Comments
This series followed on from volume one which was sold exclusively in Walmart.
The fourth and fifth stories in this issue do not feature Diana.
Wonder Woman Giant – Volume 2 – 2
General Info
Issue No:
2
On Sale Date:
November 2019
Cover Date:
January 2020
Era:
Various
Story Title:
The Curse of K2Sure ShotYear One - Part Two
Creative Team
Cover Artist:
Nicola Scott | Amanda Conner (variant)
Writer:
Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti | Van Jensen | Greg Rucka
Penciller:
Daniel Sampere | Jheremy Raapack | Nicola Scott
Inker:
Juan Albarran | Jheremy Raapack | Nicola Scott
Letterer:
Travis Lanham | Travis Lanham | Jodi Wynne
Colourist:
Hi-Fi | Hi-Fi | Romulo Fajardo Jr.
Editor:
Scott Nybakken, Marie Javins, Andrew Marino
Characters
Main:
Wonder Woman (Princess Diana)
Heroes:
N/A
Villains:
Shan Xiao | Deadshot (Floyd Lawton), Grimaldi | N/A
Olympians:
N/A
Amazons:
N/A | N/A | Areto, Castalia, Queen Hippolyta, Kasia, Io, Philippus, Sofia, Epione
Other:
Lois Lane, Jemim | Curt Andresson, Armand Toulain | Steve Trevor
Synopsis - The Curse of K2
Lois Lane’s plane while flying towards a K2 base camp in the Karakoram range, in order to investigate and report on women climbers that went missing during a massive quake while climbing the mountain, gets hit by a flock of bar-headed geese. The pilot Jemim receives fatal injuries but tries to land the plane. Meanwhile in the Philippines, Wonder Woman is rescuing people during a hurricane in the Bicol Region. After helping however she can, she hears the news about Lois going missing in a plane crash in the Himalayas and flies off to find her since Superman is away in another galaxy.
At the K2, it’s revealed that Jemim managed to safely land the plane before dying and Lois decides to stay in it for shelter amidst the snow storm. While tearing off the padding to protect herself from the cold, she spots one of the climbers outside her plane and follows her into a cave, believing the other climbers might be taking shelter there. At the K2 base camp, the search teams are barred from coming amidst the storm. Diana however offers to find the climbers and those missing in the recent plane crash.
Back in the cave, Lois finds out that the woman she followed is not one of the climbers and is told to follow her. There she notices the cracks in the Earth, the likes of which she has never seen before coming upon the missing climbers tied upside down. The woman reveals that she was responsible and reveals her true form as the monster Shan Xiao who lives only to state himself by eating humans and was imprisoned long ago inside the Earth. With the earthquake however, he was released.
Lois tries to convince Shan Xiao to let the people in the cave go, stating his jailors are long dead, but he states that she’s a descendant of her human creators and mankind is corrupting the planet. Before it can unhand eat her, Diana arrives and threatens him to stop his violence. He refuses and starts attacking her but Diana is unable inflict any injury on him. Lois finds out that one of the climbers was eaten by it and tells her how it talked about the world around them favoring it. Diana decides to send it into space to remove its power, releasing all the souls entombed inside it.
Later while eating together at a restaurant, Diana states she wished she could save the lone climber who was eaten up by Shan Xiao and asks if she knows about her. Lois hands her the climber’s photo along with her mother who believes she is now at peace and is calm despite her daughter’s death. Diana responds that she understands since a bond between a mother and a daughter is the strongest.
Synopsis - Year One - Part One
Grimaldi refuses to tell the FBI, who know he gave money to an assassin, whether the hitman has arrived in the city to eliminate the dissident Curt Andresson before his testimony is delivered. Diana stating time is short, uses her lasso of truth to make him reveal that he paid Deadshot and his mark who is actually president Armand Toulain.
As Deadshot prepares to carry out the hit, he spots Wonder Woman coming towards him and jumps out of the way before she can catch him. Making her fall through the building by creating a hole with grenades, he jumps into the meeting of dignitaries and fires at Toulain. Diana however deflects the bullets and Toulain orders his guards to kill the assassin.
Diana deflects the guards’ bullets and knocks them out after they refuse to holster their guns, before finding that Deadshot is about to shoot Andresson. Diana saves the man from Deadshot’s bullets and entangles him in it, learning that he had fooled Grimaldi with a lie to hide his true target who was Andresson all along, since he knew she would be there.
Stating he’ll go to Belle Reeve but will be soon free, Deadshot adds that they’re going to fight again. Diana states he is correct, but he’s going to keep wondering whether she’ll come to crush him after he’s free.
Synopsis - Year One - Part Two
This story is reprinted from Wonder Woman (Volume 5) #4
After a cargo full of men of the United States Army fell down on Themyscira, the Amazons approached, helping them also because one of them, the now only survivor Steve Trevor, pleaded for help the princess Diana. While the survivor is recovering, the Council of Themyscira reunites to discuss what this means for the Amazons, as a man discovered their existence. General Philippus, after seeing what the weapons the men brought with them work thanks to Areto’s studies, declares they must have reached the island in an act of war. But both Castalia and the Queen Hippolyta disagree: Steve Trevor, the survivor, is a sign from the Gods that something is changing and that the Amazons have to make a move.
Hippolyta decides then to anticipate the Games, a tournament in which the Amazons face one another: this time, the champion will be also the representative of Themyscira in the world of men, and will bring Steve Trevor back to his home, trying also to understand what the Gods want out of the Amazons. Of course, the champion will have to renounce to their immortality and to their ability to come back to the island. In her heart, Hippolyta knows there is no match for Diana and that she will not refuse to participate: she even tries to make her decide to not get into the tournament, but knowing her daughter well she is not surprised when Diana tells her not participating would be shameful.
As everyone predicted, Diana won the tournament and is awarded with the title of Champion of the Amazons and with the Golden Perfect, a lasso donated to the Amazons from the Gods of Olympus, a weapon able to carry the power of truth. Leaving everyone behind, Diana salutes her mother, promising her that no matter what, she will find a way to come back. Then, with also the bodies of Steve’s brothers in it, Diana and the survivor get into the plane the Amazons repaired and upgraded with an invisibility cloak. The adventure of Princess Diana in the world of men starts now.
