Wonder Woman by Phil Jimenez Omnibus

Wonder Woman (1987) (Single Issues) #164-188

by Phil Jimenez, Roy Allan Martinez (Illustrator), Travis Moore (Illustrator)

The world of the Amazon Princess from the eyes of artist Phil Jimenez is collected in its entirety in this oversize hardcover edition, Wonder Woman by Phil Jimenez Omnibus!

Wonder Woman travels to Gotham to help Batman defeat The Joker, Scarecrow and Poison Ivy--only they're possessed by even more sinister forces. Then, Lois Lane joins Diana on a trip to the United Nations, to the White House for official business with President Luthor, on a visit with Steve Trevor and Etta Candy, as a guest on a talk show and more. Before the day is over, Lois finally confronts Diana on her relationship with Superman. But it's not the Man of Steel who seems to have captured Diana's heart...

Find all this and more in Wonder Woman by Phil Jimenez Omnibus!

Collects Wonder Woman #164-188, Wonder Woman: Our Worlds at War #1, Wonder Woman Secret Files & Origins #3 and Teen Titans/Outsiders Secret Files 2003 #1-4 with variant covers by Phil Jimenez as bonus material.

Genres: Comics, Dc Comics, Graphic Novels, Wonder Woman, Graphic Novels Comics, Comic Book, Superheroes

856 pages, Hardcover

Published February 19, 2019

About the author

Philip Jiménez is an American comics artist and writer, known for his work as writer/artist on Wonder Woman from 2000 to 2003, as one of the five pencilers of the 2005–2006 miniseries Infinite Crisis, and his collaborations with writer Grant Morrison on New X-Men and The Invisibles.

Reviews

[Chad · Rating 4 out of 5]

I finally finished this beast of a book. It clocks in around 900 pages. It collects all of Phil Jimenez's 2 year run on Wonder Woman along with some odds and ends he wrote like The Return of Donna Troy. It collects stories that have been collected before like Gods & Gotham, Paradise Lost, Paradise Found along with over 300 pages that have never been collected before where Wonder Woman travels to Skartaris and to the past to team up with her mother. The Return of Donna Troy was written years later after some major events so it feels out of place in this collection.

The real reason to get this is for the art. Jimenez draws a gloriously detailed Wonder Woman who is more than just pinup art. He makes her graceful and stately while steering clear of T&A. He clearly is a huge fan of Wonder Woman is all her eras, bringing back long forgotten villains while managing to get her in every suit she appeared in on the 70s TV show. He also pulls largely from George Perez's reboot of the character.

[Devlin Tay · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nobody draws Wonder Woman like Phil Jimenez. Nobody, that is, except that man who relaunched Wonder Woman in 1987, George Perez himself. This hefty tome collects all of Phil Jimenez's work on Wonder Woman in the early 2000s, including the excellent "Gods of Gotham", "Paradise Lost", "Our Worlds at War", "Land of the Lost" arcs, "Return of Donna Troy", and many more. Well worth your money and that space on your library's bookshelf, if you're a Wonder Woman fan. Plus, that excellent art!

[Shannon Appelcline · Rating 4 out of 5]

Phil Jiminez says that his run was rocky due to the couple of mandated crossovers, but this is actually pretty good and a worthy extension of the now lost, lamented George Perez era.

The top arc is probably the sojourn in Skartaris. It's a fun, pulpy adventure that Jiminez does a great job with. (I think the shorter 17-page stories help.)

But one of those mandated crossovers, Worlds at War, is quite good too. Jiminez does a good job of weaving it into the tale of his storyline, really making it seem effortless, and then plays hard with the emotional resonances of that story, when a major character is killed (for a time).

He also does great with managing a whole family of characters, including Hippolyta and Donna Troy especially. (But it's pretty terrific bringing a few of DC's major female characters to Paradise Island.)

The weakest parts of the story are when Jiminez goes big picture, because he has a tendency to summarize. So, when Paradise Island is reborn and rebuilt, that's what we get, rather than a story.

And then there's the Return of Donna Troy at the end. I'm very happy to have it, especially since it was missing from the Infinite Crisis collection, but there's a gap of six months or so between the rest of the volume and it, and a couple of major events happen (another character dies; Cassie learns about her dad), which needed at least a summary page. Then the story itself isn't actually that good. (Donna's not right, fight, fight, fight.)

Overall, though, this is well worth reading, and putting on the shelf amidst the other Wonder Woman omnibuses that we're fortunate to have

[Carly · Rating 3 out of 5]

I didn't read the Donna Troy issues at the end. she's not an interesting character to me. but Jimenez's run was good.

i liked the beginning and the end wasn't too bad. it's very forgettable though. I had to stop reading for a few days several times and during that time I would forget what events I left off at and it was hard for me to get back into the mood to continue the story. I'm not a fan of Trevor Barnes though. it felt like he was only into her because of who she was. it didn't feel genuine. also could they have picked a different name?

overall it was a good story with a good portrayal of Diana. I enjoyed the read.

[Bryson Grenfell · Rating 3 out of 5]

There were parts of this book that I really loved, and others that I couldn’t possibly care less about. The heart of Phil Jimenez’s work on Wonder Woman has the wonderful humanising through-line for both Diana and Donna Troy, but it gets so mired in tie-ins that at times this book could be quite a slog.
If you love Wonder Woman and are super obviated in the amazons of Themyscira and Bana-Magdhal then this may well be for you, but for anyone new to Wonder Woman or is just a very casual fan? Maybe give it a pass.
Overall it’s good, I enjoyed the majority of my time reading it and am glad to have it in my collection (especially with all the incredible art this omnibus features) but ultimately I don’t know if I’d read it again.

[Steven "Steve" · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some really great arcs in this volume. Gods of Gotham is a quick and fun read. The interview with Lois Lane is the best part of the run. I particularly enjoyed the return of Villainy, Inc, and having them visit Skartaris was an interesting turn of events. Great art and stories.

[Andrew Seaton · Rating 2 out of 5]

This one just didn't click with me. A big part of it is how compressed the storytelling was. Admittedly I read this after having just finished Geoff Johns' Aquaman omnibus, so that may have been a part of this, but this may go down as the most ultra-compressed comic I've read, including dozens of bronze age books.

I think a big part of the problem with this book is that it was not very accessible at all. I'll pick up a Wonder Woman comic every year or two if there's a new run to check it out, and I think I just missed out too much on the mythology, where I need to keep some kind of flowchart nearby to keep it handy.

Wonder Woman has always struggled with empowerment vs. exploitation. Jiminez does a great job with his pencils to avoid the latter. However, as soon as the guest artists came on, it instantly devolved into "boobz". One particularly cringeworthy panel by Roy Allan Martinez I'm convinced was traced from porn, wherein she lassos a baddy through her legs. Greg Land would be proud.

If you're big into the character and know many of her supporting characters, you'll probably enjoy this. If you're casual, I'd avoid it.

[OmniBen · Rating 2 out of 5]

(Zero spoiler review)
Phil Jimenez is a talented artist and a competent writer, although his combined efforts here completely undermine any skill he has in either field. The panels are overflowing with pointless dialogue, which utterly spoils the art. Not only this, but the art is far to dense. A better story teller could do far more with much less. Add into that the modern colours and inking techniques, and this is basically irredeemable from my point of view. I read a little and quickly gave up. This unquestionably wasn't for me. 2/5


OmniBen.

[Gus Casals · Rating 4 out of 5]

A gorgeous volume containing Jimenez' original run plus assorted Wonder Woman (and Donna Troy) materials he created over the years.
The first half of the book is a bit messy, something the author admits to in the foreword, but the second half gets into a more interesting pace and has some highlights, with the use of some unexpected vintage characters and the creation of an interesting new one.
Phil Jimenez love the for the Wonder Woman character and mythos permeate all over the book, concluding on a love letter for fans of the TV incarnation.
And on top of that, lovely art not only from Jimenez, but also his idol and main influence George Perez and a rare four-part story by legendary Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez.

[Lucas Carlos · Rating 3 out of 5]

Petite déception, je ne m'attendais pas à ça. Déjà il faut des pré-requis, avoir lu le run de Perez doit avoir un bel avantage pour profiter du run, ce qui n'est pas mon cas.

Quand même de belles choses qui m'ont plu, les relations entre Diana et ses amis humains, et l'approche relationnelle du personnage que j'ai trouvé très intéressant, mais ... dès que je commençais à rentrer dedans, le récit fut couper de plusieurs events universo-cataclysmiques typique de chez dc, avec 50 personnages en même temps, ce que je ne supporte pas ... il y en a 2/3 au long du récit, et à la fin de chaque, le récit se construit autour des conséquences. Seul la mort de la mère de Diana était intéressant je trouve, mais dans l'ensemble, un récit assez indigeste pour un newbie DC et plus particulièrement de WW.

Gros point positif pour l'art et la mise en scène quand même qui était très appréciable.

[Brian S · Rating 3 out of 5]

OVERALL RATING: 3 stars (7 out of 10)
Art: 5 stars
Writing Style/Quality: 3 stars
Plot: 2 stars
Pacing: 3 stars
Characterization: 4 stars
World Building: 3

[David · Rating 2 out of 5]

Gave this one a few attempts, got more than half way but I wasn't enjoying it. Will try again some other time.

[Iselin · Rating 2 out of 5]

I give it 2,5, but unfortunately the parts that were bad soured the whole book. Like Villany inc which I didn't care for at all.

[Ryan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Always a pleasure to revisit.

[Stuart Meldrum · Rating 3 out of 5]

When it comes to art you can't go wrong with this but the Story was Average.