Wonder Woman gets a makeover

[Jangler]

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/30/books/30wonder.html

Wednesday is a good day for Wonder Woman. This 69-year-old superheroine, published by DC Comics, will don a new — and less revealing — costume and enjoy the publication of Issue No. 600 of her monthly series.

The costume ties into an alternative history for the character devised by J. Michael Straczynski, the new writer of the series, and into a quest by DC to shine a critical and creative spotlight on the heroine, who stands with Superman and Batman in its primary triumvirate of superstars, despite her series’s modest sales.

In the reimagining of her story, Wonder Woman, instead of growing up on Paradise Island with her mother, Queen Hippolyta, and her Amazon sisters, is smuggled out as a baby when unknown forces destroy her home and slaughter its inhabitants.

Mr. Straczynski, who created the television show “Babylon 5” and wrote the screenplay for “Changeling” in 2008, starring Angelina Jolie, said in an e-mail message that he wanted to address “the wardrobe issue” as soon as he took the job.

“She’s been locked into pretty much the exact same outfit since her debut in 1941,” Mr. Straczynski wrote. “If you’re going to make a statement about bringing Wonder Woman into the 21st century, you need to be bold and you need to make it visual. I wanted to toughen her up, and give her a modern sensibility.”

Looks like they took out what was worth looking at...

Given the hope that the character will one day have her own international film franchise (a feature has long been gestating at Warner Entertainment, DC’s parent company), one test of the design was to imagine how it would look standing next to, say, Batman’s politically neutral ensemble. “The original costume was the American flag brought to life,” Mr. Lee said. “This one is a little more universal.”

I guess next they will make Captain America, Captain Global...

[Hawk]

less revealing is never what I like to hear about

[Guild]

Meh Wonder Woman should never of been Miss America anyway.

I also hope they got rid of that stupid ass jet.

[Guild]

Meh Wonder Woman should never of been Miss America anyway.

I also hope they got rid of that stupid ass jet.

[Starscream]

It's just a fad. She'll be back to normal after Straczynski has his fun. At least I hope so.

[rodeo]

stupid clothes.

at least they didn't get Jeph Loeb to make her skin red and give her a machine gun.

[Starscream]

Just in case anyone thinks this is a permanent change, remember these versions of superheroes:

Batman

Spidey

Superman

Daredevil

Punisher

The list goes on...

[Scrumtrilescent]

Just wait for him to do that to Jean Grey on TV....

http://io9.com/5574355/heroes-jeph-loeb-is-marvels-new-tv-head-honcho

[jasonluckydog]

She could play her.

[Starscream]

I've always wanted Katherine Zeta Jones to play her.

[Hawk]

dayum...the eyes and smile had me hooked before I scrolled down further!!!

[Bobby]

Just in case anyone thinks this is a permanent change, remember these versions of superheroes:

Spidey

Isn't that Venom?

[Mr. Scot]

Wonder Woman in a less revealing outfit...

Yeah, that'll go over well with comic book nerds :sosp:

[Starscream]

Isn't that Venom?

Nope, that's Spidey. It's the same suit that Venom wears though. Spidey had the suit before Venom did.