George WebberArtist - Cartoonist - Illustrator

The "New" Wonder Woman

I put the word "New" in qoutes as I question just how "New" the New Wonder Woman really is.

I have yet to read the latest issue of Wonder Woman, but the things people are saying about sure don't  make me want to run out and buy it.

As for Jim Lee's Wonder Woman costume design, I gotta say it's anything BUT new, hell BeDazzle the WW logo on the back and it's a flash back to the 70's or 80's, geez Jim, why not toss in a sweat band and baggy leggings, she could look like Olivia Newton singing "Let's Get Physical" .

Then I guess someone had the bright idea of rewriting the origins of Wonder Woman.

Rewriting the origins of  hyper established characters like say Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman and a few others, is akin to rewriting World history because you don't like the way things are going currently in the World.

I mean, will the World change just because you rewrote it's history to not include the Nazi's?  No, WW2 would still be a part of history, like it or not, it still happened.

Will the World suddenly be a better place just cause someone erased the "N" word or a dozen other nasty slurs from all written text? No, but it would be nice if it was that easy.

I think we all know that Wonder Woman's costume and or her origin isn't the problem, it's a lack of writing something really original for a character that's been around a long, long time. I'll be the first to admit it can't be easy  to come up with something that's fresh, that's why the killed Superman, broke Batman's back, shot Captain America, sooner or later you start running out of ideas and you need to try something crazy.

Anyway, it's not Wonder Woman's first change of "look" and it won't be the last I'm sure, but let's just hope Wonder Woman kept the receipt for that outfit and gets back to normal soon.

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