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Wonder Woman #3
| Writer | Tom King |
| Artist | Daniel Sampere, Belen Ortega |
| Cover Price | $4.99 |
The Lasso of Lies' true power is revealed as the Sovereign continues his campaign against Wonder Woman! Could one unsuspecting soldier be the key to defeating our hero? Find out as Diana uses her own lasso in search of the truth about the Amazon massacre. Plus, the return of Trinity! Wonder Woman's daughter makes her backup story debut in the first of many awe-inspiring adventures from the future.
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9.5
Geek Dad - Ray Goldfield
Nov 21, 2023Three issues in, we're barely scratching the surfacewhich is par for the course for a King book. Read Full Review
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9.0
AIPT - David Brooke
Nov 21, 2023Wonder Woman #3 continues to show this series is one of the best superhero comics on the shelf. It does everything a modern superhero fan wants, from incredible art, to ties to modern-day threats, to an ongoing story that brings something new to the character. Wonder Woman is can't-miss superhero comics. Read Full Review
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9.0
But Why Tho? - William Tucker
Nov 21, 2023Wonder Woman #3 elevates every element of the series so far Read Full Review
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9.0
Henchman-4-Hire - Sean Ian Mills
Nov 25, 2023Another confident, entertaining issue of this new Wonder Woman series. I'm loving the tone of this comic, the way it's being told, and the artwork. The whole package. Read Full Review
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8.9
The Super Powered Fancast - Deron Generally
Nov 21, 2023Sampere delivers some beautiful art in the issue. The visuals are beautifully detailed and perfectly capture the tone of the story. Read Full Review
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8.4
Comic Watch - B. Radtz
Nov 22, 2023Tom Kings work has been a very slow burn, but his premise for this story is pretty interesting thus far. Is it an original idea? No, not really. DC kinda did the same thing with the Legends event back in the mid 80s, but with this the attention is solely on Diana. Theres so much room to explore here. Read Full Review
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8.0
The Comicbook Dispatch - kcscribbles
Nov 21, 2023Wonder Woman #3 continues the fascinating storyline, as Diana desperately continues to find a way to mend relations between the USA and Amazons. The villains are too one note but the overall story arc is just interesting and thrilling enough to make up for that. Read Full Review
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7.0
Comic Book Revolution - Kevin Lainez
Nov 21, 2023Wonder Woman #3 was a massive step-up from the disappointing second issue of the series. Tom King and Daniel Sampere did a great job presenting Wonder Woman as a badass who gets the job done to progress the story forward. The Sovereign side of things is more of a mixed bag due to the narrative choice King decides on going. Still, when you add in an incredibly fun back-up with Damian Wayne, Jon Kent, and Trinity this was a good recovery by King and company. Read Full Review
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7.0
Razorfine - Alan Rapp
Nov 28, 2023After one of the best Wonder Woman comics I've ever read, the series comes down to Earth for something closer to a middle issue of an ongoing arc. Wonder Woman #3 isn't bad by any means, it just doesn't measure up to last month's terrific issue. Read Full Review
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6.0
Lyles Movie Files - Jeffrey Lyles
Nov 21, 2023This issue doesn't change much in terms of the direction and hope for this title. King is trying too hard with a series that would be better off it he just leaned harder into his title character's superhero nature and less this awkward Bourne Identity style conspiracy. Read Full Review
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5.5
Weird Science - Gabe Hernandez
Nov 20, 2023Wonder Woman #3 has the honored distinction of being both boring and gross. Wonder Woman's characterization makes no sense for a character who has lived in Man's World for years, and her efforts to find Emelie are bizarrely lazy. Further, King uses the topic of PTSD and suicide among soldiers as a cheap thrill for its own sake without treating the topic with any sensitivity or value. Read Full Review
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3.0
DC Comics News - Matthew Lloyd
Nov 21, 2023Tom King continues to tear down the heroes of the DC Universe one character at a time. He's clearly more interested in showing the terrible aspects of human nature and the world instead of the optimism and hope that heroes are designed to elicit. I don't think King actually likes heroes or believes in heroes. Or, at the very least believes that anyone's heroism can ever be separated from the totality of their nature. Read Full Review
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2.0
ComicBook.com - Nicole Drum
Nov 22, 2023Everything about this series to date has been uncomfortable but this issue goes beyond that to disrespectful for no real narrative value. Read Full Review
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10
The story about Lizzie and Damian is the best Iʼve read for a long time. King did better for Damian than Williamson doing with Batman and Robin.
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9.0
Not great yet, but getting there.
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8.5
Tom King's take on Wonder Woman continues its strong start, though this issue took the smallest step back from the absolutely perfect first two issues. I still love the uneasy dichotomy King creates with the exposition-rich, third-person narration occurring during the tension-heavy scenes featuring Wonder Woman hunting for info on Emilie's case and the evil man-behind-the-curtain showcasing the Lasso of Lies full power. Where my slight dislike of the issue came in some of Daniel Sampere's Wonder Woman designs and reactions. A few of the early panels made the character appear too aloof and sassy for what we'd expect, but Sampere more than made up for it with some of the best non-action, action sequences around. His panel transitions through more
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8.5
The writing was good, and even better on the backup story. The art on both is fantastic! I like King's work on THE PENGUIN much better though.
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8.5
This had the weakest main story of the book so far, but it was still good nonetheless. I enjoyed seeing more of Diana in the present, as the first two issues have had a stronger focus on other characters. Also, the backup story was super fun and I'd like more of that in the backups going forward, please.
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8.0
This issue actually did give Wonder Woman more of a voice and it's... basically what you'd expect from Tom King. Supergirl again. I know that comic was well-liked and successful, and DC specifically gave Tom King this book to recreate that success for Wonder Woman, but I'm a little shocked by how much of the story structure and characters feel like a transplant job rather than something specific to the creation of this run. It's good, solid comics, so I guess I can't complain about it, but it's very distracting in this issue. I have a nitpick with how the villain corrupts men, with the lasso of lies. I don't think many people would agree with me on this because it sounds a bit off, I recognize. Basically, the man the villain corrupts more
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7.0
This was a decent issue but some jarring moments that were way too much much like the demeaning talk of Steve Treavor and the over the top stripping of masculinity stuff. The narration is far better than typical King but this trop is starting to get old 3 issues in. That said I'm still into the story and the back up was fun with great art.
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5.5
I'm starting to get annoyed with Lizzie, but I'll wait a little longer.
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5.0
the only thing thats good about the issue is the side-story. This issue falls under Tom King's general rules of long "deep" mature dialogue that takes up majority of the pages, and a decompressed issue. Art is fantastic and Daniel Sampere's back must need a chiropractor from carrying this series on his back.
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4.5
Time to drop it from the pull list.
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4.5
The only reason I'm rating this as high as I am is because of the art. I do like the art. The writing consistantly does not seem like Diana. She yawns during fights and has a plane with gatling guns. I'm not sure what that was about. The writing is extremely verbose and the villain is...well, he just is. "How do you feel about getting beat up by a girl?" Come on. And how does the lasso of lies control someone ot take their life? I don't get it. The back up story was okay. I'm really not into the Trinity character after her introduction on Free Comic Book Day. The only reason I'm continuing with it is because of the art. My Comic Review Channel - https://youtu.be/liQ4V7Ij_us
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4.0
If you want to critique something in a fantasy setting, you have to be smart and walk the line between reality and metaphor. Military bad things happen because America secret King can mind control you is a stupid level of wonky. Literal "I'm 14 and this is deep" stuff that doesnt really say anything interesting yet desperately wants to. The rest of the run has been pretty dull as well.
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4.0
Something is deeply deeply wrong with Tom King. There is no other way I can put it. The main story is disgusting and reads like someone with a first year university course in psychology and political science and thinks they understand the world wrote the part with the Sovereign and the solider. The analogies and implications he gave were pretty clear and pretty disrespectful to service men and women. Additionally that solider must be how he interprets front-line workers. Emotionally dead and quite dumb. Any solider in that situation from Issue 2 would likely be rather messed up seeing his fellow soliders killed/tossed around ect and there was nothing they could do vs a Superhero. Guy would have PTSD, but no, according to King, it was the La more
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4.0
An improvement from #2 but still garbage writing with a little febreeze sprayed over it. I can't stand this Sovereign dialogue. It is so wordy and overdone the meaning of the sovereign is going over my head throughout. I can tell you the villain already is failing in my eyes because his argument for being evil is extremely stupid. Obviously KING is making modern day political connections in his writing that just doesn't make sense in Wonder Woman's world imo. Blaming the Amazons for the destruction of American culture, how the Amazons want to kill all men, and how the Sovereign uses the lasoo of lies to make a soldier commit suicide leaving a note that he blames Wonder Woman. This is retarded because this is the same world where Superma more
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3.0
Page one and there's more narration, my god. This story is painful to read. DNF.
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1.0
This was Trash with a Capital T. Of course King would find a way to blame real-world problems on some magic boogeyman. ALso, he should learn Diana is not a robot.
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