The main story was solid, but I actually preferred a couple of the short stories at the end. The Curse and the Honor had my favorite artwork of the volume. I’ll have to see what else Stephanie Hans has done. And I always enjoy rooting for misunderstood monsters, which I got to do with In Defense of Truth and Justice and The Last Kaiju. The ending of the latter was so sweet!
Wonder Woman defeats all comers pretty easily, but it’s still fun to watch. I love all the creative ways the golden perfect (lasso of truth) is used in these comics. ( )

In the previous comic, Dr. Minerva clues in Etta and Steve on Godwatch who are behind everything including making Minerva Cheetah. There's Dr. Veronica Cale who is behind it all because two gods Phobos and Deimos stole her daughter's face away seven years ago. They want to go to Themyscira and the only way to get there is through Diana. They will give her her daughter's face back if she does this. So her and her business partner Dr. Adrianna Anderson built Cyberwalk, a creation that allows the wearer to get close to someone and pick up memories and thoughts from someone it touches. The suit killed Anderson, but Cale brought her back to life as Doctor Cyber, an all-knowing computer AI system. Then there's the muscle: Poison and Colonel Maru's mercenary team. Steve and Etta go to break Diana out of the mental hospital while Minerva goes to try to talk some sense to Cale. While Minerva is there she agrees to become the Cheetah again. Diana decides its time to stop hiding out and return to Themylscira for real this time and fight the evil that is threatening it and try to save Barbara Ann.

In this comic Wonder Woman is forced to get a physical after going through so many missions in a row. She is checked out by Dr. Crawford at the military hospital. Etta asks Diana to go to her brother's wedding that night. As Diana is playing with a child under the table the child finds some explosives that Diana has just a second to cover with her body to prevent as much damage as possible. But still her friend Etta, Commander Candy, is injured and she quickly flies her to the military hospital where Dr. Crawford is working. Dr. Crawford sedates Wonder Woman and takes some of her blood and injects it inside her because she has a disease that will kill her and she believes that Wonder Woman's blood will save her and make her superhuman. Now Wonder Woman must find a way to stop someone with her powers.

Word on the street is out about Dr. Crawford's research into Wonder Woman's blood and someone is willing to pay big money for Wonder Woman's body. Etta and Wonder Woman are fighting them off at Etta's place and take care of them by the time Steve Trevor shows up. Geneticist Hamilton Revere is the one behind the bounty hunters and he says he wants to cure many diseases. Diana wants to turn herself into him and work with him to cure these diseases. But is that really what he's up to? Can he be trusted? She'll be going in alone, but not to fear her trusted back up team of Etta and Steve won't be far behind even if they are ordered not to be.

At the end of this book, there are several short comics including one about Steve going to help his old buddies in A.R.G.U.S.'s ODDFELLOWS program that investigated odd things, and Wonder Woman coming to King Shark's aid, and a village with a curse and an ancient monster come to attack a city. This was an intriguing comic in that it explored Diana's need to help others with her divine blood and what that could mean for humanity. The short comics look at a variety of topics that Wonder Woman and Steve must deal with as part of their daily lives. Things that make them think. This was a wonderful comic. I give it five out of five stars. ( )

With Greg Rucka's exit, Wonder Woman essentially becomes unreadable for me. ( )

This 5th installment of DC's Rebirth series follows Diana Prince, aka Wonder Woman, as she tackles internal problems while working for the U.S. government. While battling human super-soldiers, created with her own blood, she also must look within herself to decide what really makes one an Amazon and whether that's a source of pride or not. I didn't think this collection had quite the cohesiveness of the previous collections, but it is the first segment written by a new author. I'm looking forward to the next installment coming out in September.

We start with a sorta big story that starts with someone wanting Wonder Woman's strength. And at the same time we get some cool insights into Diana's childhood.

Then Etta/Steve and Diana have a story too. I liked that one (even if Steve was there). And maybe it's just me, but, the whole Etta/Di/Steve stuff seemed very polyamorous too.

After that there were some short stories about Wonder Woman and her helping different people (and something that isn't technically a person).

I liked the TPB. Oh, and there was even a cool Steve Wonder Woman's Boyfriend story that introduced Charlie, Chief, and Sameer. Very cool.

I received this book via Netgalley thanks to DC Entertainment. ( )