Maybe some of it is the core plot in teeny little bite-sized pieces, but it's all such a mishmash that it's hard to see. Some of this is obviously lead-ins and lead-outs of crossover titles. That's in part because it incorporates plots from earlier in the Pérez run, which aren't included here (and in fact aren't in print right now), and in part because Wonder Woman has other adventures during the War of the Gods, such as fights alongside Doctor Fate and the Hawkpeoplet, which also aren't included.īut my overall problem with War of the Gods is that it's just too scattered, and that's mainly a problem with the core War of the Gods comic, which feels like it's suffering from ADD in the way it jumps from one scene to another every couple of pages, cycling through many different storylines and providing fulfillment for none of them. Unfortunately, War of the Gods isn't even a good Wonder Woman collection. Does it offer a more comprehensive story than some of its brethren? But this collection at least includes both the War mini-series and the Wonder Woman comic. I'm thrilled that DC continues to collect their major crossovers of the '80s and '90s, but less thrilled that they're not including the many auxiliary materials (especially for a numbered crossover like War of the Gods). It's gorgeous, detailed, and fits in perfectly to a Greek mythology setting. The one bright spot is George Perez and Jill Thompson's art. They aren't really recapped so you're again left with that feeling of "I really wish I knew what was going on here". There's all these references to things that happened in previous issues. The collection should have included a few Wonder Woman issues leading up to War of the Gods as well. I guess you're supposed to infer that this big hellfire spell that Circe casts is causing the different Pantheons to go nuts because it's never explained what the spell is supposed to do. You get 1 or 2 page snippets of a hundred different characters in each War of the Gods chapter with most things occurring off panel and you're just left with WTF is happening? War of the Gods starts with the Greek and Roman gods fighting but you're never given a reason why. Reading this is like reading a story from a kid with ADHD. Granted, I think this was screwed up in the initial printing too, but does DC editorial even read the books before sending them to the printer? Two of the pages are printed out of order so you have Harmonia lying dead on the first page and then being murdered on the next one. This thing is a giant editorial clusterf***. Why even bother DC? You've reprinted 9 parts of a 25+ part story. The evil sorceress Circe will stop at nothing to have her revenge on Wonder Woman-even if it means destroying the universe itself!Ĭollects WAR OF THE GODS #1-4, WONDER WOMAN #58-62 and WONDER WOMAN: WAR OF THE GODS. But even as the world’s greatest heroes unite to stop the warring pantheons, mortals and immortals alike remain pawns in a single mastermind’s twisted game.
The realms of the gods are being turned upside down and inside out, and if left unchecked the chaos will quickly engulf the earth.īeneath it all lies a tangled web of magic and deceit that ensnares everyone from Superman and Captain Marvel to Lobo and the Suicide Squad. But even as her people teeter on the brink of war, Princess Diana is forcibly summoned to Olympus, where Zeus and the Greek gods are being attacked by their Roman counterparts-in defiance of all heavenly order. Following a massacre in man’s world, Queen Hippolyta is presumed dead, and the Amazons’ thirst for revenge is strong.
On Wonder Woman’s island home of Themyscira, angry voices are rising.
Legendary comics author George Pérez’s epic Wonder Woman saga!
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