Scott's Take: Absolute Wonder Woman Vol. 1: The Last Amazon by Kelly Thompson, Hayden Sherman (Illustrator), and Mattia de Iulis (Artist)

 

Absolute Wonder Woman Vol. 1: The Last Amazon by Kelly Thompson, Hayden Sherman (Illustrator), Mattia de Iulis (Artist), and more, which includes several issues of the main title along with some of the Lil Diana flashback stories. I read this through Hoopla partially and some through the DC Infinite app. This is another title set in the Absolute Universe.

 

Who is Wonder Woman when she is the last amazon and not their princess? Instead of growing up in paradise, she has been raised in the underworld under the tutelage of Circe (one of her main villains in the main universe). She has been raised not only to be a warrior, but a witch too. Riding her undead Pegasus, she will go on new adventures against the Greek Gods and seek to find the rest of the Amazons.

 

This is partially a horror monster themed title that includes a lot of supernatural elements. Part of the read delves in the horror/supernatural side of things and part of the read is far less monster driven. Wonder Woman is still an incredibly kind hero, but now with a darker origin. Her supporting cast returns with a few minor tweaks. Witch Wonder Woman is a fun spin on the classic hero. The art is incredible but highly varied by art style.

 

I highly enjoyed this read and I am looking forward to Volume 2. I really like what I have read of the Absolute Universe so far.

 

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I read part of this through Hoopla by way of the Dallas Public Library System and part of it through the DC Infinite app.

 

Scott A. Tipple © 2025

Scott's Take: Birds Of Prey Vol 1: Megadeath by Kelly Thompson, illustrator Leonardo Romero, and illustrator Arist Deyn

Birds Of Prey Vol 1: Megadeath by Kelly Thompson, illustrator Leonardo Romero, and illustrator Arist Deyn has Black Canary assembling a team to rescue her sister Sin from the Amazons. To do this she will need a squad of really exceptional women to get it done. She recruits Batgirl (Cassandra), Big Barda, and Zealot so that they have three of the best female warriors on the planet. Now they need their x-factor --something the Amazons could not be ready for. Enter Harley Quinn.  Hopefully, their plan to distract Wonder Woman will keep her away from the island while they do what they need to do to rescue Sin. Get in, grab the girl, and get out without anyone getting hurt. Simple. Of course, it’s not going to be that simple.

 

Kelly Thompson is my favorite female writer in comics. She brings a sense of humor to her work that I really like. I really enjoyed her versions of Harley, Black Canary, and Batgirl. I liked Zealot and Big Barda, but I am less familiar with those two. Wonder Woman and Green Arrow also are in this action packed book. The art is really good and looks incredible in the action scenes. Harley has a great entrance plan into the island that would have looked far less cool with a less talented artist. 

 

Volume 2, which has no title yet but has a release date of Jan 7th, 2025, has Black Canary forming another team as only Cassandra sticks around for the next mission. The new mission is to stop someone from the future from killing Batgirl (Barbara Gordon). Two of her best friends are not going to allow someone from the future to kill their bestie so time to form another team.

 

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My reading copy came from Hoopla through the Dallas Public Library System.  

 

Scott A. Tipple ©2024