Good Wonder Woman stories to check out.

[spidervenom]

I am interested in getting into the character more, and wanted to know if anyone could recommend me some.

[Babylon23]

The early issues of the last series by George Perez are excellent and available in 4 trades: Gods and Mortals, Challenge of the Gods, Beauty and the Beasts and Destiny Calling. I highly recommend them as a good introduction to Wonder Woman and her mythos.

The later Greg rucka issues are also excellent, and are available in trade

[spidervenom]

The early issues of the last series by George Perez are excellent and available in 4 trades: Gods and Mortals, Challenge of the Gods, Beauty and the Beasts and Destiny Calling. I highly recommend them as a good introduction to Wonder Woman and her mythos.

How about greg ruckas stuff? is it any good.

[Babylon23]

I edited my post a little late. The Greg Rucka stuff is definitely worth reading, but I'd start with the Perez stuff first.

[J Alan Shelton]

Not to hijack the thread from the original poster, but I was wondering how the current run is and if its worth it, where to start.

[The Beast Of Yucca Flats]

Not to hijack the thread from the original poster, but I was wondering how the current run is and if its worth it, where to start.

It's quite good. You can start with either issue #14, or the The Circle hardcover (which collects #14-19) on that one.

[tangentman]

For a richer perspective on the character, I'd recommend picking up the DC ARCHIVES: WONDER WOMAN. They collect Wonder Woman's "Golden Age" stories by Charles Marston & H.G. Peter. You'll understand the original vision of Wonder Woman, as well as enjoying fun, uniquely eccentric stories!

There's also the DIANA PRINCE: WONDER WOMAN TPBs that collect her stint in the late 60's/early 70's as a depowered adventurer in the fashion of Emma Peel. Not everyone loves this era, but it's a different take on the character. The stories and art are very colorful, too.

Of course, I agree with the recommendations of the Perez & Rucka trades. I'd also recommend Phil Jimenez' run. There's a great deal of love for the WW mythos, beautiful art, and I think it's underrated. Absolutely YES to picking up Gail Simone's run!

[rwe1138]

Anything by George Perez, Greg Rucka or Gail Simone.

[Cardinal!]

The George Perez run on Wonder Woman is a personal favorite of mine. Pick up all of those trades that you can find, and if you want to go the extra mile, check out the rest of his run as well. DC only decided to collect the first 24 issues as Perez quit contributing to the artwork beyond that point, but a lot of the later stories he did were quite excellent as well.

JLA: A League of One is an awesome Wonder Woman-centered graphic novel that took me an absurd amount of time to get around to buying and reading. Definitely am happy that I finally did.

Rucka's stuff is pretty solid... Jimenez's run was hit and miss (to me), but I did like his first few storylines, which happen to be the issues of his that are collected in trade.

Also, no one else recommended them, but "The Contest" and "The Challenge of Artemis," which collect the storyline in which Diana loses her title as Themyscira's champion... the artwork's tastefulness is definitely debatable, but the storytelling is quite strong, and I still think it's a fairly important segment of the character's history, much as "Knightfall" and "Death of Superman" were to Batman and Superman, respectively.

There are also two trades of John Byrne's first couple story arcs, but they weren't totally dazzling. "Second Genesis" had Wonder Woman and the Amazons attacked by Darkseid and introduced Gateway City, which became Diana's home for awhile, and it also introduced Cassie Sandsmark before she became the current Wonder Girl. "Lifelines" follows that collection.

[Chiroptera]

I may get hauled out tot he village square and lynched for this, but personally, I'd say the must read is actually Rucka's run before anyone elses.

He established a version of Wonder Woman with an excellent supporting case, delightfully modernized (but still classically themed) versions of the Greek Gods that had an interesting near daily impact upon her life and it really helped identify her as a strong character that deserved her position at the top of pyramid for DC's heroines.

This isn't to say Perez run isn't good; I just personally found Rucka to be "the" writer for her that really seemed to make the most out of what Wonder Woman's character and history can provide for a writer.


Gail Simone's run is also good, and a great thing to read if you wish to continue modern stories about Wondy, but it pales in comparison to Rucka's work. Sadly, I don't think anyone ever is going to be able to surpass or even match what he did when it comes to Wondy.

In addition to TPBs, I'd recommend Wonder Woman: The Heketia, an excellent self-contained story about Wonder Woman protecting a woman who has done bad things for good reasons.

Finally, and again this is my PERSONAL opinion, hold your naysays and disagreements please, I strongly advise buying Wonder Woman: Spirit of Truth. It's an incredible story written by Paul Dini with art by Alex Ross. It really seems to give you a great sense of who Wonder Woman really is and what her purpose is, I consider it to be the definitive Wonder Woman story.

[WorstThingUS]

I'm going to be the lone voice in the wilderness and say that upon a recent re-read, Perez's stuff is overrrated and incredibly dull and I subsequently sold all of it off. Now, underrated and excellent was the William Messner-Loebs run.

[Chiroptera]

I'm going to be the lone voice in the wilderness and say that upon a recent re-read, Perez's stuff is overrrated and incredibly dull and I subsequently sold all of it off. Now, underrated and excellent was the William Messner-Loebs run.

I'm actually inclined to agree with your assessment of Perez's work.

As I said, I do find Perez's run to be entertaining, but I don't think it's anything close to the god-grace savior of Wondy storytelling some fans consider it to be.
Doesn't mean his run isn't worth a look, it's just not something I'd personally go out of my way to collect.

[Calvin Government]

Rucka's run was the best that I've read, though I found Simone's first arc, the Circle, to be quite good, and I've heard great things about Perez.

[Karl O'Neill]

I really love what gail simone is doing with wonder woman at the moment, every single issue has been enjoyable so far.