George Perez's 1987 rebooted run on Wonder Woman is widely accepted to be the best of her comics. This collection is the first 14 issues of his 62 issue run, not only did he write all the issues in this collection, he was also the artist. There are two storylines collected here: "Gods and Mortals" and "Challenge of the Gods"."Gods and Mortals" is a retelling of Wonder Woman's origins and if you've seen the 2017 film, it incorporates a lot of this story (although this comic doesn't have the backd...

Yeah, it's that good. Earlier this year, I journeyed into the first volume of the Wolfman/Perez run of Teen Titans. I'd heard all the great things about it, I knew it was a classic run going in, yet I was still pleasantly surprised with how much I enjoyed it. Fast forward a few months, I find this volume by half the Titans' creative team, and learn that it too carries the title of "classic." And, once again, I'm pleasantly surprised.I guess I should say beforehand that this is a very traditional...

George Perez's Wonder Woman came on the heels of the DCU-altering Crisis on Infinite Earths. In it, the Silver and Bronze Age Wonder Woman was disintegrated by the Anti-Monitor, and her protoplasmic remnants were de-aged. It was a weird scene, but it helped set the stage for a reboot of DC's premier female character. And let's face it, Wonder Woman's comic for years was rather substandard. Poor writing and mediocre artists and sent the book into bi-monthly (six times a year) publishing status fo...

After all my complaining about the other Wonder Woman comics I've been reading, I just want to say that I enjoyed all of this. Thank god. Diana's written as a real, fully imagined character here, among a cast of other real, fully imagined characters, both male and female. She's kind of weird and foreign, as you'd imagine a semi-mythical creature trapped on a phantom island might be, and generally sort of naive and uncynical. Her love and respect for the people around her is palpable, too--my fav...

born of a classic !!!!

I didn't think I cared for this anthology at first. The drawing style is dated, for one thing, with most women coming off as almost ugly. And the emotional level of the story is off the charts. There is no build up. It goes from zero to 60 immediately, and stays there. What I wouldn't give for some pacing. If I never again see Ares screaming something like "Acknowledge me as the greatest of all gods, or die in unimaginable agony!", it'll be too soon. But the book grew on me. There's a lot here t...

3 1/2 stars

I'm going to come right out and say it - I've never been a Wonder Woman fan.For a lifetime, I have been ambivalent, if not dismissive (and annoyed) towards the comic amazon. 70s tv show with catchy theme song? Eh. Blockbuster, much-lauded movie? Meh. Revamping the character in the 1980s? SOLD. Apparently.If you're interested in seeing what makes Diana so endearing, I would say start here. Perez's run on the book is stellar. Diana is all too human: sweet, understanding, in way over her head, and

Wonder Woman by George Pérez Volume 1 begins collecting the superstar creator’s landmark run with the world’s foremost female superhero.The climax of Crisis on Infinite Earths in 1986 had essentially removed Wonder Woman from the DC Universe. With a clean slate, Pérez re-launched the Amazon warrior, serving as plotter and penciler for a long stretch. Working with co-writers Len Wein and Greg Potter, Pérez stripped the Wonder Woman concept down to its essentials.Gone were the invisible plane, the...

Come for the amazing George Perez art (he is probably my favorite super-hero artist of all-time) and stay for this tale of gods and heroism. This was a new take on Wonder Woman, that spun out of the DC continuity-resetting Crisis on Infinite Earths. Before this series, I had never bothered reading WW, but when it started I became a faithful reader for many years. I really like the storylines with Ares and the "Challenge of the Gods" that bookend this volume, but the Cheetah issues in the middle

After watching Batman versus Superman, my nephew turned to me and said, "Why can't DC comics get it right?" Now, at the risk of over-simplifying, I told him that the whole idea of infinite earths was used to give writers an escape from continuity. The problem, I explained, is that after 75 years of Wonder Woman stories, her history becomes unwieldy and unmanageable to a new writer and so if s/he can write stories not necessarily tied to continuity, then they could write whatever they want withou...

I was enjoying this a lot. It’s (mostly) a nice and interesting story, heavy on Greek mythology. George Pérez’s art is amazing and I loved Wonder Woman’s heavy armour design. My issues with this volume started with Chuma’s (Cheetah’s helper) design, as he reminded me more of a monkey than a human. Still, it was pretty solid overall.However, my main issue was how Heracles was not only forgiven, but revered at the end of the book. I understand forgiveness is the way of the Amazons, but that doesn’...

This was a great background reading to Wonder Woman, however it did start off pretty slow. It kind of ended on a slow note for me too. It was not bad, I just got tired of the Greek Gods and the artwork did not appeal to me either. I did like it, I just was hoping to see more of her in the real world rather than her in these other realms.

Really good art, I loved how much it leaned into the mythical. The dialogue felt very dated to that time though and it took me out of it a couple times. The stories and characters are still very cool and interesting despite this. Maybe a 3.5 but I'm feeling overly positive on it.

Issues #1-7: 5/5There's a reason this is a classic it seems, it's a perfect mix of Greek mythology and comic book cheesiness. It works though and manages to have an interesting plot and good dialogue, if a bit long winded. The art throughout I thought was great and works well through out the whole thing. Sometimes the comics view of women is a bit old fashioned and kind of mysogynistic but this actually produces good female characters and storylines so there's a bit to forgive. However, there is...

The stories and the fresh take on old characters are well done, but the use of mass rape and enslavement as a plot device is very upsetting and wholly unnecessary.

The portrayal of women in many comic books is still somewhat deplorable---huge-chested, scantily-clad, dimwitted---but things are changing gradually. Comic titles such as Jessica Jones, Captain Marvel, Ms. Marvel, Saga (just to name a few) are injecting a much-needed feminism in the comics industry and depict real women dealing with real-world issues affecting women. Besides fighting the obligatory supervillain, these women must also deal with rape (Jessica Jones), sexual harassment in the milit...

Wonder Woman has always been a problem for me. Because I don't dislike the character, but...I haven't read a lot of Wonder Woman comics that I loved. I like her a lot in some ensemble books, like Kingdom Come and some JLA. But solo. Well, lets talk about why.1. Her rogues' gallery sucksThe bad guys in Wonder Woman are kinda shitty. Look at Batman. That shit runs deep. Even your third-tier characters, your Mr. Freezes, have some solid moments. Solomon Grundy? Seems dumb, but Long Halloween has a

300+ pages of story, an entire year's worth of issues brought together in a lovely and affordable volume, and a character-defining story that reintroduced Wonder Woman to the world in the 1980s. This is my favorite era of comics, but I didn't read much Wonder Woman back then. I'm glad I can read these issues now. The stories still hold up today. And what stories! Filled with exposition, drama, emotion, and delight, you really feel like you get your money's worth and each page is packed. George P...

I recently reviewed the other first volume of Perez' run, which covered the first 8 issues, which this covers the next story arc. The whole is quite good, with Perez distinctive artistic style. Len Wein does a creditable job for the dialogue, but Perez clearly picked up Wolfman's style of spreading out story beats (perhaps a bit too much) while Wein's style doesn't quite fit that. Still, the only complaint about the volume is the nature of pointless tie ins - the Legends story where WW works wit...