I actually think it'd be cool to see Geoff Johns have a go at this. He did some amazing stuff revitalizing Flash's Rogues...
I disagree. There are a LOT of characters out there like Vixen and Blue Beetle and Elongated man/Sue Dibny and pretty much every X-Men ever... who 90% of their fans latched on to them in a Team book. Team books are a tried and true method of introducing new readers to a character... and if they become popular enough they drift off to their solo books.
As for Editorial, That's a strawman. It says that DC editorial has sucked with Wonder Woman... almost FOREVER. Perez had a good push post-crisis, but WW has been struggling since before they took her powers away in 70's.. Editorial comes and goes, but WW's problems remain.
I can completely understand it. I don't agree with what he considers to be 'important traits'... but I can understand change ruining a character. I've been a fan of Blade the Vampire Hunter from the 90's and backtracked to his original Tomb of Dracula appearances and LOVE that character. The 'Daywalker' half-vampire, slow aging, super powered character we have since the movies.... is garbage. I absolutely hate everything they've done to Blade... all in the interest of making him more 'mainstream'. Darkhawk, Daredevil and Green Lantern have all been drug though the mud to the point that I read VERY few actual comics anymore. So yeah, changing something I like just to attract people that honestly DON'T LIKE the core character?? I'm can understand people being reluctant. The key I guess is what is 'core character' and what is 'extra frivolous crap' that can be played with
Perfect example actually. Amazon's Attack was a self contained mini involving the Amazons going to war and invading Washington DC (If I remember correctly)…. I did not read that book... and yet nobody anywhere ever mentioned that attack. Something like that should have MAJOR reprecusions… or at least a passing comment about in SOME other books. I didn't read it... I didn't miss it... the rest of the universe never referenced it...
it reminds me of when Morrison had Magneto attack and devastate New York City.... where 89% of all marvel heroes operate, but not a single ripple in other books.