However, some critics argued that the storyline was too grim. Long-time fans of the George Pérez or Gail Simone eras felt that Wonder Woman should not spend forty issues in the dirt and shadows. Diana is supposed to be light, they argued, not a grim reaper in a tiara.
The curse had triggered three hours ago, after she’d shattered an obsidian altar dedicated to Achlys, the primordial goddess of misery. Diana had thought it just another cult—until the earth split open beneath her feet, and the mist of eternal sorrow poured into her lungs like drowning. wonder woman curse of the underworld