Storyline: 3+++Artworks: 5+++I hated very much the "Man of Steel", "Batman v Superman" and "Suicide Squad" Warner/Legendary movies, but it seems the Wonder Woman one is going to be good.So, when I found two days ago the whole George Pérez run of the character at a comic convention here in Rome (destiny, fate or who knows?), it seemed to me it was almost time to read some Diana Prince graphic novel.Maybe storyline and dialogues aged as not much well as Frank Miller's and John Byrne's Batman: Year...

Gods and Mortals is the updated retelling of the origin of Wonder Woman after the Crisis, brought by George Pérez. This book has left me with mixed feelings. While the art is top notch and extremely detailed, it is the writing that suffers. There are several changes made to the Wonder Woman mythos, and all of them are welcome ones. And there is a certain part in the beginning that leaves the readers with an unsettling mood. Apart from these problems, Diana's struggle and perseverance to defeat t...

Bloody expensive purchase well spent.It was only a matter of time before I took a look at George Pérez's rewriting of Wonder Woman's origin story after the 'Crisis on Infinite Earths' event, which was made to reboot and retool the DC Universe in 1985. My collection of the superheroine's comics is growing more and more, and though I feel I already know her inside and out and as intimately as any fangirl can dream of, without worrying about not being considered a "true" fan or some such bollocks -...

Very few comic book stories or story arcs delved into the character of Diana in the way George Perez had. A sort of "Year One" reboot following the events of Crises On Infinite Earths this volume introduces us a warrior culture called the Amazons from the hidden (though its more like "rarely-visible-to-mortal-means-of-perception) island of Themyscira and their complex history amongst mortals and the (Predominately Greek) Gods of myth.Born into this, as a gift from the gods, from clay to be raise...

This combined two of my most favourite things - Wonder Woman and Greek mythology - and was involving to read from beginning to end. The art work was fantastic, story arcs engaging and was an all round joy.

Finally my reading of origin stories of trinity ( superman, batman and wonder woman ) is finished with this final origin book Wonder Woman: Gods and Mortals. After events of crisis flagship characters were rebooted with new origins. Superman by john Byrne and Batman by Frank Miller so Wonder Woman was given to George Perez. I went with very low expectations because most of these 80s comics have disappointed me but this one is surprisingly good. It was very fun in most of the parts.I love how Geo...

This is so very much a creature of its age - mid to late 80's with the cold war still on and the threat of quick annihilation still in the air - that it's difficult to judge it beyond that. Perez artwork is at it amost detailed, which is just bordering into too much, but it is still beautiful and distinctive and iconic of the age. He was probable the best artist they could have put on this reboot to make comics reads sit up and take notice. He's not a great plotter, so there's a little more tell...

Wow. Just stunning and unexpected, and a great remedy for the bad taste that Wondie's been leaving in my mouth since the New 52 reboot. Rich and complex, with beautiful artwork. Instead of rejecting or trying to change the character or her origin, Perez fully embraces it, proving you can make Diana compelling in her own environment and, fancy that, can even include the goddesses and other female characters! A joy and a welcome palate cleanser.

In retrospect, what turned to be a complete destruction of everything that made Wonder Woman an Icon during the pre-crisis era, except for the 70's period penned by Dennis O'Neil. Bogging down in greek mythology what was a way to turn it upside down and show that the greeks were completely wrong in their depiction of matriarchy-matrilineal societies was an HUGE mistake, not that different from the destruction of the Batman mythos done by Frank Miller - No, he didn't "go back to the noir and pulp...

Back in the late 1980s, I mostly read indie and underground comics, but one the few mainstream titles I picked up was The George Perez run on "Wonder Woman." At the time, it was mostly for the astonishing artwork, but now, revisiting it thirty years later I can really appreciate the wonderful storytelling here as well. A rebooting of the WW legend, this is an exciting, if verbose by today's standards, story full of action and old-school goodness. If you are looking for some comics to read before...

It's actually kind of phenomenal how modern this one reads; while still presented the same as any Silver Age book (it's a lot more text-heavy than comics are nowadays, which was certainly in vogue at the time), it's delightfully forward-thinking plot of powerful femininity, a strong yet flawed characterization of Wonder Woman herself, and the fallibility of the literal Gods themselves. It doesn't hurt that they seem to have pilfered a lot of this arc for the Wonder Woman movie.Honestly, I can fi...

2.5 stars. Decent reboot of Wonder Woman character after the events of the Crisis on Infinite Earth mini-series. This appears to be a really difficult character to make into a compelling series but Perez does a pretty good job with this reboot.

George Perez takes the Wonder Woman mythos and makes it better than it ever was.

Some good stuff here, but rather creepy at times.

I love the use, in many cases, of mythology in this, in particular how it is used to show the flaws of the god. It makes up for a bit too young Wonder Woman. The relationship between mother and daughter was particularly nice as well.

I shouldn't have started this, because as far as I know my library carries none of the other George Perez Wonder Woman volumes. But then again, it is a wonderful introduction. There is none of the wish fulfillment crap I've come to associate with WW, and it's a coherent origin story. Ares is her main villain in this volume, and even though he comes to his senses too late according to me, he does come to his senses. All in all, a great origin story.

George Pérez's Wonder Woman is a fascinating read from a historical perspective, but this is a mid-80's comic, and today it feels very dated. It's exposition-heavy, extremely wordy at times, and full of clunky, cringe-inducing dialogue. However, it doesn't seem fair to criticise the comic for all of those things, because this is just the way comics were written back then, and it's still quite readable compared to a lot of other stuff from that period. And to give Pérez some credit, he is doing s...

SPOILERS The word rape culture comes to mind. The amazons are brutally raped and the author is like "well, revenge is not the answer and it's your own damn faults you dumb chicks because you failed blablabla". If you pretend that never happens the rest is good. What else? Oh yeah because you ladies took revenge on your rapists and want to go after the monster responsible for it you forget how pure you used to be because lol you were raped and got upset about it lol you bitches failed. Good god.

Crisis on Infinite Earths wiped Wonder Woman from existence in the mainline DCU. This was her (literal, in fact) rebirth. This particular trade (issues 1-7 of the rebooted Wonder Woman) is exposition heavy in the extreme, but it really has to be. George Perez laid down a fairly comprehensive mythology that would stick with Wonder Woman pretty much right up to the reboot. That much is fantastically plotted, and from what I've seen so far, he seemed to be doing a pretty good job writing Wonder Wom...

This is part of Wonder Woman 75 years celebration set. This was the first one and fittingly it is a sort of retelling of Wonder Woman's origins and works well in that regard. As the title says the story jumps between the Gods of Olympus and the Mortals on the dear ol' earth. I would agree with others in that the art is excellent and it is fun to see how much the art has changed in the 30-40 years. I would continue through the series after a sojourn to a non-graphic novel for a bit. I have always...