Wonder Woman: Dead Earth

by Daniel Johnson

Overview

Wonder Woman's mission was to save Man's World from itself. She failed.

When Diana awakens from a centuries-long sleep, she discovers Earth has been reduced to a nuclear wasteland. Now she's marooned in a dark and dangerous future, protecting the last human city from titanic monsters and struggling to uncover the secret of this dead Earth...and how she may be responsible for it.

In the newest title from DC's critically acclaimed Black Label line, Daniel Warren Johnson, the celebrated creator of Murder Falcon and Extremity, mixes sci-fi and fantasy into a harrowing postapocalyptic vision of Wonder Woman unlike anything you've ever seen. Collects the full four issue miniseries along with behind-the-scenes artwork.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781779502612
Publisher:	DC Comics
Publication date:	12/01/2020
Pages:	200
Sales rank:	222,384
Product dimensions:	8.70(w) x 11.10(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Daniel Warren Johnson is a Chicago-based comic book writer, artist, and illustrator. His comic book projects include the heavy-metal-meets-monstersseries Murder Falcon and revenge epic Extremity at Image Comics, and the misfit sci-fi story Space Mullet at Dark Horse Comics. He makes his DC debut with Wonder Woman: Dead Earth, presenting the iconic superhero fighting for survival in a post-apocalyptic world.

Editorial Reviews

Dead Earth is what happens when you plop Diana of Themiscyra’s mythos into apocalyptian high fantasy.” —Den of Geek
 
“Wonder Woman: Dead Earth throws Diana Prince into a desolate wasteland filled with monsters in an epic and dark comic series.” —Screen Rant

From the Publisher

★ 12/01/2020

After spending centuries in a cryogenic chamber, a Wonder Woman awakens to a postapocalyptic Earth where the few bands of surviving humans' are hunted by horribly mutated beasts called Haedras. Her search for information on what caused societies' downfall and the events preceding her long slumber lead her to a ramshackle settlement called Camp New Hope, where she overthrows an authoritarian leader and offers his former subject refuge on Themyscira, the legendary island of her birth. Johnson (Murder Falcon) presents the classic heroine as possessing a savage battle prowess and profound compassion for all life in equal measure, building to the shattering revelation that Themyscira is no longer the paradise of her youth, and worse—she herself played a terrible role in the downfall of humankind. VERDICT At a glance, it may seem as though Johnson's thrilling battle sequences are the main draw here, but he quickly establishes his profound understanding of what makes Wonder Woman a unique and enduring character. Grand adventure infused with real emotion—superhero comics don't get much better than this.

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