after 69 years Wonder Woman new look starting issue 600

Wonder Woman was 1st seen in December, 1941, as a DC Comics’ superheroine created by William Moulton Marston. After 69 years, she is changing her look to keep up with the times. Gone are the days of sexy legs and super bootie. Today she is wearing more sensible clothing. Lynda Carter, who played Wonder Woman on a TV series, loves the new look.

“I think it will take time for people to get over not seeing a lot of leg. I think it’s going to be very sexy and it’s new and I love the little cap sleeve. You know, she’s a hip girl,” said Lynda Carter. Lynda Carter

Unfortunately, fans are not liking this new outfit, but here is the new writer, Michael Straczynski, explaining why he dropped Wonder Woman’s old super bootie and opted for the new look.

“It’s a look designed to be taken seriously as a warrior, in partial answer to the many female fans over the years who’ve asked, “how does she fight in that thing without all her parts falling out?”) She can close it up to pass unnoticed…open it for the freedom to fight…lose the jacket or keep it on…it has pockets (the other fan question, “where does she carry anything in that outfit?”, it can be accessorized…it’s a Wonder Woman look designed for the 21st century. The bracelets are still there, but made more colorful, tied on the inside and over the hand, with a script W on each of them that form WW when she holds them side by side…and if you get hit by one of them, it leaves a W mark. This is a Wonder Woman who signs her work…letting her enemies know that she’s getting closer.
“This is Wonder Woman reborn, literally and metaphorically: fast, elegant, tough, smart…the savior of her people, their guardian and protector…avenging the fall of Paradise Island, searching to discover why Paradise Island was abandoned by the gods. In the end, what she discovers will change her life and the world forever…and she will come face to face with a decision that will mean life or death for the entire human race.” via DList