Comic’s First Lady FINALLY Assumes Her Throne!

Brian Azzarello & Cliff Chiang aren't on Sensation Comics, they are on the Wonder Woman title (which they are leaving in a couple issues).

Assume the Position

...A gender war?

@Sentry

Weird mindset. I saw some people elsewhere comment the woman Thor is to give Marvel more female solo stuff and the way the comment was written acted like there are barely any, which is odd considering off the top of my head there is Black Widow, She-Hulk, Ms. Marvel, Elektra, Storm, all female X-Men team and more that I'm not listing. Will it EVER be enough for these people? [frick]ing hell...

the only problem is they´ve changed her origin and character.

DC has a golden opportunity to provide a definitive story arc for our favorite Amazon. There are two big problems with Wonder Woman that hopefully will be resolved in the near future.

1) The focus on Greek mythology needs to go. DC needs to reign that in to bring her in line with the other members of the Justice League. This nonsense about her being the child of Zeus has been a complete disaster that takes her in a direction that is regressive. It also traps her story in these ridiculous contradictions about her role in "Man's world," the relationship to "gods" and where she comes from Themyscira. There is a creative way to reconcile these aspects of her AND to honor her origins and hopefully DC will figure this out.

2) Her rogue gallery needs to be bolstered. This would also give DC the opportunity to create iconic female villains that Wonder Woman can battle. One thought would be a rivalry with the now more famous Faora. Not all female characters have to be heroes. They could do interesting things with villains also.

The current relationship with Superman is one of the best developments in her entire history. The idea that either her or Superman could or should have lasting relationships with mortals is absurd other than as a brief lesson in why those relationships can never work out. This is a reoccurring theme in comic books and especially comic book based films. For so many reasons, it allows Wonder Woman to explore that side of her character without making it seem outlandish (even in a comic book sense).

@ Vortigar

Nobody buys into the Greek myth nonsense. That is exactly why movies such as Clash of the Titans and the Percy Jackson stories do such middling to bad at the box office. The reason is that in a world of ‘gods’ there are no rules and comic book readers as well as comic book movie fans want a certain amount of logic to their stories. Even Marvel which has no qualms about presenting a story with a talking raccoon played down the mythological aspect of Thor as a being from another dimension worshipped AS a god. That is a brilliant idea that people relate to since no one in our society currently believes in the Greek gods as they have been portrayed , but the prospect of superior alien beings is something that all of society excepts as a statistical probability not just a possibility.

Superman and Wonder Woman is a WONDERFUL (pardon the pun) development. I have always questioned why a character like Superman would find any sort of commonality with someone like Lois Lane. In fact their relationship upends a major character point about Superman - that while he was raised on earth, he is in fact not an earthling and is obviously different. Suggesting that he can have any type of normal relationship with a human would suggest that he is not different from us. You cannot have it both ways. In addition, a relationship with Lois Lane is at its core an act of selfishness on the part of Superman. Knowing that it will make her a target of his enemies and STILL pursuing a relationship with her and the fact that it could potentially cloud his judgment about who he should save is contrary to what Superman. That was the problem I had with the Superman movies. He was always there to save her, changing time, and pretty much serving as her personal bodyguard. What if God had a favorite person and gave that person whatever they wanted but ignored everyone else. Would you think of that God as fair? No…you would see that God as petty and preferential. The same as Superman was with Lois. Having a relationship with a person like Wonder Woman changes that dynamic. He does not need to save her all of the time and she – just as he did – CHOOSES to be a superhero and accepts the consequences. Thus their relationship has balance something he would NEVER have with Lois. This was excellently portrayed in the Dark Knight films in which Batman had a relationship with three women. Just Like Lois Lane, one was too weak to live in his world (Rachel Dawse) and he always had to save her and was compromised by his love for her which ultimately cost her her life; another was rich and powerful just like Batman even having the same training (Talia Al Ghul) but unlike Batman could not let go of her need for vengeance and therefore Batman was forced to clash with her. And finally there was one who was just like him (Selina Kyle) who also walked the fine line between the law and criminality but at her core was a good person and that brought Batman someone who could balance him. This is EXACTLY what Wonder Woman can and should do for Superman and something Lois Lane could NEVER do unless she became a superhero.

And Clash of the Titans and Percy Jackson don't respect Greek myth at all. Hades always ends up as the Judeo-Christain Devil, which he's not. Zeus is portrayed as the absent clock maker, which he's not. And the rest in between usually just make cameos or serve as guiding roles. Nobody cared about Clash and the like because they're bad friggin movies.

Come on, the prettiest of the girls with a mean streak is forced to marry the ugliest dude with a heart of gold. And even though he tries his best she utterly despises him. Why isn't there an Aphrodite/Hepheastus movie yet? That is a brilliant premise right there.

Wondy's book is going back to standard super hero fare right now though. So you're getting your wish and I'll probably not be buying it anymore. They might still surprise me.