Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Wonder Woman: Rebirth

I've never been much of a Wonder Woman fan, but my twitter feed is exploding right now, so I'm guessing that a lot of people have strong opinions about her new look.

I'll admit, I've never read any of her solo books, so I feel completely out of my element commenting on this change. Full disclosure aside, I've never liked her costume because it always seemed to be impractical and a little goofy looking. Honestly, I'm digging the new look, I think it suits the type of person that I envision she is.

This new look begins starting with Wonder Woman #600 where it looks like they will also be retconning a lot of her past. Retconning I can comment on. I've never been a huge fan of retconning because it robs enjoyment out of the people who have loved and followed all of the previous stories. Sometimes it is a necessary evil though. I'm not sure if it is in this case, but it makes me interested in picking up and reading Wonder Woman for the first time. At a minimum, it always tends to give a good starting place for new readers.

I am very curious as to what prompted the change however. If it has to do with a movie adaptation I would be bothered by that. I've always thought that the comic books should always come before the movies and the comic books should affect the movies, not the other way around. At this point though, I'm willing to give DC the benefit of the doubt. Here's hoping that it makes for a good comic book, I guess we'll find out tomorrow!
For more information, check out the DC Blog post.

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