Gail Simone on Her WONDER WOMAN Opening Salvo!

[4PointOh]

http://forum.newsarama.com:80/showthread.php?t=136147

OMG!

Excerpt:

GS: I’ve been talking about the fun and wow stuff in the book a lot lately, but I do want to say, don’t be completely fooled. There’s some fairly mature, fairly disturbing stuff in our first year. So, let’s see…what’s in our first year?

A mysterious stranger from the DCU’s past breaks into Diana’s home (hint: he had a short-lived series at one time). Diana uses a famous DC sword, not of Amazon make. Someone cuts their hair off, pre-battle. We see what really happened on the night of Diana’s birth. A huge statue of Diana with an alien head. Someone collecting dust from the site of every major genocide of the last century. A cast member from the past returns, with a loaded gun. Birthday cake. Topless Nemesis. Unexpected houseguests. An invisible helicopter. A Khund using an ipod. The Amazon menagerie. Why Diana’s costume represents the sky. Odin in the snow. And more reasons why messing with the magic lasso is one of the all-time worst ideas in the DC Universe, akin to tugging on Superman’s cape. And that’s just the stuff I can say.

[HotRod_Tim]

In my entire collection, I do not own a single Wonder Woman issue, but now that Gail Simone is writing the book, and considering how much I loved her Birds of Prey work, I might actually pick it up. I've never really seen much to the character of Diana or WW, but maybe Simone will make me care and draw me in. Her little synapse of her WW series coming up definitely sounds intriguing.

[CMBMOOL]

Man this is seems like a crash course for the REAL return of Wonder Woman. :D

[Spiffy]

From Day #1 I've anticipated Gail's work on this title, but the ideas she's discussed in that article firm things up.

She dodges criticism of her two predecessors, which I suppose is right and proper, but despite that it DOES seem like she's got a decent plan to deal with what they've left behind. The long period of self-doubt from Wonder Woman was hurting the character. Amazons Attack hurt the whole franchise. It sounds like she's got ways to deal with both.

I actually agree too that the Diana Prince secret ID needs to stay. In theory it was always a right move. It just hasn't been exploited properly yet.

One bit makes me curious. Gale's "hot blooded in all ways" comment. I agree the ridiculous notion that Diana is somehow virginal needs to be tossed in the trash bin. It's got to be done though in such a way that implies she was NEVER really that way.

[Chiroptera]

*continues to pace impatiently back and fourth* I've been waiting for this since the first time I ever read a story by Simone with Wonder Woman as a guest star... I don't even remember what comic it was I just remember going "Oh my gods this woman actually UNDERSTANDS the character!"

Just be patient.. just a little longer... must... be... patient.

[4PointOh]

Here's another interview from IGN:

http://comics.ign.com/articles/835/835110p1.html

[ChthonicSpirit]

We see what really happened on the night of Diana’s birth.

I really hope Diana isn't about to get retconned again.

[IamtheRock3]

pretty good

The begining look interesting

And WW always good when she beating on Nazies

[estee]

Gail said butt-floss!

:p