When I first heard about the premise for Kelly Thompson's Absolute Wonder Woman, I was dreading the comic. Diana without Themyscira or the Amazons? How could Diana be Diana without those? It sounded to me like someone's edgy reimagining of Wonder Woman without anything that made her Wonder Woman. Then, Kelly Thompson proved me wrong in the best way possible. 

It's so good. The Diana characterization is perfect, and I love her reimagined aesthetic. I love her relationship with Circe even as part of me boggles at the idea of them loving each other like they do here. I love how the goddesses are working in the background to slowly shape Diana into the weapon that they need her to be. 

I need this series to last at least three more years with Kelly Thompson at the helm. I'm going to buy every trade paperback. I really did not expect to get a take on Diana/Wonder Woman that I would like ever since Tom King took the reins of the mainline title, at least not for another 5+ years, but holy wow, Absolute Wonder Woman is just amazing. 

If you like Wonder Woman, read it!! Especially if you're like me and love Greg Rucka's runs writing her (especially post-Crisis), the characterization feels very pulled straight from that era to me.