Writer: Stephanie Williams
Artist & Colorist: Jeff Spokes
Letterer: Clayton Cowles
Cover Artists: Jeff Spokes, David Nakayama & Christian
Ward
Valentine’s Day Variant Cover Artist: Chrissie Zullo-Uminga
Black History Month Variant Cover Artist: Taurin Clarke
Editors: Marquis Draper & Brittany Holzherr
Publisher: DC Comics
Price: $4.99/$5.99 Card Stock
Release Date: February 18, 2026
Diana has defended her Amazon sisters in the United States
and across the globe. Every step along the way, her fellow Amazons offered to
help. As the Themysciran who paved the way for Amazons to embrace their world,
Diana felt responsible for turning things around. Yet Steve Trevor's death
weighs on her soul.
Helping the inhabitants of Moray Island once again led Diana
into conflict with the world community. Feeling overwhelmed, Diana hoped a
respite in Themyscira’s Meditation Groves might help her see the forest for the
trees. Instead, her fellow Amazons fight with each other. Worse, Diana's
daughter, Elizabeth, seems a catalyst for the chaos spreading through
Themyscira. Can her Amazon sisters root out the source of evil afflicting their
sacred isle? Or will this evil spread to infect the world that Diana has devoted
her life to safeguarding? Let’s grab our lassos, leap into Wonder Woman #30,
and see!
Story
In Diana’s absence, her sisters fight to demonstrate their
worth. Each Amazon senses that she is not good enough to protect Elizabeth from
the dangers that will threaten her. Even Nubia, charged with caring for all the
Amazons, worries that no one else can care for Diana's daughter. Perhaps
Philippus senses best that someone is inflaming her sisters' fears. But she
knows there is a difference between suspecting a problem and uprooting it.
While showing how the Amazons interact with each other,
Stephanie Williams also reveals their thoughts. While worry, doubt, and
insecurity plague them all, three of the women started this fight to ease
Elizabeth's distress. When the world turned against the Amazons and made Wonder
Woman their target, Yara, Donna, and Cassie sought to fight beside her. Diana didn’t
want their help. Worse, she “created” Elizabeth, who will eventually replace
them. So, in Wonder Woman #30, as the women who have carried the title of
Wonder Girl fight, each seeks to demonstrate her superiority.
Stephanie Williams' story is a sequel to the 2023
"Amazons Attack" series. It forms a crucial bridge between America's
war with the Amazons and the upcoming "Wonder War" storyline. Yet it
is also a reminder of where doubt springs from, and how the double-edged sword cuts
through our lives.
Art
While the Amazons stand together, most adopt a fighting
stance. A few emulate a Klingon disowning a family member. As Eris lurks
between cracked and broken columns, the roots surrounding her evoke a serpent
in the garden. While Jeff Spokes occasionally works across pages, most pages
follow a descent of panels with insets, or diagonal slashes from the Amazons’
weapons. Diana’s sisters leap toward and away from each other, their weapons
clashing amid the damaged and broken fluted marble columns in Wonder Woman #30.
Adorned with robes, costumes, and gold and silver armor, the
women battle amid serene surroundings. The white coliseum links with Bia’s
dress, hinting at the purity of her protection, as the Amazon clutches
Elizabeth to her chest. Yellow and orange light fills the sky, often crackling
with white energy. While purple-skinned Eris seems a world apart, her gold
necklace links her with the battling Amazons. When the god of discord savors a
golden apple, storm clouds fill the air, casting the women into shadow. The
Amazons' black, white, blue, and yellow-orange portraits evoke a film negative
in Wonder Woman #30.
Clayton Cowles fills white dialogue balloons with black
uppercase letters that grow bold for intonation. Block letters emphasizing
diagonals locate us in time and space. When Eris speaks to the women, her
yellow words warp in black balloons. The Amazon’s yellow thoughts likewise roll
on gentle waves in Old School black clouds. As the sounds of battle highlight
the power of doubt to sow rivalry and hate, Elizabeth's large, purple cries
point to the snake in the garden. Until their color changes, peace cannot
return to Themyscira. Thanks to DC Comics for providing a review copy.
Final Thoughts
Navigating our way through doubts and using them to fuel our
journey through life requires thought and determination. As Wonder Woman #30
takes us inside the minds of the Amazon community, we learn what troubles them
and how their leaders face their fears.
Rating 9.4/10
To look inside see my preview of Wonder Woman #30.
