Backing up
Issues 28 and 29 were origin stories and here only 4 issues later there is another. This one starts out by showing the after effects of the action from two issues previous, and ties in one of the plot lines from the previous issue. Mostly though it shows the origin of the Bana-Mighdall Amazons. It tells the story of Phthia and Theseus and the murder of Antiope. It is maybe questionable to have another origin story so soon after the other, but this origin is well told and engaging. It is also clear that it is not being described just for reader interest but rather to build up to the next issue. I liked this issue, though the story of Antiope is told often in Wonder Woman, and it changes depending only on the plot necessities at the time. There was also the continuing debate between Wonder Woman and the other Amazons about the meaning and purpose of war.