Wonder Woman: Dead Earth

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what Diana does with Superman's what?? that final fight was most "spinehurting" thing I ever saw in comics, It was pain! Breaking Ultimate Universe News at New York Comic Con! Children of the Vault! | CBH Live! October 20, 2023 Kdyz uz si clovek rika, ze superhrdinskej zanr je totalne vycpelej, tak prijde muj oblibenej autor a kreslir v jedny osobe, vezme postavu, ktera me nikdy nezajimala a napise ctyrdilnou paradu, kterou me odpali do vesmiru. Diana tu neni zlomenej Logan, kterou bouchnou saze a jde ape shit. Diana tu je spravne naivni a snazi se zjistit, co se vlastne se zemi stalo a proc. The best example of the comic’s inability or unwillingness to go deeper than the surface is best seen in a supporting character’s “redemption” arc. He starts out as a ruthless, obviously horrid abuser who rebels in the power he has over others, but after spending a day (?) in a jail cell, is suddenly meant to be a sympathetic character? It’s frustrating, to say the least, and speaks to the deeper issues that prevent the comic from ever crossing the threshold from “cool” to “memorable.”

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I have a bit of mix and complicated feelings about this one and I think as a reader you’re supposed to feel that way. It’s uncomfortable taking sides because the circumstances that created this chaos for these characters is tragic for all involved. Both sides of this warring world are fighting for causes that you deeply feel are justified. I think this is a book I’ll need some more time to process and will probably want to revisit again in the near future. But on the other hand, Johnson’s script fails to mine the themes it introduces, opting instead for spectacle and mythological ideas. There are kernels of something deeply profound here—of what it means to be a victim, a perpetrator, of the consequences we carry with us and our inability to absolve ourselves of them—but the surface of them is merely scratched. Mike Spicer’s colors have the quality of hand painted animation cels, and he goes a long way to capture the tone of any scene he’s helping set. The desert wastes are composed of browns and oranges, highlighted with vivid crimsons when the action gets particularly visceral. Later in the story these earth tones give way to deep blues and grays when Diana and a few other characters are at sea looking for Themyscira. Then there's a bunch of spoiler stuff later into the book which... fits the world, doesn't fit the characters. That's my biggest gripe. If you can put aside this being a "Wonder Woman" book and isntead just read this as a post-apocalyptic book, it's pretty neat. There are giant monsters that DWJ pencils incredibly, with distorted bodies and and giant claws and some gorgeous colours courtesy of Mike Spicer. But as the series goes on it leans heavier and heavier on DC characters, and that takes me right out of it.Princess Diana of Themyscira left paradise to save Man's World from itself. When Wonder Woman awakens from a centuries-long sleep to discover the Earth reduced to a nuclear wasteland, she knows she failed. Trapped alone in a grim future, Diana must protect the last human city from titanic monsters while uncovering the secret of this dead Earth--and how she may be responsible for it.

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The book borrows some beats from other stories (e.g Man of Steel & Walking Dead) and blends them together brilliantly within an unforgiving post apocalyptic world. The art is fantastic too, Daniel Warren Johnson's distinctive style, along with Mike Spicer's colours, really help set the tone of the harsh landscape of a ruined planet. On top of that, the character designs are both great and crazy. In the end, there’s very little we have in this world that is truly permanent. Not our family, not our possessions, not our minds, not even the ground we stand on. And in the face of inevitable loss, we can either choose to destroy what we hate, or embrace a radical compassion for each other. One will lead us to lose what we have even faster, but the other may give the world a chance for something better.In the aftermath of a fiery apocalypse, humanity clings to life with little hope of a future. And into this world awakens Diana of Themyscira. But what can Diana save when so little of the world she loves remains? And what will become of Wonder Woman when she learns the truth of what happened centuries ago? If nothing else, it’s perfectly clear that Johnson understands Wonder Woman as a concept. She occupies a similar space to Superman (who does make an appearance, of a sort), in that she represents the best of us. An ideal to be striven towards. Unlike most incarnations of the man of steel, however, Diana is also deeply human and flawed, and the balance between these two sides is portrayed masterfully as the story plays out. Dirty, gritty, raw artworks made me esitant to read this one, but in the end they turned out as perfect ones painting a dying earth and a battered unpowered Diana, so different from the usual over-sexualized pin-up one, sadly characters faces seemed too much childish to me sometimes. Dead Earth” is human emotions and global fears rendered on an extreme scale. This has all been the story of what it means when you realize how terrible the world can be and your own capacity for destruction and how you decide to move on from that. If we will inevitably lose everything, what will we do with the time we have? Will you reach out to others? Will you fight for what’s good in the world?

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While Bruce Wayne strikes fear in villains, has survived fights against Wonder Woman and Superman and is a founding member of the Justice League, he is still only human. Despite training, advanced technology and an unflinching moral compass, there are certain things even the best of the human race cannot survive, nuclear warfare being one of them. Vomit Indiscretion Shot: Diana vomits after finding Superman's corpse, plus learning that she killed him, although Shadow Discretion Shot is also in play. Colorist Mike Spicer, frequent collaborator with Johnson, brings a vibrant color palette to the apocalyptic earth. The haedra are all manner of otherworldly reds, greens, and purples and everything from glowing-orange battles to the icy desolation of the Fortress of Solitude are given a boldness that suits Johnson’s kinetic work. And the ragged, worn out nature of the world is also translated through Russ Wooton’s lettering, showcasing all the desperation, woundedness, and rage of the characters here. If you enjoyed our review of Wonder Woman: Dead Earth then leave a comment below or leave your own rating.Right off the bat, I thought the art was off-putting. I was hoping (for once) that the cover art would be different from the stuff inside because scratchy little lines all over shit just aren't my visual jam. And it’s Diana of Themiscyra’s compassionate brutality that saves while it destroys. That fights for what we love. That sacrifices ourselves for something bigger than we could ever be. That doesn’t fear destroying what remains in hopes of building something better in its place.