This is one of only two stories/collections that I've read that were purely Wonder Woman. I've always heard about this legendary run and was glad to finally have a chance to read it because George Perez is one of the top artists of all time, IMO. The first 10-12 issues deal mainly with updating WW's origin for the then modern time and much of it has to deal with the Pantheon of gods she was born from. These were the most interesting stories for me, but after that everything seemed mundane. There...

This was a big one! 4 starsOver 600 pages of Wonder Woman stories and art spanning a very long time coming to a pretty good book. This Omnibus spans the re-imagined story of Wonder Woman's Origins and her adventures is Man's word. With a modernized origin and a greater emphasis on her mythological roots this is arguably one of WW's greatest comicbook runs. With over 600 pages and 24 issues there are wobbles in quality of the writing and art, but overall this was a book I very much enjoyed readin...

Considered by many the definitive Wonder Woman origin story, post-"Crisis on Infinite Earths", and deservedly so. Perez lifted Princess Diana's character from the typical superhero mire and steeped her in Greek mythology, weaving a gorgeous tapestry of Amazonian feminism for the modern day. Diana is a role model in every sense: compassionate, strong, thoughtful, if a bit naive about the greater world to start. Perez makes fantastic use of that characterization bit, too. Perez's art and words are...

This collection presents the first chunk of Wonder Woman's story following her rebirth in the wake of the Crisis on Infinite Earths, an event that reorganized the continuity of the DC universe. However, it's not necessary to know anything about that. It's a fresh start, a clean slate, and while that makes this book a good jumping on point for new readers, it also presents some "problems."As this is Diana's origin story, and she hasn't been off the island till now, much of the book is taken up wi...

I heard the the very terrible news of comic book creator George Pérez currently dying of pancreatic cancer today and my mind wondered back to when I first got into reading sequential art. One of the first comic book titles I read was Pérez's take on Wonder Woman. I read the first 24 issues in which George Pérez both drew and wrote the script (rare in western comics). He was just coming off of his long tenure with Marv Wolfman working on The New Teen Titans and they had completed what folks consi...

One of the worst pieces of shit to ever come out from the Crisis on Infinite Earths rectum, overrated by fans of the character for no discernible reason. WW is completely destroyed in every possible way in regards to her core ideology, and the "genius" idea to connect real greek mythology to a character that was intended (amongst other things) as a deconstruction of the greek mythology is the starting point of what happened with the New52 Azzarello debacle. But hey, the pencils of PeReZ Ar3 GrEa...

A stunning book with some amazing art. This is my first foray into canon Wonder Woman and it's made me a fan. The book leans really hard into the mythological and fantastic side of Wonder Woman over the superhero side and it works phenomenally. If the next two volumes are this good, then this will be one of my favorite comic runs ever.

Didn't hold my attention as much as I hoped it would. I ended up starting and finishing a couple other books after starting this one. The closest analogue I can think of is Simonson's Thor. Perez also resets the characters and grounds them in their backstory going back into the mythic side of the DC universe to tell the origin story and explain the motivations of Wonder Woman. I just enjoyed Simonson's Thor more. Perez has some good art and some excellent full or dual page spreads but the book i...

Read the first complete story arc in this bind up. It started off a little rocky, but I liked it by the end. Going to have to return and finish out the collection at a later date.

A triumphant piece of work that has aged gracefully--clearly a work far ahead of its time. Excellent writing, art, representation of different ethnicities/sexual orientations/body shapes/ages/etc., storytelling, character development, friendships. I love that this Wonder Woman is single as well. She has so much to do, anyway! and chooses to spend her little free time devoted to her mentor and mentee (so to speak). I love the mythological fables. Just such a rich collection.

I expected beautiful art. I also got dense, well-plotted stories combining Greek mythology with hefty modern concerns. Perez created a Wonder Woman that makes sense.Full review: https://hannahgivens.wordpress.com/20...

So - this was a READ. For an artist, George Perez loves to pack his pages with word balloons and caption boxes and as many words as possible. I always thought artists liked the more minimalist word approach, so as not to cover the art, but not Perez. It's also still in the old style of comics, which means it's very condensed comics, but what's weird is that at times things would wrap rather quickly or just seemed to not be addressed at all. There's a few plot threads that just seemed to be forgo...

Absolutely the BEST EVER version of Wonder Woman. This is THE graphic novel to read if you're a fan of the Amazon Princess, and if you're a fan of ancient Greek mythology.

A masterpiece, plain and simple!

I'm not proud of this, but I read this with the new Wonder Woman movies in mind. And I'm so annoyed about how badly the movies treated Etta, Steve, Supes.... pretty much everyone. And both of the main plots are somewhat in this omnibus. There were other stories that could have been made out of this that are fuller and would have been so cool!It took me nearly two years to read this, mostly because its so heavy to carry and I would start other things that I could take on the train. thanks pandemi...

I think my favourite incarnation of Wonder Woman for the depth of the lore, the characterization and the 'Wonder' of it all. There are a few things that I find problematic, and it also has an annoying tendency to introduce or resolve threads from other books even more so than I'm used to from a DC book (and in this collection there's not editor notes pointing to the correct book to see the rest of the story), and that's why it got one star knocked off. But Perez was spot on with his symbolism, h...

The first in a series of omnibuses collecting George Perez's work on Wonder Woman. it is one of the great defining runs on the character. A must-read for any Wonder Woman fan.

After reading this I have even more respect for Wonder Woman. This collection of stories addresses feminism and several other social issues while still being entertaining. A tip of the hat!

This edition of Wonder Woman is huge! It is 640 pages, many of which are text heavy. It took longer to read than I expected, but I enjoyed most of it. This rendering of the Wonder Woman mythos began after the Crisis of Infinite Earths series in which the DC universe wanted to simplify their ever expanding multiple universes. Then enters George Perez with a Wonder Woman idea to really incorporate the Greek mythology behind this Amazonian character. The first fourth of this omnibus immerses the

Few complaints, the language sometimes gets a little bogged down & makes the story sluggish & a few stories were a little on the slow side but other than that it was actually a pretty good read. Would definitely recommend 🙂