‘Infinite Frontier #0’ Review: Wonder Woman Goes ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’

Writers: Brian Michael Bendis, James Tynion IV, Michael Conrad, Becky Cloonan, Joelle Jones, Tim Sheridan, Phillip K. Johnson, Joshua Williamson, Geoff Johns, and Geoffrey Thorne / Artists: David Marquez, Jorge Jimenez, Alitha Martinez, Mark Morales, Joelle Jones, Stephen Byrne, Rafa Sandoval, Jordi Tarragona, Jamal Igle, Alex Maleev, Todd Nauck, Dexter Soy, Howard Porter, John Romita Jr., and Klaus Janson / DC Comics Infinite Frontier places us into the newly minted DC multiverse, where everything is fresh and connected like ever before.  Spilling over from Dark Nights: Death Metal and Future State, Infinite Frontier gives us a glimpse of the new normal through Wonder Woman’s eyes.  This #0 issue is essentially a sneak peek anthology featuring some of the new creative teams of the flagship DC books, but it’s packaged in a really unique way. Instead of just being a collection of short stories one after the other, Wonder Woman is guided by the Spectre in seeing how her friends are faring in the aftermath of the last big event.  The Spectre is part of a group called the Quintessence, and after her valiant effort in Death Metal, Wonder Woman is being recruited by the group. This book serves as her last peak into her friends’ lives before she ascends. From a stylistic standpoint, it mimics It’s a Wonderful Life as the two godly beings pop into different situations as ghosts and see what life is like presently. 

I like that the book is structured this way. I…