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Yeah, there's something weird about the character that nobody has ever really seemed to be able to get their heads around. She works fine in a supporting role (women olol) and I don't want to categorically say that it's impossible that she'll ever have her own definitive, Year One or All Star Superman-level story, but it certainly seems increasingly unlikely.
Didn't she basically save the day in the whole Checkmate thing? And she does have her own whole book where she does various things, at least in as much as Batman does in his own books.
Plus its all so fragmented. Its like they aren't really willing to fully commit to the greek thing. They tend to interject some random mumbo jumbo that doesn't really do much for the character.
Amazon encompasses a fair bit more than most other single words, though. Batman can be boiled down to "rich-kid with issues" and Superman can be boiled down to "invincible boyscout". All three descriptors explain most of their actions and mannerisms both in costume and out pretty effectively. There's honestly not much depth to any of the big three.
Nothing about Lasso's of Truth, Bracers of whatever, and an invisible jet (lol) have anything at all to do with Amazons. Aside from her saying "Great Hera!" on random occasion, there isn't much Amazon at all in her.
All in all, she's kind of a mish mash of disparate elements that have never really achieved cohesion, even after all these years. If anyone needs an overhaul, it's her.
That said, I do like the aspect of her that acts as an ambassador and force for female empowerment, though that sort of falls to the wayside more often than not. She doesn't seem to be doing much of either currently, between being a spy for some reason and having a romance with Nemesis.
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Her book is notable for never having had a definitive run. I mean, there are years of terrible Superman comics, but there are also these periods you can look at and go "wow, that was a really neat book." And Superman and Batman both have their own mythos, their own family of related characters, et cetera. Wonder Woman's book has just always sort of flailed around. It gets cancelled and reinvented over and over again and nobody really seems to have cracked it.
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Also I thought Perez's relaunch was considered the definitive Wonder Woman run.
For someone who is supposed to be a great warrior woman, its a bit ridiculous that the only armor she wears on a regular basis are a pair of silver bracers that let her deflect bullets.
Honestly, I've always thought of Wonder Woman as a lame Superman clone. She has super strength, super speed, flight, and her costume has red and blue, same as his. She's always just been a female counterpart. If they want to really fix Wonder Woman, they need to make her much more than just Super Woman.
My favorite stories with WW are the ones that showcase her tactics and strategic mind. I really like her in the role of planner and coordinator for the Justice League. Out of everyone, she is the one with the military training and background. She should be their primary strategist. But sadly, most of the time Batman is the strategist because he's just so awesome at everything.
seriously, they way they treated her in Infinite Crisis, you'd think she just killed a baby. And Final Crisis was no better...
And the Batman/WW relationship never even got a chance because it was too awesome an idea. It was almost like the Hawkman/Powergirl relationship (1 panel!), in that they were both original and could have been explored more but had the rug pulled underneath them.
I think the basic difficulty with Wonder Woman is far simpler than we're making it, though: like the other two, her 'purpose' in D.C. has radically shifted over the years, and failed to find its niche the way Batman and Superman have. Whereas she once was about feminism and sexual frustration, she now barely serves either point. Still, I like the character.
Joss should have a go at her. Too bad they took the movie away.
Did Ann Nocenti ever write her?
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And if she dressed in the armor. Like, all the time.
I was also really confused when watching the DCAU stuff and Wonder Woman was flying around and being like Superman... I was like "where's her invisible jet? if she's like superman why does she need bracers to deflect bullets? why is she greek or something?"
Now I know more about her of course, but at the time I was genuinely confused.
She teams up with Beowulf to beat the shit out of Satan.
What is wrong with you?
I also really liked Jodi Picoult's run, although that might be largely due to the Dodsons art. I lurvs the Dodsons.
I would think it would be something like Wolverine, Captain America, and Spider-man or something.
in seriousness, it would be Captain America, Iron Man and Thor. Wolverine and Spider-Man are just more popular.
Edit: and are there any trades available of his run? Because I like Rucka in general.