me gustó porque no son las típicas historias de WW pero creo que le falta a Robinson para construir una historia interesante.
Tras el volumen anterior, esperábamos que Darkseid ya tuviera energía suficiente, pero parece que no. La línea conductora de la trama en el tomo siete es que el ex gobernante de Apokolips necesita encontrar unas reliquias para terminar de cargarse y reunir un ejército de súper parademonios. El tomo es bastante largo ya que la primera mitad es Wonder Woman enfrentándose contra un villano de tomos anteriores y un nuevo villano. Son tres capítulos de esto, y aunque es interesante ver como construyen a Diana, lo hacen muy poco y el origen del villano se me hizo exagerado y poco original.
De ahí tenemos cuatro volúmenes donde Jasón regresa y junto con Diana, buscan proteger a Temyscira. La batalla es emocionante, vemos buenas escenas de acción, pero la manera en la que Diana soluciona el conflicto se me hace ridícula. Más que varias veces se mencionó que ni la Liga junta lo habían podido derrotar y ahora imagina que WW se enfrenta sola.
Se esforzaron por darle sentido a eso pero fue ridículo.
Me gustó porque no son las típicas historias de WW pero creo que le falta a Robinson para construir una historia interesante.
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