New look for Wonder Woman

[Earth 2 Chris]

Another thought occurred to me about this.

Could DC be changing WW's look and origin, so the Marston estate doesn't come calling like Siegel's heirs have?

I have heard that DC didn't own Wonder Woman outright for years, and that the Marston estate basically licensed her to DC. Not sure if any of that was true, but apparently Marston cut a better deal with DC than Siegel and Shuster did.

But maybe DC is trying to alter the character enough that the Marstons couldn't claim much of the current character.

Or it could be another in a laundry list of crappy misfires DC has made under DiDio.

Chris

[jds1911a1]

I'm sure the execs at Warners and DC are all a flutter with the press coverage thinking they'cve hit it out of the park. Now here is where the fans voices can be heard

if you don't want to see this costume for more than the next 6 months DON'T BUY THE BOOK. The first issue of the change is SO advertised it will sell to casual fans. and I suspect they have already scripted the next few issues and probably have them set to publish. If those sell well the new costume will be a "success", but if core fans can hold out and be willing to miss some story when sales drop off her costume will revert.

DC has way too much merchandising in the old look to switch to something so plain

[BlackKnight]

Cassie is a Fantastic Character ..., and Her Run with the Titans have been very good reads since the Launch of the Title. ... Her relationship with Conner and Tim is Great too.

[Bizarro Amy]

I still don't like it, but I've calmed down my fangirl ire with the mantra, "In comics, even death is not forever...This too will pass." If I get the first issue and don't like where it's going, I'll just vote with my dollar and stop my subscription until it goes away. The completist in me will struggle with not having those issues in my collection, but it will be better than paying whatever DC's currently charging for books I don't want to read.

[jemboy2004]

It's truly sad that Wonder girl and Donna Troy are better characters than Wonder Woman.

Don't agree with you at all there. The new Wonder Girl Cassie is a better Character than Wonder Woman? I have to admit I never cared for Cassie and Donna Troy, who's origin from the begining has never been clear? No not better than Wonder Woman IMO

[jemboy2004]

I've been a regular Wonder Woman reader since the 70s, hated John Bryn's run as he made her mother the 1st Wonder Woman? awful idea I thought what could be worse than that? I know a brand new Wonder Woman by JMS!

I can live with the new Costume but I hate the new origin! It's just not Wonder Woman. Bad idea! I was really looking forward to this one :(

On a positive note I would never have thought a topic about Wonder Woman on the MM would get so many responses! Awesome!

[The Toyroom]

What's Lynda Carter really going to say on national tv, "It sucks. F*** you Jim Lee"?

[Werewolf]

I forget - was it during his run or Jodi Picoult's that Diana went to the superhero-themed amusement park, and had no concept of money or cell phones?

I remember that. I did think it was funny she complained her action figures don't come with any accessories.

[madmarva]

I've read Wonder Woman off and on since the Perez era. Prior to that, I only read her book when it was set in the Golden Age in the mid 1970s and the issues when Huntress was a guest star.

Perez's stuff was great, and I liked Rucka's run. Totally bought the killing of Maxwell Lord. Liked the issue guest starring Lois Lane, can't remember who wrote it.

I don't mind the idea of re-working the costume. Who ever heard of a woman wearing one outfit in the first place. Why not add a skirt to wear over the shorts or let her wear full-length tights at times. The kindom come battle armor was cool. The robes she wore as a diplomat. Use all of that The street-punk Pat Bentar costume Lee came up with is even worse than just having her in lingre. I guess we're lucky he didn't put her in a buzz-cut or a mullet.

But re-working the origin to such a degree is bad, new timeline or not. Excising her from the JLA truly distorts and devalues the character. It screws up Donna Troy and Wonder Girl.

It's truly sad that Wonder girl and Donna Troy are better characters than Wonder Woman.

Making Diana a New York street-tough girl flies in the face of everything the character has ever been.

Why destroy Paradise Island once again?

DC has a bad habit of blowing the very things up that makes its comics universe unique.

Atlantis and Paradise Island are very cool ideas to have on Earth. Why destroy them.

Again all of this stuff is likely to be restored sometime in the future, but why drop it now. JMS is a talented writer. I would think he could take all that Wonder Woman has been and is and use it to his advantage rather than mold the character into something new.

Again, why not just create a new character to be the lead female super hero in DC's pantheon rather than tear apart a classic.

[Bizarro Amy]

What's Lynda Carter really going to say on national tv, "It sucks. F*** you Jim Lee"?

[johnnystorm]

The new outfit made ABC news tonight, with Lynda Carter no less giving her approval. They interviewed Jim Lee about it.

[Bizarro Amy]

Wasn't the Simonson run when they tried to generate publicity by having Diana cut her locks? Seems like they're always changing her costume/looks to bump some sales.

Yep. And it made national news. Adam Hughes was called upon for a quote. I actually found it. "And I have never talked to more reporters in my life than the month Wonder Woman's haircut premiered. One of them was all very Rona Barrett, gossipy. "So Wonder Woman's haircut! What gave you the idea?" This was March 2003, and I actually said, "Didn't we just invade another country? Isn't there something slightly more newsworthy than the haircut of a 60-year-old cartoon character?" And she was like, "So, short hair?""

[Hector]

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meh.. I love the classic but this one isn't terrible

Why do they draw her animé style now?

[BlackKnight]

Question, does anyone even read Wonder Woman regularly?

I can't really say I read Her book ,... and never on a Regular Basis...
However, I have read a ton of stuff Last yr, and this yr , where She has Appeared in . I would hate for her to show up ..., in these books again, or future pick ups with this suit.

DC always Pitches Her in the " Big 3 " .
I don't think She's been in the real "Big 3" in Decades ... , They want Her so Badly to Have the sales that others do , Hence the Constant Re-boot , She just had 1 , 3 yrs or so Go, and the book started out with Agent Diana, and Donna running around in a WW Suit . I believe. I got a couple of those, but quickly dropped the book.

I liked WW on JL & JLU ...., and Also the WW Animated film.
If I got a WW like that in the books ..., I'd probably buy .

[huedell]

There should be a website that hosts "superhero Cliffs' Notes"
for each character like the "WW nutshell" post Anthony made...it'd be quite
helpful I think. I'm sure many like me are interested to know the chronology
but are too lazy to play "catch up".