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

[POS Industries]

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.

[Bells]

Now, why the hell would the Amazon Princess wear a freaking short Jeans Jacker?

She looks just like Black Canary now.....

Oh.. wait.... it's "Urb" Wonder Woman

[Premmy]

I was always fond of the "armored" version of Wonder-Woman's uniform, since it had the same basic structure, which I think is important for iconic characters, but it made some damn sense, as well as visually connecting her to her Amazon background.

The new look?

I like this costume from a design standpoint, particularly the pants, as I feel they are a great update of the Division of the body that the Underwear-over-tights thing did, particularly how the Pants don't go JUNK!CROTCH!PUNANNY!DON'TLOOKATIT! and insead just divide up the form in two easy parts.

I don't like it for Wonder Woman specifically, as it's just such a far departure from the iconic imagery, similar to Superman Blue/Red

Also, that retcon shit? dumb dumb dumb.

[Lumenskir]

So this was never really answered in the other thread: Why is the overall continuity so important to comics? Because really, every story about comics continuity I read is just some variation on how a continuity shattering event is finally going to clean up that pesky ol' continuity.

As for the actual change...I dunno, I've never read anything with WW as the main focus, and I've never really gotten a good handle on what her hook was. I do think they could have toned down the blatant Superman origin ripoff, and her new costume reminds a little of Rogue from the X-Men cartoon, but I think it's because of that weird jacket thing she has going on.

[Kim]

Don't read the comics, so this doesn't really effect me, but the new design is pretty nice.

[Premmy]

Originally Posted by Lumenskir

So this was never really answered in the other thread: Why is the overall continuity so important to comics? Because really, every story about comics continuity I read is just some variation on how a continuity shattering event is finally going to clean up that pesky ol' continuity.

general nerdery, that's the deal with Comics Continuity

As for the actual change...I dunno, I've never read anything with WW as the main focus, and I've never really gotten a good handle on what her hook was.

She's DC's Thor, but with the Greek Pantheon and Boobs.

[Archbio]

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.

I approve of the new costume (altough I don't know that many whores wear bathing suits, honestly,) but I really like Themyscira, I don't really see what's good about it getting wrecked, and it seemed to me that it's been continually getting its shit wrecked for a while now.

The retcon itself seem ludicrously irrelevant.

[Kyanbu The Legend]

I see nothing wrong with the costume (though it is a bit too similar to Black Canary's costume). The story needs some work but I've grown up knowing that nearly everything DC and Marvel do usually ends up sucking in the end. They have there good moments but there usually ruined and destroyed eventually.

Honestly no one could really complain about them ditching the half naked look without coming off the wrong way.

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[MuMu]

Really like the redesign, they even managed to make a jacket that doesn't look horribly out of place with the costume. Only the 'urban' environment that worries me, unless that's just a setup for future mythical stories. Overall, this sounds like a small arc that's getting retconned away very soon, unless it gets a good reception.

Probably the first Wonder Woman related story that I might read.