Wonder Woman #32 Review

 

Wonder Woman #32 Review

Writer: Tom King

Artist: Daniel Sampere

Colorist: Adriano Lucas

Letterer: Clayton Cowles

Cover Artists: Daniel Sampere & Tomeu Morey; David Nakayama; Dike Ruan; Daniel Sampere, Tom King & Tomeu Morey

Things To Come Variant Cover Artist: Jorge Fornés

April Drools Variant Cover Artist: Gerald Parel

Editors: Marquis Draper & Brittany Holzherr

Publisher: DC Comics

Price: $4.99/$5.99 Card Stock

Release Date: April 15, 2026

 

They grew up together. Even though they always fought, Lizzie and Lyssa loved each other. But Lizzie had a mother. In Damian Wayne and Jonathan Kent, she also had two treasured friends who shaped her life as surely as Diana sculpted her upon the shore of Themyscira. And they promised to protect her, regardless of the cost to themselves.

 

Just as life takes us in different directions from our family and friends, it can turn us against each other. As Amazons, Lizzie and Lyssa prize competition above almost all else. But how many people will die as their childhood battles lead to a Wonder War? And is the Matriarch destined to dominate the Earth as effectively as Darkseid? Let’s leap into Wonder Woman #32 and see!

 

Story

When Lex Luthor gazed out his office windows in Metropolis, he beheld a golden globe perched atop a nearby tower. But instead of the words Daily Planet, Matriarch orbits the globe. So when Lyssa addresses her subjects, she invites a reporter to the Oval Office. Tammy expresses her readers' confusion about whom they can trust. Lyssa reassures Tammy that, whatever situation afflicts their lives, Americans can rely on her to be their arbiter of truth.

 

As the interview transpires, Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos discuss her Wonder War and how Lyssa grasped the reins of absolute power. Yet even as she sits in the White House, assuring Americans that she is omniscient and omnipotent, events occur beyond Lyssa's control. Like the Fates who narrate Wonder Woman #32, Diana and Lizzie interweave their narrative with Lyssa's, demonstrating that the Matriarch is neither all-knowing nor all-powerful.

 

Like the threads Clotho spins, Lechesis measures, and Atropos cuts, democracy is beautiful but fragile. Tom King draws on history, mythology, and conspiracy theories to muse on how the United States might follow Rome’s example. While hinting at the events that transformed Lyssa from Lizzie’s friend into a ruthless leader, he reveals the costs that Lyssa paid for the power to destroy Diana’s world in Wonder Woman #32.

 

Art

As Tammy conducts her interview, Daniel Sampere provides glimpses of how Lyssa founded her Imperium. While the White House sprouts castle-like structures, the sea erupts as the descending white outline of a jet sends bubbles upward. A meeting in the forest ends with silhouettes leaping through a red panel, while a cross adorned with an eagle's head symbolizes the Matriarch's dominance over church and state.

 

After Lyssa dons purple lipstick and a dress, she welcomes Tammy into a mansion topped with purple roofs and spires. Her red eyeshadow evokes her sword as Lyssa carves a path through anyone in her way. Adriano Lucas hints at the reason for Lyssa's affinity for purple. Yet Lyssa dons black and white armor when she roots out the opposition. As a result, Diana mourns as she confronts warriors who wear the same red, white, blue, and gold she and her daughter wear in Wonder Woman #32.

 

Clayton Cowles fills white dialogue balloons with black uppercase letters that grow bold for intonation and shrink for lowered voices. Block letters emphasizing diagonals locate us in time and space. While two Fates argue over the origins of the Wonder War in colored boxes, one rues how it will end. Sound effects enhance a brutal battle and make a captive smile while giant yellow letters emphasize an Amazon's pain. Thanks to DC Comics for providing a review copy.

 

Final Thoughts

The Amazons thrived on Themyscira. But when two warriors competed for the honor of venturing into the outside world, they upset the balance. Now, as Diana seeks to undo how Lyssa has changed the world, she worries about what her daughter will do with the power that sets her above Humans and Amazons in Wonder Woman #32. 

 

Rating 9.6/10

 

To look inside, see my preview of Wonder Woman #32.

 

For what happened last time, see my preview of Wonder Woman #31.