I really enjoyed this continuation of the Wonder Woman story. I found the twists and turns of the story interesting and I am hoping that this is the direction the next movie takes, because I will find it exciting to see the pages come "to life."

Haven't ready any Wonder Woman since the Azzarello & Chiang run, but this was an alright trade in the Rebirth series. However, it was the 4th volume and not all the issues pertaining to the storyline were included, resulted in jumping around several plot points and gaps in character development (in some cases rushing character moments). And the art was alright, but there's at least one issue where Diana (and most of the women) appear much younger than intended. Maybe this is another case of my being spoiled - this time by Cliff Chiang's art.

Wonder Woman, Vol 4 has been my least favorite so far. This volume fills in gaps from Year One (Vol. 1) to present day.

This volume rushes through the plot and there is too much going on at once, or not enough at parts. You get a very fast paced origin story for Cheetah that they spend no time developing.

The gods in this volume were weak and uninteresting and all the time is spent on Veronica Cale. You are suppose to feel sorry for because the only reason she becomes the villain is because she does anything to get her daughter back. I didn't really have any interest in her character and didn't feel sorry for her.

I was disappointed with this volume, because the first three were just soo good. Here's hoping Vol 5 is better.

ARC from Netgalley.
3.5 Stars.
New artist (does a pretty good job) takes over on Wonder Woman and introduces to us a new villain, Veronica Cole, head of the organization known as Godwatch. Ms Cole has a vendetta against the Gods, that begins with a very eerie tale about her daughter's face being taken (as well as her ability to breathe, eat, express emotion, yet she doesn't die) and put in a gem by tricksters Gods Phobos and Deimos. They will give her back when Godwatch can help them to find Themyscira. She uses advanced tech to search out for Wonder Woman and try to glean the knowledge from her, but it gets Cole's lover killed in the scuffle.
The rest of the Volume gets Circe and Cheetah involved during their clashes over time. The daughter gets older, yet still doesn't get her face back. Diana saves Veronica from being killed by Cheetah in the end, but overall, the whole thing doesn't get resolved and feels slightly incomplete.
Wonder Woman has been a solid title since the beginning of New 52 and I look forward to seeing what is next. Recommend.

Whilst I adored the first half of this Rebirth saga, I'm kinda 'meh' about the ending. Rucka neatly ties up all the plots from previous issues, but it really doesn't feel satisfying. Nor can I see how it's likely to progress from here.
We get a far better picture of what's driven the villainous Cale, and Rucka depicts her incomprehensible situation well, but he then short-changes the reader when it comes to Cheetah. Knowing what we know, and having followed Barbra's journey this far, the slapdash reveal is poor and derogatory.
Art is the one constant through these four volumes with sharp line work, great panel placement and a vibrancy of colour that complements the action perfectly.
While this run did taper off towards it's end, it's still one that's worth picking up for any Wonder Woman fan, as it's the truest and most complete depiction of the character for many years.

I feel like the other rebirth stories have really hit it off but wonder woman seems to be taking ages to get off the ground, im hoping all this groundwork actually leads to a worthwhile payoff

'Wonder Woman Vol. 4: Godwatch' ends the run by Greg Rucka with this volume collecting the even numbered issues from 16-24. That's part of the problem.

The main story arc is about Veronica Cale and her daughter Isadore who has been defaced by Phobos and Deimos. Phobos and Deimos want Isadore to find out where Themyscira is, in exchange for the return of her daughter. Now Veronica must depend on the person she dislikes, Wonder Woman, in order to help her daughter. Along the way, Circe shows up to offer her brand of help, and Barbara Ann Minerva becomes the Cheetah.

The story jumps around in time a bit, but I had no problem following the events. I liked the story and most of the art, but some of it felt a bit lacking for the title. The alternating issues idea will hopefully end soon because it's strange to keep hopping back and forth. I loved the story "And Then There Were Three" from the Wonder Woman annual which shows how Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman all came to be a force to be reckoned with. It's clever and shows all of these characters on equal footing.

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.

I've never read Wonder Woman before (I've only seen the movie) so I was slightly confused, but got the gist of it (you can never know everything with comics - I'm used to it). The artwork was nice - though not my favorite of rebirth so far. I liked the story though.

DC really dropped the ball here. Read in the order they were released, the story in volumes 3 and 4 make complete sense. All of these flashback stories are needed for volume 3 to make any sense. Plus the epilogue for volume 3 is in this volume. Splitting apart every other issue made sense for volumes 1 and 2. They were self-contained stories. Unfortunately, the same can't be said for volumes 3 and 4. They are reliant upon one another to tell a cohesive story. Rucka's done some great writing here. It was just ruined by a terrible editorial decision.

I dived into that trade without having read the previous ones, and with little knowledge of Wonder Woman in general (I haven't even seen the movie), but the story hooked me up pretty fast. It's a story as old as time, of a woman led to try and trick Wonder Woman to save her daughter, but the storyline developping over ten years, and the art makes it engaging still. That is, until it skipped to the epilogue without going through the finale. I hate it when trades do that. I wished the entire story was packed inside this trade, or that at least it was made clearer where I can find the rest of it. I guess I'll find it at some point, but it's still disappointing for a casual reader like me.
Special mention for the last story in the trade, and some cute dialogues between friendly Superman and grumpy Batman. They do have a lot of catch up to do.

This book was a bit disappointing as it contained the backstory that lead to the confrontation with Ares in other volumes of the Rebirth universe. But there was a nice first meeting tale of Batman and Superman getting caught spying on Wonder Woman.

Another great Wonder Woman compilation.
This is my first real comic book experience so I have been a little lost without the backstory but I felt this one was the easiest to follow. I was completely engaged in the story and I cannot wait to read the next.

I really expected so much more from this series. With Greg Rucka at the helm I thought we would have some very good tales but what we have is confusing and disjointed. A sad offering when Wonder Woman is riding so high in the current social conciousness.

If you’re a casual reader of comic books and not currently up to date on what’s happening in any given comic universe jumping into a collected volume may not be right for you. So I discovered when reading this collection. I’ve rarely felt this lost when trying to rediscover a character.

While Wonder Woman is on the cover and featured throughout the story here it almost felt like it was talking about the characters around her more often. Two Greek gods, Phobos and Demos, take the child of billionaire Veronica Gale and remove her face, storing it inside a gem until Veronica can provide them with the location of Themyscira. The story focuses on her attempts to find out that location to save her child. Oddly enough she’s the bad guy here using her wealth and power to go after Wonder Woman to find that location.

In one instance she turns her best friend and scientists Adriana Anderson into an A.I. creation costing Adriana her humanity. She’s a construct rather than a person. Another scientists, Dr. Barbara Ann Minerva is transformed into the long running WW character Cheetah who then becomes her constant adversary. The witch Circe is brought in to help take on Phobos and Demos but the end result isn’t what Gale hoped for.

All of this is done in pencils that are not near the best I’ve seen and reminded me of the better drawings of the character I’ve seen in the past. Toss that in with the jumbled storyline that left me scratching my head more than enjoying the comic and I’d have to say unless you’ve been reading this comic consistently then this collection will do little more than muddy the waters. I’d recommend this to fans only.

In addition as this was part of the review option for Netgalley I’d suggest DC find a better way of allowing reviewers to read their books. This format makes it near unreadable for the most part. I’m using a 40” monitor and sitting 18” from the screen and for the most part the dialogue boxes are unreadable in various locations on the page. Blowing up the image makes it difficult and slow to maneuver from page to page. Trust us with a copy that we can read or that can be applied to devices like kindle and we’ll not pass them along.

Wonder Woman Vol. 4: Godwatch turns out to be a very Veronica Cale-centered trade, not that there's anything wrong with that. Cale was one of the best parts of Greg Rucka's original Wonder Woman run, a scheming, mortal, and highly intellectual new foe for Diana. With Rebirth, and in Godwatch especially, Rucka recasts Cale as perhaps no less corrupt but now more sympathetic, forced into her bad deeds through a variety of impossible choices. The fourth chapter, Wonder Woman #22 with art by Mirka Andolfo, is especially well done, a date night between "frenemies" Diana and Cale that reminds of Smallville's Clark and Lex or where I imagine Supergirl's Kara and Lena will end up. All of it, of course, leaves me wanting more from Rucka on these characters, just at the point that he makes his exit.

This TPB starts with Cale's origin story, and throughout the book there was a lot more Cale. We sort of hopscotched through time until we caught up with the present time. It seemed like a sort of 'Meanwhile in...' TPB.

The time jumping wasn't my favorite part, but, it did fill in a lot of the story, and made it even more richer than it was before. (You are amazing Greg Rucka, I really need to read your prose novels already... yeesh).

My favorite part of the TPB though was the Wonder Woman/Cheetah stuff, not to mention the Barbara Ann/Etta Candy stuff too. Oh, and there seemed like a slightly different take on Circe too. I could never stand Circe the 'big bad', so, we'll see where this Circe goes.

There was also a small story about the Trinity meeting for the first time. No new ground was really covered, but, there were some good quips in there.

I was given this ARC by Netgalley on behalf of DC Entertainment.

Another fine story from Greg Rucka. Only aspect of the story that prevents me from giving it five stars is that it does not stand alone because reading the prior volumes in the series is a prerequisite. Nevertheless, Rucka's characterization of Diana & the supporting cast is as sharp as ever making reading this entry a joy

Dr. Cale is the leader of the Godwatch. She wants to use Wonder Woman for revenge against the gods. The story covers Diana from year to year, but not always in order. It does bridge a gap from year one to present time. Diana faces off against Cale, a powerful witch known as Circe and her former friend Barbara Ann now the "Cheetah." There are double crosses and bargains. Cale's daughter has lost her face in that there is no eyes, nose or mouth -- it is just smooth yet somehow she still lives. How?

The illustrators did a great job. I enjoyed reading it with the exception of one thing. I suddenly found myself reading about Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman meeting for the first time? I did enjoy reading it but somehow wonder why it was "suddenly" there. It is more than an action graphic novel but also a mystery. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I received an arc of this book free from the author/publisher from Netgalley. I was not obliged to write a favorable review, or even any review at all. The opinions expressed are strictly my own.

This is a solid tale, though the ending is perhaps a bit messed up by the out-of-order nature of the issues, so it seems incomplete. The volume collects issues #16, #19, #20, #22, #24, and Annual #1. By the last issue or two of the main storyline, I felt I had missed a chapter. The final standalone story from Annual #1 was a nice palate cleanser, though, and brought my spirits back up.

This is the fourth installment in the new Wonder Woman series.

Like the other graphic novels in this series, the timeline jumps around in this one. However, it was more linear than some of them have been.

A lot of background was given on Veronica Cale, so I understood the story about her daughter much better. This continued from the previous volume, where there was a major plot twist with her daughter.

This volume focused more on the secondary characters, such as Barbara Ann and Veronica than Wonder Woman, but I still enjoyed it. It was much more cohesive in the way that it gave some background and some new, current events.

I enjoyed this graphic novel and I look forward to reading the next one!