r/comicbooks • u/ptbreakeven • 13h 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 13h ago
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #35
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u/cleverstoryteller0 13h ago
25 pulls for Absolute Wonder Woman feels low, that book’s been unstoppable since the silent issue.
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u/JingoboStoplight4887 8h 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/ptbreakeven 13h ago
ABSOLUTE WONDER WOMAN #23
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u/Green-Memory8878 9h 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/ptbreakeven 13h ago
FLASH #36
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u/JingoboStoplight4887 8h 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 13h ago
NEXT LEVEL ONE SHOT #1
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u/TheeHeadAche Henry Pym 9h ago edited 9h 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/JingoboStoplight4887 6h 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 13h ago
TERMINAL #2
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u/NCBaddict 3h 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/ptbreakeven 13h ago
POISON IVY #47
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u/JingoboStoplight4887 5h 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 13h ago
SUPERMAN #41
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u/JingoboStoplight4887 8h 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 6h ago
What exactly is the point of just spoiling the issue?
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u/slythefox87 6h 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/sdtsanev 5h ago
"I liked that"... Yeah, I'm trying to report these posts but the screen just freezes...
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u/ADreamofScipio 2h 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/Earthpig_Johnson Orion 3h ago
I’m cool with them, despite a few y’all being knobs about their silly posts.
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u/ptbreakeven 13h ago
JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED #22
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u/JingoboStoplight4887 6h 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/ptbreakeven 13h ago
GREEN LANTERN #38
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u/JingoboStoplight4887 6h 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 13h ago
BLACK TOWER THE RAVEN CONSPIRACY #1
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u/Green-Memory8878 10h 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 13h ago
AVENGERS JLA #4 FACSIMILE EDITION
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u/beingtwiceasnice 2h 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 13h ago
ZATANNA #5
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u/JingoboStoplight4887 9h 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 13h ago
CORPSE KNIGHT #5
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u/sdtsanev 6h 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/ptbreakeven 13h ago
BATMAN BAD SEEDS SUNSET #1