Wonder Woman #28 Review

 

Writer: Tom King

Artist: Daniel Sampere & Jorge Fornés

Colorist: Tomeu Morey

Letterer: Clayton Cowles

Cover Artists: Daniel Sampere & Tomeu Morey; David Nakayama; Homare; Greg Smallwood

Editors: Marquis Draper & Brittany Holzherr

Publisher: DC Comics

Price: $4.99

Release Date: December 17, 2025

 

As Wonder Woman invaded Mouse Man's palace, a mouse squad attacked her friends in the woods. They captured her friend Etta Candy, Emelie's daughter, and Diana's baby. But when Emelie fought back, they killed her. The Mouse Man thought he had won. He thought he could turn Emelie's death into a burden of guilt. The Mouse Man believed he could use Diana's friend and the children as leverage to control her. His minions may preach that "Mouse Man keeps us safe from harm." But Diana watched him feed his loyal subjects to giant mice to prevent people from supporting her.

 

Tired of how his false philosophy polluted the air, Diana hurled Mouse Man through the castle walls until she could breathe freely once more. Has Diana brought freedom to Moray Island? And, if so, how will her experiences there change her? Let’s grab our lassos, leap into Wonder Woman #28, and see!

 

Story

The cat leader defied the Mouse Man and aided Wonder Woman. Now, as Diana speaks with the Mouse Man in a hospital room, the cat leader addresses the nation. The young woman assures her people that the darkness has passed, and they will walk into a new day together. Diana also tells the pink-haired mouse girl that she lives in a new age. Freedom means making mistakes as you search for your own truth.

 

In Wonder Woman #28, Superman visits Moray Island. Superman assures a frightened man that he works for him. But for Diana, he arrives too late. Worse, Superman tried to prevent Diana from rescuing her friend Etta Candy. Superman thought the rules of the world superseded what was right. As Diana looks back on her past, she remembers how the Sovereign used laws to hurt her Amazon sisters who followed her to the outside world. And perhaps she reflects on her childhood desire to leave Themyscira.

 

In his finale to “The Island of Mice and Men,” Tom King muses on how we move forward when we encounter difficulties. The Mouse Man sought to defend his citizens from preying on each other. Like the Sovereign, he created a script for the people of Moray Island to follow. That fiction shattered the pink-haired girl’s family and cost a young Themysciran her mother. We don’t know what the girl will endure by growing up without Emelie. But in Wonder Woman #28, we see the woman she has become and the script she crafts to enthrall her supporters.

 

Art

As Daniel Sampere and Jorge Fornés show the cat leader on TV, a man cries as he clutches his daughter's hand. A truck driver raises his hands to emulate mouse ears when Superman descends from the sky. The giant mice tied to the front of his truck lie sleeping, a symbol of Moray Island’s dependence on their former leader. Diana casually removes and returns a bracelet to her wrist as he addresses Mouse Man, chained to a hospital bed. His upper incisors remind us of how he merged with his mice.

 

Like the ears of the mouse beneath the family’s pink couch, pink tinges the cat-girl’s broadcast, linking her and the family with the mouse girl who befriended Diana. As Tomeu Morey adorns contemporary events on Moray Island with a loaded palette, a black, white, and gold figure strides before a beige and gray background. Red forms a powerful accent color until another color fills the panel, signaling her otherworldly supremacy in Wonder Woman #28.

 

Clayton Cowles fills white dialogue balloons and narrative boxes with black uppercase letters. The words grow bold for intonation, swell for raised voices, and rarely shrink. Sound effects highlight battles, while giant red and blue dialogue showcases Diana’s compassion. Thanks to DC Comics for providing a review copy.

 

Final Thoughts

Etta Candy befriended Diana when she left Themyscira. Steve Trevor's love completed her. Then the world watched while the Sovereign rounded up and killed her sisters. The Justice League stood by when the Mouse Man captured Candy. Steve's death threatened to slay her until Diana poured all her love and grief into Elizabeth. Diana has spent too long fighting against the stories that sway the masses and turn people into monsters. So, Diana seeks truth in introspective beauty in Wonder Woman #28.

 

Rating 9.6/10

 

To look inside see my preview of Wonder Woman #28.