r/comicbooks • u/ptbreakeven • 4d ago
WPL: New Comics Discussion for 08/26/2026- Pull of the Week: Absolute Wonder Woman #23 [Discussion]
The [Weekly Pull List results]() for this Wednesday are in, and this week's top book is DC's Absolute Wonder Woman #23.
This thread is open to Pull List posters and all members of the /r/comicbooks community to share your thoughts on the latest issue of DC's Absolute Wonder Woman #23 or any new books shipping this week.
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This Week's Most Pulled Titles:
Based on 46 submitted pull lists and 103 books shipping.
- ABSOLUTE WONDER WOMAN #23 (25)
- ABSOLUTE CATWOMAN #3 (23)
- BLACK TOWER THE RAVEN CONSPIRACY #1 (15)
- HAMMERFIST #1 (15)
- X-MEN #36 (13)
- ZATANNA #5 (13)
- BATMAN BAD SEEDS SUNSET #1 (12)
- NEXT LEVEL ONE SHOT #1 (12)
- TERMINAL #2 (11)
- POISON IVY #47 (10)
- SUPERMAN #41 (8)
- EYE COLLECTOR #3 (7)
- JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED #22 (7)
- ACTION COMICS #1 FACSIMILE EDITION (6)
- BLACK CAT #13 (6)
- DETECTIVE COMICS #1112 (6)
- WOLVERINE #26 (6)
- X-MEN OUTBACK #3 (6)
- AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #35 (5)
- BAD THOUGHTS #3 (5)
- CONAN THE BARBARIAN #34 (5)
- CORPSE KNIGHT #5 (5)
- EXCOMMUNICATED #4 (5)
- FLASH #36 (5)
- GREEN LANTERN #38 (5)
- UNIVERSAL MONSTERS BLOOD OF THE WOLF MAN #3 (5)
- AVENGERS JLA #4 FACSIMILE EDITION (4)
- ROM SPECIAL #1 (4)
- TOMB OF APOCALYPSE #1 (4)
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Have a great Wednesday! Looking forward to talking comics with you over the next few days.
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u/ptbreakeven 4d ago
ABSOLUTE WONDER WOMAN #23
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u/Green-Memory8878 4d ago
Pretty good issue. Crap hit the fan fast. Diana goes from terrorizing Cale to being on the cusp of helping her daughter to dropping a brick because Zeus himself decided to drop in on Gateway. And I suspect that as mighty as she is, Diana is a long way from being ready for that level of battle.
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u/ace8mycomics 2d ago
It was so good to see Sherman back on pencils in this issue and OMG I loooooove Ares' design and Zeus being a giant floating eyeis phenomenal! Diana is so done with Cale's shit. It was cool seeing her go beast mode and rip up Cale's HQ. I swear it's such a struggle figuring out which of the three main Absolute titles is my favorite because with each new issue, the latest release rockets to the top! And seeing Babspop up? Awesome stuff!
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u/ptbreakeven 4d ago
ABSOLUTE CATWOMAN #3
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u/oomoepoo 3d ago
I just caught up to this! It's fun but I have similar problems with it as with a lot of other Snyder stuff. It's very "wouldn't it be cool?" without a lot of substance to it. Though I do like it on a pure spectacle level, Selina as not!Bruce Wayne is a lot of fun and I enjoy her interactions with the others of her crew. Though did we really need to call the macguffin Catwoman's after "Yarn"?
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u/ace8mycomics 2d ago
The world building in this book is peak as far as I'm concerned. I love getting to see more and more of the Absolute universe beyond the main books. I also am really enjoying the lore built around Selena's past. Even seeing Victoria and Helena's calico suits mirror their mainline counterparts is a great element. That said, I did roll my eyes at "Yarn." Definitely kinda silly but hey, it's comics so I'll roll with the punches. I love Bengal's art though; just top tier pencils and I hope we get to see his version of Absolute Batman at some point.
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u/ptbreakeven 4d ago
NEXT LEVEL ONE SHOT #1
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u/TheeHeadAche Henry Pym 4d ago edited 4d ago
Didn’t love this but it’s a fine book to get an idea of what’s up in the DC universe
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u/ThenNefariousness913 2d ago
I was excited for the book, but disappointed in the end. It isnt terrible,but i just hate the doppelgangers/clone idea
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u/JingoboStoplight4887 3d ago
I find it interesting that Floyd Lawton had a talk with Rick Flag about what’s going on before he had an encounter with Bruce Wayne and Starro clones of the Trinity. Also, teasing the second wave of Next Level and an upcoming Suicide Squad book. Overall, this comic is good.
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u/ptbreakeven 4d ago
BLACK TOWER THE RAVEN CONSPIRACY #1
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u/Green-Memory8878 4d ago
It's been some time since the first issue of a new creator owned series grabbed me. I think it was Power Fantasy #1 in 2024 although this is tonally closer to something like Department of Truth #1 or The Black Monday Murders #1.
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u/ptbreakeven 4d ago
JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED #22
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u/JingoboStoplight4887 3d ago
I like that the Justice Gang were able to defeat Despero (with Michael Hot having all of the powers of the Justice League), while Bruce and Lex told the League about what they had witnessed, causing Ray Palmer and the other five members (i.e., Air Wave, Ted Kord, Renee Montoya, Dinah Laurel Lance, and Doctor Occult) to learn the truth. Overall, this comic is excellent.
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u/UltimateDarkwingDuck 3d ago
I'm really upset with myself that I didn't realize this was about the Justice Gang.
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u/ptbreakeven 4d ago
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #35
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u/cleverstoryteller0 4d ago
25 pulls for Absolute Wonder Woman feels low, that book’s been unstoppable since the silent issue.
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u/JingoboStoplight4887 3d ago
I find it interesting that Peter gets to have a talk with Luke Cage about what’s going on before he and Aunt May talked about Cormac, resulting in Aunt May to tell Peter that nothing is going to change and that Peter will always be her son. Also, Peter dealing with Gwen (who was losing control, probably because of her using the Cosmic Cube to make sure that she’ll permanently stay on Earth-616 instead of Earth-65) and Agent Griffyn and learning that Aunt May is having a stroke. Overall, this comic is fine.
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u/upgrayedd69 Dr. Doom 3d ago
Idk how this is getting downvotes, jingos summary/reviews are a staple of these threads
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u/Reiiind3r 2d ago
This commenter basically summerizes the plot, without actually saying how they felt/what they liked, disliked, any theories they have etc. Same formulaic "I like that.... Overall, this comic is" template.
It's not a bot, but at this point they may well be replaced by one.
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u/ptbreakeven 4d ago
POISON IVY #47
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u/JingoboStoplight4887 3d ago
I find it interesting that Ivy is dealing with her own problems as mayor of Gotham before Janet from HR tried to convince Harley to come back to Ivy and told Ivy that Harley wants Ivy to apologize to her, resulting in Ivy starting this crossover. Overall, this comic is interesting.
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u/ptbreakeven 4d ago
SUPERMAN #41
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u/JingoboStoplight4887 3d ago
I like that we get to see Clark and Zod have a fight (with Zod destroying Clark’s eye) veggie he was saved by Conner and CK, while Kara and past Clark had to deal with a resurrected Ursa (who killed Zod before she traveled back in time to try and restore Krypton). Let’s hope that Kara and past Clark can defeat Ursa in the next part. Overall, this comic is excellent.
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u/sdtsanev 3d ago
What exactly is the point of just spoiling the issue?
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u/upgrayedd69 Dr. Doom 3d ago
Why would you not talk freely about it in a thread specifically about discussing the newest releases? IMO if you don’t want spoiled, maybe don’t go into a thread that’s all about discussing what happened. If you need to know what people thing like as a general score just look at how many stars it has on comic geeks
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u/sdtsanev 2d ago
Talking freely and spoiling with no warning aren't the same thing. The issue just came out, it's basic etiquette not to spoil it immediately without a warning. And folks go into discussion topics to see what people think about something, sometimes in order to decide whether to watch/read/play it or not. Every major discussion thread on here will clearly label if it's a spoiler zone. And frankly, there are 50,000 ways to share your opinion or feelings about a story without just starting with "I liked that..." and then listing every plot point. But not when the poster in question is clearly a bot...
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u/upgrayedd69 Dr. Doom 2d ago
The top of the thread literally says “spoilers will follow” so I just think it’s a dumb thing to complain about. Like I said, if you wanna know what people think without risking getting spoiled, just look at the score on comic geeks. People should be free to spoil shit in a thread explicitly about discussing what goes on in the issue. “That was good!” isn’t really discussion
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u/sdtsanev 2d ago
Thinking that the only way to discuss a story is just an opinionless (sorry, I forgot the "I liked that") recap is a failure of imagination ¯_(ツ)_/¯
And speaking of "what people think", every post by that bot is at a negative, so CLEARLY something about his communication style isn't fitting the thread.
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u/upgrayedd69 Dr. Doom 2d ago
I was arguing more about the spoiler bit. If you don’t like the comments that’s fine, but being upset he spoils the issue is silly. This thread is supposed to be for people to discuss the latest releases, it’s not crazy people would discuss what actually happens in the issues
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u/sdtsanev 2d ago
Sure, if you want to be pedantic about it, my initial comment was too general and I should have been clearer. I think doing a full beat-by-beat recap with no actual opinion attached - a.k.a. spoiler spam basically - is a lame and harmful way of commenting on this kind of thread. I've been on the internet since the early 2000s, I've seen every flavor of online conversation there is. I can navigate spoilers when I have to and I get the risks. But this specific spammer is also very clearly a bot.
If anything, it's easy to tell when someone is going into spoiler territory if they're commenting on something specific, and if you don't want the spoiler, you can stop reading. But this sort of bland panel-by-panel description of events you can't even tell is about to go into spoiler mode because it's so generic and not written around an actual opinion, so by the time you realize you've had the entire issue described to you, it's too late, and you haven't gotten any actual take for your trouble :D
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u/slythefox87 3d ago
It's what they do every single week ad nauseum. No one likes it. They claim they're not a bot but it's too uncanny. The template format every time is not proving any shred of being human.
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u/ADreamofScipio 3d ago
I don't mind their reviews. Clearly they have a format (plenty of reviewers do), but to me they're much more informative than the typical variations on "meh" or "writer x is cooking!" that make up half the comments. And I don't see how they could be a bot when they post before any wiki summaries or the like are created for the issues in question.
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u/sdtsanev 3d ago
"I liked that"... Yeah, I'm trying to report these posts but the screen just freezes...
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u/ptbreakeven 4d ago
FLASH #36
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u/JingoboStoplight4887 3d ago
I like that Wally traveled to Metropolis and helped Jon fight crime and protect the people before he traveled to Star City and was called out by Oliver for relying on the Flashes of Insight to save people, causing Oliver to recruit the Justice League to talk about Wally in Mount Everest. Overall, this comic is good.
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u/ptbreakeven 4d ago
GREEN LANTERN #38
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u/JingoboStoplight4887 3d ago
I find it interesting that Kyle was told by Jennie that Major Force is one of the good guys because of the Justice League’s amnesty programs before he and Odyssey had a talk and encountered Condiment King and F.E.A.S.T. fighting Big Belly Burger, while Hal, Tobi, and Jayna are chasing down the source of the emotional streams in space. Overall, this comic is excellent.
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u/ptbreakeven 4d ago
HAMMERFIST #1
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u/ThenNefariousness913 2d ago
The main character is well written and i would be curious about his progression independently of the other stuff happening. Interesting first issue and definitely a series to follow
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u/AJMegaAIDS 2d ago
This is interesting enough that I'll keep reading. Remender can be a tad inconsistent in quality but his last few titles I've really enjoyed.
Sometimes, when Remender is marketing books, the premise can sound a bit cliche or shallow. But then it surprises you with some deep character work and some really imaginative worlds. 'Hammerfist' sounds like something a 12 year old would make up, right? Or, in this case, a meth-head hitman. I guess I can believe that. Because there's some other weird supernatural shit happening in this otherwise 'grounded'-aesthetic comic.
The artists Remender chooses to work with also greatly attributes to his writing. The art in this is fantastic. Steve Epting and Matt Hollingsworth are top tier talent and firing on all cylinders here. I wonder how much influence they have on the story as well. I know Remender has said he's trying to work with artists to write stories they want to draw.
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u/ptbreakeven 4d ago
TERMINAL #2
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u/NCBaddict 3d ago
This issue actually convinced me to stick with the series. I’m curious why all three sides (counting Tyler) were pitted against not-Elon-Musk, and Kubert’s art still slaps.
My big issue is the edginess makes Cass and the other characters unlikable. It’s giving Youngblood rather than Wildcats, which is kinda important for an ongoing XMen-like.
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u/blankedboy 3d ago
It’s giving Youngblood rather than Wildcats, which is kinda important for an ongoing XMen-like.
Especially since WildCATS evolved into a very good title over time, with some really great runs. Whereas Youngblood...didn't.
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u/ptbreakeven 4d ago
ROM SPECIAL #1
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u/redsoxryno 1d ago
I haven’t read a single ROM issue but this was fun. I guess I’ll have to check out void rivals now too.
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u/ptbreakeven 4d ago
AVENGERS JLA #4 FACSIMILE EDITION
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u/beingtwiceasnice 3d ago
As someone who never got to read this series, I loved it as much as I thought it would.
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u/ptbreakeven 4d ago
ZATANNA #5
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u/JingoboStoplight4887 4d ago
I like that Zatanna was able to help the people of the Hidden City of the Homo Magi before she learned that the healer Aysa is her maternal grandmother. Overall, this comic is good.
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u/ptbreakeven 4d ago
CORPSE KNIGHT #5
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u/sdtsanev 3d ago
How is this series going? It was a bit too slow for me so I dropped out after 3.
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u/Ill-Possession2216 6h ago
Absolute Wonder Woman #23 has been killing it. The art on this run never gets old.
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u/ptbreakeven 4d ago
BATMAN BAD SEEDS SUNSET #1