Reddit mentions of Wonder Woman By George Perez Vol. 1

• Wonder Woman by George Perez
  
• Spirit of Truth by Paul Dini
  
• The Hiketeia / Wonder Woman by Greg Rucka
  
• Wonder Woman by Brian Azzarello
  
• The Legend of Wonder Woman by Renae De Liz
  
• Wonder Woman: Rebirth by Greg Rucka
  

My top recommendations (I'm not including the Rebirth stuff but I absolutely recommend it!):

– Wonder Woman by George Perez, Vol. 1

– Wonder Woman by Greg Rucka, Vol. 1

– The Legend of Wonder Woman, Vol. 1: Origins

– Wonder Woman: Earth One, Vol. 1

I'm going to start off by saying this: Wonder Woman: The Greatest Stories Ever Told is not a great starting point for the character, nor is it a great starting point for someone new to comics in general. It's a random assortment of issues that have no connection, from all different eras. Wait until you're a little more well-versed in comics before picking that book up.

I haven't updated the trade lists in a while, so I should probably remove them from the sidebar. I've been working on a suggested reading list, but it's been slow going due to my life.

Trade List 3, which you linked, would be a great place to start. Judging from your comment "I want my good guys (and gals) to be good. I don't really want angst and moral ambiguity and dark moodiness." I'd highly suggest George Perez's run as your starting point. Perez is the person responsible for recreating Wonder Woman in 1987, and as I said in the trade lists, his stories are absolutely the basis for everything that comes after for 20+ years.

You get to see Diana and her universe built from the ground up. You'll learn the characters, her powers, and her villains as she does.

And luckily, they just started reprinting the trade collections. They've been out of print for a long time.

Wonder Woman by George Perez, Volume 01 should be your starting point. This is the first 14 issues of the 1987 reboot series. You see the origin of the Amazons, Diana's origins, and the first appearances of many of the major villains. There's a second volume coming out next year.

I will add a bit of warning: Perez creates a story that feels epic and mythological. The problem is... Perez's writing style is a little dated for a lot of modern readers. Personally, I love it, and it adds greatly to mythological feel of the story arc. But it can be off-putting to some. As someone who isn't well versed in comics, that may not be an issue for you. But Perez does use a lot of text. Character's thoughts, lots of dialogue, and narration. It can seem a little dense, especially to those more accustomed to modern comics, which are typically less wordy.

Honestly, after reading that first Perez book, you'll pretty much be well-versed enough in Wonder Woman to pick up almost any Wonder Woman book without any trouble.

Not a single recommendation for George Perez's Wonder Woman (omnibus, trade v1)? You disappoint me, /r/DCcomics. Also, have you read only the New 52 Birds of Prey? Because there are reprints of the Dixon BoP run from the 90's coming out currently (v1, v2, v3), which I found enjoyable. The Cassandra Cain run of Batgirl is actually just starting to have trades printed (volume 1, volume 2)

> That’s some awesome stuff! Maybe I should read some of these.

Indeed and sure you should read some of these :).

> Do you have any issues you would recommend to start?

I think the best idea would be to start with the Post Crisis/New Earth Origin run from George Perez(it's pretty much the start of the modern WW and her most popular version and all the scans i posted are anyways from Post Crisis issues):

http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Wonder_Woman_Vol_2_1

There are also collections for his run:

https://www.amazon.com/Wonder-Woman-George-Perez-Vol/dp/1401263755/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1539712938&sr=1-2&keywords=Wonder+Woman+george+perez

or

https://www.amazon.com/Wonder-Woman-George-Perez-Omnibus/dp/1401255477/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1539712938&sr=1-1&keywords=Wonder+Woman+george+perez

I don't know why they reversed the volume numbers for the collected trades, but Year One should be read before The Lies.

Other Origin stories I'd recommend would be The Legend of Wonder Woman by Renae de Liz and Wonder Woman by George Perez vol 1 (they made an odd choice for the cover on this one, but it's her origin from 1987).

Check out The True Amazon by Jill Thompson. It's so beautifully drawn and offers new twists on the origin. Can't really recommend it enough. It's a lot more fantasy and mythology and stands completely on its own, with not relation to the DC universe.

Grand Morrison and Yanick Paquette's Earth One is another origin, has a lot of the traditional recurring characters (Etta Candy, Steve Trevor, Hippolyta) and even brings back the space kangaroos, has great ambition and some truly brilliant character moments (basically every page with Candy), but kinda crackles under the pressure. I think it would've been exceptional if it were edited by someone other than Eddie Berganza.

The first two volumes of the George Perez run are really good. I think it doesn't quite manage to gel the mythology parts with the superhero parts, but it's a really successful 80s, post-Crisis reimagining of the character. Great art, great sequential storytelling, great varied character work.

I kinda like The Azzarello/Chiang run. It has some amazing high-points, also some pretty low one, but it's always beautifully drawn. The best way to take it I think, is to consider it a sorts of Elseworlds, alternate take on the character. Which it actually becomes.

The recent Rucka run is good as well, but a lot of what makes it so good is how it "fixes" Wonder Woman and her cast, offering new and fruitful takes on a lot of villains and supporting characters. The Lies and The Truth is literally about retconning the Azzarello run. I'd say that Year One is probably one of the best Orings, second only to The True Amazon and maybe the Perez version, and you could enjoy it on its own, but it leads into Godwatch, which, while still independent, is much more strongly linked with the retconning story.

If you're partial to young adult fiction then The Legend of the Wonder Woman is probably as good a it gets. But it's very much a YA story, with all the tropes and everything.

TL;DR

Start with The True Amazon. If you don't hate Grant Morrison read Earth One. If you like 80s comics read the first part of the Perez run. If you like YA fiction check out Legend of the Wonder Woman. Maybe even check the Azz run if you want a more horrorish take. After you become more familiar with the character read the recent Rucka Run.

Wonder Woman by George Perez Vol. 1

Wonder Woman by Greg Rucka

Golden Age omnibus

George Perez hardcover omnibus
//Half the George Perez omnibus in paperback but I don't know if they'll complete it with volume 2

Paperback collection of the first half of Greg Rucka

They just reissued JLA - A League Of One so that should be easy to find too.

No collection of Gail Simone's run, sadly. And I have trouble finding trades of it new. Hopefully they reissue it.

I'd say pick up the volumes of Wonder Woman by X (IMO the best runs being Rucka's and Perez's)