Phil is back !
But dont get why they use rebirth suit for the cover
Phil is back !
But dont get why they use rebirth suit for the cover
Excellent news. It's great to see Wonder Woman being written by established talent and given the opportunity to stretch her wings in stand-alone / elseworld stories.
I hope that Diana receives some truly iconic storytelling on par with Red Son, Kingdom Come, etc. Something that becomes synonymous with the very best of Wonder Woman, which clearly demonstrates her best characteristics and which addresses the conflict of Diana being a "warrior for peace".
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Personally, I don't see anything random about Helena Kosmatos/Fury and her daughter Lyta Trevor/Fury. In this case I think Roy Thomas made a silk purse out of the sow's ear of losing Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman from his JSA/All-Star Squadron stories. They are two of my favorite characters, who I find sufficiently distinct from Wonder Woman and her relatives, and potentially just as interesting. I think they could exist alongside Wonder Woman without any problem whatsoever.
(I will mention that the later use of the GA Fury in a Wonder Woman story - in which she is de-aged, re-powered, and essentially insane, as well as totally uninterested in the fate of her daughter, who she never mentions - bordered on character assassination, by a writer who admitted he didn't know anything about her, and just needed a useful villain. Especially when, if you look closely, you see that Neil Gaiman gave Helena Kosmatos a subtle, appropriate, and meaningful end to her story in "The Kindly Ones." My version: Helena died in her sleep, and was taken into the Dreaming, as we know can happen. As a favor to her, Daniel/Dream - who is, partly, her grandson - created a dream version of the GA Fury to continue her good works in the Waking World. But like some others of Dream's creations, it didn't turn out as planned...)
And specifically, the GA Fury was connected to, and powered by, the Furies of Greek myth. Her daughter inherited that connection. (This makes Fury a better name for her than it ever was for Wonder Woman's daughter.) It was this connection that enabled the Furies (and Thessaly) to use Lyta Trevor in their efforts to punish Morpheus, which lead to his suicide. Diana and her daughter had no connection to the Furies; Helena and her daughter did, making Lyta-dughter-of-Helena the perfect character to use in "The Kindly Ones."
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Excited about both. Finally a big female writer! And Rucka works better with GNs, there are not long spades of time to keep us waiting the pay off.
BUT.
I'm concerned about both of these NOT featuring Diana herself as a main character. Maybe Historia vol. 2 and 3., I hope. But we need to tell stories about Diana. Especially in elseworld stories, where she is usually the girlfriend (Red Son, Injustice...).
There are so many blank spaces to fill when talking about her mythos. But, well, this is a great start.
More like movie suit to me.
Do you guys think Phil Jimenez should come back on the main titles ?
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The movie suit is the rebirth suit. Its the best her costume has been in ages.
Also The Amazons need this tho, a good history of the Amazons help flesh Wonder Women out also because it helps her Pathos.
Superman would not be as good without people fleshing out Kryptons history and all the players there.
I really enjoyed Jimenez's run and all the characters and character beats and plots he threw at us. His run had a real sense of fun with all the glory and richness the DCU has to offer. I'd welcome him back on writing and art, but I think I'd prefer it after Doomsday Clock and however that's going to affect the multiverse and Diana and the Amazons's history. (And Donna and Cassie's for that matter.)
Maybe it'd provide a fresher start and more level playing ground after we understand the machinations of Doctor Manhattan.
Interesting POV on the Furies and how they work in Sandman.
(I was always a fan of Lyra Trevor as Diana's daughter on Earth 2. The codename didn't bother me too much as I always thought of Fury as being a "fierce" (in the good way) combatant and less vengeful. (In some ways I liked the name as it was a juxtaposition to her mostly warm-hearted personality.) Of course, this was all before Sandman was ever published.
Yeah, I can understand that, but Azzarello came after a reboot. He had a clean slate to work with. It isn't the case with Rucka, and that's the problem. I find, as someone who aspire to bebome a novelist/writer, that what he did in Rebirth what the most disrespectful thing a writer could do. If he hated New 52 so much, he should have thrown his weight at D.C. to ask for a clean reboot for WW, like they did for Superman. WIth Gods, Magic, the Fourth World and shit, it wouldn't have been so difficut to justify it.