Becky Cloonan, Michael W. Conrad, and Jen Bartel conclude the story of Immortal Wonder Woman in issue #2! This features Bartel’s cover with Diana crossing her Bracelets of Submission and unleashing her power with a cosmic background. Wonder Woman flies in darkness and then encounters a fragment of the Daily Planet globe! It is consumed by the black tentacles of the Undoing. Diana wants to defeat it, but is not sure how. She uses her Lasso of Truth to tear apart some tentacles and flies away. A nice mixture of emotion in close-ups and action. She feels sadness at the fate of Superman and we see earlier the older Superman in the grip of Darkseid. She uses the lasso to tug Darkseid back by the neck and slugs him. Superman locks on Darkseid and all three fly off the Earth. Clark apologizes before taking on Darkseid towards the sun. Diana cries out, but Superman has said it isn’t her fate. Their last battle destroys the sun!
We have Diana floating in space with the Green Lantern ring tossed around as she thinks of the Legion of Super Heroes. Then, a splash page as we see the Legion fall to the Undoing. The Undoing? The great evil in the universe is the Nicole Kidman dramatic mystery series? She sees in the darkness a spark of light and flies towards it. Diana finds out that it is the Spectre. The pale, supernatural spirit in a green cloak, who has been at cosmic events. They are sitting in the dormant Brainac skull ship! The vengeful spirit is wrapped up in the Lasso of Truth and Wonder Woman wants him to move on. The Undoing closes in on her, but Diana stands defiant and radiant. She tries to fight it and then gets wrapped up in the darkness. Wonder Woman finds herself filled with light and brings her bracelets together, right out of the cover, for a fitting, hopeful end.
The next story by L.L. McKinney and Alitha Martinez finishes this story of Nubia. Closeup, as we see Nubia returning to consciousness. She finds that her arms are bound in chains. Nubia finds that she is in Africa?, there are giraffes, and her rival, Grail, next to a large stone. Grail has used the key along with “Apokoliptian technology” to blast a blinding glare. She has summoned a woman with red hair, Circe, the sorceress is a long time foe introduced in Wonder Woman #37 (1949). Grail wants a deal with her and threatens with a gem necklace she holds to return the sorceress back to her “spectral prison.” Circe agrees before she has faded away and puts on the necklace. Then, Circe looks over to Nubia with red eyes similar to Grail’s eyes. Grail wants Nubia’s tiara. Circe confronts Nubia with her troubled life and just wants her to hand over the tiara. We had Grail search for eight components so this must be the last one.
Circe unleashes her power and repeats the word “Submit” as Nubia is tortured. This shifts to page of images, the meeting of sorceresses(?) from last issue, they are trying to seal away an evil using the objects including the tiara, but are betrayed. We also find Aunt Nancy is called Nansi. This is the West African trickster god, called Aunt Nancy in the American South. She calls another of their group, Oshun, a West African river goddess. Oshun brings up Aunt Nancy’s “web.” They all vow to help her, whom of course, must be Nubia. We return to Circe trying to use her power to take away the tiara, but she finds something is blocking her, still we see Nubia in pain and fighting her. Circe finds the power is growing stronger and then Nubia in a splash page breaks free from the chains. Grail brings down her axe, but is blocked by Nubia’s bracelets. Circe uses her power and Grail has her fighting prowess taking on Nubia. Circe’s necklace is ripped from her returning her back to her prison. Then, Nubia meets with Oshun who has lent her power. The goddess names her guardian of the doorway. Nubia meets with Aunt Nancy back at the Ebony Web nightclub. They go over the secrets and Nubia suspects there is more that Aunt Nancy hasn’t told her. This is a great setup for more of Nubia’s adventures. After Future State, Infinite Frontier, promises more stories of Yara Flor, Diana Prince, and Nubia! Immortal Wonder Woman wraps up two stories with some twists with Nubia’s story!
Four Lassos of Truth out of Five!
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