Wonder Woman Gets a New Costume

[BreakABone]

I would post this in the comic book thread, but felt the redesign of such a major (okay mostly in DC's eyes) character deserved a bit more attention.

After 69 years (yes you can start to snicker now), Wonder Woman is ditching her normal garb for... well for this

The Gods, for reasons of their own but which may have something to with their survival and perhaps the survival of Earth itself, have changed the timeline. In the new timeline, years ago the Gods removed their protection from Paradise Island, and left it vulnerable to attack. And attacked it was. Led by a dark figure, a veritable army descended upon the Island, equipped with weapons that could kill even the Amazons. Outgunned, doomed, Hippolyta gave over her three-year-old daughter to a handful of guardians who spirited her away as Hippolyta led one last desperate battle against the forces that had come to destroy all she had created. In that final battle, she and most of the Amazons were killed, though some managed to escape.

It’s now nearly twenty years later. Diana has been raised in an urban setting, but with a foot in both worlds. She has little or no memory of the other timeline. She knows only what she’s been told by those who raised her On the run, hunted, she must try to survive, help the other refugee Amazons escape the army that is still after them, discover who destroyed Paradise Island and why…and if the timeline can be corrected or not. She also does not yet have access to her full powers, but will be gaining them as she goes. Along the way, she will face a range of enemies — human and otherwise — who we have not seen before.

What we also haven’t seen before is her new look, the first significant change in her appearance since the character debuted in 1941 (not counting the mod look used briefly in the sixties, about which the less said the better). It reflects her origins in both the outside world and the world of Amazons: tough, elegant…a street-fighter’s look which also incorporates elements of her classic design. It reflects the two sides warring for ultimate victory, and underscores the path she must take.

It’s a look designed to be taken seriously as a warrior, in partial answer to the many female fans over the years who’ve asked, “how does she fight in that thing without all her parts falling out?”) She can close it up to pass unnoticed…open it for the freedom to fight…lose the jacket or keep it on…it has pockets (the other fan question, “where does she carry anything in that outfit?”, it can be accessorized…it’s a Wonder Woman look designed for the 21st century. The bracelets are still there, but made more colorful, tied on the inside and over the hand, with a script W on each of them that form WW when she holds them side by side…and if you get hit by one of them, it leaves a W mark. This is a Wonder Woman who signs her work…letting her enemies know that she’s getting closer.

This is Wonder Woman reborn, literally and metaphorically: fast, elegant, tough, smart…the savior of her people, their guardian and protector…avenging the fall of Paradise Island, searching to discover why Paradise Island was abandoned by the gods. In the end, what she discovers will change her life and the world forever…and she will come face to face with a decision that will mean life or death for the entire human race.

[Typhoid]

She looks like a slutty lawyer.

[incredibledave]

It doesnt look too bad in this picture


Minus the choker I like the new costume. Keep in mind that I dont really like WW as a character, and I suspect the only reason that WW still has an ongoing title is because of her status as the first female Superhero, so my opinion on WW might not be that trust worthy.

Also, anyone else think its odd that when you load the DC Comics app there is a big picture with Bats, Supes and WW but there are no WW comics to purchase. I thouht it was odd

EDIT: I take it back, the more I think about this costume the more I hate it. Dramatically undersized jacket, choker + tiara and something about the gloves just annoys me.

[Teuthida]

Not bad. Kind of 90s Superboy....which was kind of bad....but no glasses or faded hair so that's a plus.

More intrigued by the change of her history. Anything to make her interesting will help. Reminds me of what they did with Spider-man, and that's been great since the change.

Did some fanart...

[Xantar]

I don't mind the general idea of the design. It's not very distinctive, but it's definitely more practical. But if the idea is to make her cover up, then why is she still hanging out so much cleavage?

Edit: Not that there's anything wrong with it, but it looks like these days the trend is to give pants to superheroines. Almost every female character in the Marvel universe has dumped the swimsuit look, for example. Just an observation.

[Professor S]

Jim Lee is a master at execution, but he absolutely sucks at design and is trapped in his heyday of the early 90's. If she shot solid light you could call her Dazzler.

[BreakABone]

If DC produced Darkwing Duck


http://silvaniart.blogspot.com/2010/...lished-dw.html

[Teuthida]

Bout time someone put some pants on that duck. Fighting crime with his corkscrew member swinging all over the place. Think of the children.