Wonder Woman: Dead Earth Announced

[Frank]

I am one of those who is lapping it up like there's no tomorrow. It's *so* good so far, and I don't know where it's going, but if it stays on its trajectory, I think it'll end up being Diana's Dark Knight Returns style story. The art is so very good, so full of motion and expression, and the story, although admittedly grim, does, at least in my view, have hope piercing through.

I don't know how to do the magic "hide text in spoiler-less friendly boxes," so I'll wait to post the specifics of what I like so much, but I'll post again after a few days.

[Bound4olympus]

I am one of those who is lapping it up like there's no tomorrow. It's *so* good so far, and I don't know where it's going, but if it stays on its trajectory, I think it'll end up being Diana's Dark Knight Returns style story. The art is so very good, so full of motion and expression, and the story, although admittedly grim, does, at least in my view, have hope piercing through.

I don't know how to do the magic "hide text in spoiler-less friendly boxes," so I'll wait to post the specifics of what I like so much, but I'll post again after a few days.

I really loved the revised creation story for Diana. Maybe my favorite take on it. It combines all of the different concepts of the past and gives Hippolyta and Diana an independence they've never had before.

[LordUltimus]

I dunno if I want it to be canon, but I do like the redone origin.

[Vordan]

So WW fans who care about power levels are going to be happy about her power level showcase here. That said, I don’t know what the hell Johnson is going for with the last page. Diana has a pretty heartfelt showing where she mourns her friend...
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And then she decides to use his spine and skull as a flail? Lmaooooo that’s pretty Metal, I can’t lie, but it just feels completely jarring. The story went from being relatively serious into full blown camp with that. Guess we’ll see how he handles it in the next issue.

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[king81992]

Wasn't a big fan of the story and the last page turned me against it. DC continues to be needlessly edgy.

[Gaius]

So WW fans who care about power levels are going to be happy about her power level showcase here. That said, I don’t know what the hell Johnson is going for with the last page. Diana has a pretty heartfelt showing where she mourns her friend...
spoilers:

And then she decides to use his spine and skull as a flail? Lmaooooo that’s pretty Metal, I can’t lie, but it just feels completely jarring. The story went from being relatively serious into full blown camp with that. Guess we’ll see how he handles it in the next issue.

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Yeah, felt like something out of one of the Metal/Dark Multiverse books.

[Hypo]

I had really high hopes after the series was announced and felt those hopes would be validated after reading the first issue. Been kind of a down hill since then, there are still parts I really like but like kjn said there's also a hodgepodge of some of the worse WW tropes we've gotten over the years.

[Mel Dyer]

Would anyone here say this is WW's DKR? Is this the definitive, great American Wonder Woman story? is it better than the last, big Circe arc from JLD?

[Robanker]

Yeesh, that last page I just really can't get behind.

[Gaius]

Would anyone here say this is WW's DKR? Is this the definitive, great American Wonder Woman story? is it better than the last, big Circe arc from JLD?

I've liked it well enough so far but I wouldn't say that.

Though I don't even think that statement applies to DKR when it comes to Batman.

[Vordan]

Would anyone here say this is WW's DKR? Is this the definitive, great American Wonder Woman story? is it better than the last, big Circe arc from JLD?

No as much as I’ve enjoyed it, it’s not her DKR or ASS (that’s the abbreviation, you can’t censor it!). Johnson has (until that last page) a good handle on who Diana is, but it’s not really digging deep into or celebrating her wider mythos. It looks like the Big Bads are going to end up being the Amazons, or the humans, so sadly it’s not a great showcase for her villains like Lex in ASS or Joker in DKR.

[Mel Dyer]

No as much as I’ve enjoyed it, it’s not her DKR or ASS (that’s the abbreviation, you can’t censor it!). Johnson has (until that last page) a good handle on who Diana is, but it’s not really digging deep into or celebrating her wider mythos. It looks like the Big Bads are going to end up being the Amazons, or the humans, so sadly it’s not a great showcase for her villains like Lex in ASS or Joker in DKR.

I am disappointed to hear that. There seems to be no definitive, go-to WW story.

The JLD Circe arc was pretty good, but more about magic and Circe, than defining of WW. Just the same, it was better than anything, in WW, at the time...maybe, ever.

[kjn]

I think this is developing into as much of an anti-Wonder Woman story as Azzarello's New 52…

[Sacred Knight]

Lol, so in order to show she can beat up Superman, they had her become a spoilers:

cold-blooded killer.

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[Vordan]

I think this is developing into as much of an anti-Wonder Woman story as Azzarello's New 52…

Eh I wouldn’t go that far (not that I thought New 52 was anti-WW mind you but that’s a whole different argument). The humans are the ones responsible for the nukes, for destroying the planet, for what happened to the Amazons. Diana and the Amazons aren’t perfect and make mistakes of their own, but they aren’t rapists or warmongers. The Amazons are just mad as hell and have cause to be so. I expect this will end with Diana bringing peace and maybe even restoring the Amazons to human form.