Wonder Woman: The True Amazon is an elegant and beautifully painted one volume storybook-style origin story for the Amazon Princess Diana. Its is written and illustrated by Jill Thompson,an Eisner Award-winning American comic book writer and illustrator (her work is wonderful). The comic itself is certainly beautiful and emotionally engaging. The story is an interesting take on Wonder Woman's origins dealing with the idea that she wasn't always the most compassionate superhero out there but instead she was a selfish girl all too aware of her gifts. Diana's compassion is certainly why I think she is my favorite superhero, and why many people love her, but I think this story illustrates that to become compassionate and in order to make a commitment to Peace and Justice the way Diana does
one must truly understand loss, suffering, and come to terms with issues of the ego. Compassion is the transcendence of the self after all. The story does make it seem like Diana doesn't have a choice when it comes to pursuing compassion, peace, and justice because in a way, she is atoning for her sins but perhaps she quickly does come to love mankind and become the noble superhero we adore. ( )

7/10, it was ok. ( )

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Caramba! Nunca imaginei que ia ler uma história da Mulher-Maravilha DESSE JEITO. Coragem, a tia Jill escrever isso, hein! ( )

A quick read. I'm bored by all these re-imaginings at this point. ( )

Really interesting origin story for Wonder Woman. (I don't know much/anything about the Wonder Woman canon or origin, so I don't know how this meshes with her existing story.)

Note: I accessed digital review copies of this book through Edelweiss and NetGalley. ( )