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.
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