DC Finest: Wonder Woman: Dawn Before Darkness

Part of DC Finest

Illustrated by Nicola Scott
Paperback
$39.99 US
On sale May 12, 2026 | 456 Pages | 9781799508113

When truth is shattered and death wears many faces, even gods tremble.

Diana’s world is under siege—from enemies without and doubts within. As Paradise Island descends into strife and a celestial invasion looms, the Amazon warrior faces betrayals, rebirths, and supernatural reckoning. Across space and myth, through darkness and memory, Wonder Woman must fight to protect not just the world, but the soul of heroism itself.

Collects Wonder Woman #36–44 and #600, Secret Six #10–14, Blackest Night: Wonder Woman #1–3, and DCU Halloween Special '09 #1.
A multiple award-winning, critically acclaimed writer of comics and animation, Gail Simone began writing as a columnist for comicbookresources.com, producing the comics parody column "You'll All Be Sorry." She has since had fan favorite runs on such books as Batgirl, Wonder Woman, Superman, Secret Six, Birds of Prey and the creator-owned Welcome to Tranquility. She currently writes Clean Room for Vertigo. View titles by Gail Simone
Greg Rucka is a novelist whose work on Batman brought fresh attention to the character and to the inhabitants of Gotham City. He won the Eisner Award for Best Story with Gotham Central's "Half a Life." His other DC credits include Action Comics, Adventures of Superman, Wonder Woman, the Batwoman adventures in Detective Comics, and Superman: World of New Krypton. He was one of the co-writers of DC's weekly series 52. View titles by Greg Rucka

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When truth is shattered and death wears many faces, even gods tremble.

Diana’s world is under siege—from enemies without and doubts within. As Paradise Island descends into strife and a celestial invasion looms, the Amazon warrior faces betrayals, rebirths, and supernatural reckoning. Across space and myth, through darkness and memory, Wonder Woman must fight to protect not just the world, but the soul of heroism itself.

Collects Wonder Woman #36–44 and #600, Secret Six #10–14, Blackest Night: Wonder Woman #1–3, and DCU Halloween Special '09 #1.

Author

A multiple award-winning, critically acclaimed writer of comics and animation, Gail Simone began writing as a columnist for comicbookresources.com, producing the comics parody column "You'll All Be Sorry." She has since had fan favorite runs on such books as Batgirl, Wonder Woman, Superman, Secret Six, Birds of Prey and the creator-owned Welcome to Tranquility. She currently writes Clean Room for Vertigo. View titles by Gail Simone
Greg Rucka is a novelist whose work on Batman brought fresh attention to the character and to the inhabitants of Gotham City. He won the Eisner Award for Best Story with Gotham Central's "Half a Life." His other DC credits include Action Comics, Adventures of Superman, Wonder Woman, the Batwoman adventures in Detective Comics, and Superman: World of New Krypton. He was one of the co-writers of DC's weekly series 52. View titles by Greg Rucka

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