When a knock down fight between Wonder Woman and Giganta suddenly shifts into a pair of women engaged in girl talk about dating and having brunch, that tends to put a smile on your face and makes you want to read more. That’s what Gail Simone’s writing will do to you. She is one of those special writers, like Grant Morrison, who, at their best, take super-heroes as the jumping off point for something unexpected and fun. If only Megan Fox were to read what’s going on with Wonder Woman lately, she might not think she’s so lame.
Let’s take a look at a true flash point in comics: Gail Simone taking over the writing helm of Wonder Woman. It has been and remains an excellent run. This is a particularly good time to start reading Wonder Woman during Simone’s historic take on the mighty Amazon. I jumped into the last story arc, “The War Killers,” and it took a little adjusting to all the Greek mythos but thanks to Simone’s pacing and the eye-popping art of Aaron Lopresti and Matt Ryan, I got hooked. Given that Simone has been writing this title since 2007, I was impressed with how the story still feels fresh. And then to go back and read the opening arc, “The Circle,” I was pleased to find the starting points of an epic saga.
I think that’s the best way to put it: a sweeping epic saga. When Simone took over as writer at Issue Fourteen, people took notice, including The New York Times. The hook may have been that we were finally getting an ongoing woman writer for Wonder Woman but it was also simply the fact that is was Gail Simone. Like, say, Joss Whedon, fans could rely on Simone for distinctive character-driven stories. It’s interesting to note the struggle that Whedon had in attempting to script a viable Wonder Woman movie. It seemed to him that there simply wasn’t much there to work with. Apparently, Simone found what worked but then went about forging new ground.
Simone was willing to get her hands dirty and till the very soil of Diana’s origins which had been left undeveloped. Since all the Amazon women on Paradise Island have foresaken men, they have also foresaken ever experiencing the birth of new Amazons from within their own ranks. They all feel a maternal instinct but resist it. Until, one day, the queen, Hippolyta, creates a child, Diana, from clay and magic. Allowing this “dragon” to trespass this Garden of Eden, sets off a fanatical backlash putting the lives of Hippolyta and Diana in danger. But, most importantly, for the long term, it anchors Diana’s indentity and gives readers and future writers more to work with.
Wonder Woman is a woman to be reckoned with. Mercedes Lackey expresses that eloquently in her introduction to Wonder Woman: The Circle. She points out that, since the Greeks, there’s always been a fascination and fear of the Powerful Woman. That goes a long way in explaining why writers have steadily marginalized Wonder Woman over the last sixty years. I think it’s safe to say that Wonder Woman, as powerful and iconic a figure as Batman and Superman, had not been working up to her potential. Much like Spider-Man, even more so, Wonder Woman was in bad need of a relaunch. That effort was underway starting with the question, “Who is Wonder Woman?” and ended with a botched attempt to answer it. And along came Gail Simone and she has been making things so much better, probably paving the way for an awesome Wonder Woman movie someday.
Wonder Woman is a case of Simone pumping fresh blood into characters and stories just like she’s done with Birds of Prey and Secret Six. If Wonder Woman is capable of taking down whole armies, then Simone figures she can handle the complexities of a sexual relationship. Wonder Woman can also reason as well as she can fight and turn a whole pack of raging gorillas into her own personal entourage. And, with the lasso of truth, she can turn the most evil Nazi into a crying child.
When the time comes, if the rumors of his taking over are true, Grant Morrison will be inheriting a revitalized and relevant Wonder Woman. It looks like that will be happening once Wonder Woman gets renumbered to #600 and a new kick off is set in motion. For now, enjoy what remains of Simone’s run. Wonder Woman #40 starts a new arc, “The Crows,” and comes out January 27. And if you need a pitch for Wonder Woman, then these now famous lines by Gail Simone will serve that purpose: “When you need to stop an asteroid, you get Superman. When you need to solve a mystery, you call Batman. But when you need to end a war, you get Wonder Woman.”
January 20th, 2010 at 9:33 am
I have not heard a single piece of fact connected to this frippery about Morrison and Wonder Woman. Indeed, I seem to recall interviews from him saying that he had no ideas or plans for her, which mutated into the comics community thinking he HATED Wonder Woman.
Gail has a unique and wonderful voice in her writing; a note of reality in all this fantastic action and events. How outlandish to try to and end a superhero fight with talking!
A positively EVIL sense of humor and a growing fanbase, I don’t expect her to be going anywhere anytime soon.
January 20th, 2010 at 10:22 am
I agree with everything you brought up. While Greg Rucka’s Wonder Woman was the first time I really got into the character, I read his run in trade. Because of my faith in Gail, I’ve been getting the book monthly ever since #14, and I haven’t been disappointed once. I hope she stays on the title for as long as she wants to. I’m in for the long haul.
January 20th, 2010 at 10:50 am
Yeah, there’d be a lot of upset readers if Grant took over for Gail. Or if ANYONE took over for Gail. It’s been a fantastic run and I feel as if there’s a lot more good storytelling to come our way.
The rest of piece was excellent.
January 20th, 2010 at 11:09 am
I’ll admit, I was wary of picking up Wonder Woman – even under the able hands of Gail Simone (who’s Birds of Prey finally gave me the Oracle, Canary, and Huntress I’ve always wanted to read) but I was surprised – though I shouldn’t have been. Gail’s done an AMAZING job here with the book, really taking it in a great direction. Even the Diana Prince identity doesn’t annoy as much anymore – but maybe it’s because we hardly see it?
If anyone were to take over this book if Gail leaves…I’d much prefer it to be JMS than Morrison.
January 20th, 2010 at 11:14 am
Well said, Vin!
January 20th, 2010 at 11:21 am
“She is one of those special writers, like Grant Morrison, who, at their best, take super-heroes as the jumping off point for something unexpected and fun.”
I thought this was a strange thing to say since I’ve never been able to connect with Morrison’s writing specifically because it always feels cold and detached: “Fun’ is about the last adjective i’d use to describe it (and i’m not saying it’s not good, just that I’d never call it “fun”)
January 20th, 2010 at 11:21 am
If I needed to end a war I would call Superman or a GL, not Wonder Woman. What has she ever really done in the DCU, she’s just kind of there.
January 20th, 2010 at 11:22 am
I’ve been feeling like reading Gail Simone’s Wonder Woman for a while now. Now that it is coming out in trades I might get one sooner than later. I am such a huge fan of Grant Morrison I might check it out if he does do it. But it is strange to see how someone praises Gail Simone’s Wonder Woman when I look on the DC Message boards and see allot of fans hate it.
January 20th, 2010 at 11:31 am
If Wonder Woman rocks, it’s simply because Gail Simone rocks.
January 20th, 2010 at 11:33 am
True the Morrison talk of talking over WW is just a rumor but like all comic book rumors it won’t be fact until DC makes a formal announcement. Given the sales of WW I could definitely see them making a switch.
However…I agree that Gail has done a tremendous job at revitalizing this title. While I would wholeheartedly and respectfully disagree with the example of the between WW/Giganta (for me it didn’t ring true to either character given Giganta’s role in Heinberg’s recent run…this was better suited for a talk with Donna or Etta) I would agree that we’ve seen Gail give some unexpected and fun additions to the book, namely Etta Candy. Now I realize that Gail did not create or even add her to WW post-crisis but she breathed new life into her and gave her a relationship with Diana that fortified Diana as a character because it rang true. She gave character to the previously one dimensional Nemesis and reinforced the ‘warrior queen’ characterization in Hippolyta that so many other writers faltered with. Mostly though she gave an accurate, layered, balanced, insightful characterization into Diana showing her keen instincts, bold spirit and the fact that she’s not perfect.
Previous writers have been hampered with the limited definition they could give Diana whether it was “warrior” or “ambassador”. She came off cold, impersonal, less relatable. The omission of a civilian name lead many writers and even fans to confuse her identity (or not even give her one) and she was just a powerhouse costume. Gail has helped change that.
While I think her stories have been a juggling act that hasn’t always been 100% successful it has been enjoyable…for me anyways…and I hope that IF Morrison takes over that it’s under a mini-series or at least Gail gets to continue writing WW in some capacity.
January 20th, 2010 at 11:51 am
Nicely written piece, Henry, Gail’s brought an energy to Wonder Woman the book’s needed for ages, and I’m glad you credited the artists for their part.
January 20th, 2010 at 12:06 pm
I appreciate all the comments and the correction over Morrison. That is a rumor that we’ll just have to wait and see about. All in all, the hope is that Wonder Woman keeps on the same track she’s currently on. I certainly hope Gail continues with Wonder Woman or, if she happens to take breaks from it, to keep returning to it.
January 20th, 2010 at 12:08 pm
@Great Scott! “What has she ever really done in the DCU, she’s just kind of there.”
The question is not what has she done, but what CAN she do. She’s from a race of warriors, specifically the most feared warrior of their age. she can and has gone toe-to-toe with Superman, and has the training to do things in battle that he’d never do. But until the modern age she was written as a complete nancy. From her initial BDSM-laden stories (an undertone as deliberately planted as the lesbian subtext in Xena…now THERE’s a crossover!) to her winnowy portrayals in JSA and JLA (where I seem to recall at least one time where whe was serving coffee to the other members) she’s never been given a chance to cut loose and kick ass until relatively recently.
@I-ching “Given the sales of WW I could definitely see them making a switch.”
Grant taking over the book would be a hot-shot at best; he’d do some wonderful things, I’m sure, and they’d surely sell much better, but he’d eventually leave, and we’d have the same problem we ever have, who can follow him? Gail’s been building on the character steadily, and has a solid feel of what she wants to do. I say it ain’t broke, so there’s no need to fix it.
January 20th, 2010 at 12:14 pm
I would never be happy with Grant Morrison on Wonder Woman. The Batman of Zurr en arr (if I spelt that right) was enough to make me want to vomit. I don’t want to have to read between the lines in the book or in fact need an encyclopaedia and a book of notes to understand it. If it changes I would rather it go back to Greg Rucka. I didn’t care for his run but in the absence of a Phil Jimenez I would prefer someone that really cares about her to get the book. I do however feel that there is no truth to the rumour that Gail is leaving the book. Just because Nicola Scott is the artist for a few issues doesn’t mean that its all change. This has happened with Bernard Chang and I believe its just because he’s busy with Superman
January 20th, 2010 at 12:20 pm
I really hope he doesn’t take over Wonder Woman. Grant is horrible. His batman run still has me dizzy. I can’t even read Batman and Robin.
January 20th, 2010 at 12:51 pm
I have to agree that Grant Morrison is pretty horrible. He did some ok stuff in the past. I’ll give him All Star Superman, but Final Crisis and Batman R.I.P. were garbage. He’s really hit or miss but the Morrison fanboys would eat his %@%^@ if he wanted them too and I’m sure he’d sell a gagillion copies. We all know its about the sales these days and not putting out a quality product. Especially at DC.
January 20th, 2010 at 1:19 pm
I really don’t don’t like Gail’s WW. I read the her run for little over a year. It started good and then went south. I’m not saying that she should be taken off the book, but at least give the rest of us who love the character a second book. Morrison, Rucka, or Johns on a WW book and I would be happy. Bats and Sups get four or five books, WW should have at least two.
January 20th, 2010 at 1:22 pm
The book under Simone has been horrible and unreadable. Never have I wanted to pull my hair out in frustration from reading a comic book. After holding out thru her first year I couldn’t take it anymore and had to drop. The sooner she leaves it the sooner I can pick it up again.
January 20th, 2010 at 1:26 pm
I gave Gail Simone’s run a try and I could never get into it. I read her entire first arc and it wasn’t interesting enough to make me want to read it month after month. I will eventually get her issues as I am an avid WW fan, but something about her storytelling leaves me cold. I had a very similar reaction to Birds of Prey when she took it over. I do love her Secret Six, but most everything else of hers has been a disappointment to me.
I would pick this up again if Morrison took it over. Yes, I didn’t love his Batman run (though there were a few gems in it–the Batman of Many Nations story stands out to me) and Final Crisis was less than it could’ve been, but he has had too many hits, in my opinion (Doom Patrol, Animal Man, All Star Superman, New X-Men, Invisibles, JLA just to name a few) to not give him a chance on a character who has been unreadable to me since early on in Rucka’s run.
January 20th, 2010 at 1:30 pm
They’d better not remove Gail from Wonder Woman. ESPECIALLY for Grant Morrison. In my opinion, Gail is one of only three writers who’s actually been able to under and write Diana (her, Phil Jimenez and George Perez). Every other writer always writes AROUND her and shows her through supporting characters, which is lazy (Rucka included, sorry).
I hope she stays for years and years…and getting Nicola Scott on with her would be wonderful, but I love Lopresti’s work, too.
January 20th, 2010 at 1:45 pm
If Morrison takes over this book than i’m dumping Wonder Woman.
Hate Grant Morrisons writing.
January 20th, 2010 at 1:45 pm
I’m loving Gail’s Wonder Woman, and I hope she’ll keep writing the title for a long, long time.
January 20th, 2010 at 1:58 pm
Gail should stay. I’m not bowled over by her run but it’s better than everything since Rucka. I find the rumor of Morrison on WW funny since, aside from JLA #7 he did nothing with her in his entire run on JLA, DC 1 Million, and Final Crisis. Perhaps he has some great story ideas that he could pass on to Gail but by his own admittance he can’t write the voice of a woman.
Oh and Secret Six rocks and I am practically giddy about Birds of Prey.
January 20th, 2010 at 2:33 pm
Gail’s WW started off well but has weakened a lot. The whole ROTO and Warkiller was where I got off. Glad you found it your cup of tea. I am willing to see where Grant can take WW.
As for people getting upset? Who is buying WW now that it will change the status quo? Sales are pretty low. WW needs a good shake up.
January 20th, 2010 at 2:37 pm
The, um, “frippery” about Grant Morrison and Wonder Woman comes from comments Grant made about the character after Final Crisis ended. Behold:
GM: “I wondered about that myself. I love what Gail Simone (especially) and other writers have done to empower the Wonder Woman concept but I must admit I’ve always sensed something slightly bogus and troubling at its heart. When I dug into the roots of the character I found an uneasy melange of girl power, bondage and disturbed sexuality that has never been adequately dealt with or fully processed out to my mind. I’ve always felt there was something oddly artificial about Wonder Woman, something not like a woman at all.
Having said that, I became quite fascinated by these contradictions and problems and tried to resolve them for what turned into a different project entirely.”
Last three words. Seems he does have SOMETHING in the works involving Wonder Woman. Source? Why, Newsarama, of course
http://www.newsarama.com/comics/010928-Grant-Final-Crisis.html
January 20th, 2010 at 3:12 pm
Fair enough on the Morrison quote, but how that very nebulous statement has become “Taking over the monthly” is beyond me. Considering what he’s talking about, I would much more expect a stand-alone book, chock full of weirdness and fetish poses.
Sorry, that’s what I would expect from Gail…
January 20th, 2010 at 4:57 pm
I really like Gail’s Wonder Woman, but lately I haven’t any sense of urgency coming from the book. I believe she has some long-term plans, but I don’t feel like the direction is clear right now. By the end of “The Sinestro Corps War”, for example, Green Lantern readers had a vision of where the story was going for the next year or so, even if the salient details weren’t clear. I would like some forecast of major events to come from Wonder Woman.
Also, I think DC needs to cut its losses and ditch the Diana Prince Government Agent status that is dragging her down like an iron weight around her ankle. Wonder Woman is NOT a costumed crime fighter with a secret identity; she’s a uniformed warrior, a very public ambassador of her culture and its beliefs. She’s an agent of Peace and above all Truth. The notion of her hiding behind any kind of facade is deplorable. Also, none of the supporting cast at the DMA are all that interesting.
January 20th, 2010 at 6:06 pm
I have been reading Wonder Woman faithfully for over two decades d say two things about this article.
1. Simone’s run has been one of the best since the post Crisis relaunch.
2. The day, if it comes, that Morrison takes over the title will be the day I finally drop the title. That’s not fanboy histrionics, just the plain and simple fact. Morrison is the most over rated creator since Liefeld was hot stuff in the 90s.
January 20th, 2010 at 6:10 pm
The Diana Prince identity has been a part of Wonder Woman’s history since the 1940′s. Although it hasn’t been consistent, it is just as relevant as Bruce Wayne or Clark Kent. With that said, I’d rather see what Geoff Johns or J.T. Krul could do with the character.
January 20th, 2010 at 6:11 pm
Oh, and by ‘post crisis relaunch” I meant Crisis on Infinite Earths. Her run is far and away THE best run since the Infinite Crisis relaunch.
January 20th, 2010 at 6:36 pm
We all know that Grant Morrsison simply cannot add another regular ongoing book to his schedule. If he’s writing Wonder Woman, then it’s gonna be for the Earth-One line, where he can address the character in ways he may not be able to in a mainstream book. He’s also waiting for the artist he wants on his WW book to be freed up from Marvel. Once that happens, I believe DC will announce that Grant Morrison and X-artist (I suspect Jimenez) will be the creative team for Earth-One Wonder Woman.
Leave Gail and Co. on the main book. They’re doing a great job!
January 20th, 2010 at 6:49 pm
“When you need to stop an asteroid, you get Superman. When you need to solve a mystery, you call Batman. But when you need to end a war, you get Wonder Woman.”
The basic problem is none of these iconic characters ever do these things much anymore.
These days, Superman needs a whole Kryptonian army to blend in with. Batman…heh, Batman mostly comes off as a rich thug who beats up other, poorer thugs. And when has Wonder Woman succeeded in stopping an army? You mean that contrived one with Achilles in her own title (which nobody acknowledges elsewhere in the DCU)?
Some WW fans need to face the facts: Simone’s Wonder Woman run has been mostly an unfocused disaster, and it’s mostly gender politics that is keeping her on this sinking title at this point.
January 20th, 2010 at 7:02 pm
Gail Simone’s Wonder Woman stories start well and have quite an interesting middlesegment, but always seem to wrap up rather hurridly and conveniently at the end.
January 20th, 2010 at 7:26 pm
Gail is great on Secret Six and BoP….
January 20th, 2010 at 8:12 pm
I will have to respectfully disagree. It’s an interesting enough take but has taken a dive in the last year. Gail’s WW shows she is hardly capable of a sexual relationship as shown by the whole Tom/babies babies thing and in fact is not much about stopping war. And this comic can hardly be termed as revitalized with the flagging readership. It’s great to love a run but to make sweeping statements to imply this run is doing Morrison a favor by setting up WW? Please. Three years on and WW still does not know who the she is. We don’t even know. I agree the Diana Prince id was handled badly.
January 20th, 2010 at 8:21 pm
Gail’s Wonder Woman rocks! I have to say I am enjoying her run as much as I did George Perez’s and Greg Rucka’s (and I enjoyed both of them a lot).
Unfortunately, Wonder Woman rarely seems to do that well in sales but that hardly means the book is not good.
January 20th, 2010 at 9:48 pm
Grant morrison said something along the lines after final crisis that he didnt know what to do with her but wants to make up for it maybe an earth-1 wonder woman series
I checked out the end of Rucka’s run and enjoyed it the parts of Gails run that I’ve read are fun and interesting.
I feel Wonder Woman as mass potential from her greek mythology roots to her rogues gallery and I didn’t see it at first but if handled correctly she could be seen as Earth’s greatest warrior (where Superman is its greatest hero and batman its detective) even warrior races like the khuds or Starfires people and others would be willing to challenge her
but I think also Donna troy and Wonder girl need to show up a bit more in wonder woman Nightwing Robin supergirl superboy show up in superman and batman books if she’s in some sort of trouble i would think her family would come running and if they’re going thru a hard time Diana should be there for them but then again DC heroes arent good at taking care of their own
January 20th, 2010 at 11:33 pm
When you need to fight a war, you call Wonder Woman.
When you need it done now, you call the Flash.
When you need to solve a crime, you call Batman.
When you need to read a mind, you call the Martian Manhunter.
When you need a solution to a problem, you call Green Lantern.
When you need a king, you call Aquaman.
When all hope is lost, you call Superman.
January 20th, 2010 at 11:34 pm
In the beginning Gail’s Wonder Woman was very good IMO. However, since “Rise of the Olympian” I haven’t liked the character and the storyline. I actually dropped the title. I’m not sure all of this falls on Gail because she had to deal with the aftermath of the Amazons Attack fiasco.
January 21st, 2010 at 12:26 am
Im really surprised at all the positive comments about Gail’s run. Ive loved everything she’s done–from Birds of Prey to Tranquility. But she’s dropped the ball majorly with a book she was seemingly born to write. Her WW is just awful, there’s no other word to use. The tone is just lethargic and flat. My friends and I cant understand how one of our favorites can make something so uninteresting. The faster Gail can be put something else, the sooner her reputation can be restored. I say this as a Gail Simone lover, not a Wonder Woman fan.
January 21st, 2010 at 1:14 am
I’ve found the recent Wonder Woman story arc to be something of a mess. The “Rise of the Olympian” story about Zeus replacing the Amazons with men seemed to happen mostly in the background and far, far away from where the actual main story of Diana getting beaten near to death by her own reanimated future-corpse was taking place. “Genocide” was probably intended as a memorable nemesis but was hobbled by one of the worst character designs ever. And then in the climactic battle, the villain falls into the sea and disappears. Along the way her best friend is tortured into a coma, her boyfriend breaks up with her, her mother is replaced by Achilles as leader of the Amazons and Diana ends the story arc (8 parts) when she quits being an Amazon and flies away. And Zeus has been walking around the whole time in a spandex space suit. A lot of this stuff left me scratching my head, not wanting to find out what happens next.
January 21st, 2010 at 3:20 am
I’ve picked this comic up every month in the LCS to read along and keep up. While funds didn’t orignally allow me to get it, that didn’t stop the story from being compelling, and Gail from crafting a WW story and mythos every bit as invigorating as watching Dick take over as Batman, Kal return his people, and the Green Lantern Corps reshape for war. My gf started reading it, and buying the book for the missus became a must. She loves it, and i enjoy sharing it with her. It’s a great comic that she’s already shown to a number of our female friends to defend how a good story can be told in this medium with a strong Woman at the helm. She’s also excited for BOP to come back. Taking Gail off would be as foolish as forcing Geoff and Tomasi from the GL franchise (that they have helped invigorate). Don’t dissapoint DC. B/c i swear i’ll find a way to make u be the one to explain that to her, not me.
January 21st, 2010 at 7:27 am
Nice, GregoryD.
I liked “The Circle,” but Gail’s subsequent Wonder Woman stories were kind of hit-or-miss for me. I dropped it during the Genocide story (and not just because T.O. Morrow lost his rockin’ moustache), but I’m interested in picking up the Black Canary team-up issues…
January 21st, 2010 at 4:17 pm
Gail is the reason I came back to WW. I’ve tried it off and on for years since the seventies. The character always seems plastic and empty to me, more of a golem that was made to look beautiful rather than an actual person. I have all of the Perez run, ending the run with Marinan’s (Hope I spelled it right) last issue. I tried several different writers at different points. Same problem…she was always a diplomat, or a warrior, or a princess…she was never really human.
I’ve read a lot of the comments over on the DC boards and the ones that don’t like Gail’s run start off saying specifics, but when you boil down what they don’t like about it…its that she doesn’t follow the script that they have in their heads as two what Wonder Woman should be…and thats apparantly something stuck in the seveties..an Icon of something rather than a human character.
Gail has been telling some fun, interesting stories to me. To the hardcore, longterm fans, they may seem a rehashing of stories already told…but I’m a returnee, and they see to make the character human and real. She has flaws now, isn’t some perfect Icon that never makes a mistake.
As to Grant, I don’t hate him, he’s done some great work (Doom Patrol, Flash, Animal Man) but this “meta” thing he’s been doing…eh. Grant works better when he’s being twisted. And if fans hate the updating that Gail has been giving WW, they will drop bricks when he does that to her.
January 21st, 2010 at 6:45 pm
It was far from an “excellent run”. The series was made for Terry Dodson and his issues were better than what Simone has done. Of course now he works for Marvel making the godawful X-Men crappier and crappier every month with Land/Fraction. The temporarily good things (at least amongst those that jump indie to the Big 2) always gets even worse in no time.
January 21st, 2010 at 7:12 pm
I’d been buying WW monthly since the start of the post-COIE Perez relaunch, Gail’s version of WW is without a doubt THE worst that I have read during that entire time. The biggest factor is that this is simply an entirely different character. If they ever bring back the pre-Gail WW then I will be happy to read about her again, but I have no interest in whoever this is. I seem to be far from alone in this thinking as Gail’s run has lot 1/2 of it’s readers since it began.
Gail’s first issue: 11/2007: Wonder Woman #14 — 53,090 sales
Gail’s most recent issue: 12/2009: Wonder Woman #39 — 26,152 sales
January 22nd, 2010 at 1:26 pm
morrisons awesome. just had to throw that in between all the morrison hate. i love gail simones run and if she leaves i’d want morrison on board. batman & robin is my other fav superhero comic happening right now.
January 22nd, 2010 at 5:17 pm
I couldn’t possibly disagree more. Simone’s run started out okay, but it progressively got worse and worse. I’ve never read a comic that is so poorly written. It’s literally a mess. I don’t think Simone gets Wonder Woman at all. She wants to write “Dark Wonder Woman”, a character of her own invention. The new origin stunk up the book, and it wasn’t neccesary. To call her run a “flash point” is just bizarre. She re-heated lots of old storylines, and didn’t even do them well. It’s a lot of same old/ same old, but poorly written. BOP was great, and Secret Six is terrific. Keep Simone away from Wonder Woman, though. She totally does not get her.
January 22nd, 2010 at 11:27 pm
“Morrison is the most over rated creator since Liefeld was hot stuff in the 90s.”
I’m glad you think Liefeld is a good artist.