Wonder Woman to undergo massive overhaul. And puts on some damn pants already.

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So comics' first lady is being revamped for the '90s 21st Century.

Originally Posted by DC Source Blog

The Gods, for reasons of their own but which may have something to with their survival and perhaps the survival of Earth itself, have changed the timeline. In the new timeline, years ago the Gods removed their protection from Paradise Island, and left it vulnerable to attack. And attacked it was. Led by a dark figure, a veritable army descended upon the Island, equipped with weapons that could kill even the Amazons. Outgunned, doomed, Hippolyta gave over her three-year-old daughter to a handful of guardians who spirited her away as Hippolyta led one last desperate battle against the forces that had come to destroy all she had created. In that final battle, she and most of the Amazons were killed, though some managed to escape.

It's now nearly twenty years later. Diana has been raised in an urban setting, but with a foot in both worlds. She has little or no memory of the other timeline. She knows only what she's been told by those who raised her On the run, hunted, she must try to survive, help the other refugee Amazons escape the army that is still after them, discover who destroyed Paradise Island and why...and if the timeline can be corrected or not. She also does not yet have access to her full powers, but will be gaining them as she goes.

On the one hand, I actually really dig the new look. On the other, this gigantic retcon sounds a bit on the awful side, and makes Marvel's One More Day fiasco look like the best executive decision since the Louisiana Purchase. Not to say I don't approve of Themyscira gettings its shit wrecked or Wondy not dressing like a two-dollar whore, but with a healthy dose of actually not terrible writing, this could have all been accomplished easily enough through events in the present-day DCU rather than having to completely change the course of its history for something so altogether minor.