@ScarlettLynn said:

@fodigg: The article is wrong though. Hera hasn't always been on the side of the Amazons. Hera almost completely destroyed Themyscira before. The goddess of discord, Eris, is Hera's daughter is certain myths and has been a Wonder Woman villain in the past. Ares is a Greek God and he's been a classic Wonder Woman adversary for forever. Wonder Woman has always gone through periods of time where she's been at odds with her pantheon or where they've flat out abandoned her or where she's been completely on their side.

I apologize for my inability to recall a point which Hera was at odds with Wonder Woman, specifically. I thought Hera was Diana's maker. When Hippolyta made Diana out of clay, she prayed to Hera while she molded her. Hera sympathized with Hippolyta.

In regards to Ares, (Gail Simone's story arc?) I remember that storyline, and I don't remember there being a contentious relationship between Diana and Hera. Wasn't it also Hera who initially shielded Themyscira from our society?

Damn

Well, if memory serves me correct ... it was Aphrodite (in the Golden Age) who made Diana come alive from the clay. Perez (post Crisis) attributed it to 5 Goddesses (Artemis, Athena, Aphrodite, Hestia, and Demeter) and 1 God (Hermes) who made her come alive. Hera wasn't a part of that.

@ScarlettLynn said:

@fodigg: The article is wrong though. Hera hasn't always been on the side of the Amazons. Hera almost completely destroyed Themyscira before. The goddess of discord, Eris, is Hera's daughter is certain myths and has been a Wonder Woman villain in the past. Ares is a Greek God and he's been a classic Wonder Woman adversary for forever. Wonder Woman has always gone through periods of time where she's been at odds with her pantheon or where they've flat out abandoned her or where she's been completely on their side.

I apologize for my inability to recall a point which Hera was at odds with Wonder Woman, specifically. I thought Hera was Diana's maker. When Hippolyta made Diana out of clay, she prayed to Hera while she molded her. Hera sympathized with Hippolyta.

In regards to Ares, (Gail Simone's story arc?) I remember that storyline, and I don't remember there being a contentious relationship between Diana and Hera. Wasn't it also Hera who initially shielded Themyscira from our society?

According to the artist the pants are retractable' also acorrding to dc most everything in the 90's (possible 80's too) happened just with in a 5 year time spand except for Batman who has been working in secret for years.

I've never really understood Wonderwoman's personality. It seems very vague and stiff to me. She should get interested in a few other hobbies that don't involve saving the world.

I've never really understood Wonderwoman's personality. It seems very vague and stiff to me. She should get interested in a few other hobbies that don't involve saving the world.

Will DC's 'New 52' Wonder Woman lose her shorts and identity? Don't you mean Will DC's 'New DC 52' Wonder Woman lose her pants and identity? Or am I just mistaken? Anyways the version of Wonder Woman that I really liked was Darwyn Cooke's.

I was a BIG hater of the stupid pants for a very long time. But, I'm over it and wouldn't mind seeing both now and again.

I'm going to hold my opinion on the solicits and possible changes in origin. Canon has not always been important to me, though the thought of changing Diana's character too much, makes my jaw tighten and my toe tap a bit. I'm going to keep an open mind and hope I love the direction.

No matter what happens I will continue to pull WW, it's what I do. I am not going to turn my back on her just because some knuckleheads got it wrong.

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Disassociated with the Amazons.....check.
 
Fighting the petty Gods for playing around with humanity.....check.
 
I'm really not seeing the bad side outside of making Hippolyta her enemy which would be the only thing I would not like to see since I also think she's a great character. I never liked the other Amazons to tell the truth. lol
 
As for the outfit stuff it really doesn't matter to me. She fights well in anything.

Why is this a topic of discussion?  Seriously, why? Maybe it's just because I'm more invested in Marvel than DC, but I don't see what the fuss is about.  While we're at it, what happened to the other chick's pants as well?  
WHO FRICKING CARES?!

Sounds like the pitch for the 90's Hercules show with Kevin Sorbo. lol.

Shorts or pants, doesn't matter as long as they make the story and character interesting. About whether her Odyssey character will go on, it would probably be best if her true memory was restored. But that's just my opinion.

@Babs: @Babs said:

@ScarlettLynn said:

@fodigg: The article is wrong though. Hera hasn't always been on the side of the Amazons. Hera almost completely destroyed Themyscira before. The goddess of discord, Eris, is Hera's daughter is certain myths and has been a Wonder Woman villain in the past. Ares is a Greek God and he's been a classic Wonder Woman adversary for forever. Wonder Woman has always gone through periods of time where she's been at odds with her pantheon or where they've flat out abandoned her or where she's been completely on their side.

I apologize for my inability to recall a point which Hera was at odds with Wonder Woman, specifically. I thought Hera was Diana's maker. When Hippolyta made Diana out of clay, she prayed to Hera while she molded her. Hera sympathized with Hippolyta.

In regards to Ares, (Gail Simone's story arc?) I remember that storyline, and I don't remember there being a contentious relationship between Diana and Hera. Wasn't it also Hera who initially shielded Themyscira from our society?

Hera was, and typically is, a goddess honored by the Amazons. It depends if there's a different origin you're thinking of, but if you're referring to the the classic George Perez story, then she refused to stand with the goddesses creating the race of Amazons and Diana by taking a side against Zeus at first. When Diana was created (molded out of clay by Hippolyta)  it was the goddess Artemis that she was praying to and was given her gifts by Artemis, Demeter, Aphrodite, Athena, Hestia and Hermes. Hera is definitely a major goddess of the Amazons and has been on their side countless times but she's infamous in her changeable nature. She's often gone into jealous rages that she's taken out on humanity and/or the Amazons themselves.   The first solicit states that Diana protects us from the Gods. It doesn't mention Hera specifically and protecting us from the Gods is completely in keeping with Diana's character and history and why I mentioned Ares (a Greek God). Not just from Gail's run but for years. He's one of her classic adversaries. The first solicit mentions nothing of changing her origin. It says she protects humanity from the wrath of the Gods. She's always done that.  The second solicit is the one that mentions Hera. It states that she doesn't take her vengeance lightly and, according to Greek mythology, she sure doesn't. She's constantly cursing the innocent women who were victims of Zeus' seduction and taking out her jealous rages on anyone in humanity she sees fit. And despite all of this, the solicit goes on to mention that it isn't even Hera that Diana should really be worried about. It's Hera's daughter, the goddess of discord. The goddess of discord and strife is named Eris and has been a Wonder Woman villain in the past. This may be a new character or one based on that previous one but, either way, it certainly doesn't change anything about Diana, Wonder Woman or her origins.

the interior artwork.. drooolllllz

i cannot wait for the inconspicuous butt shots

I've never really understood Wonderwoman's personality. It seems very vague and stiff to me. She should get interested in a few other hobbies that don't involve saving the world.

I have never read much of the Wonder Woman stuff and probably won't after the new 52 come out. However, I do like what I've seen of her in the JLA and such. Below are three issues I would want to be addressed in a Wonder Woman reboot.
 
1. One thing that DC has trouble with is the whole issue of what exactly the Greek Gods are. As I understand it, Marvel's Asgardians are extra dimensional aliens. It seems like a good idea to think of the Greek Gods in a similar way. Differences between mythology and comics could then be explained as confusion on the part of the ancient Greeks.
 
2. To me the Amazons have always seemed like a unique strand of ancient Greek culture. However, as an independent state they should have relations with the world in addition to just Wonder Woman running around. They should also have their own styles of dress, architecture, and technology that plausibly could be a Greek culture carried to modern times. Maybe Wonder Woman's costume is what Amazons wear into battle these days and the infamous invisible jet is the result of Amazonian cloaking technology.
 
3. There will probably be a number of people who disagree with me but it would make sense for me if Wonder Woman were a lesbian. I say this mainly because she grew up on an island entirely populated by women. In any case, I think that Wonder Woman's romantic pursuits should reflect the fact that she doesn't come from 21st century American culture.

I already miss George Pérez' original reboot.... :(

I hope some good stories will come up with this. I've never read a WW's story that made me not rest until I read it all, you know. I don't care if they change the character a lot, I just want to read a good comic.

I would have loved Dodsons's art again. WW in their hands is perfect.

Once again, the emphasis is on the woman's damn fashion instead of...er, story?!??!? It's an odd fit with Mr. 100 Bullets on the title but I hope it's more about WW's role as an ambassador than this Greek Street knockoff that JMS has going. 

I use to be a Supergirl fan almost a decade ago and still have a fondness for that comic but I've never cared for Wonder Woman in her own book (maybe I felt that she was so on the same untouchable level with Superman that she was beyond my seeing her as vulnerable and relate-able). Loved the nostalgia of her on morning cartoons and Linda Carter as live action WW when I was a youngster. Liked her in the modern Justice League and Unlimited . . . I just can't get into the book as a desired read. She can be a hard long term sell . . . Hope it all goes well.

im going to wait before i judge anything :)

Disassociated with the Amazons.....check.  Fighting the petty Gods for playing around with humanity.....check.  I'm really not seeing the bad side outside of making Hippolyta her enemy which would be the only thing I would not like to see since I also think she's a great character. I never liked the other Amazons to tell the truth. lol  As for the outfit stuff it really doesn't matter to me. She fights well in anything.

I might pick this one up for a read, but why change her back to shorts. Do we really need to objectify women as eye candy in all social medias ?

Hope this will return WW to her former glory..

Give her pants.  If pathetic fan boys can't fap to it who cares.  Maybe the story should drive book sales instead.
 
Or Give aqua man a speedo. 
 
Seriously superman has ARMOUR MOTHER F&%($*$ ARMOUR , WTF does he need knee pads for?

It's kind a cool cause I bought the wonder women 1 in 1987 so I'll be able to compare and contrast the origins