![]() 1: The Lies, at least, turns on the question of Themyscira, though that creates a bit of lopsidedness to this book. That's unsurprising to a certain extent since Rucka's Wonder Woman Vol. What's important in Year One is present right in the first two issues, in the action that takes place on Themyscira. We have lacked a clear Wonder Woman origin for almost a decade now, not just for the New 52 but since Infinite Crisis, so the fact that we actually have one at all is something of a miracle. I've no idea and probably won't for at least a few more months what timeline these Rebirth books are supposed to be adhering to, but as it seems pretty certain DC is doubling down on Justice League: Origin as being the definitive first meeting of the Justice League, and Wonder Woman: Year One dovetails with that. Still yet, however, this origin does fit fairly well into the post- Flashpoint New 52 continuity. At the same time, both happily and not, the broad strokes of Rucka's origin hew fairly close to George Perez's post- Crisis on Infinite Earths original, and I did have to wonder at the necessity of a new Wonder Woman origin when the last most recent still seems to work fairly well. ![]() It is a lovely Wonder Woman origin that in many ways reflects these characters best selves, with all the more pure and tragic motivations now for Diana, her mother Hippolyta, and the other gathered Amazons especially. ![]()
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