I love the idea of a "lasso of lies" being a magical artifact that Diana didn't know about. It's good storyteller to add in something new with a built in backstory for more storytelling
When I was in a foster care system I was always worried about being one of those kids who they lost or die because of the system being so messed up, works well with this story though.
I wonder how nobody calls out on Amazonians who are sexist and supremacist. Its 2023, if Diana you're reading this - you guys need to get out your Island 🏝️ and know that there's a beautiful developing world outside.
They have, themiscyra has been open to the world for a while and the only time it was closed off was when the new 52 happened and restarted everything.
The Sovereign feels like a character that would’ve been made back in 2016, especially around November of that year. Here’s hoping Tom King can actually do something great with this new character. I feel like he’s a character that could easily be turned into a pathetic joke (and had he been made back in 2016, he most definitely would have been), and while I assume some would be totally ok with that, I kinda wanna see him actually be a serious threat.
Yeah I hope he doesn't go Colonialist route. I'd like to see this dude taken more seriously. But we all know how it goes with new villains. Grand opening/Grand closing
I like Wonder Woman but I feel when it comes to the Amazons and Paradise Island writers always fall back on perfect Society. I mean every time an Amazon does something bad it's always some external Force I mean if the old Justice League cartoon we can have an extremist Amazon. In current comics Batman can lose his company in Superman can become the owner of lexcorp but Wonder Woman as soon as the new villain is exposed it's just back to the status quo
I feel like the X-men do this a lot better, but there are already stories about this. It just be retreading old water, so I can see why others can try and do that. This mostly feels like it could have been done better with the X-men.
Even when X-Men does it doesn't make sense. Like in DC you have so much wild shit going on. The government wouldn't go "yeah ALL amazons gotta go" After ONE go off and kills people. If it took ONE screw up Joker would have been dead. It only worked when the universe were kept more isolated. Now hey all exist together none of it works.
The dog whistling during the news coverage part was spot on. You go from tragedy when first reported to massacre when the details come in to straight up murder Gotta love that day 7 update panel 😂
I often hear people talk about an "immigration problem" but IMO immigration is not the problem the problem is located where those people come from give them a reason NOT TO LEAVE and they will stay where they are solving the problem where they live THAT'S THE SOLUTION
The fact that they chose to go that men are being depicted as the american values and sexual harassment is being viewed as the american value so on the nose. That is where they lose me. I'm like I get it. We got problems but it aint all these. And also I feel like there's a better way to do this and not make it so mid. If they want to go that direction, whatever I'm just saying, do it better. Because I couldn't believe that they would spare or not beat up as much the female. I believe they would give them the sisterly talk and turn them around to the other side or something.
The only issue is that...Emily literally murdered 19 people. That's a problem. Are the Amazons seen as liaisons or ambassadors? Now disregarding all the deportation stuff, given all the crazy shit that happens, I could see people considering that an act of war. I guess we'll see whatever this Sovereign character is doing. Cuz even though Emily committed mass murder, this villain keeps shit from happening normal. Maybe he manipulated that situation? Maybe he's taking advantage of this random act of murder? I like King, so I'll wait for more issues before casting judgment.
@@WhitneyAllisonGG That has nothing to do with my comment. The nuclear family thing seems irrelevant, unless you have an issue with homosexual relationships. I don't care about a person's sexuality. I care about the character of the people. If the parents are good, reasonable people (regardless of politics) and, thus good parents, that's all that matters.
@@blackmanwithcomputer It's not that. The problem is that men created Gender roles for women without their consent. Only now that women don't like these roles they get upset because it comes into conflict of what the traditional family is. So a woman says she is unhappy with her role in society she automatically gets a label. That woman hates the man and lesbian because she happens to disagree with her role and as expected to harassed or assaulted because it's her role to do so. It is about Amazons way of life spreading to other women in United States even if that makes that society more Egalitarian. Some men don't want to be equal to a woman.
yes but it was only ONE amazon who murdered 19 men. why would they attack an entire race for one person’s action? also the amazons do have an ambassador which they do mention in the comic. but congress chose to basically ignore her
@@xviioscarr6349 Hmm, okay I'll read the comic. I just based my opinion based off this video. However, does the comics mention if Themyscira is okay with the US government convicting Amazons? Cuz, if not, I could definitely see this being a potential act of war. Of course, what's going on in the comic is exaggerated AF, but under "normal" circumstances...
America should know better. If they cant take Superman they aren't taking Wonder Woman or any of the Amazons. In fact they have both been to war with each other so many times
Murica has never been at a severe disadvantage so it's kinda silly to think they'd behave the same way as real life. Also they are clearly being controlled by a third Party. Any smart Government agency would be clamouring to get a hold of those sweet Amazonian genetics dispersed into the population and the minute a male is born have him raised to be breeding stock for an American Gargarian Army of super soldiers. That's after all the logical conclusion of Amazon's intermarrying and living in human societies since Amazon genetics are dominant eventual the human race will evolve into Male and female Amazons and considering they posses pretty privilege and immortality natural selection will go to town. Sorry my sci first brain is going a mile a minute at the world building implications.
Wonder Woman #1 was a refreshing take on real-life issues. When it comes to social issues especially, some people get triggered. The truth is that America is flawed. It's a racist, sexist, xenophobic, and corrupt country to the core. It's little wonder why writers address this. It's reality. But to some, if you address America's flaws, you are woke 😅.
You certainly are woke I’ll give you that. Everything you said makes stories like these boring another writer hating their own country and history…again
@@shawnboahene5231I think you really don't want equality. Women to totally dependent on man that could abuse her, cast her and children aside and let them starve to death. As a woman I don't think any history that oppresses men or women should be cherish or be put on a pedestal.
@shawnboahene5231 If woke means highlighting the truth, then yes I'm woke. I don't live in a bubble. I accept that America is flawed in a major way. Look at America now. Its divided, its weaker than its ever been. Its failure to address its problems is exactly why America has problems. And there are plenty. Its actually funny if it wasn't embarrassing 🏳️🌈🇸🇪
@unixmoon4842 It is a good start. If some people get offended by this, then the story is exactly why we need it. Seeing grown men get upset by a comic is actually funny. But more importantly, getting upset over a story that isn't even finished. Tom King certainly knows what needs to be addressed.
I loved this issue and I think the Soverign is a great villain. I was concerned because of how King wrote the introduction of Trinity, but this issue and the direction this story is taking is great and I've got renewed faith in the run. I love the political allegory here. Wonder Woman is my 2nd favorite character in all of comics. I've loved what they've done with making Nubia queen and the different tribes of Amazons, but there's still a bunch i tend not to like about the direction they've taken of late (making Diana the daughter of Zeus for example). They always seem to forget that the Amazons are also supposed to be a technologically advanced civilization, as advanced in technology as they are in philosophy. Their society is supposed to be an aspirational feminist utopia, not without challenges, but definitely with something to offer and teach Patriarch's world. They've moved away from that far too much for my liking. I hope some of those aspects are remembered here but I don't have a lot of hope there. Grant Morisson is really the only writer in the last few decades that has incorporated those elements into their stories with Wonder Woman Earth 1.
@omowale Diana being the daughter of Zeus has been retconned since last year. Her origin of being sculpted from clay and brought to life by the goddesses of Olympus has been restored.
@omowale About Grant Morrison's Wonder Woman... It was a total disaster and went downhill after the first volume. The ending is literally a villain ending for WW who basically says she will mind control people who don't agree with her "utopian" society/world She's supposed to be a hero... Right.
Thanks for being sensible and a good reviewer, I'm trying to find some good comics to get back into but there's a minefield of seemingly bigoted reviewers dumping on books for no good reason
I personally don't like the ideas behind the story and if King was going for a immigrants narrative I think there are better characters to do that with. I just don't think it fits WW. I'm all in for a WW modern take on feminist ideals but I think the sovereign and immigration aspects make it a lil too decisive to actually enjoy, as I find myself scrutinizing where it's coming from and trying to understand if King is the best person to even be trying to tell this story.
@@redhood5264 Also DC Comics doesn't have the best writers currently. I mean a lot of their best writers from 2016 to 2020 left. Tom King is literally their only high-profile writer that they have left.
@naquangreen2192 Joshua Williamson, Tom King, Kelly Thompson, ect. I don't think DC is lacking in talent. Nor do I think Tom isn't talented. I am just hyper vigilant when it comes to social topics and often question where the intent is coming from when they are presented in media.
I'm okay with this and I hope that Tom Learned from his mistakes on batman and I am just surprised that nobody has made a Venture Bros Joke with the Sovereign.
@BlerdWithoutFear and also seeing the Sovereign, I got King Washington from Assassin's creed 3 as well if you ever played the DLC. But keep up the good work, my man.
With this however I was banking the idea that maybe the next step for WWs character if she can't be the leader of her home or a part of DC's pathos due her self refusing it then would be in leading the human world she is trying to unite with the Amazon world. As a way of saying the character has done their job so well that even the humans accept them
I'm mad! Mad that I gotta wait a month to read the next issue! LOL This was a good book and I was pleasantly surprised. I didn't know what to expect but I love how Tom King is crafting this story. My favorite part is when Wonder Woman had sent her sword back to Themyscira because of what she would do with it if it were in her hands! Another future classic for Tom King.
This was such a stupid book. The Amazons are a poor representations of oppressed minorities. Ultra fit, beautiful women, who are super strong and immortal are the oppressed? Not to mentioned why are they in America or seek their citizenship when they live on an island paradise? That's supposedly objectively better than man’s world? Also Amazons are trained to block bullets like Diana, if I'm not mistaken. How are these gun men taking them out so easily? This book is so blunt, it has no subtlety or nuance whatsoever in addressing the concerns of their political opponents that it reads like propaganda.
Which shows feminist mental illness . Even with god powers and a paradise land, they would still speak about opression 😂. Giving Eve in Eden garden vibes 😜
It's contrived nonsense anyway the Amazon's have been a redundant race since forever. Like how is this supposed to be an example of a successful Matriarchal society if in order to have one there needs to be no men rather then have men in a kingdom ruled by women? Also why do these women needed to be handed a paradise homeland and given immortality knowledge magic and powers? They are basically the god's nepotism babies calling out patriarchy for not pulling itself up by the bootstraps. Meanwhile Themescira doesn't have to worry about conquest of land or border crisis because there were bad crops that year and no famine, plagues, war or social issues since all the women magically get along and since they have immortal queens no dirty succession issues or bad leaders being voted in. In other words Amazon's get an exception to practically every civilizational issue while pretending to be a model nation for the world to aspire to. along with being isolationist for most of their history. I prefer the more traditional type of Amazon's where they were women who were just as strong as men which evened the physical playing field and changes gender dynamics in an interesting way no extra hand outs from the gods and they still have to actually create a successful society protect themselves build social policy and trade with other societies and since they are only just as strong as men they have to innovate and contribute to technological And philisophical advancement in order to protect themselves. In my head Canon Zeus Made them after Hera nagged him to appease her female power fantasy so he made Amazon's his pet project with all the contrived advantages to make sure they don't immediately fail as a society.
6:09 Oh no, no, no thats actually an interesting point I never knew and ironic since the right wing are often the type worrying about it. Like that's an amazing conversation in and of itself.
People don't talk about it because it would ruin their "narrative". Just because someone comes from a brown country doesn't mean they're liberal or even progressive. And Conservatives know this, but its easier to say immigration bad and move on.
That's cause he conflated social conservative with political conservative. Black folk tend to be very socially conservative but vote progressively same for many immigrants from non communist countries. I'm no Republican but even I know republicans love immigration from former communist countries like Cuba cause those types do tend to assimilate a little to well and vote Republican the others like Mexicans tend to vote left and they don't like that. So he's right and wrong cause he warped the specific context.
@@theunknowncommenter725this. Remember Tony Stark, one of the MCU darlings, Billionaire playboy mega genius, and one of the smartest people on the planet. He’s playing simpering second banana to Patsy Walker, Hell Cat, who did nothing but berate him and then he offered to marry her. Then Carol who killed him in the last civil war and never mentions it or even apologized for murdering him. Even though he invents stuff for her she still just makes fun of him.
Interesting premise though this almost feels like an Else world's Thing i mean wheres her friends at The JLA in all this Seems more than a little strange that not one of them has come to her defense or for that matter the defense of the innocent Amazon's being persecuted is there no Justice in the league ? ....heh ...well its only issue one of this so maybe 2 will shed some light on this great Review btw ✅👌⭐⭐⭐
Are they gonna say that the lasso of lies can alter reality to make any lie come true cuz if so that could explain where wonder womens new daughter comes from they lied her into existence so they’d have a weapon to fight Wonder Woman her own daughter
Didn't Marvel just do this in the Captain America books? Didn't they call it the Century Game? In the X-Men books, they call it Orchis. This is a strong opening, but I will say what I always say about Tom King...his writing is best when it is out of continuity. The subtext is great and all, but it already feels like the social commentary is way more important than the actual story. But the controversy it generates and Tom King's profile will bring more readers to Wonder Woman and I am all for that
Let's be real here... "Ironically" Wonder Woman is all about, I mean: Changing The System, Breaking The Status Quo & Ending The Patriarchy. That's The Idea Of Her and Why We All Love Her For That, Right?!
Bletd is the perfect reader for a Tom King book. That's obvious by the arrogant way he talks about people who didn't enjoy WW#1 as “butt hurt” or “triggered.” I was waiting for “MAGA extremist” but Blerd disappointed me there.
If it's one thing DC and MARVEL are going to do it's piggyback off of each other. Marvel just did this whole shadow organization that was shaping America lol.
I mean... you're not wrong. I was even talking about some of the older Latin crowd too. I know an uncomfortable amount of Trump supporting Latinos and Latinas.
The reason Latinos are Conservative in thought and practice is based primarily on faith practice & the fact that most Latin American countries were dictatorships or run by conservative governments for decades. To be fair, the family construct in Latin America lends itself to being conservative and honestly there is nothing wrong with that. Enter the Money/Business dynamic which further lends itself to more right wing/conservative ways. @@BlerdWithoutFear
Bro…no way lol. Here’s my thing there are SOOO much characters and SOOOO much better angles and storylines we can use or havent been thought of, why take this route? Im more manga reading the past few years and love it way more than DC and Marvel’s stories. Invincible was great though.
I am so lost . They have took a icon wonder woman from a great warrior of truth and justice. Now it is going right into a Wonder Woman = Warrior of War.. What is going on anymore with all this taking Awesome Iconic Cannon characters and making it join with this woke crap.
@@BlerdWithoutFear Like there's a devil behind the scenes telling white people to act racist. Nope! If this is commentary on the system, why introduce the devil and his lasso of lies? He'll just be another scapegoat for the agencies and guys demonstrating against the amazons
I've sadly lived in neighborhoods that were transformed into something else because of people who immigrated and planted their new roots. My neighborhood was never the same and just trying to shop and walk around would turn into unnecessary interactions from time to time.
I was really looking forward to WW #1 &this comic was beyond a let down. It's clear to me that Tom King can tell great stories but he also clearly needs some personal help &or therapy. And I'm just over Tom King destroying characters that I love. Martian Manhunter, Mr Terrific &obviously Batman but then he flipped shit on its head &shit on Catwoman all throughout his Black Lable. Old evil racist white man that's behind everything; like we haven't seen that 1,000 times in the past five years. Let me kno when the next writer takes over Wonder Woman
He tried to make wally west a life ender ,tried to get an artist cancelled on a weird watchmen sequel thing? Among other bad writing,but no he is awesome right? 😅😅😅 he isn't a terrible writer but let's not act like he hasn't had as many l misses as hits. He a 60 40 right now.
Wasn't gonna read this cuz I'm just not a fan of WW. Not at all a detractor, just not a fan of WW. But I AM gonna read this now cuz I'm Tom King fan. This sounds good. 👍🏿
@@oscrmc8496no it’s more like they don’t do it well. They have no nuance like this comic and have a left-leaning bias that alienates those of the opposite or moderate persuasion.
When people talk about Tom King I always hear people who are hesitant about his upcoming books they always say his Batman this and his Batman that and ignore his other books. I’ve read Supergirl WOT & Mr Miracle And Those Are My Top 2 Favorite Comics that I’ve read so far and hearing his other books are good except Batman doesn’t make any sense. But the sovereign has the lasso of lies which is the same lasso that Trinity Had In WW #800 and maybe she was talking to him in that cage at the end of it
Superman honestly solves the problem so he can't be deeply involved. Also Amazons can't take over because they'll get caught being hypocrites. The storyline already happened it's never good for them. They do not make things better
I love the idea of a "lasso of lies" being a magical artifact that Diana didn't know about. It's good storyteller to add in something new with a built in backstory for more storytelling
It going be tricky not to turn into Maguffin
True, but I have hopes it will actually be used well.
@@WhitneyAllisonGG Must resist Egg Fu Maguffin joke.
When I was in a foster care system I was always worried about being one of those kids who they lost or die because of the system being so messed up, works well with this story though.
MO is the same as Duke of Deception- one of Diana’s oldest enemies.
This was legit the first Wonder Woman comic I’ve ever read and I was loving it! Looking forward to diving into her mythos more
Glad to hear it! I love me some Wonder Woman but her books had been kind of iffy for me for a while now and this brought me back 100%
I was hoping that Emily gets revealed to be"Aresia", the rogue amazon from JL cartoons.
I wonder how nobody calls out on Amazonians who are sexist and supremacist.
Its 2023, if Diana you're reading this - you guys need to get out your Island 🏝️ and know that there's a beautiful developing world outside.
They have, themiscyra has been open to the world for a while and the only time it was closed off was when the new 52 happened and restarted everything.
Tom King’s writing isn’t for me. I hope everyone who does like Tom King enjoys the book though.
He gets progressively worse his peak was vision
Clearly you haven't read Human Target or Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow...
@@BlerdWithoutFear I haven’t read either of those. I will give them a shot. I’m a fair judge.
@@BlerdWithoutFearI read Human Target. No thank you.
@@vernonhampton5863What was the problem with Human Target?
The Sovereign feels like a character that would’ve been made back in 2016, especially around November of that year.
Here’s hoping Tom King can actually do something great with this new character. I feel like he’s a character that could easily be turned into a pathetic joke (and had he been made back in 2016, he most definitely would have been), and while I assume some would be totally ok with that, I kinda wanna see him actually be a serious threat.
Seems like they saw marvels colonialist
Yeah I hope he doesn't go Colonialist route. I'd like to see this dude taken more seriously. But we all know how it goes with new villains. Grand opening/Grand closing
Damn....strong independent woman
I like em strong and independant... And tall
@@BlerdWithoutFear my man... Me too. Death by snoo snoo
Go woke go broke😂
Don't forget the thick thighs
Another one?
Well, let's see if he can stick the landing cos..Batman
Fair. Though funny thing about his Batman... the parts people tend to hate the most he didn't even write lol
@@BlerdWithoutFear Oh really?! Ok, I’ll give him a chance on this…quite a solid start
I like Wonder Woman but I feel when it comes to the Amazons and Paradise Island writers always fall back on perfect Society. I mean every time an Amazon does something bad it's always some external Force I mean if the old Justice League cartoon we can have an extremist Amazon. In current comics Batman can lose his company in Superman can become the owner of lexcorp but Wonder Woman as soon as the new villain is exposed it's just back to the status quo
Can't irritate their feelings bro 😂
I feel like the X-men do this a lot better, but there are already stories about this. It just be retreading old water, so I can see why others can try and do that. This mostly feels like it could have been done better with the X-men.
Even when X-Men does it doesn't make sense. Like in DC you have so much wild shit going on. The government wouldn't go "yeah ALL amazons gotta go" After ONE go off and kills people. If it took ONE screw up Joker would have been dead. It only worked when the universe were kept more isolated. Now hey all exist together none of it works.
Blerd, I don't know if wonder woman was saying f**k america, or rather just don't start no ish and there won't be none.
At this point... Honestly? She's probably thinking it.
Sovereign is just general immortal with a new look
I wish the comics would do more with him
Great vid Blerd! 👍🏿
The dog whistling during the news coverage part was spot on. You go from tragedy when first reported to massacre when the details come in to straight up murder Gotta love that day 7 update panel 😂
It was perfect! It read just like a bunch of bullshit media headlines.
I often hear people talk about an "immigration problem" but IMO immigration is not the problem the problem is located where those people come from give them a reason NOT TO LEAVE and they will stay where they are solving the problem where they live THAT'S THE SOLUTION
I give it 3 issues. The Amazons are too sloppy a metaphor for these issues. Really sloppy.
It will flop so hard bro 😂
Definitely getting back into Wonder Woman. I gotta get issues 1-3
The art is amazing
Lights out on the art. I was very pleased with art detail on this one. Some of the best a WW book has had in a while.
@@BlerdWithoutFear do you know how much power she'd have to give up to be president?
The fact that they chose to go that men are being depicted as the american values and sexual harassment is being viewed as the american value so on the nose. That is where they lose me. I'm like I get it. We got problems but it aint all these. And also I feel like there's a better way to do this and not make it so mid.
If they want to go that direction, whatever I'm just saying, do it better. Because I couldn't believe that they would spare or not beat up as much the female. I believe they would give them the sisterly talk and turn them around to the other side or something.
The only issue is that...Emily literally murdered 19 people. That's a problem. Are the Amazons seen as liaisons or ambassadors? Now disregarding all the deportation stuff, given all the crazy shit that happens, I could see people considering that an act of war.
I guess we'll see whatever this Sovereign character is doing. Cuz even though Emily committed mass murder, this villain keeps shit from happening normal. Maybe he manipulated that situation? Maybe he's taking advantage of this random act of murder?
I like King, so I'll wait for more issues before casting judgment.
No Amazons are seen as threat to the Nuclear family because it could spread to others non Amazon women embracing their way of life.
@@WhitneyAllisonGG That has nothing to do with my comment. The nuclear family thing seems irrelevant, unless you have an issue with homosexual relationships.
I don't care about a person's sexuality. I care about the character of the people. If the parents are good, reasonable people (regardless of politics) and, thus good parents, that's all that matters.
@@blackmanwithcomputer It's not that. The problem is that men created Gender roles for women without their consent. Only now that women don't like these roles they get upset because it comes into conflict of what the traditional family is. So a woman says she is unhappy with her role in society she automatically gets a label. That woman hates the man and lesbian because she happens to disagree with her role and as expected to harassed or assaulted because it's her role to do so. It is about Amazons way of life spreading to other women in United States even if that makes that society more Egalitarian. Some men don't want to be equal to a woman.
yes but it was only ONE amazon who murdered 19 men. why would they attack an entire race for one person’s action? also the amazons do have an ambassador which they do mention in the comic. but congress chose to basically ignore her
@@xviioscarr6349 Hmm, okay I'll read the comic. I just based my opinion based off this video.
However, does the comics mention if Themyscira is okay with the US government convicting Amazons? Cuz, if not, I could definitely see this being a potential act of war.
Of course, what's going on in the comic is exaggerated AF, but under "normal" circumstances...
America should know better. If they cant take Superman they aren't taking Wonder Woman or any of the Amazons. In fact they have both been to war with each other so many times
You'd think. But you know us... "Murica"
Murica has never been at a severe disadvantage so it's kinda silly to think they'd behave the same way as real life. Also they are clearly being controlled by a third Party. Any smart Government agency would be clamouring to get a hold of those sweet Amazonian genetics dispersed into the population and the minute a male is born have him raised to be breeding stock for an American Gargarian Army of super soldiers. That's after all the logical conclusion of Amazon's intermarrying and living in human societies since Amazon genetics are dominant eventual the human race will evolve into Male and female Amazons and considering they posses pretty privilege and immortality natural selection will go to town. Sorry my sci first brain is going a mile a minute at the world building implications.
Wonder Woman #1 was a refreshing take on real-life issues. When it comes to social issues especially, some people get triggered. The truth is that America is flawed. It's a racist, sexist, xenophobic, and corrupt country to the core. It's little wonder why writers address this. It's reality. But to some, if you address America's flaws, you are woke 😅.
You certainly are woke I’ll give you that. Everything you said makes stories like these boring another writer hating their own country and history…again
@@shawnboahene5231I think you really don't want equality. Women to totally dependent on man that could abuse her, cast her and children aside and let them starve to death. As a woman I don't think any history that oppresses men or women should be cherish or be put on a pedestal.
@shawnboahene5231 If woke means highlighting the truth, then yes I'm woke. I don't live in a bubble. I accept that America is flawed in a major way. Look at America now. Its divided, its weaker than its ever been. Its failure to address its problems is exactly why America has problems. And there are plenty. Its actually funny if it wasn't embarrassing 🏳️🌈🇸🇪
Honestly yeah, I think this run is off to a great start and it's something I'm really interested in seeing play out
@unixmoon4842 It is a good start. If some people get offended by this, then the story is exactly why we need it. Seeing grown men get upset by a comic is actually funny. But more importantly, getting upset over a story that isn't even finished. Tom King certainly knows what needs to be addressed.
I loved this issue and I think the Soverign is a great villain. I was concerned because of how King wrote the introduction of Trinity, but this issue and the direction this story is taking is great and I've got renewed faith in the run. I love the political allegory here. Wonder Woman is my 2nd favorite character in all of comics. I've loved what they've done with making Nubia queen and the different tribes of Amazons, but there's still a bunch i tend not to like about the direction they've taken of late (making Diana the daughter of Zeus for example). They always seem to forget that the Amazons are also supposed to be a technologically advanced civilization, as advanced in technology as they are in philosophy. Their society is supposed to be an aspirational feminist utopia, not without challenges, but definitely with something to offer and teach Patriarch's world. They've moved away from that far too much for my liking. I hope some of those aspects are remembered here but I don't have a lot of hope there. Grant Morisson is really the only writer in the last few decades that has incorporated those elements into their stories with Wonder Woman Earth 1.
@omowale
Diana being the daughter of Zeus has been retconned since last year. Her origin of being sculpted from clay and brought to life by the goddesses of Olympus has been restored.
@omowale
About Grant Morrison's Wonder Woman... It was a total disaster and went downhill after the first volume.
The ending is literally a villain ending for WW who basically says she will mind control people who don't agree with her "utopian" society/world
She's supposed to be a hero... Right.
Thanks for being sensible and a good reviewer, I'm trying to find some good comics to get back into but there's a minefield of seemingly bigoted reviewers dumping on books for no good reason
I personally don't like the ideas behind the story and if King was going for a immigrants narrative I think there are better characters to do that with. I just don't think it fits WW. I'm all in for a WW modern take on feminist ideals but I think the sovereign and immigration aspects make it a lil too decisive to actually enjoy, as I find myself scrutinizing where it's coming from and trying to understand if King is the best person to even be trying to tell this story.
Well, no one else is telling it.
You could tell it Blerd, we could tell it@@BlerdWithoutFear
@@redhood5264
Also DC Comics doesn't have the best writers currently. I mean a lot of their best writers from 2016 to 2020 left.
Tom King is literally their only high-profile writer
that they have left.
@@BlerdWithoutFear
DC lost a vast majority of their writing talent from 2016 to 2020.
Tom King is the only high-profile writer left imao.
@naquangreen2192 Joshua Williamson, Tom King, Kelly Thompson, ect. I don't think DC is lacking in talent. Nor do I think Tom isn't talented. I am just hyper vigilant when it comes to social topics and often question where the intent is coming from when they are presented in media.
I'm okay with this and I hope that Tom Learned from his mistakes on batman and I am just surprised that nobody has made a Venture Bros Joke with the Sovereign.
Honestly... As I was reading it I thought about it... but then I wonder if maybe I was just "seeing things". Now I know I wasn't 🤣
@BlerdWithoutFear and also seeing the Sovereign, I got King Washington from Assassin's creed 3 as well if you ever played the DLC. But keep up the good work, my man.
The blond reminds me of Lyta.. wouldn’t that be a nice throwback? After Dark Crisis, she could have gotten a new chance in the timeline..
The political commentary is pretty good in this one😂 love it
Writtem by "Tom King". Yup.
The Ruin Johnson of comics.
Welp there goes my dream of President Wonder Woman
She just has to blame everything on misinformation. Worked for the last two presidents.
With this however I was banking the idea that maybe the next step for WWs character if she can't be the leader of her home or a part of DC's pathos due her self refusing it then would be in leading the human world she is trying to unite with the Amazon world.
As a way of saying the character has done their job so well that even the humans accept them
I'd love a President Wonder Woman arc. If Lex Luthor can be President... well... damn. Why not.
Now I'm gonna have to pick this up
Its shoot its going down. This is straight up ww2.
Do you think that Lasso will end up with Trinity?
I think it will. Since we know she's on the way, I'd imagine something happens with it. Maybe it gets turned around somehow.
You hit everything on the head.
I appreciate you, man!
Well there was that time the amazons invaded amarica.
Emily looks similar to Cassandra/Wonder Girl
She does. I thought it was her at first glance, but then I remembered she wasn't that grown up
You don't think Tom King would kill a kid
I'm mad! Mad that I gotta wait a month to read the next issue! LOL This was a good book and I was pleasantly surprised. I didn't know what to expect but I love how Tom King is crafting this story. My favorite part is when Wonder Woman had sent her sword back to Themyscira because of what she would do with it if it were in her hands! Another future classic for Tom King.
Incels going to hate this one 😊
Incel Hive is big mad
No, just people with good taste who don't like being insulted.
@@theunknowncommenter725and those are Incels, finding Excuse to Justify their Hate 😂
Normie too
This was such a stupid book. The Amazons are a poor representations of oppressed minorities. Ultra fit, beautiful women, who are super strong and immortal are the oppressed? Not to mentioned why are they in America or seek their citizenship when they live on an island paradise? That's supposedly objectively better than man’s world? Also Amazons are trained to block bullets like Diana, if I'm not mistaken. How are these gun men taking them out so easily? This book is so blunt, it has no subtlety or nuance whatsoever in addressing the concerns of their political opponents that it reads like propaganda.
Which shows feminist mental illness . Even with god powers and a paradise land, they would still speak about opression 😂. Giving Eve in Eden garden vibes 😜
It's contrived nonsense anyway the Amazon's have been a redundant race since forever. Like how is this supposed to be an example of a successful Matriarchal society if in order to have one there needs to be no men rather then have men in a kingdom ruled by women? Also why do these women needed to be handed a paradise homeland and given immortality knowledge magic and powers? They are basically the god's nepotism babies calling out patriarchy for not pulling itself up by the bootstraps. Meanwhile Themescira doesn't have to worry about conquest of land or border crisis because there were bad crops that year and no famine, plagues, war or social issues since all the women magically get along and since they have immortal queens no dirty succession issues or bad leaders being voted in. In other words Amazon's get an exception to practically every civilizational issue while pretending to be a model nation for the world to aspire to. along with being isolationist for most of their history. I prefer the more traditional type of Amazon's where they were women who were just as strong as men which evened the physical playing field and changes gender dynamics in an interesting way no extra hand outs from the gods and they still have to actually create a successful society protect themselves build social policy and trade with other societies and since they are only just as strong as men they have to innovate and contribute to technological And philisophical advancement in order to protect themselves. In my head Canon Zeus Made them after Hera nagged him to appease her female power fantasy so he made Amazon's his pet project with all the contrived advantages to make sure they don't immediately fail as a society.
Wages war on men 😅 WTF..... aight
I mean... I don't blame her 🤣
I watch reviews from Ernie and Thinking Critical back to back because Lol. And it doesn’t even matter which order.
See what happens when you don’t keep your hands to yourself😮
You kill people? Including the men that had nothing to do with it🤨🤨🤨
Promo material said he ould WW's joker, so curious to see how that plays out.
I love it.
It was a solid read. I'm hoping Tom gets the time he needs to fully flesh this out. I wanna see how far he takes Diana on this.
I wish Marvel had done this when they had the Asgardians live in America.
6:09 Oh no, no, no thats actually an interesting point I never knew and ironic since the right wing are often the type worrying about it. Like that's an amazing conversation in and of itself.
People don't talk about it because it would ruin their "narrative". Just because someone comes from a brown country doesn't mean they're liberal or even progressive. And Conservatives know this, but its easier to say immigration bad and move on.
That's cause he conflated social conservative with political conservative. Black folk tend to be very socially conservative but vote progressively same for many immigrants from non communist countries. I'm no Republican but even I know republicans love immigration from former communist countries like Cuba cause those types do tend to assimilate a little to well and vote Republican the others like Mexicans tend to vote left and they don't like that. So he's right and wrong cause he warped the specific context.
I find the fact that theirs no woman fighting against the amazons a bit too ham fisted. Also i think the Sovern thing is dumb.
The sovereign looks like the pope lol
Marvel and DC has been waging on men for over a decade 😂😂😂 what’s new.
How
By trotting out fully clothed women and not treating them like a nuisance for every male character.
@@BlerdWithoutFear no, by treating them as Mary Sues with no character.
@@theunknowncommenter725this. Remember Tony Stark, one of the MCU darlings, Billionaire playboy mega genius, and one of the smartest people on the planet. He’s playing simpering second banana to Patsy Walker, Hell Cat, who did nothing but berate him and then he offered to marry her.
Then Carol who killed him in the last civil war and never mentions it or even apologized for murdering him. Even though he invents stuff for her she still just makes fun of him.
I wish the amazons would replace me …. I would go do something else… maybe clown college
I mean... the world is large and vast. You could do anything
Anyone besides me seeing some parallels with AXE and Orchis?
So it's really good
😀
Interesting premise though this almost feels like an Else world's Thing i mean wheres her friends at The JLA in all this Seems more than a little strange that not one of them has come to her defense or for that matter the defense of the innocent Amazon's being persecuted is there no Justice in the league ? ....heh ...well its only issue one of this so maybe 2 will shed some light on this great Review btw ✅👌⭐⭐⭐
Well its only issue #1....
I like what i am seeing. Will have to give them a chance
That is a a far more reasonable response than most have had
I'm so happy you covered this book. Couldn't wait to hear your opinion.
Thank you! Glad to provide! I'm gonna be keeping my eye on this one
The upper rooooom!
As much as i like the immigration allegory, Isnt it canon that everyone remembers past canon events.
If so then um........cough*Amazons Attack*cough
They do. But now you're forcing folks who don't read Wonder Woman in the first place to pretend to know what storyline you're even talking about.
You referring to the genocide arc?
I'm feeling this one so far 🤔
Are they gonna say that the lasso of lies can alter reality to make any lie come true cuz if so that could explain where wonder womens new daughter comes from they lied her into existence so they’d have a weapon to fight Wonder Woman her own daughter
Where do the Amazons children comes from? They only should female children so do they adapt orphan girls?
Didn't Marvel just do this in the Captain America books? Didn't they call it the Century Game? In the X-Men books, they call it Orchis.
This is a strong opening, but I will say what I always say about Tom King...his writing is best when it is out of continuity. The subtext is great and all, but it already feels like the social commentary is way more important than the actual story. But the controversy it generates and Tom King's profile will bring more readers to Wonder Woman and I am all for that
yaaaas you go gurl 🙄
Let's be real here... "Ironically" Wonder Woman is all about, I mean: Changing The System, Breaking The Status Quo & Ending The Patriarchy. That's The Idea Of Her and Why We All Love Her For That, Right?!
Bletd is the perfect reader for a Tom King book. That's obvious by the arrogant way he talks about people who didn't enjoy WW#1 as “butt hurt” or “triggered.” I was waiting for “MAGA extremist” but Blerd disappointed me there.
If it's one thing DC and MARVEL are going to do it's piggyback off of each other. Marvel just did this whole shadow organization that was shaping America lol.
6:04 looking at you older Nigerians
I mean... you're not wrong. I was even talking about some of the older Latin crowd too. I know an uncomfortable amount of Trump supporting Latinos and Latinas.
The reason Latinos are Conservative in thought and practice is based primarily on faith practice & the fact that most Latin American countries were dictatorships or run by conservative governments for decades. To be fair, the family construct in Latin America lends itself to being conservative and honestly there is nothing wrong with that. Enter the Money/Business dynamic which further lends itself to more right wing/conservative ways. @@BlerdWithoutFear
I agree. This comic is pretty stupid.
tom king is 50 - 50 writing
Bro…no way lol. Here’s my thing there are SOOO much characters and SOOOO much better angles and storylines we can use or havent been thought of, why take this route? Im more manga reading the past few years and love it way more than DC and Marvel’s stories. Invincible was great though.
Good for you 😁
@@BlerdWithoutFear Why thank you 😏
Sounds hamfisted and politically preachy. Only question is, is that because of the comic, or because of your comentary on if?
Read it for yourself and find out. 😏
Probably both
I am so lost .
They have took a icon wonder woman from a great warrior of truth and justice.
Now it is going right into a Wonder Woman = Warrior of War..
What is going on anymore with all this taking Awesome Iconic Cannon characters and making it join with this woke crap.
another shitty 'devil made me do it' story
Yup... a white devil...
Quda
@@BlerdWithoutFear Like there's a devil behind the scenes telling white people to act racist. Nope! If this is commentary on the system, why introduce the devil and his lasso of lies? He'll just be another scapegoat for the agencies and guys demonstrating against the amazons
Equinsu ocha
I've sadly lived in neighborhoods that were transformed into something else because of people who immigrated and planted their new roots.
My neighborhood was never the same and just trying to shop and walk around would turn into unnecessary interactions from time to time.
😂😂😂
Bruh..........
I’ll say it. Bad writing on this story. I’m not a DC or marvel fanatic. I write stories and this story wasn’t good.
So marvel has the colonialist and dc has sovereign.
I was really looking forward to WW #1 &this comic was beyond a let down. It's clear to me that Tom King can tell great stories but he also clearly needs some personal help &or therapy. And I'm just over Tom King destroying characters that I love. Martian Manhunter, Mr Terrific &obviously Batman but then he flipped shit on its head &shit on Catwoman all throughout his Black Lable. Old evil racist white man that's behind everything; like we haven't seen that 1,000 times in the past five years. Let me kno when the next writer takes over Wonder Woman
Men, we're the worst. 🤣
I mean... you're not wrong 🤣
Speak for yourself.
You must be from Bizarro world.
But we're also the best
Quick fact check: The 19 were sent to the lower room 🙃
Lol jk
😊
lame
He tried to make wally west a life ender ,tried to get an artist cancelled on a weird watchmen sequel thing? Among other bad writing,but no he is awesome right? 😅😅😅 he isn't a terrible writer but let's not act like he hasn't had as many l misses as hits. He a 60 40 right now.
Did wonder woman go fully woke?😂
Wasn't gonna read this cuz I'm just not a fan of WW. Not at all a detractor, just not a fan of WW. But I AM gonna read this now cuz I'm Tom King fan. This sounds good. 👍🏿
It's the first issue. If you drop it after only 1, I feel sorry for you.
That's just folks being in their feelings
@@BlerdWithoutFearthey think comics focusing on social issues is a recent thing 🙄
@@oscrmc8496no it’s more like they don’t do it well. They have no nuance like this comic and have a left-leaning bias that alienates those of the opposite or moderate persuasion.
Tom king is great Brian Micheal bendy is is terrible other than ultimate spiderman
Tom king gets progressively worse i have never seen this uselly you get better but not tom king
Sounds like cope
Have you not read Gotham year one or Mr. Miracle?
@@willdgol7501 I did wants really a fan I also hated his Supergirl and Batman comic to me those are the worst of what Comic produce
@@willdgol7501 to me his vision was so far the best he has done
I love that you called them on the "bad writing" excuse
When people talk about Tom King I always hear people who are hesitant about his upcoming books they always say his Batman this and his Batman that and ignore his other books. I’ve read Supergirl WOT & Mr Miracle And Those Are My Top 2 Favorite Comics that I’ve read so far and hearing his other books are good except Batman doesn’t make any sense. But the sovereign has the lasso of lies which is the same lasso that Trinity Had In WW #800 and maybe she was talking to him in that cage at the end of it
I forgot to mention his Supergirl. That shit was 🔥🔥🔥
Also, I forgot about that part in WW #800!
Imagine if every woman in America had a lasso of truth!
To me this seams to me just like capatain America Comic just much worse its very similar to sentinel of liberty
Sounds like a hater to me cause Sentinel of Liberty was good.
@@BlerdWithoutFear yes it was good
At this point, the Amazons need to take over.
Also, what does Superman think of this situation?
Superman honestly solves the problem so he can't be deeply involved. Also Amazons can't take over because they'll get caught being hypocrites. The storyline already happened it's never good for them. They do not make things better
I love how those on the right get so triggered over Tom King's writing, I love to see them get into such a mental overload 😂
Donald Trump HAHAHA