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hobbitfreddie's review
4.0
I loved this wow. Most of the stories are all pretty good. Most that aren’t very good are at least average or if they’re awful they have one saving grace. I think there was only one I absolutely disliked.
I’m impressed with the stories in this anthology a lot of the times when I read anthologies the stories feel too cramped or rushed in the shorter form but here it is executed well in pretty much every story.
Also the theme of black and gold is so cool. Every artist interprets it differently. Some just add lame yellow hi lights but some render this beuatiful gold color!
And as an anthology this does an amazing job as an intro to Wonder Woman and also as fan service for big fans (there’s references to very obscure characters). Tbh I haven’t read any WW comics before this but now I do lol. So good job on this comic.
Also all the stories are pretty diverse ranging from different plots and styles. Though I admit there’s too many comics with Wonder Woman as a background character like some sort of angel rather than an MC.
There’s a lot of cheesey sappy stories that yeah… I couldn’t hate. Alright idk man. The stories are so simple but full of love for Wonder Woman and some genuinely beautiful stories.
My favorite story is tied with We Built a New World and I am Ageless and my least favorite was The Prophet. I think after I go to the last few stories I was growing kinda bored and the comics felt kinda samey, some reorganzation of the stories would have helped.
Will finishing reviewing these individually later.
Mother's Daughter- 1.5/5 Very weak first story. I think most the bad stories again are just kinda average, wasn't too offensive or boring. But just kinda eh alright for the plot. The art isn't really my thing. All the art does it's job, but some I don't like as much if that makes sense lol. The "gold" coloring is kinda just yellow highlights. Kinda a horrible way to start the anthology.
What Doesn't Kill You- 4/5 Should have been the first story. Beautiful art and I love the gold coloring. I like the section of Wonder Woman here, as a fleshed out character.
I'm Ageless- 5/5 my favorite story, just really beautiful.
Golden Age - 3.5/5 I love the stylized cartoony? art style here. This is a tribute to I assume the 40's era Wonder Woman. Really fun. I like the mix of fun and serious stories in this anthology.
The Wager- 4/5 lassoe lore. I will reference this for art I swear, looks really nice. There is a weird tone shift at the end though lol.
Without Love- 3.5/5 Really detailed art, kinda corny story though but I loved it. These stories are pretty short so not much I can say about the ones thare are just good.
A God with No Name- 4/5 Similar to the last one with cool detailed art and cool crazy action.
Homecoming- 3.5/5 mostly wordless dream comic. Very very simple but I liked it.
A Common Motivator- 2.5/5 all the alright stories are passable again. This one is just eh? Fun concept of a competition but kinda lacking an actual engaging plot.
Not a fan of the art style.
The Acquaintance- 1/5 Is this the Lore Olympus person? I don’t read that webcomic but I do not like their style I’m sorry. The character designs are all kinda plain and samey. And the plot for this one wasn’t any good either.
We Built a New World- 5/5 tied with Im ageless for my favorite. It’s just very sweet rrgh. Read this one please.
Espionage- 3/5 eh plot another serious story. Well done I think with great gold art.
Beat the Heat- 3/5 good message at the end but idk detailed but static art
Do No Harm- 2.5/5? Ehh???? Cool style and use of gold though. Good art bad story.
The Stolen Lasso of Truth - 1.9/5 Same thing. Really bad story with a tacked on moral but I do love the art very pretty too look at but yeahhh… they say dork way too many times and I’m sorry this came out in 2021-2022 I think. It feels like 10 years too old.
Prayer-5/5 another one of volumes beautiful emotional stories ft beautiful art
Amazing-4/5 cute little story idk
Whatever Happened to Cathy Perkins?- 2.5/5 ehhh? Fun concept of revisiting a previous era of Wonder Woman (that I am not familar with sorry) but plot was kinda meh
Love Failed- 1.5/5 OKAY love the funky art but this is like the least Wonder Woman esque story here. Idk what they were going for here. I mean props to the artist for thinking outisde the box but idk what this is.
Wing Woman - 3/5 another WW2 story, I think it was cool to see from a woman pilots POV. But kinda basic Wonder Woman saves the day.
Hellzapoppin'- 3.5/5 action packed with a little too much detail in the art dept wow
Beyond the Horizon
How the Wonder Woman Was Bought Low by a Mouse but Caught the Stars
Feet of Clay
Memories of Hator- 4.5/5 OKAY looking up the lore behind this made me like this even more because this character apparently appeared in one issue(?) in the 40’s and never again and the artist decided to do their story on her. THIS is the kinda shit I want.
Role Model- 1.5/5 okay I was getting bored of these sappy stories and this was soooo basic. It was just WW inspires people!!! Okay yes that is sweet and all but
I’m impressed with the stories in this anthology a lot of the times when I read anthologies the stories feel too cramped or rushed in the shorter form but here it is executed well in pretty much every story.
Also the theme of black and gold is so cool. Every artist interprets it differently. Some just add lame yellow hi lights but some render this beuatiful gold color!
And as an anthology this does an amazing job as an intro to Wonder Woman and also as fan service for big fans (there’s references to very obscure characters). Tbh I haven’t read any WW comics before this but now I do lol. So good job on this comic.
Also all the stories are pretty diverse ranging from different plots and styles. Though I admit there’s too many comics with Wonder Woman as a background character like some sort of angel rather than an MC.
There’s a lot of cheesey sappy stories that yeah… I couldn’t hate. Alright idk man. The stories are so simple but full of love for Wonder Woman and some genuinely beautiful stories.
My favorite story is tied with We Built a New World and I am Ageless and my least favorite was The Prophet. I think after I go to the last few stories I was growing kinda bored and the comics felt kinda samey, some reorganzation of the stories would have helped.
Will finishing reviewing these individually later.
Mother's Daughter- 1.5/5 Very weak first story. I think most the bad stories again are just kinda average, wasn't too offensive or boring. But just kinda eh alright for the plot. The art isn't really my thing. All the art does it's job, but some I don't like as much if that makes sense lol. The "gold" coloring is kinda just yellow highlights. Kinda a horrible way to start the anthology.
What Doesn't Kill You- 4/5 Should have been the first story. Beautiful art and I love the gold coloring. I like the section of Wonder Woman here, as a fleshed out character.
I'm Ageless- 5/5 my favorite story, just really beautiful.
Golden Age - 3.5/5 I love the stylized cartoony? art style here. This is a tribute to I assume the 40's era Wonder Woman. Really fun. I like the mix of fun and serious stories in this anthology.
The Wager- 4/5 lassoe lore. I will reference this for art I swear, looks really nice. There is a weird tone shift at the end though lol.
Without Love- 3.5/5 Really detailed art, kinda corny story though but I loved it. These stories are pretty short so not much I can say about the ones thare are just good.
A God with No Name- 4/5 Similar to the last one with cool detailed art and cool crazy action.
Homecoming- 3.5/5 mostly wordless dream comic. Very very simple but I liked it.
A Common Motivator- 2.5/5 all the alright stories are passable again. This one is just eh? Fun concept of a competition but kinda lacking an actual engaging plot.
Not a fan of the art style.
The Acquaintance- 1/5 Is this the Lore Olympus person? I don’t read that webcomic but I do not like their style I’m sorry. The character designs are all kinda plain and samey. And the plot for this one wasn’t any good either.
We Built a New World- 5/5 tied with Im ageless for my favorite. It’s just very sweet rrgh. Read this one please.
Espionage- 3/5 eh plot another serious story. Well done I think with great gold art.
Beat the Heat- 3/5 good message at the end but idk detailed but static art
Do No Harm- 2.5/5? Ehh???? Cool style and use of gold though. Good art bad story.
The Stolen Lasso of Truth - 1.9/5 Same thing. Really bad story with a tacked on moral but I do love the art very pretty too look at but yeahhh… they say dork way too many times and I’m sorry this came out in 2021-2022 I think. It feels like 10 years too old.
Prayer-5/5 another one of volumes beautiful emotional stories ft beautiful art
Amazing-4/5 cute little story idk
Whatever Happened to Cathy Perkins?- 2.5/5 ehhh? Fun concept of revisiting a previous era of Wonder Woman (that I am not familar with sorry) but plot was kinda meh
Love Failed- 1.5/5 OKAY love the funky art but this is like the least Wonder Woman esque story here. Idk what they were going for here. I mean props to the artist for thinking outisde the box but idk what this is.
Wing Woman - 3/5 another WW2 story, I think it was cool to see from a woman pilots POV. But kinda basic Wonder Woman saves the day.
Hellzapoppin'- 3.5/5 action packed with a little too much detail in the art dept wow
Beyond the Horizon
How the Wonder Woman Was Bought Low by a Mouse but Caught the Stars
Feet of Clay
Memories of Hator- 4.5/5 OKAY looking up the lore behind this made me like this even more because this character apparently appeared in one issue(?) in the 40’s and never again and the artist decided to do their story on her. THIS is the kinda shit I want.
Role Model- 1.5/5 okay I was getting bored of these sappy stories and this was soooo basic. It was just WW inspires people!!! Okay yes that is sweet and all but
vernip's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
There's something truly special about limiting yourself as an artist.
You COULD do all you can to make everything pop when it comes to comics, but when everybody is told to limit their color palette to just blacks, whites, grays, and VARIOUS shades of yellow, then it really shows the simple beauty of the character and her adventures.
Not just that, but this big ol' anthology shows what each artist values about Wonder Woman as both a character and the stories she's been in. Whether it's embellishing her long history, showing her with her eclectic supporting cast, weaving a story with her oh-so-ready inherent ties to mythology, demonstrating what she means or inspires in others, or just exploring how her core beliefs & compassion are so integral to who she is, this is a great read for Wonder Woman fans.
Also, find it hilarious that Rachel Smythe of "Lore Olympus" fame, who has done SO much in humanizing the Greek pantheon through this exemplary webcomic, did a quick little comic featuring Diana & Circe (plus one more surprise guest who was turned into a gerbil!)
You COULD do all you can to make everything pop when it comes to comics, but when everybody is told to limit their color palette to just blacks, whites, grays, and VARIOUS shades of yellow, then it really shows the simple beauty of the character and her adventures.
Not just that, but this big ol' anthology shows what each artist values about Wonder Woman as both a character and the stories she's been in. Whether it's embellishing her long history, showing her with her eclectic supporting cast, weaving a story with her oh-so-ready inherent ties to mythology, demonstrating what she means or inspires in others, or just exploring how her core beliefs & compassion are so integral to who she is, this is a great read for Wonder Woman fans.
Also, find it hilarious that Rachel Smythe of "Lore Olympus" fame, who has done SO much in humanizing the Greek pantheon through this exemplary webcomic, did a quick little comic featuring Diana & Circe (plus one more surprise guest who was turned into a gerbil!)
wwwgretareads's review
4.0
collections of mini stories are always hard to rate because they vary so much, but i feel like i learned so much about diana here, even in the stories i didn’t love, and the art was gorgeous
stormblessed4's review
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.25
ray_whin's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
The variety of illustration styles is mind blowing. Just wish all of the stories were fleshed out so much more. Their brevity made some stories feel a bit trite.
bonafidefaygo's review
adventurous
inspiring
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.0
firesafinething's review
adventurous
hopeful
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
ehmannky's review
adventurous
emotional
funny
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
A beautiful collection of comics (and by so many of my favorite storytellers!) from creators that truly understand what makes Wonder Woman such a compelling and beautiful character. If you like Wonder Woman, like at all, I would recommend this anthology.
jessereadsthings's review
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
1.0
Just boring unfortunately.