It's that time again! One creative team exits the title as a new one prepares to take over the book. Robinson's run was met largely with criticism, but what were your overall thoughts on his 20 issues? How does it compare to previous runs? What are some things you feel should have been different? What changes did he bring to the character and her mythos that you loved and didn't love?

My verdict... One of the worst runs of Wonder Woman that I've ever seen. I haven't fully decided yet if he's dethroned Meredith Finch as the worst writer of the title, but he's definitely a contender.

Pros:
  • Bringing back classic Marston-era rogues like Zara and Blue Snowman.
  • Returning Col. Maru to the codename Doctor Poison.
  • His run did feature some amazing art at various points.
  • I have to give Robinson some props for at least continuing a few aspects/plots from Rucka's run.


Cons:
  • Jason. Oh, boy, this is a big one. His entire run was devoted to the character of Jason, heavily at the expense of Diana and other characters in her book. But mainly Diana. Jason was flashier, stronger, got better equipment, got to be reunited with Hippolyta... everything about Jason was just horrible. As a concept, I wasn't completely opposed to Diana having a "long lost sibling," but the execution of this character is quite possibly the worst I've seen in comics. I felt literally nothing but annoyance at his presence.
  • Grail. The female villain version of Jason. Interesting concept, horrible execution. What makes it worse is that Robinson tried his very best into making Grail into Wonder Woman's new archnemesis (don't forget that article before his run started!). Instead, we got a huge dud of a villain completely devoted to Darkseid who had no agency of her own, which clashed with what Johns had set up for in Darkseid War.
  • The dialogue. I haven't read much by Robinson... in fact, I think Scarlet Witch is the only other series I've read by him. I've heard he has done great things with Starman, but I can't imagine it was too successful if it shared this same style of dialogue? It was atrocious, and Diana in particular never felt as if she had accurate speech bubbles.
  • The entire Silver Swan arc is a huge slap in the face to fans of Perez's run. Perez put a lot of time and effort into developing Vanessa and Julia Kapatelis, and here one is reduced to a generic Cheetah-lite villain and the other is killed off without any sort of role whatsoever. I do applaud him for at least trying to do something different and bring back a classic WW villain, but this is not how you do it.
  • The lack of Etta Candy. Not sure why Robinson felt the need to push the Oddfellows so hard and completely forget about Etta. And where the heck where Chris, Manny, and Davy?
  • The Dark Gods. I get it... like Jason, these characters were probably shoehorned into the series by DC. But they are some of the most lackluster villains we've seen Wonder Woman face off against.
  • The battle between Darkseid and Zeus. Oye. Darkseid was presented as the most generic evil leader with none of the charisma or intimidation that he normally has. And Zeus... well, his role in this comic is just absurd.
  • The Female Furies. Anyone who knows me knows I've been a huge fan of these characters for many, many years. But as if their role in the recent Superman arc wasn't bad enough, here they were shown to be on par with a dozen ARGUS soldiers. Even worse, when Wonder Woman fights Lashina and Mad Harriet later, she barely holds her own. What does this mean for Diana's strength levels? The inconsistency with these characters is horrible, and I feel they wouldn't have done the same if the Furies were an all-male group of godly supervillains. I mean, these characters are supposed to be some of the deadliest women in the galaxy.
  • Giganta's role seemed to be far greater before Robinson's run actually started, based on artwork and word-of-mouth... but when we see her, she's just getting punched out. It felt misleading, and many of us who are fans of Diana's rogues gallery were ultimately disappointed.
  • Anglette. I have no idea why Robinson decided to create a female Angle Man instead of bringing back someone like Hypnota (or even Osira, or Sharkeeta, or any of the other villainesses currently in limbo). It would've meant all the original Villainy Inc. members would be present in Rebirth, but instead he created a female Angle Man that nobody wanted. I guess Angle Man's New 52 death is still in continuity?


Previous Verdicts:
Rucka's 2nd Run (WW vol. 5 #1-25)
Fontana's Mini-Run (WW vol. 5 #26-30)