Comments
This series followed on from volume one which was sold exclusive in Walmart. It featured two original stories per issue, except the first issue.
The third and fourth stories in this issue do not feature Diana.
Wonder Woman Giant – Volume 2 – 1
General Info
Issue No:
1
On Sale Date:
September 2019
Cover Date:
November 2019
Era:
Various
Story Title:
Commitment to ChaosYear One - Part One
Creative Team
Cover Artist:
Liam Sharp | Amanda Conner (variant)
Writer:
Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti | Greg Rucka
Penciller:
Inaki Miranda | Nicola Scott
Inker:
Inaki Miranda | Nicola Scott
Letterer:
Travis Lanham | Jodi Wynne
Colourist:
Hi-Fi | Romulo Fajardo Jr.
Editor:
Scott Nybakken, Marie Javins, Andrew Marino
Characters
Main:
Wonder Woman (Princess Diana) | Princess Diana
Heroes:
N/A
Villains:
Simon Wickett, Pita, Red Ball, Sniper-D, Zlaya | N/A
Olympians:
N/A
Amazons:
N/A | Areto, Castalia, Queen Hippolyta, Kasia, Io, Philippus, Sofia
Other:
Harley Quinn (Harleen Quinzel), Sy Borgman | Steve Trevor, United States Navy (Daki, Maya, Nick), Sandy (Nick & Maya's daughter)
Synopsis - Commitment to Chaos
Wonder Woman is investigating whether the real estate mogul is behind the spate of recent building collapses, since he’s bought all of them for a very low price. As she reaches the hotel he’s currently staying in, she is confronted by armed guards who tell her to get lost. When she refuses, they point a gun at her which eventually leads to her tossing them away.
Demanding to know his location, Diana is directed to the penthouse by the staff. Simon however spots her coming through the elevator camera and admits being behind the series of building collapses. He adds that he has two more buildings to purchase, one of which is in Coney Island and owned by a psycho he’s contracted assassins to eliminate and another is the same hotel they are in.
Before leaving, Simon makes the elevator fall but Diana stabs its side with her sword to bring it to a halt. As the elevator doors open, she discovers that the place is empty and rigged with explosives. Though she survives the blast, the toxins in the building knock her unconscious. After recovering, she reaches Coney Island and after endlessly hearing hear talk, is invited by her to grab a bite.
At a diner, Diana informs Harley that Simon has hired hitmen to kill her in order to grab her building. She later saves Harley’s life twice from an assassin and takes her for interrogation at Harley’s residence. As Harley threatens to catapult her, the assassin reveals that three low-grade supervillains have been hired to take Harley out if she fails. Harley catapults her away but Diana saves her before trying to turn her in.
At the police station, Red Ball attacks them with monsters but Harley gets rid of them by throwing doughnuts on the street, leading to them being run over by a truck. Red Ball then surrenders after realizing that Wonder Woman is accompanying her and tells them where the other two assassins, Zlaya and Sniper-D, are. Diana apprehends them and leaves them at a prison.
Next morning at the JFK International Airport, Simon’s pilot alerts him about Wonder Woman and Harley standing on the runway, in turn he is ordered to fly away. Harley however knocks the plane out with a RPG despite Diana’s opposition. Diana rescues those on board before turning them in and criticizes Harley, stating she’s dangerous. As they go back to the airport terminal, Diana has to again suffer her talk endlessly.
Synopsis - Year One - Part One
This story is reprinted from Wonder Woman (Volume 5) #2
Steve Trevor and Nick are wandering alone in a forest. Nick complains that the two are lost because the GPS is broken. Steve then starts to use the stars as a guide to get them out of the forest.
On Themyscira, Diana is stargazing with other Amazons. Areto is frustrated because Diana is not looking at the stars and is instead looking at the horizon line. Diana and Kasia leave the group of stargazers and Diana confesses that she wants to explore the world. Kasia reminds her that leaving would be permanent and she would no longer be immortal.
Diana then runs into her mother, Queen Hippolyta, who asks Diana if she would like to practice archery with Philippus. Diana agrees and the two go to the archery range. Philippus is critiquing Diana’s archery skills when Diana decides to show off. She shoots two arrows which go through two separate hoops and impress her mother and Philippus.
Meanwhile, Steve and Nick are at a firing range. Nick asks Steve to go on a double date with him and a girl named Maya. Steve refuses at first but ends up going on the date. Years later Maya and Nick get married. Later Steve goes to visit Nick and Maya, who recently gave birth. Nick then asks Steve to be the godfather and Steve happily accepts. Months later Steve and Nick are deployed much to their dismay.
Time has passed on Themyscira as well and Diana is riding her horse, Kachi, through a field when she stumbles upon a dead tree. She walks up to the tree and reaches out. Suddenly a snake bites Diana’s arm. Some of Diana’s friends stumble upon her horse and then discover Diana suffering from the snake bite. Her friends rush her off to get help.
Diana eventually heals from her endeavour with the snake and goes to the temple pay homage to Aesculapius, Aceso, and Panacea who are goddesses of healing. Castalia enters the temple saying she is glad to see Diana in full health again. Castalia thinks that the snake and Diana’s healing were a sign from the gods. She takes Diana to a statue that has the Lasso of Truth and warns her that she might need to use it soon.
Diana is back stargazing at the observatory. Kasia thinks she has found a new constellation, but Diana discovers that it is actually something on fire coming toward the island. The Amazons panic and run down where they discover a crashed plane. All of the people on the plane are dead with the exception of one: Steve Trevor.
