Wonder Woman : Lords & Liars

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  yourfavoritefitch

  Sep 07, 2025

  Mariko Tamaki is generally a very hit-or-miss writer for me. This is far from her worst work, I can say I actually had some fun with this one upon first reading, but it has quite a few glaring issues. There are ideas here I enjoy, like putting Diana and Maxwell Lord in a buddy-cop situation, and a very intriguing concept for a rogue with Liar Liar. The name is admittedly not great, but she has a fairly cool powerset and is motivated by the want of her father's approval in taking down Wonder Woman. I don't really mind the twist of Maxwell being her father. Now here comes the problem. First half of the story, despite him "teaming up" with Diana, Maxwell barely has anything to do. It gets slightly more compelling upon the father reveal twist, he wants nothing to do with Liar Liar at first, but then it's revealed much later that Maxwell was the one to give her powers by drugging her...it feels creepy in all the wrong ways. While I praise her concept, Liar Liar does absolutely nothing for the story, with her only significant contributions to the story being a decently sympathetic origin (despite Maxwell's role in it) and a visually cool final fight, neither of which we get until the final few issues. This was very clearly designed as a tie-in for Wonder Woman 1984 because of its Maxwell Lord inclusion, and while it's serviceable enough for a placeholder arc, it's unfortunately nothing memorable. more

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