Absolute Wonder Woman #8

Arachnophobes beware, but this is some brilliantly creepy visuals, with a great last-page cliffhanger setting up the next epic quest for Diana. Read Full Review

Absolute Wonder Woman #8 kicks off a wonderful new arc that promises a new adventure for this new Diana, bringing together her past and present. Read Full Review

Absolute Wonder Woman Issue 8 refreshes just the right amount. The interlude in Hades likely provided a break and helped build the wider mythology. But Wonder Woman is just such an incredible character, with so much variety, that it is impossible to get bored of her. Read Full Review

Thompson and company advance-in on a decided earthbound threat for Diana as her second major storyline. The mutation of the familiar in an alternate universe has a tendency to be a bit tedious at times. Thompson and company make it fun to discover an alternate perspective on the familiar. Absolute Wonder Woman continues to find a fascinating corner of a new universe in which to explore nightmare visions of the DC that readres have come to know and love over the years. Its also nice to see Thompson taking her time with it. When introducing elseworld, theres also the tendency to want to throw everything at the page right away. Its nice to see Thopson take her time to introduce the first major villain in the eighth issue. Read Full Review

Absolute Wonder Woman #8 kicks off this new arc by taking the foundation of its previous issues and kicking it up a notch. This is a story that continues to get better with each issue while introducing layers to Diana and bringing in original and fresh backstories and ideas. This continues to be one of the best things DC has produced this year and you do not want to keep missing out. Read Full Review

Absolute Wonder Woman #8 nails capturing the feeling of reading an epic story even when it is set in one location. It is all about scale and that scale is nailed to make Gateway City feel like a world on its own. Read Full Review

Overall, As My Mothers Made Me gets off to a solid start, as the darker side of human nature begins to show itself through Veronica Cale and her attempt to weaponize the final death screech of an absolute monster. We're also introduced to Dr. Poison, who I'm sure will be a source of some intriguing story developments as the arc progresses. Read Full Review

Absolute Wonder Woman #8 continues Kelly Thompson's compelling writing, perfectly complemented by Hayden Sherman's distinctive and evocative artwork. The introduction of a reimagined classic villain and the exploration of the mysteries surrounding Area 41 make this a must-read for Wonder Woman fans eager to see what exciting challenges and revelations lie ahead for the Amazonian Princess. Read Full Review

Absolute Wonder Woman #8 is a beautiful arc opener and presents a strong down to earth tone that allows its story to flourish throughout the next few issues. Read Full Review

Absolute Wonder Woman is a gem each month for DC. It's never a slog to read as the creative team finds truly innovative ways to spotlight all the aspects that make Wonder Woman such a great character. This new arc is a perfect jumping on point for new readers. Read Full Review

The Wonder Woman book continues to be pretty much the one that's strong with each issue in a way that I cannot deny. Even when it does a short two-part story to help fill in the blanks with a guest artist, it does so in a way that plays to its strengths and feels essential and truly part of it, rather than just lightly fleshing out something. This issue sets up some really engaging characters and concepts to work with and does so with strikingly beautiful and vivid designs with color work that makes me crave a large oversized library edition on some truly high-quality paper. Can't get enough of it. Read Full Review

Absolute Wonder Woman #8 takes big, bold steps towards embracing more of Diana's legacy in comics. The addition to two major villains from her past widens the mythology of this new book. Putting a new spin on both characters honours what DC is seeking to do with its All-In era of storytelling. Read Full Review

This is an excellent issue setting up the new story and the new character developments. Everything is still firing on all cylinders with Absolute Wonder Woman, with seamless transitions. Read Full Review

Absolute Wonder Woman #8is a decent, albeit incomplete start to a new arc when Diana sets out to find other Amazons. Kelly Thompson's script builds on the foundational aspects of the first arc for a relatable start. However, this arc starts without anything resembling stakes or urgency. Plus Hayden Sherman's return to the title regrettably looks like a downgrade compared to the previous two issues. Read Full Review

YEARofTheCollector

May 30, 2025

New arc starts here & the dream team is back Thompson, Sherman, Bellaire and Carey are locked in again to bring us another amazing chapter of Absolute Wonder Woman! Diana is back in Gateway City, and she reunites with all her friends, Steve, Greta, Gia and Barbara. The flipside of that is we also see the return of one Veronica Cale and oh boy is she a treat or what? Ms. Cale is not just one name, or one some random face with a legacy name sprinkled in this world for some sense of familiarity. No, Ms. Cale is a force to be reckon with. She clearly has access, resources, influence and just good old power. Not the kind that defeats monsters and saves the day like the power wielded by Diana. Not even remotely close. Veronica Cale has the typ e of power wielded on this earth that causes problems for everyone caught in the crossfire. That's exactly what happens to the people of Gateway city. Just as stated by Diana, the people are still recovering from the monster invasion and the Tetracide attack that almost took their entire city, and here they are again submitted to even more trauma. We also get a chance of paste with Diana's character. We see her, even for just a moment, be one with and enjoying nature. It is not lost on Diana the blessings that exist above ground, and that's the perspective of someone who grew up in very inhumane conditions. As far as a theme for this series, it works as a very powerful metaphor and character trait. Diana is not just gracious at all times, but she's grateful as well. Not just of others, because she's always saying thank you, but also grateful for pretty much anything she interacts with, animals and nature included. There's a quite a new light on gateway city, you can see a more expanded color palette one the landscape, blue skies, green grass, etc. Quite the contrast versus the first arc where everything was in a shade of red to illustrate the danger they were in because of the invasion. These are the minute details that go over your head when reading and not paying attention. Coloring is also part of the crafting of the story, and I just wanted to credit Bellaire for her efforts in making this the best story possible. Finally, we have the introduction of Doctor Poison, or Absolute Doctor Poison if you will. As far as the character design goes, I have a score of a 10/10. Not sure why or rather how he's working directly under the supervision, and I'm using the word supervision very loosely. But he's clearly a meta-type character and besides the obvious poison aspect that's just visually present, he's also some sort of tech genius. Quite the combination. Very, very excited for this new arc and this series as a whole. Absolutely DC's best Absolute title. more

Superman Fan

May 28, 2025

slower than the previous ones, but it's the beginning of a new arc and it looks very interesting. The art is very beautiful. I love villains' revaps and Dr. Poison was a pleasant surprise.

DCQuestion22

May 29, 2025

I like a Absolute Wonder Woman is awesome.

daspidaboy

May 29, 2025

Even though its slower, I can't help but enjoy it because of the beautiful art, and how Kelly Thompson takes her time in exploring and developing these characters. The pace is brisk, but its not too fast (like Simon Spurrier's Flash) and I said it before: But I love Kelly Thompson's writing for Wonder Woman

Screaming Enigma

Jul 29, 2025

My least favorite issue of the series thus far, which I think it saying something when I'm still giving it as high of a score as I am. Nice to see Sherman back on the interiors, and Thompson still puts together an intriguing plot for this new arc. As always, looking forward to reading and learning more about this world.

BatSledge

May 29, 2025

Another very good issue, albeit a bit of a comedown from the last two storylines primarily due to a lack of urgency and the lack of a major impending threat. This issue pauses a bit to catch its breath while setting up some intriguing future storylines that have already started to come to fruition by the issue’s end.

George

Jun 02, 2025

This issue was pretty good. Probably my least favorite so far. Art is still amazing. Script seemed a little messy.

fzanca

Jun 04, 2025

This is turning into the main Wonder Woman title while Tom King's WW falls over a cliff. What sucks is the artwork in that book is great while Absolute WW art is horrible. As you can tell I am not a fan of Sherman's art. It was such a treat when we had the guest artist on and most people were hoping that Sherman did not come back. Yet here we are. How do we get rid of this guy? I did like Dr. Poison showing up in this issue and Cale is this univere's Waller. Though it's seeming to be moving away from the Hades storyline, which is going to make this seem like a main universe WW title, she's just wearing a different costume. I'm just so hungry for someone to actually write some good WW stories that I don't even mind. My Comic Review Channe l - https://youtu.be/ayzvCYDIpdw more

Kenjamin

Jun 25, 2025

Art: 4/5 Story: 3/5 Total: 7/10

Aesopjer

May 31, 2025

Was there a huge drop in quality in this or did I somehow miss something in the last 7 issues, or did the problems I have with the series just became extremely apparent here? This was bad. Lame. Boring. The writing and dialogue and even story is so cheesy, how is this a 9/10? The art is the only thing that deserves any praise but even still the writer gave nothing interesting for the artist to do. I think I’m dropping this. $5 is hefty price for this.