Wonder Woman

I might have made a rod for my own back here. Trying to flag up and review every appearance of Wonder Woman each month in DC’s various titles seemed quite easy (and cheap to do) when it was just Wonder Woman and then Justice League I had to pay attention to. But this month, as well as those and the continuing crossover with Batwoman, there’s Ame-Comi girls, the H’El on Earth storyline that’s crossing over Superman, Superboy and Supergirl, and the alternative reality Injustice: Gods Among Us to deal with, too. Blimey. I’ll try my best anyway.

This month, we’ve had the continuation of the New Gods storyline in Wonder Woman, including the return of pretty much every Old God we’ve had so far in the comics. Justice League sees the continuation of the Atlantean war against the upper world – and the return of pretty much every Justice League member from pre-nu52. Batwoman gets a little bit back on track, even if it seems to have lost the plot with Wonder Woman, and H’El on Earth gets all ‘mantic. Isn’t that nice?

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As we head into the new year, for Wonder Woman, it seems an appropriate time to say, “Out with the old, in with the new.”

For starters, in Wonder Woman #15, not only do we have the much-heralded, full-on return of the New Gods to the DC Universe, we also have some new characters – including, naturally enough, a new relative for Wondy – and new powers for her as well.

But over in Justice League #15, the flip remark I made when reviewing Justice League #14 turns out to have been prophetic, too: Wondy has a new secret dating identity. Yes, ‘Diana Prince’ is back. Woo hoo!

And since our Wondy seems to be getting some proper ‘screen time’ in the DC Universe for a change, this month, she’s also popping up in Aquaman for the first time since the nu52 reboot. Although, it has to be said, it’s a less than edifying experience for all involved. And it’s not just because of the usual Aquaman fish jokes.

And, just for fun, she flies a bit in Batwoman #15. Well, falls, flies, it’s much of a muchness. But it does give us the chance to ask a vital question that DC seems to have been posing for a couple of months now: is Wonder Woman a goddess? And to answer another vital question that DC seems to have been posing for even longer: do its writers really do any research?

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