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Worst of 2016: Wonder Woman

By Dustin Cabeal

When I finally sat down to read Wonder Woman… oh the disappointment. I know that a lot of people are just shitting their pants with joy that Greg Rucka is back and writing the character, but not me. The stories feel out of place in the new DC landscape and honestly a little dated at this point. Worst yet, it feels like a step back from everything that DC managed to accomplish with the New 52 and Wonder Woman.

Finally, finally, they laid to rest all the mess tied to the character and just said, this is it… take it or leave it. And we took it. Why? Because it was actually good. It actually made a lot of fucking sense… and now it doesn’t. Listen comic writers, readers don’t find the backstory mess cute and as interesting as you do. Eight issues of this shit I sat down and read and honestly, I wish I hadn’t bothered. I’ll wait for the sales to dip, and they will, and for someone new to try and fix this shit again.