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The story opens up with Steve in bed, looking for Wonder Woman, and goes from there. King has done a fantastic job of reminding us how much Wonder Woman and Steve loved each other, and this issue is yet another bittersweet example of what we’ve been missing since the death of Steve. King’s writing is known for being psychologically ponderous, and there are some who would think that this issue would dig more into the sadness of the whole situation (because that’s just how King rolls, honestly.) However, it goes in an entirely different direction, one that shows just how normal the world’s most perfect woman can be.
The Morning After Was Awkward for Steve and Diana for Several Reasons
The issue kicks off the morning after the first time that Steve and Diana slept together. Steve wakes up to Wonder Woman gone, his clothes neatly folded on the edge of the bed, a note on her pillow. King and artist Caitlin Yarsky do a tremendous job of capturing Steve’s fear that he just got hit with a one night stand with a woman who he already loves. The folded clothes and the note give Steve the impression that things are about to go bad, but then it gets weird. Wonder Woman left because the Capitol had a “mice problem.” Steve has a conversation with himself about the night before while getting dressed, trying to psyche himself up to ask her out for coffee and reassure himself that she actually likes him. It’s an amazing little scene that has happened to a lot of us, and it shows that King is more than just a one trick pony who only writes dark psychological stories. Steve makes his way to the Capitol, and we see why Wonder Woman got called in to deal with the mice problem — massive mice have attacked the home of the United States legislature. They are under the command of Mouse Man — a villain that was teased in Wonder Woman #19 — and Wonder Woman tells Steve not to shoot them. Then the best scene of the issue starts.
