Zeus has gone missing which leaves an empty throne and gods wanting to fill it including Apollo. Hera meanwhile is on the hunt for a woman, Zola, who carries Zeus's child, though she knows nothing of the world of the gods and was tricked. Hermes arrives to try to save her. He tells her to use her special key which takes her away from her farmhouse and lands her in Diana Prince's home. They go back to the farmhouse and fight centaurs off.
Wonder Woman takes Zola and Hermes to Paradise Island for help but is greeted with animosity for bringing a girl who bears the child of Zeus. This is where we hear the origin story Diana grew up hearing from her mother Hippolyta about being fashioned out of clay and how her mother prayed to the gods for a miracle and was granted one by having the clay come alive. That Diana was a child born without a man's seed. Growing up she had to put up with being called the cruel nickname of Clay and now the nickname has come back out of the past.
Meanwhile, Strife is counseling her mother Hera on how to handle the situation with the girl and with Diana's new involvement. She's egging her on a bit. Hera sends her down to Paradise Island to deal with Diana and the women and to get Zola. When she arrives she causes chaos and the Amazonians find they are fighting themselves. When the fighting ends Strife lives up to her name and lets the cat out of the bag about Diana's real parentage. It seems that Hippolyta had an affair with Zeus the result of which was Diana. She made up the story about her being made from clay to protect her from Hera's wrath. Diana leaves the Island in a terror. While she is gone Hera visits Paradise Island to enact her punishment upon Hippolyta for her betrayal.
Diana must get over her rage at her mother and find a way to protect Zola from those who seek to harm her with the help of a wounded Hermes. What they do is quite creative and daring. I love it. The art is good and while the colors are lovely they don't pop. It's still a good start to a very interesting series.
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