Dark Crisis: Worlds Without a Justice League – Wonder Woman #1: Desires

Dark Crisis saw the deaths of the major Justice League members… again. Many fans (myself included) have grown weary over these events that see DC’s premiere superheroes killed off. In fact, I mostly ignore that these even exist. But at least Dark Crisis has the decency to spin off one-shots featuring the members of the Justice League and the worlds their “essences” are currently trapped inside of, with this one starring our favorite amazon, Wonder Woman.

Everything seems off in Dark Crisis: Worlds Without a Justice League – Wonder Woman #1, but its intentions aren’t even remotely hidden. The blurb at the beginning of the story fills in readers who aren’t familiar with the event which I’m thankful for. The ways Tini Howard presents Diana’s askew world include Etta Candy as president, Cheetah as an honorary amazon, and an unusually secretive Hippolyta. I like the different nods to the Wonderverse in whole (even breakout star Bia gets some spotlight!), but we aren’t given a chance to linger too long on any individual aspect which makes the one-shot feel very superfluous.

The art by Leila del Duca, however, is eye-catching to the say the least. I’m not familiar with del Duca’s work, but I’m absolutely going to seek out more of her work after reading this. I’m blown away by the quality of art DC has given Wonder Woman and the Wonder-adjacent comics in recent years, and this one-shot is no exception. Del Duca does a spectacular job capturing the feel of the main title.