The Best of Wonder Woman

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I may hate this cover but I still love Cho's art.

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I love Nicola Scott even more though.

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This is the only mention of the Amazons' origin, IIRC. I had forgotten that Rucka doesn't actually reiterate or technically retcon the Amazons' origin at all in this.

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And Hippolyta is even wearing something very reminiscent of the New 52 armor.

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Based Scott objectified Steve. Oh wait, "male power fantasty".

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Like Blitzball with arrows

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More "male power fantasy" + "objectified females"!

That one anon has a good point about cheesecake and beefcake being totally fine if it's equal opportunity.

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This is an important plot element of The Truth and The Lies but isn't that relevant to this story.

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Castalia has basically Menallipe's role in this story. I do appreciate the creation of a new character for whatever diversity purpose Rucka had in mind instead of just altering Menallipe's appearance.

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You'd think in 3000 years they might have fixed this statue.

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From what Rucka said in an interview, Diana is the thousands of years old like the other Amazons.

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Also fun fact: both of those statues you see on the previous page are features of Themyscira going back to the Silver Age.

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This may be my favorite Wonder Woman costume.

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And of course saying this will piss off a lot of people but this cover is pretty indicative of how Cho simply does not get Wonder Woman at all.

"SEEK PEACE, PREPARE FOR WAR", and a fucking skull at her feet.

Again, absolutely excellent artwork, but it carries on the Kingdom Come character.

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And even though /co/ firmly seems to believe that Rucka hated Cho for his sexualized covers, I think it's more the fact he doesn't get the character. The previous cover is not sexualized in any way whatsoever.

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And if you look at all of Cho's variants for this series, only one even looks slightly sexualized.

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I love this entire scene, of the Amazons examining all this modern day stuff, and this scene of them having a council to discuss what to do.

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This is what Steve's all about, IMO. A masculine character unafraid to show some feminine traits.

Of course, he'd have no idea what the term "toxic masculinity" is so that was still stupid.

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Great characterization of Phillipus, and I like how Castalia is the voice of reason in this situation who gives mankind the benefit of the doubt.

Thanks for posting, Texas Anon!

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Totally not lesbians.

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>>92319532
And thank you for your regular storytimes as well

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There is also an implication earlier that they only forge weapons as practice and in preparation for the games.

They'd not really have too much reason to keep a big stockpile since they wouldn't expect anyone to ever come to this island.

>>92319081

But she became mortal once she left the island, right?

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And of course women simply do not make war with each other, it's not in their nature ;^)

On this page you can see head smith Io with the short hair, and presumably the blonde is Diana's slampiece from earlier, who seems to be a stand-in for Mala?

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>>92319640
That is correct. IIRC she's immortal in Kingdom Come, though.

>>92319724

Fuck KC.

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We shall play Bullets & Bracelets! By Milton-Bradley™!

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>>92319724
Apparently the blonde is named Sofia, who I've never heard of.

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I kinda like how the scene of the parry is just implied.

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BEAUTY OF APHRODITE

>>92319813
Favorite page of the book.

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;_;

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Invisible jet better come back eventually or RIOT

>>92319753
>>92307694

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Another fantastic cover.

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Why the hell does Cho keep putting a skull at her feet?!

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I love their dialogue.

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Notice that Diana did not "prepare for war" by bringing a sword with her

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More male power fantasy!

Michaelis is a character from Perez's first arc.

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Canon height: 6'2"

>>92319028
They didn't even bother painting it again!

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Really fucking stupid Newsarama article title: "REBIRTH WONDER WOMAN Is 6'2", 'Strong, Striking' & All Woman"

Written by a dude, naturally.

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>>92320071
A lot of people are not aware that Greek statues originally were painted.

>>92319724
She's not according to Thy Kingdom Come.

>>92318615

>the best of wonder woman
>mentioning rucka

Pick one.

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My opinion on making Etta black: really stupid and pointless.

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However, it was something that was already in the New 52, not Rucka's decision.

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I adore this version of Barbara Minerva. She's confident and charming, but not in the same way as Circe.

>>92320151
>not Rucka's decision.
As if he gave a shit about stuff that came before. He kept her black because eh wanted to, because he wanted some o' those special brownie points.

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She definitely knows, despite her showing basically no reaction.

>>92320185
You should know by now that once you make a character black, you can't turn them back, except with multiverse speedforce shenanigans, but new Wally is still around.

What's Rucka supposed to do, reveal that white Etta is black Etta's cousin?

>>92320108
>Azzfags still salty

>>92320107

She's still very long aged, making her practically immortal in comparison to humans, thus making her practically inhuman.

And all so her and Superman can be shown as a quasi-immortal couple able to witness the human evolution and serve as callbacks to Jor-El and Lara Lor-Van, Superman's mother.

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Stag = Artemis
Eagle = Zeus
Owl = Athena
Dove = Aphrodite
Peacock = Hera
And the mouse and turtle are Hermes and Hephaestus I think, but I forget which one is which.

>>92320056
>disintegrated
rip invisible jet
we hardly knew ye

>>92320258
They had a "ree cucka" thread last night too

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This is a great issue.

>>92320373
There's a semi-decent chance the next writer may bring it back, since I'm told DCSHG had it prominently.

>>92320427
I hope Evely stays on the book with the new writer.

>>92320258
>implying you guys won't be as assblasted when Snyder comes onboard and retcons everything he did.

I can just imagine the tumblr tears and him whining on twitter.

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>>92320391
You know, I don't wanna shit on Azzfags, because if you love Azz's run, fine, it's well-written. If you don't like previous runs, fine, because the character isn't for everyone. And if you hate Rucka's run, old one or new one, fine, because that's your opinion.

But people who are upset at Rebirth for "shitting" on Azz's run are fucking hypocrites. That's just a bullshit thing to say.

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>>92320487
>when Snyder comes onboard
delete this

>>92320487
Azzfags when Wondyfags were complaining:
>It's not like the stories you liked stopped existing! Get over it!
Azzfags when their shit got thrown out:
>FUCKING KEKA WHO DOES HE THINK HE IS REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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https://twitter.com/InjusticeGame/status/863138298683772928

>>92320511

He literally called the shit "the lies" though, as if he is some sort of white knight savior of Diana. I actually liked his run but I dropped it early because of the two storylines at a time.

>>92320511
Thing is, this rebirth run ain't any damn good.

>>92320511
I'm upset because this book is BOOOORING as hell. I liked Superbro, but him being erased/fused didn't bother me because I liked the story and new Superman comic.

This is just so goddamn boring. It's like Rucka is trying his hardest to make the most dull book ever. It doesn't even have pretty art to look at.

At this point, I welcome anyone (even Lobdell or Snyder or Johns or Tynion) to jump on this book

>>92320631
>It doesn't even have pretty art to look at
Now those are the real lies!

>>92320562
I think the difference is that Wondy in New 52 had a pretty solid first run that started it all off, her old canon pre Flashpoint is besides it and it is, still, untouched and it can never be touched again becase it's been so long.

With Rucka, however, he flat out said that what kickstarted this new run, her 36 issue origin to the New 52 was a lie and this is the truth.

I don't care either way though, if it's beneficial to the story you can overlook things.

>>92320570

>He literally called the shit "the lies" though, as if he is some sort of white knight savior of Diana.

And Azz revealed that Diana's clay origin was a lie told by Queen Hippolyta, that Queen Hippolyta had a secret and forbidden affair with Zeus that no one knew about not even the other amazons or gods, that the amazons weren't nice like Diana believed and that they were in fact shitty people that killed innocent man and males babies.

So how can you be okay with Azz revealing everything you knew about Diana origin and her people was a lie, but can't be okay when Rucka does the same?

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>>92320570
>>92320596
Like I said, like or hate the run, that's your opinion and is totally valid and fair. And Rucka is definitely an asshole, without question.

What I hate is the indignation over it restoring Wonder Woman's original backstory or saying it shits on Azz's run when Azz went self-admittedly out of his way to shit on Wonder Woman's entire history.

It's like if they made Earth One Superman his new canon origin.

>>92320712
Well that's New 52 Wondy though, why would it affect her before the Flashpoint?

I mean, we had a time with two Supermen with different origins because pre and post Flashpoint are different.

>>92320664
It's very bland.

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*tips cheetah skin hood*

Also like how Barbara is basically Marion Ravenwood from Raiders of the Lost Ark.

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And Rebirth as a whole is restoring characters to their classic origins.

It's no different from what's going on with Superman. All the New 52 stuff still happened, it's just been re-contextualized.

>>92320772
I like it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Evely is like a modern day Garcia-Lopez

>>92320768

You're coming up with justifications.

How can you be okay with one writer revealing everything you knew about a character is a lie and turning things over their heads, but can't do the same when another writers does just the same, but this time revealing everything you knew about what was revealed before was a lie and returning things to how they used to be?


And well, that's Rebirth as well, though. It changed things just as New 52 did.

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>>92320772
I get the complaint about Evely or the new guy from Bombshells, but Sharp and Scott are amazing.

But opinions, of course.

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And this part right here actually seems to fit with the New 52 Amazons instead of the classic ones, weirdly.

With immortal Amazons Hippolyta was the only queen.

But this is in the desert, so maybe it's the Bana-Mighdall ones?

>>92320085
I want to protect that smile

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Speaking of, I jumped in to the Who is Artemis arc of Red Hood, and have no idea what the fuck is going on or who Artemis is now, so I'm gonna have to read more of the series if I want those answers I think.

>>92320939
Evely is much better than Sharp and I would say on this run better than Scott too though Scott is in general better.

>>92320687

You argument makes no fucking sense.

Wondy New 52/DCYou runs are also untouched, the same way Wondy Pre-Flashpoint runs were untouched.

Azz flat out kick-started his New 52 run revealing what readers were knew and were accustomed with in regards to WW origin and background were a lie kept by the amazons, the same way Rucka kick-started his Rebirth run revealing what readers knew and were accustomed with in regards to WW New 52 origin and background were a lie made by some enemy.

But you can excuse one while not excusing the other. The reason? You're a fan of the former. Nothing wrong with that, but come on. Be fucking honest instead of creating stupid arguments to justify your hurt feelings.

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>Lysippe, mother of Tanais by Berossos. Her son only venerated Ares and was fully devoted to war, neglecting love and marriage. Aphrodite cursed him with falling in love with his own mother. Preferring to die rather than give up his chastity, he threw himself into the river Amazonius, which was subsequently renamed Tanais.

Still have no clue who the hell this is

>>92320913
I'm fine with any Elseworlds that changes the story of a character as long as it improves the story, example given being Red Son and Mastermen, it's not a regular Superman story but hey, something good came out of it and so I don't care, plus, those Supermen are different from the New 52 Superman who was at some point distinct from Pre-Flashpoint Superman.

They're all different, and in the same way I see Wonder Woman from New 52 different from the one before the Flashpoint so I don't mind any difference in stories. For me if you're talking about Pérez's Wondy she's made of clay, I wouldn't jump and say BUT 30 YEARS AFTER PEREZ'S RUN IT WAS REVEALED SHE WAS DAUGHTER OF ZEUS. Because they're different.

And Rebirth didn't really change anything though.

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Also
>preferring to die rather than give up his chastity
What even the fuck

>>92321082


Man people get really mad really fast, not only Azzfags but Ruckafags too, why doesn't anyone defend Finchfags ever?

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Apparently there was a Lysippe in Mindy Newell's short run on Wonder Woman, who is not even significant enough to get her own wikia page.

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>>92321142
>Finchfags
I can't even imagine that type of person

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With Azz, at least halfway through his run he made an attempt to make Diana more Diana-like.

Finch just didn't even try.

>>92318836
There is something so wonky about his anatomy on the leftmost picture

>>92321106

>And Rebirth didn't really change anything though.

It did. It revealed that New 52 was a fabrication created by an unseen enemy that has been fucking with time-space to make everything horrible.

So it basically gave a blanket check to explain any changes done to Wonder Woman's past. New 52 canon now is something bad that happened because an enemy changed things and now characters are learning their true pasts.

>>92321142
Because fans of Finches' Wonder Woman run don't exist.

>>92321109

Well, the only option was fucking his own mother.

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I saw a "trailer" for Meredith Finch's new creator-owned comic, starring Donut Steel warrior bitches.

For some reason it kind of gives me Lara Su Chronicles vibes.

>>92321265
>"russian" font

it's the little things

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I'm not usually too huge on the "Diana acts awkwardly in modern culture" stuff but this issue is great.

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The Johns JL page with the ice cream thing made me projectile vomit.

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>>92321340
>Jodi Wynne got thrown in the deep end on lettering, had to scramble for fonts that were “vaguely Persian crossed with Cyrillic” or “y'know, French-ish.” We will not talk about the deadlines she sprinted over and over again to meet–through no fault of her own–and how she stuck the landing every single time.

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Already baby-crazy

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C U T E

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Steve also a cute

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I know this has an actual explanation, but I always cringe a little at "white people terrorist attack" plot points.

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>She-she's fast!

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This is so cool.

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Never stop with the male power fantasies!

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Completely off-topic but I'm laughing my ass off at this:
https://twitter.com/Marvel/status/863148527547027457

>>92321585
fantastic page right here

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WEW

>>92321608
I feel like Steve Trevor doesn't need much space in the Wonder Woman mythos outside her intiial origin.

I don't think people care about him as much as they do, say, Lois Lane

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>>92321699
People are pretty divided on Steve, even hardcore fans.

Even with how prominent he was on the 70's show people don't seem to remember him that much.

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>>92321833
Even Perez made him an older guy and paired him with Etta.

In the last few weeks, I've kind of grown on the idea that Diana is a bit of a player with no OTP. Not to say she's a slut, but she's a bit more free-loving.

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>Prof. Jimenez

And perhaps not coincidentally Jimenez was doing a Superwoman comic at this time.

See, this is weird
>>92321618
>Block with bracelets
>>92321639
>Cover grenade with hand
2nd Panel
>Back to stopping bullets with bracelets

And this is why I thing her power levels are confusing.

>>92321585
This I can get, she's saving others. It looks like she's reaching out to stop bullets but when it's just her it leaves a question of what's the threat here or why is this a threat but not that.

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>>92321894
>Lesbos

Also not really into Barbara shipped with Etta.

>>92321657
>https://twitter.com/Marvel/status/863148527547027457

WTF
It's all happy mothers day and relaxing until your mom doesn't survive terrigenesis.

>>92321867
I think they should just make her gay

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GREAT PAGE

>>92321897
That's a good point, didn't notice that.

Traditionally she's resistant to blunt force but piercing and cutting weapons can hurt her.

I think this is just a case of Rucka not really understanding how grenades work, because the explosion I can buy her containing, but the shrapnel should have cut up her hands pretty badly.

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There's a great scene from Wonder Woman #600 by Amanda Conner where Diana communicates Power Girl's cat's grievances.

>detected possible malicious code
Thanks, Cucka!

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>So... is there, like, a Mrs. Woman in the picture?

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I had never drank a soda until I was about 13 and this is basically how I reacted.

How did I never drink a soda for that many years? I honestly don't know.

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The SEAR Group is like the stupidest name ever. And at least with Ares Buchanan his first name was just a nickname.

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Ares Buchanan: Agent of H.A.T.E.

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That would be Phobos, Deimos, Eris and of course Ares.

>>92318615
>Starting with #2
Madman.

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"Maru Virus" is a reference to Dr. Poison.

I'm not sure how that fits in with the one from the modern day arc.

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>>92322230
Doing Year One and The Lies/The Truth/Godwatch separately. Which is actually the way it's collected.

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I find it reads MUCH better when read straight through without alternating between arcs.

>>92322271
There is a bit of parallelism that's nice to read numerically, but I tend to agree.

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Tbh this is where the story goes off the rails for me.

>EARS Group

For the world's foremost linguist, Barbara isn't too great at simple word puzzles.

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>>92322292
I agree with the parallels, it's just a sacrifice I think you gotta make for this story.

I got really bored after issue 6 going back and forth and dropped off until Year One was finished, then went back and read them individually and enjoyed them much more.

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Last issue.

>>92322113
If you stop drinking soda for a significant period of time, same reaction. Plus a bit of ' why' did I like this'.

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I find this issue pretty boring, it feels like a lame Hollywood movie.

It's a fairly unsatisfying conclusion because it's supposed to set up Ares' role in The Truth, which spoils the appeal of this as a standalone graphic novel.

>>92322332
I enjoyed reading them side by side, but I think their only staying power will be as arcs. Hopefully DC will keep them in print together, though. There's going to be the 13 issue deluxe editions - I'm curious how they're going to order those - probably numerically, which will be a bit weird.

>>92321867
I'm of the Steve Orlando school, like what he said about Midnighter and Apollo while he had them apart.

That said, Steve is perfect husbando.

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>>92322373
When I worked retail, I would drink a Monster energy drink every day, then after I left I didn't have one for a long time. When I finally had one on a whim I gagged just from smelling it.

Pretty sure Monster is basically just rat piss.

Kudos to you, OP. I've been meaning to get into WW for a while now, and I loved the Godwatch thread from yesterday.

Any thoughts on Earth One? I read it last year and thought it was great, but I don't really know how veteran fans of Wonder Woman took to it.

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>>92322489
It's very divisive, but I think most hardcore fans at least appreciate what it was trying to do.

I really enjoyed it except for a few parts, and I plan on posting it eventually, but I'm working on some annotations for it. I just got the Wonder Woman Golden Age omnibus the other day and am working through that first.

>>92322489
It was a fine idea, but Steve, any Steve, needs to be clean shaven.

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>>92322523
Also most of the major review sites have some unspeakably stupid reviews on it.

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>>92322542
I probably sound like a racist for how many times I've already shit on raceswapping in this thread but I think Morrison's reasons for black Steve are pretty goddamn misguided and I don't think he really gets why Steve was the way he was originally written.

Also he mentions in some interview that it opened the door for more interesting symbolism in terms of the bondage because of the history with African Americans but he totally dropped the ball on that IMO.

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>Come, my animal friends!

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Power of friendship!

i wanna fuck steve

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>an owl will never text you

Also
>General Simone

>>92322633
Seriously, fucking clothing damaged cherubic face here >>92322606 like fuck he's hot.

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So much Steve fanservice.

>>92322656
Pine really isn't hot enough to be Steve.

>>92321657
Oh yeah, because if there's one thing my mom loves, it's peanut farts.

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>>92322671
Disagreed but you're entitled to your opinion

Sad that Steve won't be in future movies. And they can't even have a death scene for him like with Peggy Carter because no way anyone from fucking WWI could still be alive.

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>>92322705
Yeah, and who's mom DOESN'T collect every Inhumans title every month?!

>>92322713
It wouldn't be Steve if he didn't die.

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>>92322737
Also pretty transparent meta-commentary about rage Diana.

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Who hates shirts more: Steve or Hawkman?

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And that's the end.

Thanks for reading, as always, folks!

Some people don't like this arc so let me know what y'all think.

Note: bottom left picture is clearly Sensation Comics #1, I think top right might be first issue of New 52.

>>92322818
I like it. Mainly because I love Steve and this had so much fanservice, and I think did a pretty good job at setting up how he works as a love interest.

>>92321988
this is a great page

>diana poking her tongue out at the lizard

cute!
CUTE!

Oh, and almost forgot download link:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/rwqrasp45cfsxu9/AACi5mhCeheYFvp-L9juE0t5a?dl=0

>>92322656
Is there a WW flies with topless Trevor count going?

Thread with all of Godwatch so far:
>>92255412

>>92322606
I don't mind raceswapping, though I will admit Morrison didn't do much with slavery symbolism (speaking as a black dude, I would kill to have Wonder Woman tie me up).

With Etta it's not that she's black that I mind, it's that she's not the comic relief that I'd assume she would be. It's like reading a Superman comic and seeing Jimmy Olsen be a bad-ass or something.

>>92322955
>It's like reading a Superman comic and seeing Jimmy Olsen be a bad-ass or something.

You mean business as usual then?

>>92322818
Fantastic read.

>>92321833
>>92321867

The problem is that Steve doesn't seem that integral to the Wonder Woman plots outside of being the catalyst for her to come to man's world.

Which has nothing to do with the character, but everything to do with the writers. You just need that good run that will make Steve mesh well with everything else.

>>92323246
Agreed.

>>92323246
Part of that I think is because Perez basically relegated him to a tertiary character which remained his position until the New 52.

Marston is the only person to make him an interesting character at all, IMO. He works best as a subversion of macho cliches. But a lot of people don't know how to make that work in the modern day.

I felt Rucka was making him a central character in the Cheetah arc, but then halfway through he just kind of drops out.

>>92323879

I feel that ever since New 52 writers portray Steve Trevor as poor man's version of other characters.

In Geoff Johns' hands he was a poor man's version of Snapper Carr and Rick Flagg.

In Rucka's hands he seems to be like a lighter Batman. I at least got that impression in arc where Doctor Poison first showed up. His characterization there reminded me a lot of Jimenez' take of Batman.

Here hoping the movie can established a more unique and solidified interpretation of Steve Trevor.

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>>92324047
I say this all the time but Marston wanted Trevor to literally be a Captain America analogue, who was like the hottest selling male character at the time.

He's supposed to represent to young boys that you can be a macho man who punches Nazis in the dick and still be rescued by a woman or submit to their maternal protection.

But then Captain America was the model for THOUSANDS of other macho hero characters over the decades, so by trying to play Trevor straight, he comes off very generic. And in the modern day it's not that big a deal for a man to cry or to be saved by a woman. And the latter often comes off as GRRL POWER rather than promoting an ideal of men.

So honestly even I don't know quite what I'd do with Steve. But in the past few weeks I've been thinking that I wouldn't make them necessarily OTP, but have Diana have multiple love interests over time, since she's always represented "alternative lifestyle" and counter-culture, as Morrison put it.

Not saying she should cuck Steve or get in threeways or anything, just be a bit more free in her love life. That's something that could separate her from Superman, who has a stable romance, and Batman, who has nothing but shitty non-relationships.

>>92318615
Thanks.

>>92320008
>The appendix Mr. Trevor had removed when he was nine? It's back.
>For revenge.

>>92322955
>It's like reading a Superman comic and seeing Jimmy Olsen be a bad-ass or something.

So, the Kirby run?

Thanks OP

>>92320631
>I welcome anyone (even Lobdell or Snyder or Johns or Tynion) to jump on this book
You could just stop reading it, it's clearly not for you.

>>92318896
Oh my god... That happy trail. I'm so gay

Damn Tex, are you almost done?

>>92321481
Thank you for this storytime, anon. My first time reading a Wonder Woman comic and I'm having a major blast. I don't understand any of the conversations. I'm guessing this is the "ruckafag" "run"? I'm legitimately happy reading this page, haha.

Steve and Diana are so pure... And gorgeous! Was Steve always like this in past iterations? I'm surprised he never found a girl till now

>>92321531
Oh my god man, what the fuck is happening? Is this an American high school/college campus??

>>92321699
I appreciate Steve's existence in the DCU animated movies! But to be fair, those movies are probably way less casual than the Justice League Unlimited

>>92322643
I didn't want to comment about Steven of fear of sounding like the town slut of /co/

But THIS!

>>92336647
He was really awful in that WW one though. Complete douche, no purity.

>>92333304
>It's back. In POG form!

>>92336076
There's a bunch of other curiosities and not-quite-best-of stories I wanna run, like the space pirate arc, a sample of Byrne's run so folks can see why I hate it, Godwar which is mediocre but interesting, Odyssey which is a clusterfuck, and some more.

I've had more fun talking about Wonder Woman with people in these threads than I've had on /co/ in years so I'll continue up to and past the movie release.

>>92337776
Your kindness is appreciated.

Final bump

>>92318615
Sweet, I'm hoping this reads better all in one go.

>>92321699
Lois Lane is kind of a badass now that I think about it. She's always diving into the heart of danger, and she's not even military.

>>92318896
>leaving his happy trail out for all to see
STEVE IS A SLUT! A SLUT!

>>92324302
Huh. That Venus Wonder Woman looks a little weird. Something wrong with the boobs

What if Steve works in a private security company that gets hired by hotshots all over the world, and there could raise Diana's eyebrows if he unawaring gets deployed security guarding a ruthless criminal? And sometimes helping out if he's nearby or something. Or saved or whatever. Not sure if that still sounds generic

>>92319297
>>92319297
>>92319297
>Amazons
>Helping a man

I almost spit out my drink. What kind of bullshit is this?

>>92346597
Azz, don't you have some of Moore's work to go ruin?

>>92347820
Amazon's don't work as being friendly to all men yet somehow raping them and not letting them exist amongst them

>>92319993
DIANA IS CUTE!

CUUUUUUTE!

>>92320100
>>92320134
>Dr. Perez
>It's literally George Perez

Rucka really went full "NOT MUH" on all of Azz's stuff didn't he (not that I mind)

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>>92349086
I mean, is it really NOT MUH if Azz's run itself was really disrespectful? Moreso in interviews than in the book itself, I suppose.

This scene has like EVERY decent Wondie writer, except I think Jimenez, sadly.

>>92349191
Jimenez is middle left by the escalator past the 'info' sign.

>>92349321
Fug.

I think it was Messner-Loebs that was left out

>>92318615

>>92321685
>Sear Group
So this is Ares, right? If you're going to try and be clever with anagrams, at least make it longer than 4 damn letters

>>92322203
Maru virus is also likely named for Princess Maru, the first Dr. Poison

Thank you.

fuck rucka desu

>>92319262
I like this comic so far, its not just "REEEEE MEN GET OUT" you literally see from every god damn wonder woman comic.

Also Diana not being a flacid cunt for flacid cunts sake.

>>92318896
>Kasia
>Meghaa
>Evrayle

Diana confirmed for liking casual fun with girls? Because her domming female heroes is my friends fetish. Totally not mine.

>>92319616

So, in Rebirth ol' Wondy isn't ageless or immortal? It seems to change with the seasons. Some settings she is unchanged by the years after adulthood, and others she ages normally, and others still simply slower. DCEU seems to be going with the idea of her not aging at all; I assume they will use the Ares-is-her-father angle for that.

>>92319670

It's like none of the people involved in writing Wondy have ever the pure passive (and some times outright) aggression that is women, especially if there is something they want, or might want, or if they feel someone might have thought something they don't like within the earths atmosphere.

>>92354329
All official canons had her immortal, but lost her immortality when she left the island.

The differences are in how long she's already been alive. Post-Crisis she's 22 when she left the island. In the movie she's thousands of years old. Rucka mentioned in an interview that Diana is thousands of years old, as well, but there's no in-story statement of her age.

But it's definitely still canon that she loses her immortality when she leaves the island. And something DC was pushing early in the New 52 was that Diana was 18 when she left the island, I don't know if that's still true.

>>92322332

I know it's popular to hate the DCEU, but I can't wait to see CGI Ares and Diana fight in live action. Especially after how she fought Doomsday. It should be as filled with skill and martial might as pure super powers.

>>92322485

The fact that Diana wasn't then bent over the nearest wrecked car breaks my suspension of disbelief. Even Ares must want to tap that, and she just gave him an open ticket.

>>92357574

She's only immortal still after leaving the island in Elseworlds for obvious reasons.

>>92359019
Ares is the patron god of Sparta so he's probably more interested in dudes :^)

>>92359591
Probably much much much younger dudes :(
That's probably the only flaw about Spartan society, everything else is freaking awesome

>>92318615
I'll need to read this for the upcoming movie?

Thanks again Texas great stuff.
I like this Rebirth issues but my only thing is her outfit and look. It's clear they're making her reflect the WW Movie look and I hate that. Mainly because I don't care for the WW Movie Gal Gadot look and just want comic book WW other than that I like it

HEY Texas or can anyone else help, I got into an argument with a friend about Wonder Woman. I said WW isn't a Demi-god she is just Athenas champion with favor of the gods and my friend so No she is a Demi-god.
So is WW or is she not, a Demi-god?

>>92363350
In Azz's run and DCAU she is in fact, the daughter of a Hippolyta and a God, Ares or Hades.

In pretty much every other Wonder Woman piece of work, she isn't. Also in a good portion of these works, her dad is a black woman, not a god.

>>92363350
Only in the New 52 is she a demigod, daughter of Zeus. Apparently this is gonna be in the movie as well.

But prior to 2011 she was formed from clay, and blessed with powers by the gods Aphrodite, Hera, Artemis, Athena, Demeter, Hestia and Hermes. There's a possibility this might be restored by Rebirth.

>>92364140

She basically has to be a demigod in the DCEU, just to be alive as of BvS and utterly unchanged. I wouldn't be surprised if Ares is actually her papa in the movie, as it would fit the overall tone well.

>>92364863
Nah, the Amazons are all immortal. Usually she loses that when she leaves the island but it looks like it's just going to be a permanent power in the movie. Her passive ability, if you will.

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>>92363621
>>92364140
kk cool thanks. Yeah he likes to argue just to argue I fucking hate it. I have read comics my whole life and he says this shit.
"A person can get the blessings from a god and that makes them a Demigod"
the fuck

>>92364968

The amazons aren't truly immortal, though, they're left unchanged because of the island's magic. Am i right or wrong about this?

>>92363621

Wonder Woman wasn't a demigod in DCAU. Hades only helped Hippolyta model Diana's clay form Ghost style. Or so he claimed.

>>92322750
I really, really like this Wonder Woman

>>92367227

Me too. She feels like a more innocent Post-Crisis and/or DCAU Diana, and they are my favorite renditions. (Fuck Nu52 Wonder Woman, with Doomsdays spiked cock.)

This storytime has inspired me to have this volume on my DC shelf. I've generally collected only Pre-Flashpoint stuff, so this will be the first and only Rebirth book. That alone tells how impressed I was with it. Who says storytimes are stealing. Thanks Texas Anon.

>>92364140
I think one of the recent Titans issues confirms Donna Troy has the clay origin, does that eliminate the possibilities or whatever?

>>92354035
>Diana confirmed for liking casual fun with girls?
>confirmed

>>92369705
Took me a second read thru to realize the women were saying " DAAAAAAYUM"

>>92349191
That's pretty neat. I'll have to google what they look like

>>92366196
They're ageless, but can be killed.

>>92367958
Titans changed her origin, but then Titans Annual just changed it back to the weird DCYou one where she's like a hate golem or some shit, which a lot of people are confused by because why go to the trouble of making a new simpler origin that fits in with Titans' changed continuity just to immediately retcon it again?

>>92372527
That's very bizarre. Maybe it means they planning to use the clay origin for Diana but used golem for Donna so that the trapped-in-labyrinth issue wouldn't be completely off due to this retcon