Wonder Woman: Agent of Peace, Vol. 1: Global Guardian

One of the pandemic-era “digital first” releases rushed out to fill a gap, this is the usual collection of short stories (which I assume were previously published in some other print-only title, and hence what they had on hand). The first story is as much about Harley Quinn as it is Wonder Woman, and is very clearly connected to Connor & Palmiotti's previous run on the former's comic - whether you'll like it probably depends on what you thought of that. The next three issues are pretty decent stories by the same writers, before we're into the mix of one-issue and half-issue tales with variable artwork that typify the Digitial First comics more widely.

There's a rather good story featuring Etta, accompanied by a really limp one from the perspective of Steve Trevor. There's a story featuring Dr Pyscho that feels rushed; the premise is a good one, but it needed more space to work properly. The story featuring Cheetah is out of continuity, for some reason, which the others don't seem to be, and there are a few that feel like they could have gone somewhere worthwhile but aren't long enough to do so.

It's certainly not bad, for such a collection, both putting WW into an international perspective and with some writers doing a decent job of showing what makes her different from other heroes. But that, of course, is inconsistent, as the stories presumably weren't originally written to be read together in this style and show different writer's takes - not all of whom manage to get it right. There are definitely some stories in here that aren't worth the three stars, but the average holds up.