'Wonder Woman, Volume 1: The Lies' by Greg Rucka with art by Liam Sharp collects the odd numbered books of the recent Wonder Woman Rebirth series. I liked the art a bit better than the story.

Wonder Woman is having a crisis of faith, which seems to tie in with her many origin stories. She and Steve Trevor are on the outs, and she's not able to get home to Themyscira. In order to do that, she seeks help from one of her enemies, Cheetah. Which is how she ends up in closer proximity to Steve and his team when they get in trouble. Steve's team is sent to a remote village where a bunch of girls have gone missing. This turns out to be something bigger and more evil than they can handle. Hopefully Wonder Woman can get their in time.

I read a couple of these individual issues when they came out and I liked them well enough. As a whole, it's an okay story, but I didn't feel all that strongly about it. The art carries this graphic novel over the top. It's pretty good.

I received a review copy of this graphic novel from DC Entertainment and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.

Out of all of the Rebirth titles, this is the one I was most excited for. I had heard great things and I love Wonder Woman. But for some reason I always have a hard time enjoying a current book.

Wonder Woman Vol. 1: The Lies collects issues of Wonder Woman Rebirth: #1 and Wonder Woman #1, #3, #5, #7, #9 and #11. Obviously this is going to be collected in a very odd way.

There was a lot of criticism of the New 52 Wonder Woman title, a lot of which I missed. I read volume one and never had time to pick up the rest of the volumes.

That is something this book is definitely trying to come to grips with and explore. The volume opens with Wonder Woman talking about her competing origin stories. The daughter of Zeus or born from clay. Wonder Woman is looking for answers and she can’t seem to find them. She can’t even find Themyscira to ask questions.

Wonder Woman seeks out help from an old friend, Cheetah, who has lost herself to the cheetah curse. Cheetah will only help Wonder Woman if she helps her return to her human form.

Along the way, Wonder Woman and Cheetah run into Steve Trevor who is there on a rescue mission.

All of this I thought was told very well. It’s incredibly well written, I was engaged with the story. As I was reading, I couldn’t even tell the end of issues. I was completely absorbed by the story and the art. I thought the depth of characters was amazing.

There is a mention of the bond between Diana and Steve Trevor and I found that really intriguing. I have some questions, but I bought it. I thought it was a very sweet add to the story. The book mentions Wonder Woman’s relationship with Superman from the New 52 and why Steve was never mentioned.

The only reason I’m not giving this 5 stars is because I still felt like I was playing catch up a bit. The book did a great job of introducing the audience to this Wonder Woman and talking about the past, but it wasn’t perfect.

I really enjoyed this book and I’m definitely continuing this book. In fact, I’m going to check my local discount book store and see if I can find all of the back issues.

DC Comics is doing a rebirth with a lot of their old characters, I am guessing maybe that means they are revamping them or something.

Wonder Woman is at a bit of a loss, her lasso of truth isn't working and she can't find her way back home. She has always been able to find her way back to Paradise but things are not right and she is mad and want to talk to the Gods of Olympus.

She goes to try and find them and runs into Cheetah who has been cursed by Urzkartaga and is not a happy woman. Wonder Woman needs her help finding her way back home but Cheetah is not so inclined to so so at first but then they end up working together.

Meanwhile, Steve Trever and his men are going after Cadulo in a place called Tessana. He finds a bit more than he bargains for there as there are a lot of creatures there. His luck though it also happens to be the same place that Wonder Woman has come too.

Even though Wonder Woman can always find Steve when he is in trouble it seems they haven't seen each other in a long time, though they have never forgotten each other. I was a little confused and it could be because I am not real current on the things that has gone down with Wonder Woman but it didn't really hurt my reading of this graphic novel too much.

After reading Wonder Woman: Her Greatest Battles (you can check out my review for that here), I was excited to find out how this Wonder Woman was going to be portrayed. To say that my expectations were smashed and I am super excited for the Wonder Woman movie are an understatement.

Lets start with the storyline. A nice and simple story the showcases both Wonder Woman’s fighting skills and her ability to believe in the best of people. Wonder Woman is being confused as to who she really is as she is remembering stuff that has not happened and forgetting stuff that did. This leads her to the jungle and finds Cheetah. Her relationship with Cheetah was interesting. It kind-of reminds me of how I am around my best friend; we both support each other and care for each other but go for long periods of time not speaking (it does not help that she lives in Germany and I am currently in New Zealand). Me and my best friend do not try to kill each other though. How Rucka show Cheetah remembering who she is because of Wonder Woman was amazing well done.

The art was above standard, and at times amazing. My only annoyance, and I seem to be finding this with most comic books, is that the facial expressions do not match what is going on in the story; or they just do not seem as well drawn as the rest of the panel. I understand how hard it is to get facial expressions right but they convey so much of what is going through the person’s mind that they must be done correctly.

My only complaint about this volume (not that it affects me), is that if you are reading this in single issues I can only imagine how confusing this must be. What are issues 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10 about? A different storyline, or are they standalone adventures?

Whilst this won’t be for everyone, you should still give it a shot to see what Wonder Woman is all about.

The "rebirth" of Wonder Woman gets off to a stunning start in this graphic novel. Liam Sharp's artwork is particularly outstanding in the "green" sequence. Faced with re-launching the heroine, Greg Rucka has to address a number of constituencies. However, the initial surge of mystery and opportunity erodes as the book progresses.

Wonder Woman thinks someone’s fucking with her - “The story keeps changing” she chants, over and over, probably a meta reference to how her origins have changed over the years with different writers. She asks her arch-enemy Cheetah to help her figure out what’s happening, but first she must defeat an evil Swamp Thing-esque monster in Africa and get it on with Steve Trevor!

So Wonder Woman’s still a steaming pile! I never read Greg Rucka’s previous Wonder Woman run but I’m guessing some readers liked it so that’s why DC courted him to return. I don’t really care, I’m not rushing out to read it but, since Rucka’s comics are almost always bad, I wouldn’t be surprised if they’re just as crappy as this is.

Diana rejects the New 52 legacy of being the God of War and sets out to uncover The Lies about her reality, which is a storyline I’m on board for. Except that’s not what we get here. Instead we get a really bad story about Wonder Woman doing generic stuff: punching monsters and saving people. You don’t get any sense of who Diana is as a person, she’s just a bland, idealised super woman who hits stuff hard. I can’t imagine new readers being impressed with this version of Wonder Woman, let alone long-time readers - it’s so boring!

She’s in Africa looking for Cheetah because she needs her help to find Themyscira (aka Paradise Island, her home) - but why would Cheetah know where/how to find it??? It’s just a contrived excuse for Diana to cross paths with Steve. There’s little else to say about the unremarkable story: Wonder Woman saves the day, Etta Candy’s black for diversity reasons, there’s a corny “GIRL POWER!” finale and that’s it. Rubbish!

Liam Sharp’s artwork is beautiful - I loved the African backgrounds and the sequence in Olympus - and Laura Martin’s colours are really something too. But Rucka tanks yet another book with his unimaginative, witless writing. The first Wonder Woman Rebirth book is a very poor start to the series. At this point I’m unsurprised with Rebirth’s low quality; I’d be more shocked if I came across one that was half-decent!

I received an eARC of this comic from Netgalley and DC Comics in exchange for an honest review under the proviso that the review is published after publication of the comic.  My thanks!  Let's get started.
Summary:
          Diana is beginning to unravel a little, to loose her focus after personal tragedy.  She wants to see her home, to regroup.... but she was never supposed to be able to go back and now, somehow, she can't find her way.  She goes to find one of the most brilliant minds she knows, only to find that past wrongs are still fresh and the once brilliant professor wants nothing to do with her; busy fighting her own battle.  When Wonder Woman offers to help reverse Cheetah's curse, freeing her, she agrees to look into her problem.  While all this is going on a man from Diana's past has been sent to the same area with his platoon to find out why girls from neighboring villages have gone missing.  Stuff goes down and WW has to save Steve, and fight.  Can she save the day?
My thoughts:
              For such a lot of plot, most of the time it seemed like nothing was happening.  It was a bit slow for my taste, and while there was a lot of back story to help you along I feel like this comic expected you to jump in knowing a thing or two about the WW universe.  Still, it was a quick read with fantastic graphics that I really enjoyed.  I did like that they gave Diana a bit of...well... problems, issues.  I like that she is imperfect a fallible.  I will definitely give the rest of the series a shot.  Three stars.   
          As far as the Adult Content Scale goes, there is light language and violence.  I give it a four.

ARC from Netgalley.
Wonder Woman steps into DC's Rebirth.... but is she actually reborn? "The Lies" start off with Diana having this fractured origin story, and being unable to resolve it mentally. Is she the child of Zeus, or a blessed creation of sand and dirt brought to life? Excellent very meta storyline.... unfortunately, it doesn't progress much beyond the questions. Instead, a battle against an odd jungle god, a reunite (and possible rekindle) with Steve Trevor, and a quest to restore Cheetah to her original, non-constantly-raging-self dominate the book.
Why is she experiencing such a mental divide? Has the DCU been fundamentally altered? Perhaps by the Watchmen? I wish we would have gotten a slightly clearer picture on this very unique concept.
Still... Wonder Woman kicks ass, and I will continue on this title. Recommend (though there are better examples of Diana's awesomeness in the New 52 run)

This first volume of the new Wonder Woman storyline starts out a bit confusing. The storyline itself is a bit choppy, as well, but is enjoyable nonetheless.

Premise: Wonder Woman has many memories...stories, if you will. She has stories of birth, of conquer, of social notoriety, and so on. And some of the stories conflict. She doesn't know which ones to believe, and she can't find her way to Themyscira or Olympus to sort out what is happening. In an effort to find her way home, a confused Wonder Woman finds the Cheetah, Barbara Anne, her former friend and nemesis in one. Agreeing to help each other, the women fight against an ancient evil to find both of their ways home. The volume ends on a cliffhanger with promises of a straighter storyline in the future.

Since the storyline starts out in confusion, much of the graphic novel continues that way. It is only in pieces that we learn things about Wonder Woman's past and current truths. It's also unclear why she was kept from entering Themyscira, and I'm counting on the next volume to explain a lot of things. That being said, Wonder Woman has never been my favorite superhero, but she's growing on me. I think Greg Rucka is doing a pretty good job starting something new with an old favorite of many. I also really enjoyed the illustrations in this one. With the exception of a little too much muscle on our buddy, Steve, they were a bit more realistic than many comics in circulation. Wonder Woman is hot, but she's not proportioned like Dolly Parton. And I love the Greek-style suit she dons to rediscover herself. Cheetah's face was a thing of beauty, bringing in both the animal side to balance out with Barbara Anne's original features. Well-done. Overall, I really enjoyed this and am looking forward to the next volume.

<p>First, let's get this out of the way: Wonder Woman's boobs are distracting.</p>

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<p>Seriously? I admit, I do have some nice bras that might give me the Wonder Woman look (huge boobs, teeny waist), but she's out there, fighting crime (or evil demon-gods in this one), without adequate mammary support. Seriously, she needs a sports bra. I read through this book and saw her bouncing all over, doing her thing, my chest and upper back just ached. I can't even do a jumping jack sans sports bra without pulling about ten muscles in my chest and having a boob smack me in the face; how can Wonder Woman be all <i>hi-ya kick punch take that!</i> without some serious soreness? After much pondering on the matter, I've decided that her sports bra must be invisible like her airplane because otherwise I think my mind is going to explode. </p>

<p>Am I missing the point of Wonder Woman? I don't remember the chestiness being such a focus in <a href="https://www.amazon.ca/Wonder-Woman-Cheetah-Andrew-Helfer/dp/B000ANGFS8">Wonder Woman Cheetah on the Prowl</a>, my only other exposure to the Wonder Woman universe (I bought my copy, used, at a church rummage sale in December 1989. I paid twenty five cents. The cassette was missing, but my nine year old self was in it for the reading, not the being read to by a cassette tape. The Berlin Wall had just fallen. It was an exciting time for all of us.) I think I might have also seen some episodes of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Friends">Super Friends</a> when I was five; the wikipedia picture has Wonder Woman in it, so I'll take that to mean she was a character in it. Still, compare these boobs:</p>

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<p>to</p>

<img src="http://www.reluctantm.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/wwboob-285x300.jpg" alt="" width="285" height="300" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5841" />

<p>TOO. MUCH. BOOB.</p>

<p>As to the story, Wonder Woman feels like her memory is unraveling and can't get back to Themacypefinae4r3958 (I can't remember how to spell it). There's actually some cleverness with the unraveling memory: this is a reboot, there have been other reboots with differing origin stories, imagine if suddenly the memory of all these stories were thrust into your mind. Confusing, no? So I liked that. But then: </p>

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<p>in my face.</p>

<p>I'll stick to looking at my <a href="https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/151869452/we-are-all-wonderwomen-11x17-print">We are all Wonderwomen</a> poster on my wall.</p>

<p><A href="https://www.librarything.com/work/18638898/book/139055071">Wonder Woman Volume 1: The Lies (Rebirth)</a> by Greg Rucka and Liam Sharp went on sale February 28, 2017.</p>

<p><small>I received a copy free from <a href="https://www.netgalley.com/">Netgalley</a> in exchange for an honest review.</small></p>

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The main plot of the book feels left unfinished-- we are brought into a series of mental conflicts that Wonder Woman faces and they don't really get addressed anywhere in this novel. It also ends very abruptly. I didn't like how it opened with this, and I was afraid the rest of the novel would drag on about these as that part of the plot was failing to capture my interest. However, a sub-plot involving another character arises and that part was great. I liked the relationship said character had with Wonder Woman and that part ends in a very complete spot. (spoiler: Cheetah is the character for those who have read it.) If the novel completely focused only on this I would have given it at least one more star. I realize that this is a series, so the main plot can be addressed in subsequent books. Again though, with the abrupt ending and not really any part of it being mentioned than the introduction, it was frustrating to start out with that and have it not develop at all, especially to a more interesting point. It doesn't make me want to continue on if I didn't have a lot of interest in that part to begin with.

I received a free eARC via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

I guess that this sort of made up for some of the weirdness of the New 52 Wonder Woman. A little.

It was definitely philosophical. With Wonder Woman wondering who she is, which is her 'real' origin story, and that sort of thing.

Meanwhile she's in a foreign country and as something different she's trying to help Cheetah aka Barbara Ann Minerva get cured from her well, cheetah-ness. Oh, and instead of mooning over Superman, apparently Steve Trevor is sorta back, which I'm not stoked about, but it's better than Superman.

I really liked the story part of the TPB, but I could have done without some of the philosophy stuff. I guess I'll see which way the next TPB goes.

I got this ARC through Netgalley on behalf of DC Entertainment.

Wonder Woman Vol. 1: The Lies evokes the joy of Greg Rucka's classic Diana, someone who despite growing up as a princess mostly sees herself as a normal person, slightly discomfited by the fame her life has brought her, but who embraces it not for herself but because of what she means to others. I'm eager to see what Greg Rucka has planned for this title.

This is a great Wonder Woman comic book, stating the whole story in present time. The illustration is really nice as well as the story line. For those not knowing a thing about Wonder Woman, this is a good place to start!

Wonder Woman (Rebirth) begins to question herself. And she sets out on a journey to track down her roots and history. But her home seems to have disappeared.

This latest Wonder Woman story is engaging and action-packed. Her team-up with Cheetah is very memorable and dramatic. The artwork is fantastic and matches the dark tone. With plenty of suspense, mysticism, and monstrous creatures – this graphic novel is hard to put down. There’s an exciting, climactic showdown and a sweet ending with a familiar friend. I can’t wait for the next in the series.

Wonder Woman has questions. The story opens with Zeus being her father. She is the first baby born in some time. When Wonder Womns learns of trouble in the world of men, she goes to help. Leaving her home supposedly means never being able to return. She goes anyhow. After a terrible loss, she discovers that her lasso of truth has stopped working. Why did it stop working? Diana a.k.a. Wonder Woman has questions about who she really is. She decides to try the lasso of truth on herself and finds that it lets her know that she has been lied to. Her goal is to find the truth of who she really is.

I enjoyed the story as written. I would had like a little more clarity about what caused Wonder Woman to wonder who she really is. This appears to be the beginning of the "hero's" path. The artwork is gorgeous and well done.

More like a 3.5 star read, but I find myself up-rating simply because it seems headed in a direction I might come to eventually love (unlike the whole Olympian pantheon/God of War business circa New 52). I also seriously enjoyed that this one used Cheetah in such an unexpected way. However, as much as I've always loved the idea of Wonder Woman as a character, it will take something really special in terms of execution to get me completely invested. I haven't found that feeling in any of the older comics either, they all seem to be just slightly off the mark -- or extremely far from it, in variously horrifying/ridiculous ways. Overall, a refreshing change but it gets a giant WE'LL SEE from me personally.

This was the first time I've read a DC comic and although Wonder Woman is not my favourite DC hero/heroine, I was curious about her popularity and to know more about the character before the movie came out.

For those who have no clue who Wonder Woman is, this is a great place to start. There is a lot of Wonder Woman comics before this one, but I think a newbie can grasp the gist of it and is able to enjoy the story. I'm definitely continuing the series, Wonder Woman is an interesting character with an intriguing past. Definitely recommend.

I absolutely loved this! I remember watching Wonder Woman growing up and I am glad to see that there is a rebirth of a new Wonder Woman. I loved getting the back story through this book. Highly recommended!

Not bad, not good, just sort of middle of the road. Artwork was okay. The biggest issue I have with this volume is that it feels incomplete. There is simply no resolution to the main plot. The subplot with Cheetah was good, and it pushed the story forward, but again, there was no answer to "The Lies" tormenting Wonder Woman.