Buffy64

Though I am enjoying Azzarello's writing and and character development and Chiang's artwork, I for one am not happy with the change in Wonder Woman's mythology. It just convolutes the character even more. I believe this current incarnation further solidifies the misogynist culture we live in. I think it is an insult to have given her a father, a male trainer and to take away her true heritage as a stand alone female warrior. It's like the writers wanted to create a character everyone could relate to. News flash - Wonder Woman is not a character to relate to, she is a character to aspire towards. Why else has Wonder Woman not been made into a movie? To create a female warrior not in need a male savior or love interest, one that thinks for herself as well as promotes intelligence and peace is what every Hollywood female-centric movie is against. George Perez's iteration of Wonder Woman, I felt was the most true to the character that Marston had created and it also helped usher her into the present day, touching on the human aspects of the character and promoting her mission. After Perez it seemed like every writer had to pose "Who IS Wonder Woman?" as if no one knew, let alone the character herself. These different incarnations has led Wonder Woman to be multi-fragmented as well as unapproachable and misunderstood. Further proof with the Wonder Woman character being completely different in the "The New 52" Justice League from the character in the WW stand alone book. Very frustrating! How ironic that the most well known and oldest 'female' comic hero is still not understood or accepted for what she really is and what she stands for. Though the article above is well written and researched, all it does is further the dilemma, "Who is Wonder Woman?" I have been reading the character since the 80's. I have read every issue from her incarnation to present and despite the changes, mis-continuities I have always understood her, her mission and what she stands for. It seems to me just about every writer as well as Hollywood does not want to accept her for who and what she is.