Not caught up to the thread? No worries! Each of these stories, with a few exceptions, is relatively self-contained. Though obviously the more you've read, the more you'll like it. You can start with any writer you want.
Rise of the Olympian (Gail Simone) The Legend of Wonder Woman (Renae De Liz) The True Amazon (Jill Thompson) Year One (Greg Rucka) Extras: The Contest (pre-Crisis) desuarchive.org/co/thread/91415540/
Some backstory: as many know, in 1968 Wonder Woman was completely revamped by Dennis O'Neil and Mike Sekowsky. She became a super spy, with no powers, who was trained in kung-fu. The Amazons were removed and Steve Trevor was killed off.
Brandon Wright
Now, don't let anyone tell you differently, because it's a great run, and was very well received at the time, despite a concept that seems bonkers in retrospect.
Austin Lewis
>(I promise this does not involve pregnancy) Dropped.
Luke Morgan
How did they remove the Amazons?
Dominic Perry
However, feminist grand dragon Gloria Steinem visited the DC offices in 1972 to do a cover story on Wonder Woman for her magazine. Steinem had used Wonder Woman a lot in her earlier work as an example of an empowered woman.
But when she saw the new direction for Wonder Woman, she was totally appalled that they had removed her powers and demanded that they give them back.
Owen Wilson
The story goes that some executives who had basically no idea what was going on in the comics got upset about this and fired O'Neil, and hired long-time Wonder Woman writer Robert Kanigher back on to restore the status quo.
The Amazons decided they were sick of Earth and that they would ascend to the next dimension like Tolkein's elves. They told Diana she could come with them or stay, but if she stayed she would lose her powers.
Nathaniel Cruz
>She has her back to me -- A perfect change to plug her before... Oh, Clark won't let you
Jacob Turner
Wow! Did we get to see the next dimension in question? That sounds pretty out there.
Christian Jenkins
A couple of interesting things came out of the new status quo restoration, to be fair, including the original Contest story that I posted before and the introduction of Nubia by Cary Bates.
Liam Perry
But sales basically plummeted during this time, so DC was of course scrambling to come up with something. This story is the result of that, designed as a point where they would define Wonder Woman for the new era the same way they were doing with Batman and Superman at the time.
Of course, both this and Superman were total flops and back to the kid-focused direction shortly after.
William Reed
Nah, it was just big shining light generic Heaven. The whole thing was very clearly pulled out of their ass and might as well have had all the Amazons getting on a bus and going on indefinite vacation.
Isaiah Martinez
We will be reading the Diana Prince era, sometimes called the I-Ching Era, or The NEW Wonder Woman, because it's legitimately some of her best stories.
Sebastian Myers
The yellow dialogue box top left there is comics.jpg and I love it.
Robert Adams
Today I found out the Ancient Greeks basically invented bras.
Christopher Howard
Oh, and I believe Gloria Steinem later recanted her criticism of the new direction. I'd have to look that up.
Austin Long
Fun fact: the overall plot of this arc was written by Mike Pasko, but various writers did the individual scripting duties.
Details?
Elijah Hill
Btw, something dumb I saw on Twitter
Josiah Morales
"Six different battle sounds"
INCLUDING SUCH HITS AS: >severing of gorgon head >impalement of Herculean soldier >stabbing a minotaur in the spinal column as you ride him like horsey >angry incoherent screaming And more!
Colton Walker
Quote from the front of the Golden Age omnibus that basically sums up my view of Wonder Woman:
>Strong, powerful, confident and brave, Wonder Woman was created to save the day not with violence, but with love and understanding
Christian Long
But that's enough butthurt for today
Elijah Gutierrez
Another fun fact: the Comics Code expressly forbade any depiction of violence towards women until the 70's when it was slightly relaxed.
I'm actually not sure if it was OK with WOMEN committing violence against women, which might explain why Wonder Woman was always paired against any female villains in Justice League of America.
Caleb Campbell
I needed to look up the whole Minoan bare-breasted thing for something and came across that the Greeks are (some of) the first peeps we know of who wore a breast-binding garment under clothes.
The Romans did too, explicitly for the purpose of making the breasts appear smaller and firmer (Romans thought big sloppy breasts were a sign of age and degeneration). But that's later.
Oliver Jackson
I wonder if this is meant to be critical of the NEW Wonder Woman
Nathan Moore
In retrospect, O'Neil's "feminism" displayed in the run is really outdated even by 1968 standards, which he later admitted.
Intradasting.
Jordan Walker
Cavalier is one of those villains that got totally forgotten in the post-Watchmen era.
And of course Simone is responsible for bringing him back
Noah Evans
If you remember yesterday I said Wonder Woman could be a playa who doesn't tie herself to one man permanently, what inspired that was how many love interests she has in the O'Neil era.
It's like Bond girls but with men. She banged a different dude like every issue. Usually they died later.
Alexander Morris
>cutting up a sword with a fucking lasso Should have brought a katana.
Nathaniel Martinez
>your image contains an embedded file FBI's got their eyes on me.
Justin Reyes
Are you the one Ransoming the NHS computers?
Joshua Evans
Not me, but I totally scammed millions of dollars out of various medical offices by putting ransomware on their x-ray machines.
Not really
Hunter Watson
By the way, these hypno-tits costumes the Amazons are wearing are the costumes depicted in the very first Wonder Woman comics.
Angel Barnes
Why is there not a Wonder Woman Magical Girl Anime?
Jackson James
Cary Bates was also scripting The Flash at this time, IIRC.
Jackson Rogers
And Len Wein was on Justice League of America, which is why he wrote the last issue I imagine.
Austin Hughes
There almost was in the 90's! I'll post the images after the story
Also the Magic Sphere is not a sphere. It's unchanged from how it appeared in All-Star Comics #8 back in 1940, except obviously they've added the USSR and the 'Nam
Josiah Jackson
>Wonder Woman just forces men into bed
Juan Williams
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Hunter Johnson
Obviously it's a sphere in time, not a three-dimensional sphere.
Angel Reed
I don't see how any of that makes sense, Diana, but I'll take your word for it.
Nathan Perez
Thanks Morrison
Austin Nguyen
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Juan Scott
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Logan Hill
>reversed the polarity Seems legit
Easton Turner
This is a 100 Page special but of course most of it is reprint.
Thomas Ward
>there's not enough room inside the plane so she puts them on the fucking wings
Robert Smith
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Henry Reed
\ Cav..baby, she can block bullets with her bracers.
I kind of want him to make a comeback, because he's so damn far out of Diana's league. And because panache.
Adam Smith
>After the battle, they totally banged
Oliver Gray
Elliot S! Maggin was actually writing Batman, Action Comics, Detective Comics, Superman, and Shazam at this time so IDK why he was chosen
Jason Gutierrez
Imagine your body betraying you and being literally mind controlled into standing on the (INVISIBLE) wings of a plane going 2,000 mph
Luke Barnes
>good british food
Logan Russell
Women's empowerment: opening doors for men
Aiden Brooks
I had fish and chips in London (I know, boring) but it was pretty good.
But most people say London is basically just a big farce depicting what Americans imagine Britain must be like.
Jaxon Morgan
>CONGRATULATIONS! You are the ONE MILLIONTH visitor! Click here to claim your prize! >not_a_trap.exe
Evan White
I just realized Diana doesn't wear a bra under her costume
Kayden Perez
Everyone, including women, always say Wonder Woman has giant unrealistic tits, but honestly I've never seen it that way.
Maybe I'm just so used to generic comic book bodies that hers doesn't particularly stand out.
Eli Lopez
lol at Wondy getting pouty in panel 2
"Nope! I suck, and that's all there is to it! Don't like it? Too bad."
Nathaniel Bailey
I've only been to London a few times in my life myself; I'm up north. I know a good few Londoners though; it's a real place. Even with a lot of tourist traps you don't have to look far to see real people living real lives.
Isaiah Myers
>not your average submissive woman! Fucking lewd
Parker Morales
The size change along with the transformation is pretty neat. And yeah, Diana does have a waspish figure and is pretty stacked (more noticeable out of the WW costume here maybe).
Also immersion RUINED. How can I really believe in this magical society of Amazons now?
Brayden Nelson
Fun fact: both the United States and Russia have had uncontrollable robot defense systems in place since the 1950's.
However in 2005, the Russian government dismantled their robots for parts to fill the increasing demand for PCs to play Dota 2.
Hunter Young
Holy shit I didn't notice she grew, my brain just perceived it as perspective change.
William Foster
This is ripping off Inception
Kevin Allen
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Andrew Barnes
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Jacob Peterson
Pretty major too. She gets like a foot and more taller and almost doubles in breadth.
Jaxson Stewart
>the bullets kept coming, but so did Wonder Woman! What did he mean by this?
Henry King
She looks significally more stacked when she is being drawn with thinner arms and legs. Mahnke did a pretty good job of drawing her with Amazonian proportions
Christopher Brown
kek @ that plane defense system. That's like something Marston would come up with.
This is rad.
Owen Carter
Not a fan of Mahnke's Diana, but I do appreciate that it doesn't go too over the top with the musculature.
Hudson Hall
You know, saying "WW" takes longer than just fucking saying Wonder Woman
Justin Gutierrez
WE DR STRANGELOVE NOW
John Diaz
Oh my FUCKING GOD
Jason Edwards
>Flashpoint
Jackson Watson
Is the lasso just endless? This is some feat for powerlevel shitposting.
Grayson Howard
It is indeed infinitely long. Basically Goku's staff (though correct me if I'm wrong because I haven't read Dragon Ball since high school)
Gavin Ross
>Amazon Attack Two shitty future crossover references in one book!
Isaiah Peterson
Goku's staff is just the Monkey King's staff anyway, I getchoo.
James Taylor
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Ryder Foster
>Consider yourself PRIVILEGED, reader!
Colton Brown
>literally holding a lasso that forces you to tell the truth >"The bitch is lying!"
Joseph Peterson
Fucking SJW horsehockey, DC is ruined forever
Austin Martin
When I first got into DC with the New 52, the two characters I was super into were Wonder Woman and Aquaman, and I wanted to dig into the pasts of both of them.
Ultimately I got hooked on Wonder Woman and never got around to reading most of Aquaman, except some 70's stories with Aqualad.
Sebastian Butler
But in the alternate timeline where I read Aquaman instead, Texas user is storytiming Aquaman
Ryan Barnes
Also no size-changing here, maybe just because it's a different artist
