Review: Wonder Woman The Warbringer

With 6 Months to go till Wonder Woman: 84, is released (June 2020) it is worth it to note, that the Wonder Woman we know through the DC Universe movies we have had so far we know a little about where Wonder Woman comes from and what she can do, but often those facts come from unreliable narrators. That is why its not lost on me that Wonder Woman The Warbringer is being republished as a graphic novel (August 29, 2017).Â Leigh Bardugo (Six of Crows Duology, Shadow and Bone Trilogy, The Language of Thorns,Â King of Scars and Ninth House).

Here is what you get in Wonder Woman The Warbringer: An in-depth exploration of the Amazon, Themyscira and its’ magical properties.Â Â An exploration of Diana’s creation, and what it meant for the other Amazonians.Â How being slightly different than the other Amazonian, made Diana feel and how it would drive her going forward, and perhaps most importantly the theme that kept coming up was Diana’s relationship with her mother.

Mother-daughter relationships are complex and diverse, and Diana’s relationship with her mother is no different.All too often mothers make excuses for their daughters, fail to set limits and in turn hold their daughters back even if they have the best of intentions.Â But Diana was just raised by here mother, she was raised by other women as well, and if we lack a clear hierarchy between parent and child, we undermine the authority of the mother and risk distorting the daughter’s self-image in the process.

In Wonder Woman The Warbringer, Diana never had a mortal life. She“s not battle-tested and she didn“t die. Hippolyta formed Diana from clay and begged the goddesses to give her life. Because of her unusual beginning, Diana is an oddity on the island, and she longs for a chance to prove herself equal to her Amazon sisters. An opportunity presents itself for Diana to challenge herself and explore her greatest strengths, while simultaneously possibly saving the world; in the form of Alia a descendant of Helen of Troy, birthed by Nemesis to be bringer of chaos and destruction. Common sense would dictate that Diana would try and get rid of Alia before she destroys the island and everyone on it but,Â Diana see that they both have a lot in common.Â So, she endeavors to get Alia back to where she belongs and to erase the curse on her family forever.

The interior art done by Kit Seaton is incredibly detailed and made me wish we could see it on a monthly basis in the prime Wonder Woman Comic.

The plot is great, though. The action scenes are exciting and the writing is good. My only concern is that Leigh Bardugo seems to have

Final Verdict:Â 4 stars out of 5. This is as much a story about Alia Keralis as it is Diana, but Complex relationship of Diana and her mother truly outshines everything else and we need more of that, and more of Alia .

SCORE: 4/5

(W) Leigh Bardugo; Adapted by Louise Simonson
(A) Kit Seaton