Wonder Woman #26 Review

 

Writer: Tom King

Artist: Daniel Sampere

Colorist: Tomeu Morey

Letterer: Clayton Cowles

Cover Artists: Daniel Sampere & Tomeu Morey; David Nakayama; Homare; Rod Reis

Editors: Marquis Draper & Brittany Holzherr

Publisher: DC Comics

Price: $4.99

Release Date: October 15, 2025

 

Diana defeated a giant mouse in the sewer. Later, as she beheld the subway mural praising Mouse Man, a doctor told her young friend that mice were small, but people could be big. Then, Diana watched a live stream of Mouse Man feeding his subjects to his mice.

 

The Justice League Governing Council forbade Diana from visiting Moray Island. Her friends warned her that there would be consequences for her defiance. But Diana never suspected that other people would pay the penalty for her breaking the United Nations and Justice League's binding resolutions. Will Wonder Woman find her friends in the cabin the young cat led her to? And can Diana deliver them to safety? Let’s grab our lassos, leap into Wonder Woman #26, and see!

 

Story

With the pink-haired girl beside her, Diana entered the cabin in the woods. Tears streamed from the girl's eyes. Then, Tom King leaps ahead in time to show Diana storm the Mouse Man’s palace. As in the US Capitol, Diana unleashes her anger on the soldiers. When she faces the giant trained mice, she dispatches them with restraint. Then Diana meets the author of Moray Island's troubles. Or, as he sees himself, his people's savior.

 

As Diana confronts Mouse Man in Wonder Woman #26, Tom King periodically takes us back to the days following Mouse Man's attack on the US Capitol. Earnest Pye had a dream. He imagined starting over in a tropical paradise where people could live without superheroes. After Carl Dentor’s attempted insurrection, he meets Earnest Pye. Carl helps facilitate Earnest’s dream. And when he brings along his little friends, Earnest Pye smiles. “No one’s too small to be free!” Earnest proclaims.

 

In Wonder Woman #26, the inhabitants of Moray Island learn the dangers of freedom. As Tom King reveals how this sovereign nation became a police state, he chronicles Mouse Man's determination to ensure that Fat Cats like Wonder Woman would never defeat him again. As Earnest Pye instructed him, "If you don't take care of yourself, someone else does!"

 

Art

Dressed in a suit, Earnest Pye stands at a podium surrounded by American flags. While most of his listeners wear relaxed attire, Carl Dentor pets his mouse, wearing a dress shirt and sweater. The morning sun glares off the vessel's bridge as people queue on the dock to board the cruise ship. Earnest smiles as he shakes Carl’s hand, clasps his shoulder, and peers at the mice in their cage. Then Daniel Sampere fills the top half of a double-page spread with a panorama showing seagulls winging through the air as the ship nears the island. Panels stretching across the bottom show Diana storming the palace.

 

Tomeu Morey adorns Wonder Woman #26 with a pleasing palette of colors. Like the orange-and-white ship's destination, the palace interior is green and brown. Diana battles guards in grey uniforms. One guard wears a gas mask while directing giant grey mice with chains for leashes. A guard turns gold when struck by Diana’s tiara. Yet Mouse Man wears a long black coat trimmed with gold. Amid gold-tinged memories, red splashes show how Mouse Man liberated the island’s inhabitants.

 

Clayton Cowles fills white dialogue balloons and narrative boxes with black uppercase letters. The words grow bold for intonation, swell for raised voices, and occasionally shrink. Sound effects highlight the intense confrontation. Giant red dialogue showcases Mouse Man's determination, while red letters edged in white overlay a gold-tinged crowd. Thanks to DC Comics for providing a review copy.

 

Now, let's take a look inside:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Final Thoughts

While Diana finds new strength following Steve’s death, Mouse Man demonstrates why people swear unswerving loyalty to repressive dictators. Tom King, Daniel Sampere, Tomeu Morey, and Clayton Cowles remind us that loss unbalances us, and that freedom and community have many definitions in Wonder Woman #26.

 

Rating 9.4/10