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Sensational Wonder Woman is a (primarily) Digital First Anthology Comic published by DC Comics in celebration of Wonder Woman's 80th Anniversary. What distinguishes it from previous DC Digital Firsts series is stories initially published digitally would be then later collected and released at a latter date as a physical issue. Writers and artists on the series including, but not limited to, Colleen Doran, Alyssa Wong, Eleonora Carlini, Mirka Andolfo, and Corinna Bechko,

With it being an anthology comic, some of the stories are one shots which go from start to finish in a single issue but some took place over two to three issues.

Following the initial run of stories, a special Woman's Day anthology issue was announced for March 2022.


Tropes Found in the series include:

  • Art Shift: Comes with being an anthology comic with a rotating cast of artists.
  • Batman Gambit: Artemis pulls one on Diana, in "Better Nature", when it seems the former is being held captive on WarWorld by Mongul but it turns out her distress signal was actually trying to get Diana to come to WarWorld as she wanted a better opponent. She was genuinely held captive but also on a mission to rescue Bana-Migdhall Amazons who were being captured and killed in gladiatorial games by Mongul, she did need Diana's help as an distraction to escape but getting a chance to go a few rounds with her was a bonus
  • The Bus Came Back:
    • "The Empty People" brings back Nina Close, a.k.a. The Mask, one of Wonder Woman's Golden Age villains.
    • "Man's World Momager" sees a modernized update of Myndi Mayer.
  • "Freaky Friday" Flip: One of the stories in the Woman's Day special sees Diana and a teenage girl swap bodies courtesy of spell from Circe.
  • History with Celebrity: "Ultimate Fangirl" centers around a senior named Katie who seems to the orderlies charged with taking care of her to just be an aged delusional fangirl of Wonder Woman but turns out she's been friends with Diana since World War 2.
  • Holiday Episode: An International Women's Day Special supplemented the series in March of 2022.
  • Hypocrite: Diana points out that Blue Snowman's willing to work with Queen Bee, despite Queen Bee's implicitly adhering to the gender binary and her actions ignore Byrna being gender-fluid.
  • Male Gaze: A rather egregious one in "Ice Blue" gives a full page up skirt shot of Diana as she's scouting out Blue Snowman's base.
  • Nightmare of Normality: Played for laughs but when Diana finds herself trapped in an imaginary world courtesy of Dr. Pyscho, Diana's greatest subconscious fear is apparently being a married 1950s-style housewife.
  • P.O.V. Cam: "Man's World Womanager" is mostly set from the P.O.V perspective via an iPhone of Myndi Mayer
  • Race Lift: Natalia Close/The Mask, is a Latina here. Her birth name is actually Nina Solorzano.
  • Reimagining the Artifact: Nina Close, a Golden Age Wonder Woman villain, is re-imagined as a social media celebrity with millions of followers on SnapShout
  • Run the Gauntlet: "Queen's Hive" sees Diana run a villain gauntlet against Blue Snowman, Silver Swan, and Giganta. If she wins Queen Bee will free the Amazons from her mind control while if she loses Diana will remove the Lasso of Truth from herself and submit to being mind controlled by Queen Bee as well.
  • Superman Stays Out of Gotham: Averted. One of the issues, "The Museum Gala", sees Diana facing off against Mr. Freeze at a Gala event in Gotham that Bruce invited her to.
  • Threatening Shark: Giganta finds herself being attacked by the Megalodons that patrol Themyscira's waters during a battle with Diana in "The Queen's Hive".
  • Trophy Wife: Natalia Close, a.k.a Nina Close/The Mask, is a deconstructed version of this in "The Empty People".
  • Villain Team-Up: A few so far;
    • Blue Snowman and Veronica Cale in Ice Blue
    • Queen Bee leads a takeover of Themyscira with Blue Snowman, Dr. Poison, Giganta, and the Silver Swan in "The Queen's Hive"
  • Wham Line: "Man's World Momager" ends with the woman who's been following Wonder Woman revealed to be none other than Myndi Mayer, who hasn't been in any comic since her suicide back in the 1980s.

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