The queen of DC’s Amazons is dead — long live the queen of DC’s Amazons
Trial of the Amazons is DC’s first crossover springing out of Wonder Woman since the 1990s, and it’s making up for lost time with the cliffhanger at the end of the first issue. Ready your scream emojis: Wonder Woman’s mother, former queen of the Amazons, Lady Hippolyta, has been [dramatic reverb] POISONED!
Now Themyscira’s new queen, Nubia, not only has to keep a peaceful lid on the simmering tensions between the three tribes of Amazon-dom — the philosophical Themyscirans, the warlike Bana-Mighdall, and the mysterious Esquecidas — and lead them through a three-way championship to see who is worth to guard the door to the underworld… she’s also got to solve Hippolyta’s murder at the same time!
Talk about at trial.
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The kick off to Trial of the Amazons is a collaboration from the teams behind Wonder Woman, Wonder Girl, and Nubia & the Amazons, so it’s also an opportunity to see Joëlle Jones draw Yara Flor and the Esquecidas again, which is not to be missed.
Speaking of shocking openers, Han Solo unexpectedly reunited with his long-lost dad to kick off the start of his new miniseries, Han Solo & Chewbacca.
Writer Jeff Lemire and artist Dustin Nguyen are two creators I’ll always check out, and the vibe of their new “feral children are vampires actually” is quite enjoyable.
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