The Amazon princess, blessed with god-like super abilities, Wonder Woman is one of Earth's most powerful defenders of peace, justice, and equality and a member of the Justice League. She is considered an archetype for many heroines outside of comic book. Her initial origin depicted her as a clay baby brought to life by patron goddess Aphrodite, but in recent years she has been depicted as the daughter of Zeus and Amazon queen Hippolyta.
I personally like Diana's new look, but there are just certain aspects of it that I don't like. The straps around her arms for example and how the pants and boot seem to connect together in one slimline. There's just too many aspects of it that make the new costume look tacky.
The best part about the new costume though that I wish they would keep are the new armbands. Those things are freaking awesome.
@DEGRAAF: I think if you use the silver bracers from the Greek outfit, and replace the red ones in her current outfit, you've got a really nice combination. But I'd still swap out the black pants for blue ones, or even regular blue jeans (a la Wonder Girl). That would look great in either a TV show, or a movie. I'd also prefer the lasso to be fashioned into a WHIP. Something actually USEFUL in combat.
I prefer the classic costume. While I think the new one is nice. It's not Wonder Woman. Think of it like this. When you see a corvette, doesn't matter the year of the corvette. You recognize it instantly. That's what Wonder Woman's original costume is like. No other heroine has one quite like it. As soon as you see it. You know who it is.
Had to drop this series, just quit givng a rat's sack about this story. I like the new suit, the old one always felt dated and a bit cheesecakeish to me. It was also too patriotic if you get me. She can stay in her new suit. I just want Diana Prince back in action as the Wonder Woman we all know and love.
" WW is a true comic book character. She's always been one of the hardest characters to "get right". I can picture a Superman or Batman in real life, but it gets harder with WW. Let's not forget that the lady was created in an age where patriotism was king and her costume is a 4-color 1940's Greek-ish outfit painted with the palette of the Stars and Stripes. I don't feel 100% comfortable with her classic outfit. Is it merely cheesecake, or is it a testament to her confidence and ability that she can pull off wearing a bathing suit AND be an icon for Women's rights and all that ? I was really curious what they were going to do with the film a few years ago. Knowing that Hollywood is firmly stuck in "Make it realistic and they will come" mode and just about everybody was updating WW to a kind of fantasy Greek costume, I was afraid we would get more black leather with coloured highlights. The new costume was refreshing in that it avoided turning WW into Xena, though I'm not a fan of the new look, some of the elements are quite interesting (gauntlets etc) I wouldn't mind if some of those elements would be retained in a return to her old costume style. I'm not against updating WW or a new approach, but these days comic continuity is so often thrown violently into another direction, it feels as if a lot of writers start to mess with characters "just because they can" and we get stuff that belongs in a What if or Elseworlds book. If given the choice between the old and new, I still prefer the old. As for the new run, I'm not impressed. A lot of violence, angst and drama disguised as character development and plot and the usual unstoppable villain(s). Feels very much like a poorly written 90's Image comic book. "
Iconic or not, her old costume is stupid. Maybe in the 40's-70's it was awesome because everyone was running around in leotards and such, but now it's just like really underwear on the outside of my superheros.
There is no such thing as throwback fashion in comics because there is no such thing as character evolution. Batman is the only hero who's suit evolves for the job and I think that is why he has such a great audience. Superman could kick ass in anything why is he still wearing tights colored due to the constraints of printing press limitations of the 1930's?
I don't really dig Jim lee's costume for her, but it doesn't necessarily make the iconic granny panties any better.
For me it isn't about the costume. What the hell was wrong with her origin?! Perez did an amazing job incorporating classic Greek Mythology into a classic Greek character. When she gets her origin story back i'll start buying the books again.
As for the costume itself, people are quick to call it a bathing suit or what not but with Diana's, Black Canary's, and one of Huntress' costumes, it makes sense for them to be small around the thighs. They're martial artists. Chuck Norris sells a pair of pants with stretchy fabric sewn into the crotch to perform his planet busting roundhouses. Wonder Woman fighting in what appears to be skin tight freaking leather is not "realistic".
This whole storyline was created to generate interest in the character good or bad. If the seeds of change are indicating this was a bad move, then it's only a matter of time before DC changes WW back to how she was originally
I think the design of the new costume is great and even the cover of 609 shows how good it can look. That being said, i think a move back to the old gettup or something similar would be a good move. Wonder Woman needs to show skin, her character is based on the fact that she is muscular, powerful, but sexy at the same time. plus i think some hardcore fans of hers may be falling away because of their distast for the new uni.
wow......I was expecting this from Babs. Are we gonna get another one of these Wonder Woman rants...I mean discussions in 2 months?
The new costume is growing on you yet you want the old one back, why can't we have both? Take elements from the new costume and put it in the old one. But loose the jacket.
As much as the old look is iconic I think that this new costume look a little better (aside from the jacket and the vaguely western-ish boots). Although I think that her costume should look something more like this.
The costume is supposed to be an armor, it wouldn't hurt to look like it.
I also agree that the big problem is that WW boook feel completly apart from the rest of the continuity, which might be a good thing to allow new readers to approach the character, but is bad for people who already knows and appreciate the character as part of a structured universe.
Yes bring it back because there will be no female hero that can represent so much sexuality like wonder woman. Fighting naked means very brave and strong without wearing any armor or clothing because superheroes are gods, warriors and proud of there sexuality. Freaking bring back vampirella's new costume too while your at it plus so many others damn what happen?! Everybody is wearing pants and shirts more and this is supposed to be comics and fantasy what the hell dudes.
" I can't believe people really want her to change back to the star spangled granny panties. C'mon people! "
Seriously. Anything is better than her original outfit. It was atrocious. "
Indeed sir. We're probably stuck with it forever though...or at least some variation. It's really annoying how much people complain about changes, even if they are for the better.
When people stop talking about it probably. These things are never intended to be permanent, but to cause more discussion about a character and help get more casual readers to jump on. They also seem to generally have more patience too.
I like the old suit better myself, but don't mind the new one. Latest issues aren't my favorite.
The new costume was actually pretty good without the jacket (it was that damn jacket! lol) But I for one am happy to see her back in the classic look. Some might think it looks silly but its the Wonder Woman I grew liking.
@Chane: I like the costume: new or old. It doesn't really matter. Look at Batman. He changes his costume all the time, but still instills fear into criminals. If she can still instill love, compassion, justice, truth, and freedom to people, what's it matter about her costume?
I wish it would..but we aren't the most progressive group of individuals? Hell i'm kinda suprised they let Geoff's changes stand otha places these days :P No seriously. it'll be back. such is comics.
least it's not as bad as her LAST costume change, you gotta give the new look that kinda credit. The last time they tried to change Wonder Woman's look, she was suddenly a kung-fu wannabe.
I dont mind the TOP HALF of her new suit, but those HIDEOUS black/dark blue bottoms and boots have gotta GO!!! And i dont care what anyone says, she looks like shes wearing a Wonder GIRL suit!!
I would of like the Ame-Comi statue costume to become the standard costume. The jacket on the current one to me looks stupid and the costume will change faster then it took to get Hal back in a spot he doesn't deserve. Fans will whine until we get Wonder Woman's Swimsuit: Rebirth and praise it's greatness. Then that writer will gain so much popularity that he starts writing what seems like the whole DC Universe. That leads him into a event book were he starts bringing back old costumes to scare characters, like Blue Superman or the 2nd Ion outfit with that space thing on Kyle's face, but at the end everyone goes back to there "best" costume and a Wonder Woman movie which should do well because she is so popular flops because they felled to mention that Artemis who became real popular in a future Justice League cartoon ain't the standard Wonder Women in the comics.
This edit will also create new pages on Comic Vine for:
Beware, you are proposing to add brand new pages to the wiki along
with your edits. Make sure this is what you intended. This will likely
increase the time it takes for your changes to go live.
Comment and Save
Until you earn 1000 points all your submissions need to be vetted by other
Comic Vine users. This process takes no more than a few hours and we'll
send you an email once approved.
Log in to comment