New look for Wonder Woman

[The Toyroom]

Hated the Walt Simonson run.

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.

[Remco Monster]

The costume WAS designed by Jim Lee.

LMAO, well there ya go.

[exoduschj]

The costume WAS designed by Jim Lee.

[Remco Monster]

Looks like she jumped straight out of her awesome costume and right into an issue of some 90's Image Comics nightmare.

[EMCE Hammer]

I guess I'm an average DC fan, and I am oblivious to everything Anthony posted in his summary of the last 20yrs of WW. Loved the version of her in JL....otherwise pretty apathetic. I hate to see a classic hero butchered, but some temporary event that comes and goes doesn't bother me all that much. I'm patiently waiting for Superman to be Superman again, and Batman to be Bruce. I'm sure Diana will be Diana again at some point, even though that means different things to different people. I would feel differently if DC was coming at us like they did with Hal Jordan and insisted it was all over.

[Bizarro Amy]

I really liked the Greg Rucka storyline. The fight between Diana and the Medusa was bada**. Hated the Walt Simonson run. The John Byrne run had some decent stories, but he just made things more confusing, especially the stuff with Donna Troy. Heinberg's secret agent idea had potential, but Diana seemed very much out of character. 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? Hello, she's friends with Bruce Wayne. She knows what money is. With those added comments, I agree with most of what Anothony posted.

Edited to add: I love Adam Hughes' artwork, but have never read his writing. He knows the character well enough, I'd be willing to see his take on her.

[The Toyroom]

I don't know whatever happened to Adam Hughes proposed "All-Star" run but I had wish they had gone with someone like him who could probably do the character justice instead of some of these other writers....

[The Toyroom]

Question, does anyone even read Wonder Woman regularly?

Like it or not, that alone is the likely reason for this reboot / reimagining, and they clearly are starting this with a huge open door to restore things, so even the upper muckity mucks at DC know they need a way to limit the fallout, while still generating an event to bring up the sales.

Nothing has REALLY stuck since the original Perez reboot, from some 20 years ago (in '87).

After that, she lost the title of "Wonder Woman" (it went to Artemis) and got all leathered-up under the pencils of Mike Deodato.

Then came the John Byrne experiment where he seemed to focus more on Hippolyta as Wonder Woman and creating a new Wonder Girl and fixing the continuity of the older Wonder Girl.

Phil Jimenez came in next and did stuff that could basically be called "Perez Part II". A good run though, probably the 2nd best in modern times IMO.

Walt Simonson did a short run that reintroduced the white jumpsuited powerless Diana concept originally seen in the 60s.

Greg Rucka then tried to reboot and modernize the Olympian Gods, while also revamping WW's foes. It was under his watch that WW killed Max Lord.

Following Infinite Crisis, the title was relaunched under Allan Heinberg...who, when he wasn't delaying the book with his TV producing work, once again de-powered WW and put her in a white jumpsuit and made her a secret agent.
His run was short-lived, as was....

Jodi Picoult's...which was very uneventful, other than DC touting that WW was now being written by an acclaimed female author. Whatever....

I had high hopes when Gail Simone came on board but she didn't have the impact on the book/character that I thought she would, which leads us to..

J. Michael Straczynski...Sigh

So that's the last 23 years of Wonder Woman in a nutshell, folks!

[Riffster]

i have a complete run since the Perez era

[Hulk]

Question, does anyone even read Wonder Woman regularly?

Like it or not, that alone is the likely reason for this reboot / reimagining, and they clearly are starting this with a huge open door to restore things, so even the upper muckity mucks at DC know they need a way to limit the fallout, while still generating an event to bring up the sales.

[Meule]

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Now There's a Costume Alteration that doesn't look so Bad.

That's Tori Black's costume

[BlackKnight]

Now There's a Costume Alteration that doesn't look so Bad.

[huedell]

Unlike Batgirl or Supergirl, who are female versions of male heroes, Wonder Woman is her own unique character. She also isn't just a sidekick or a girlfriend to a popular male character. She is beautiful but just isn't there to arch her back and wink at the male reader and say look at my boobs like Power Girl.

She is also incredibly strong and one of the few heroes in the DC universe that can go toe to toe with Superman. I remember watching the bonus features on the New Frontier DVD and the artist drew Wonder Woman taller than Superman and commented some guys still have trouble dealing with a woman that big and strong.

My stance is THIS....

The DCU would be smart to take into consideration
that WONDER WOMAN, SUPERMAN, BATMAN, LEX LUTHOR and THE JOKER
are all equally the most powerful in that universe....it's a good idea to do
this because it helps build their brand and it pleases many fans like myself at the same time. If you take your most popular characters and portray them
as the supreme winners...MOST of the time....it gives a consistency to
that universe and it makes fans feel it and cherish it just like they do their
own family.

No one recognized this better (from what I've seen) than the guys on the
Dini/Timm stuff. They even ended the WHOLE freakin' series
with "LEX LUTHOR beating DARKSEID" for cripe's sakes.

This of course being in the same universe where THE JOKER would've
killed/beat LUTHOR if things weren't tainted by BATMAN in THE WORLDS
FINEST episode.

And as far as WONDER WOMAN goes in the Timmverse...she beat the snot
out of SUPERMAN in that museum scene in the FELIX FAUST episode.

Anyways...depowering WONDER WOMAN is stupid and not only artistically
...but in a BUSINESS sense for the head honchos at DC.

[huedell]

This is exactly what I'm talking about in terms of traditional feminism, and where third wave feminism took us beyond that into the nineties. This kind of conceit marginalizes other viewpoints and discounts those that don't tow within the narrow confines of how you define Masculinity and Feminism.

Life is much more complex than that, I can't say I'm often not guilty of thinking in terms of similar absolutes.

Ladies and Gentlemen...I present the great LARRY GELBART:
Don't get me wrong. I'm all for equality.
Women ought to be entitled to everything and all, et cetera.
Except...sometimes I think what they really want is to be men.
Like men are all equal in the first place. We're not.
I remember years ago...there wasn't talk about
what a woman was, what a man was.You just were what you were.
Now they have all this stuff about being like the other sex...
...so you can all be the same. Well, I'm sorry, but we're just not.
Not on a farm, anyway. Bulls are bulls, and roosters don't try to lay eggs.

[samurainoir]

Samurainoir, I have no idea why you keep quoting me and I have nothing against you personally. But I will say it again, I am not going to argue and I will not be baited. Any futher attempts to quote me or bait me will be ignored. That's all I have to say to you on this topic.

If you are offering an opinion publicly, why are you threatened by a counter opinion using the same venue Werewolf? The strength of one's stance generally can withstand friendly discussion can't it? Open yourself up to the possibilities and alternative viewpoints that are not based solely on your own hetero-male POV.

You still haven't clarified your stand against pants and corset from Hot Topic vs the traditional booty shorts (which can also be bought at Hot Topic) and what that has to do with how a Greek Goddess should look. Should Wonder Woman's new outfit be a toga? On the one hand you complain against overt sexualization of the character, but isn't putting her in pants exactly the direction you should be getting behind if you feel that ***-shots are inappropriate for Wonder Woman comics?