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Weekly Wonder Woman: Action Comics #50, DC Comics: Bombshells #34, The Legend of Wonder Woman #18, Wonder Woman ’77 #18

14 March 2016 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

Although Wonder Woman is once again occupying parts of the UK during filming – this time, King’s Cross station in London – it’s a slightly less hectic pace in comics for the Amazon queen, with only four appearances this week.

After the jump, the fight against Baroness von Gunther, her rainbow death seahorse and her octopus of doom continues in DC Comics: Bombshells, while rotoscoped Lynda Carter Wonder Woman has to deal with a cult full of aliens over in Wonder Woman ’77. Meanwhile, Diana and Superman continue their interminable fight against Vandal Savage and family in Action Comics #50, while in The Legend of Wonder Woman, the day has finally arrived when not only does Diana become Wonder Woman, but Etta Candy gets to say ‘Woo woo!’

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Weekly Wonder Woman

Weekly Wonder Woman: DC Comics: Bombshells #32-33, Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year 5 #11, Justice League #48, Superman #49, Superman-Wonder Woman #26, Teen Titans #17, The Legend of Wonder Woman #16-17, Wonder Woman ’77 #16-17

7 March 2016 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

Apparently, there was more filming of Wonder Woman over the weekend on some A-road northwest of London. I know this because it stopped my sister-in-law getting home from her mum’s on time. Can’t tell you what was being filmed, mind – that’s how good I am at news.

In other Wondy news, though, lots of releases in the past two weeks which I’ll review at different levels of sketchiness this week. In DC Bombshells, the Bombshells are lezzing up while fighting the Battle of Britain with the help of Steve Trevor, Wondy and her death horse. But Baroness von Gunther is back and she has a new horse of her own…

In Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year 5, alternative Wondy is having to deal with Bizarro Superman, while in Justice League, both Wondy and Steve Trevor are having to deal with all manner of godly and Amazon challenges.

Vandal Savage (and family) are continuing their attempts at world domination in Superman-Wonder Woman and Superman, while the Kryptonite-fuelled Superman isn’t quite sure whether Wondy is his girlfriend or ex-girlfriend… even if Wondy seems pretty sure.   

Over in Teen Titans, Wondy’s having to put up with some young superheroes burgling her flat to steal a stone head, while in The Legend of Wonder Woman, Diana is getting ready to strap on a very familiar outfit to fight the war in Europe. Be braced for another one of my helpful lessons in modern Greek while we’re at it.

And lastly, it’s time for a Very Special Wonder Woman ’77, in which we learn that killing elephants is bad.  

All that after the jump. But first, it turns out that The Legend of Wonder Woman now has a trailer. Be warned: as well as spoilers for already published issues, there’s a glimpse or two of issues to come, as well as some synth orchestra music straight out of a low budget smartphone game developed in the former Yugoslavia.

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Weekly Wonder Woman

Weekly Wonder Woman: Wonder Woman #49, DC Comics: Bombshells #31, Sinestro #20, The Legend of Wonder Woman #15

22 February 2016 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

It’s been a busy few week for Wonder Woman, both in movies and comics. Not a million miles from where I am now, filming for the Wonder Woman movie closed down Trafalgar Square for a few hours to celebrate Armistice Day. As well as Gal Gadot as our Wondy, the observant will notice The Office‘s Lucy Davis was in attendance, too, looking suspiciously like she might be playing a British, World War I-era Etta Candy. Or should that be Etta Sweets?

Meanwhile, on tele or the Internet or Internet-tele – however you want to describe Hulu, since it reckons its 11.22.63 has been ‘developed for television’ – a 1960s era Wonder Woman comic got pride of place in the middle of the action. If you can describe ‘that scene in the diner with the kid and the big collection of comics’ as ‘the action’.

A Wonder Woman comic in 11.22.63

We also got further news about DC’s forthcoming Rebirth reboot/twist/reimagining/holistic encapsulation/whatevs. Lots of titles are going to be reset back to #1 as part of Rebirth, including Wonder Woman, and various titles are also going to go bi-weekly, including Wonder Woman. Taking over from writing duties on that will be Marguerite Bennett, who’s currently writing DC Comics: Bombshells, with rumours that the title is going to be a bit more in the style of George Perez when she does so.

However, there’ll be sniffles aplenty: Superman-Wonder Woman is for the chop. That’s going to be replaced by Trinity, which will feature Batman as well. I’ll let you think about that particular ménage à trois for a bit.

And to top all of that, while Donna Troy kept on having flashbacks to when she was a Teen Titan in Titan Hunt #5 (apparently, a big part of Rebirth is everyone remembering things they used to be back in old continuities), we had appearances by Diana in Wonder Woman #49, DC Comics: Bombshells #31, Sinestro #20, and The Legend of Wonder Woman #15, as well as a brief cameo in Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Five #9. All that after the jump.

But lastly, just a warning that as I’m away next Monday, there’ll be no Weekly Wonder Woman next week. Kind of ruins the name that, doesn’t it? Soz.

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Weekly Wonder Woman: Wonder Woman ’77 #15, The Legend of Wonder Woman #14, Injustice: Gods Among Us – Year 5 #8

15 February 2016 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

Last week was quite quiet on the Wondy front. Sure, we had the last trailer for Batman v Superman before the movie hits the big screen next month. That featured not only a leaping/flying Wonder Woman…

…but also the first lines of dialogue we’ve heard her utter so far.

But in the comics book world, there wasn’t much to shout about. Unsurprisingly, given the ideas of romance demonstrated by DC in the first issue, there was no Young Romance this year to celebrate Valentine’s Day. Instead, we only had the concluding part of Wonder Woman ’77‘s fight with Clayface, young wartime Wondy going to the movies in The Legend of Wonder Woman #14 and alternative Diana doing some punching over in Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Five #8.

All of that after the jump.

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Weekly Wonder Woman: Action Comics #49, Wonder Woman ’77 #14, The Legend of Wonder Woman #13, Injustice: Gods Among Us – Year 5 #7

8 February 2016 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

It may not be the end of the month any more, but that’s not enough to stop Diana from popping up in various titles last week. As well as the usual appearances by Elseworld Dianas in Injustice: Gods Among Us – Year 5 and The Legend of Wonder Woman, we saw the return of TV Diana (and assorted comic book enemies) in Wonder Woman ’77.

And for those of you who hadn’t realised that the ‘Savage Dawn’ Vandal Savage crossover story is still ongoing, be surprised, because it’s continuing in Action Comics #49: Supes is out of chemo, he’s got a shiny new set of powers, and it turns out that when you give the boy from Krypton his little blue green pill to help him get over his impotence, he stops feeling sorry for himself and remembers he’s got a girlfriend.

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