These DC Rebirth trade paperback collections are coming out at a nice clip! You used to have to wait an average of ten months. Now? Psh! Arriving this week is Wonder Woman Vol. 3: The Truth from the celebrated team of scribe Greg Rucka and artist Liam Sharp. The series has been lined up to be working on two alternating storylines. First came Wonder Woman Vol. 1: The Lies revealing [SPOILER ALERT] that everything Diana knew about her past were….lies! It was pretty cool actually, even if it almost completely undid the entire New 52 run by Brian Azzarello and Cliff Chiang. Thus, came the much needed parallel arc contained in Wonder Woman Vol. 2: Year One. Therein lies the truth about her origin.
In this third story arc, Diana is left picking up the shards of her shattered psyche after the revelations of her past. Cheetah, who became a major badass in that first story, goes on a dangerous mission of her own. Barbara Ann is looking to defend the Princess of Themiscyra, walking into the devil’s den but could she be being led into an ambush? Meanwhile, a deadly threat comes at Diana, her Facebook-relationship-status-is-complicated Steve Trevor, and Etta Candy, called Poison. That’s the what. That’s the what came before. If you haven’t picked up the previous stories, buy both and read them back to back. Trust me, they’ll make more sense the bigger you binge.
Greg Rucka made no bones about his ambition run parallel storylines, alternating one timelines for the even numbered issues and another for the odd numbered issues. Essentially, you got two Wonder Woman titles that tied together. Fortunately, these collections are rewarding for those who found the format a bit confusing in single issues. And they’re especially rewarding for rereading. In one sense, that might be considered brilliant on Ruck and DC’s part. Fortunately, with a story this engrossing and artwork from Liam Sharp that’s pinup worth on most pages, that’s the sense you’ll hopefully have.
Collects WONDER WOMAN #13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23 and 25.
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