Top 5 Comic Book Moments of the Week — January 22: Wonder Woman reforges her bonds, an Olympus heist and more
Another week of comics, and another slew of incredible comics moments. We sorted through our favorites this week, ranked them, and now present them to you.
5. The Return of the original Agents of Atlas
The original Agents of Atlas first appeared in Marvel's predecessor, 'Atlas Comics', in the 1950s. They were retroactively written to be a 1950s team in the pages of Marvel's 'What if...' series in 1978. The team was brought together by Agent Jimmy Woo.
The team was brought back and updated, during Marvel's 'Dark Reign' event, but have since been seen only sparsely in the Marvel Universe. A new all Asian team took on their name during the 'War of the Realms', but in the final pages of 'Atlantis Attacks' #1, Jimmy Woo walks in, introducing his new team to the old.
Given how shifty Jimmy has been in recent issues of 'Agents of Atlas', however, and how volatile the situation is, the arrival of the old team might be more hindrance than help!
4. Where Superboy Prime has been all this time
Survivor of countless Crises, the reality-punching Superboy Prime has not been seen since the new 52 began — it's been quite a while. It would seem like the poor, homicidal superkid had been safely relegated to the pages of Crises long past, but in 'Shazam!' #10, we find out what happened to him.
Doctor Sivana, in his search for power, is led by Mr Mind through the Rock of Eternity to the "Monsterlands". There, Mr Mind reveals that it was once called "The God Realm," where super-powerful beings were stripped of their magic and imprisoned for being too dangers.
Sivana, noticing a smaller door, asks what is behind it. Mr Mind orders Sivana to ignore it, but the being inside can hear them. It's Superboy-Prime himself, somehow imprisoned in the Monsterlands by the Council of Wizards.
The 'S' symbol is prominently carved into his chest, and he stares out at the reader, furious that comics still have an audience after all that the comics have done to him.
3. Space Heist on Olympus
The Olympian gods have gone through a bit of a revamp for modern times, and with that apparently comes a need to conquer civilizations in outer space. The Guardians of the Galaxy aren't about to let the gods destroy everything though.
They attempt to infiltrate the new, reality-shifting Olympus in an attempt to find a way to stop the gods themselves. In a brilliant double-page spread, we see the moments of the heist all play out simultaneously as the new Guardians team navigates the maze of New Olympus' streets.
2. Wonder Woman: DC's first superhero
'Wonder Woman' #750 is a 96-page giant issue that establishes a brand new timeline for the DC Universe. Most importantly, it establishes that the first superhero of this new timeline is not Superman, but Wonder Woman making her first appearance in 1939.
Traveling to the "man's world" to save it from itself, she makes her public debut saving President Roosevelt from an assassination attempt.
1. Wonder Woman and Hippolyta
'Wonder Woman' #750 really stacked the deck this week, including nine stories in its 96 pages. While establishing Wonder Woman as the superhero who started it all in DC's new timeline, back in the present, she is reforging her identity — in some cases literally.
Creating a stronger bond to her own Amazonian heritage, Wonder Woman forges her new bracelets from the shattered remains of Hippolyta's.
Together, mother and daughter bind the molten shards with the rare and unique metal amazonium, creating the strongest version of Wonder Woman's bracers that have ever been forged, steeped in history and strength.
What are your favorite comic issues of the week? Let us know in the comments!