WONDER WOMAN Gets a New Costume, Direction in Issue #600

[Jagermeister]

Albert Ching, Staff Writer

Newsarama.com Albert Ching, Staff Writer

newsarama.com – Wed Jun 30, 10:00 am ET





Wonder Woman has a bold new look, one of the most dramatic changes of her 70-year history.


Criticized for years for fighting crime in effectively a one-piece swimsuit - often considered either sexist or simply impractical - the DC Comics icon has a new costume as of this week's Wonder Woman #600, and it's one considerably less revealing, complete with long pants and a jacket. Signature elements such as the character's bracelets, tiara and magic lasso remain. The costume was designed by acclaimed penciler and DC Comics co-publisher Jim Lee.

DC Comics announced the change Tuesday evening.

"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?'" said incoming series writer J. Michael Straczynski.

"It reflects her origins in both the outside world and the world of Amazons: tough, elegant...a street-fighter's look which also incorporates elements of her classic design," Straczynski said. "It reflects the two sides warring for ultimate victory, and underscores the path she must take."

It's also a versatile outfit, according to Straczynski.


"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," Straczynski wrote in DC's official release. "it's a Wonder Woman look designed for the 21st century."


Straczynski also commented on some of the classic elements that were retained.


"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."


Straczynski noted to DC Comics that the new outfit is Wonder Woman's "first significant change in her appearance since the character debuted in 1941," with the notable exception of a mod bodysuit briefly sported in the '60s.


With the new costume comes a new direction for the title: Thanks to some time-shifting by the Olympian gods who created Wonder Woman, the superheroine's history has been changed so she grew up in a modern, urban environment, with little memory or conection to her mythical origins.


"The Gods, for reasons of their own but which may have something to with their survival and perhaps the survival of Earth itself, have changed the timeline. In the new timeline, years ago the Gods removed their protection from Paradise Island, and left it vulnerable to attack," Straczynski shared in the press release. "And attacked it was. Led by a dark figure, a veritable army descended upon the Island, equipped with weapons that could kill even the Amazons. Outgunned, doomed, Hippolyta gave over her three-year-old daughter to a handful of guardians who spirited her away as Hippolyta led one last desperate battle against the forces that had come to destroy all she had created. In that final battle, she and most of the Amazons were killed, though some managed to escape."


This new direction will also bring Wonder Woman into opposition with new enemies.


"It's now nearly twenty years later. Diana has been raised in an urban setting, but with a foot in both worlds. She has little or no memory of the other timeline. She knows only what she's been told by those who raised her On the run, hunted, she must try to survive, help the other refugee Amazons escape the army that is still after them, discover who destroyed Paradise Island and why ... and if the timeline can be corrected or not," Straczynski wrote in DC's official materials. "She also does not yet have access to her full powers, but will be gaining them as she goes. Along the way, she will face a range of enemies - human and otherwise - who we have not seen before."


Essentially, both the new look and new direction amount to a rebirth, wrote Straczynski.


"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," Straczynski told to the publisher. "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."


#600 comes out in stores this Wednesday, June 30, written by Straczynski and drawn by Don Kramer and Michael Babinski.


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[Jagermeister]

Why is it we have to fuck with the classics. Wonder woman looks just fine in that one piece.

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[lesfunk]

Man, Lynda Carter was Good Lookin' !

[Jagermeister]

Man, Lynda Carter was Good Lookin' !


Yes, Yes she was.

http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee71/HammockRider/lynda-carter-publicity-shot.jpg

[Hardrock69]

Well of course I must provide this:

3771

[Jagermeister]

That's when woman had real tits. lol

[Catfish]

Yes, Yes she was.

http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee71/HammockRider/lynda-carter-publicity-shot.jpg

Oh my God.

[Catfish]

She's a psycho hose beast, but Megan Fox could pull that off if they ever made a movie.

[hambon4lif]

That's when woman had real tits. lol:happy0158::bigboobs::happy0158:

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[lesfunk]

Well of course I must provide this:

3771

But of course

[lesfunk]

Yes, Yes she was.

http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee71/HammockRider/lynda-carter-publicity-shot.jpg
Just imagine The Bush...

[chefcraig]

Well of course I must provide this:

3771

Unfortunately, that is one of several fake nudes of the lady. Her breasts are much larger, and can be seen in all their glory briefly in the movie Billy Jo And The Outlaw. Also HERE (http://images.celebset.net/pics/L/3868Linda%20Carter.jpg).


Just imagine The Bush...

INDEED!

http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/724/alyntoe.jpg (http://img64.imageshack.us/i/alyntoe.jpg/)

[Catfish]

Unfortunately, that is one of several fake nudes of the lady. Her breasts are much larger, and can be seen in all their glory briefly in the movie Billy Jo And The Outlaw. Also HERE (http://images.celebset.net/pics/L/3868Linda%20Carter.jpg).

Why waste a click?

http://images.celebset.net/pics/L/3868Linda%20Carter.jpg

GREAT PULL, chefcraig!

[Catfish]

Oh shit--just realized it's NSFW!

Sorry!

Worth it!

[Nitro Express]

Makes me want to go back in time to the 70's for a fuck fest. Real tits, bush, cocaine. Too bad I was in grade school.

[Catfish]

Unfortunately, that is one of several fake nudes of the lady. Her breasts are much larger, and can be seen in all their glory briefly in the movie Billy Jo And The Outlaw. Also HERE (http://images.celebset.net/pics/L/3868Linda%20Carter.jpg).

INDEED!

http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/724/alyntoe.jpg (http://img64.imageshack.us/i/alyntoe.jpg/)

Is that what I think it is?

Sweet Jesus!

[lesfunk]

Makes me want to go back in time to the 70's for a fuck fest. Real tits, bush, cocaine. Too bad I was in grade school.

Didn't stop me...

[lesfunk]

Is that what I think it is?

Sweet Jesus!

That's a Hoof!

[Jagermeister]

She's a psycho hose beast, but Megan Fox could pull that off if they ever made a movie.

Yeah she could.

[Jagermeister]

Damn u just have to love youtube

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[binnie]

I'm guessing that Linda Carta got a lot of teenaged boys a 'helping hand' in the '70s.....

[PETE'S BROTHER]

Unfortunately, that is one of several fake nudes of the lady. Her breasts are much larger, and can be seen in all their glory briefly in the movie Billy Jo And The Outlaw. Also HERE (http://images.celebset.net/pics/L/3868Linda%20Carter.jpg).



INDEED!

http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/724/alyntoe.jpg (http://img64.imageshack.us/i/alyntoe.jpg/)

a fine collection of related picks on that link as well. thanx.:baaa:

[chefcraig]

I'm guessing that Linda Carta got a lot of teenaged boys a 'helping hand' in the '70s.....

Not to mention damning us to a life of carpal tunnel syndrome.

[binnie]

Bwahahahahahahahaha!

[Catfish]

This one's fucking crazy!

They just don't make 'em like this no mo!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4JhgE2Spc0&feature=player_embedded

[Jagermeister]

Nope.

[chefcraig]

Lynda Carter had a short lived tv series costarring Loni Anderson, in which they played private eyes or something. Regrettably, the show was canceled before the duo filmed an episode in which they had to go undercover at a bikini contest. Then again, it probably would have been difficult to fit all of that onto the small screen. The "boob tube" indeed.

http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/9247/alonig.jpg (http://img12.imageshack.us/i/alonig.jpg/)

[HarrySchwartz]

Lynda Carter had a short lived tv series costarring Loni Anderson, in which they played private eyes or something. Regrettably, the show was canceled before the duo filmed an episode in which they had to go undercover at a bikini contest. Then again, it probably would have been difficult to fit all of that onto the small screen. The "boob tube" indeed.

http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/9247/alonig.jpg (http://img12.imageshack.us/i/alonig.jpg/)

A - Carter and Anderson give me wood
B - My ex-wife resembles Lynda Carter
C - Jagermeister is a fucking alias

[PETE'S BROTHER]

C - Jagermeister is a fucking alias

and a damn good one.:baaa:

[bueno bob]

She's a psycho hose beast, but Megan Fox could pull that off if they ever made a movie.

Well that's a dumb idea for three reasons.

1 - Megan Fox is about 5'6", if she's lucky. Wonder Woman is, uh...tall.
2 - Megan Fox doesn't have anywhere NEAR the acting capacity to carry even a BAD movie by herself.
3 - Megan Fox has admitted she doesn't "get" the appeal of Wonder Woman, so I doubt seriously that it would be a project that would appeal to her.

She has the right complexion, but so do a million other better actresses.

[bueno bob]

What they need for Wonder Woman, according to Lynda Carter, is an unknown without the stigma of celebrity attached to them. Of all the bad things about Superman Returns, the one thing they did right was to get an unknown in Brandon Routh that nobody had any preconceived notions about.

[Jagermeister]

I really don't care who plays her as long as the new one takes her clothes off. :)

[bueno bob]

As far as the original topic is concerned, about updating Wonder Woman's costume, I think it's about time. The next thing they need to go is get rid of Superman's red underwear (belt optional) and either take his waist to a solid blue or redesign it entirely. While I love superhero comics probably more than a lot of guys my age, a lot of their costumes ARE outdated and just look silly...or at worst, homoerotic.

I'm always in favor of updates.

[Jagermeister]

As far as the original topic is concerned, about updating Wonder Woman's costume, I think it's about time. The next thing they need to go is get rid of Superman's red underwear (belt optional) and either take his waist to a solid blue or redesign it entirely. While I love superhero comics probably more than a lot of guys my age, a lot of their costumes ARE outdated and just look silly...or at worst, homoerotic.

I'm always in favor of updates.

:lmao:

[Diamondjimi]

Yes, Yes she was.

http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee71/HammockRider/lynda-carter-publicity-shot.jpg


:erection:

[chefcraig]

Well that's a dumb idea for three reasons.

1 - Megan Fox is about 5'6", if she's lucky. Wonder Woman is, uh...tall.
2 - Megan Fox doesn't have anywhere NEAR the acting capacity to carry even a BAD movie by herself.
3 - Megan Fox has admitted she doesn't "get" the appeal of Wonder Woman, so I doubt seriously that it would be a project that would appeal to her.

She has the right complexion, but so do a million other better actresses.

Here is a fourth: In her latest film Jonah Hex, she plays a prostitute who never sleeps with anybody.
And point number five: Wonder Woman (in any incarnation), has always had an ample chest. Fox does not fulfill this requirement, even while wearing a padded or push-up bra.

[binnie]

6) Megan will be busy for at leat the next 18 months woring on a 'binnie goes fox-hunting production....

[Catfish]

OK, OK, my bad! :baaa:

[Diamondjimi]

Tittie shot...

http://www.superstrangevideo.com/prodGalImgs/ssv_gallery_258.jpg

[Nitro Express]

This one's fucking crazy!

They just don't make 'em like this no mo!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4JhgE2Spc0&feature=player_embedded

Very wet...very moist...and very wonderful! Ah yes, I have a stick for you Linda and it's not lip stick.

[Nitro Express]

Lynda Carter had a short lived tv series costarring Loni Anderson, in which they played private eyes or something. Regrettably, the show was canceled before the duo filmed an episode in which they had to go undercover at a bikini contest. Then again, it probably would have been difficult to fit all of that onto the small screen. The "boob tube" indeed.

http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/9247/alonig.jpg (http://img12.imageshack.us/i/alonig.jpg/)

I used to whack it to Loni Anderson when she was on WKRP. I had a big poster of her in my bedroom. I laugh about it now. I still want to whack it to Linda. Owwwwww!

[Hardrock69]

Unfortunately, there are no real nude shots of Loni.

So this will have to do.

http://www.rotharmy.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=3778&d=1278002268

I always a fan of Jan Smithers though.
http://www.rotharmy.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=3779&d=1278002914

[Hardrock69]

Only nude Jan Smithers photo I could find.

http://www.rotharmy.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=3780






Wow! Her birthday is July 3! Day After Tomorrow!

[hambon4lif]

I don't know what it is, but Loni never did anything for me. Maybe it was that wig (that looked more like a helmet), but I never saw what was so great about her.

There were alot of tasty-lookin' babes from that era......Barbara Eden, Catherine Bach, Priscilla Barnes, Tanya Roberts, half of the "Eight Is Enough" broads. They were all top-shelf

And Lynda Carter? Fuck! I'd eat her pussy today! I'd even grow a beard so I could smell that delicious musky funk on my face for, like, a month! Good Stuff!


.........Damn.....I forgot what the fuck I was talking about!:lmao:

[binnie]

Sticky this thread!

[Kristy]

Yes, Yes she was.

And then she became a county singer and the rest is history.

[Mushroom]

I vote for Kristy to play the role of WONDER WOMAN! :animated-playboy:

[Jagermeister]

I vote for Kristy to play the role of WONDER WOMAN! :animated-playboy:

That playboy's cool.

[Jagermeister]

http://www.schwimmerlegal.com/wonder%20woman.jpg

I would be in support of this costume.

[Jagermeister]

YES YES!

http://www.fadedyouthblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/jessica-biel-wonder-woman.jpg

[binnie]

Is that Jessica Biel?

[Jagermeister]

Is that Jessica Biel?

Yes sIr.

[binnie]

I don't think that the casting agents need to look any further..............

[Jagermeister]

http://www.thegamersbox.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/wonderwomanposter51.jpg

[PETE'S BROTHER]

http://www.thegamersbox.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/wonderwomanposter51.jpg

nice, can ya change the necklace to a "vh"?

[Jagermeister]

That would be cool. My photo shop skills are are um non existent though.

[Catfish]

Is that a real image? Is she really going to play WW?

I take it back. Megan Fox is way to skanky to play WW.

[hambon4lif]

http://www.thegamersbox.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/wonderwomanposter51.jpgI'll pass!

No....just no.

[Jagermeister]

Is that a real image? Is she really going to play WW?

I take it back. Megan Fox is way to skanky to play WW.

I dunno I just found it doing an image search.

[Jagermeister]

Here is one for jhale.
http://dorkdungeon.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/angel-lola-luv-wonder-woman.jpg

[Jagermeister]

Here IS jhale:biggrin:

http://www.jenisfamous.com/uploaded_images/W.C.&WonderWomanSM-753355.jpg

[Jagermeister]

Megan Fox has shattered all rumors that she may take on the iconic role of Wonder Woman. Speaking with FHM magazine, Fox gave her opinion on the DC comic book heroine in no uncertain terms.

“She’s lame,” Megan told FHM magazine. “She flies around in an invisible jet, but she’s not invisible. I don’t get it.”
We can’t really argue that and in fact agree that her decision to star as the water controlling super-hero Aspen Matthews in the upcoming Fathom is a better choice for her (especially considering her background as a potential olympic swimmer).

Fathom, based on the Top-Cow comic, is a Jason Bourne-style story that follows a girl who is adopted by a military man after being found on an abandoned ship. She becomes a champion swimmer and marine biologist, but once she gets older realizes she is part of an underwater humanoid race that can control the power of water.

Fathom will be released sometime in 2011.




Oh for fuck sakes.

[Jagermeister]

Australian Who Magazine is reporting that 32-year-old Australian Supermodel Megan Gale has been cast as Wonder Woman in George Miller’s Justice League of America. AICN has confirmed the report with multiple sources, so this looks to be legit, and not just another one of the countless internet casting rumors.

http://www.slashfilm.com/wp/wp-content/images/meganwonderwoman.jpg

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/images/users/uploads/10959/megan-gale-10.jpg

[Jagermeister]

She will do nicely I think.

http://screenrant.com/images/megan-gale.jpg

[Jagermeister]

Megan Gail Rocks!

http://snarkerati.com/profile_pics/Megan-Gale.jpg

[Bob_R]

http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee71/HammockRider/lynda-carter-publicity-shot.jpg

Awesome!

[Terry]

Lynda Carter and those fantastic fucking titties...

[bueno bob]

Meh. Not a fan of Megan Gale. But at least she appears to shave her beard regularly. :rolleyes:

[lesfunk]

She looks less mannish than Chyna

[hambon4lif]

Meh. Not a fan of Megan Gale. But at least she appears to shave her beard regularly. :rolleyes:LOL!

No offense, Chip, but I've seen the kind of women you try to pass off as primates, and it would probably be a better idea to leave the opinions to the men who are actually attracted to women.

Just a thought.....

[Nitro Express]

I vote for Kristy to play the role of WONDER WOMAN! :animated-playboy:

Since Kristy likes expensive Italian boots with stilleto heels, there are many possibilities.

[Hardrock69]

Mmmmm YES!

[binnie]

She will do nicely I think.

http://screenrant.com/images/megan-gale.jpg

You'll have to fight me for her!

[Don Corleone]

I approve of this thread, with the exception of the Megan Fox pictures.

[Jagermeister]

Wonder Woman, Adrianne Palicki



http://photos.toofab.com/galleries/adrianne_palicki_as_wonder_woman#tab=most_recent&id=333273

[Jagermeister]

http://www.theplace2.ru/archive/adrianne_palicki/img/kinopoisk_ru_Adriann-1.jpg

[Nitro Express]

Unfortunately, there are no real nude shots of Loni.

So this will have to do.

http://www.rotharmy.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=3778&d=1278002268

I always a fan of Jan Smithers though.
http://www.rotharmy.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=3779&d=1278002914

Oh I would bang Jan Smithers now over Loni Andersen. When you are younger maybe the more glamorous girl has the appeal of being the better prize. Now we just know they are higher maintenance and if Bailey is good in bed and less trouble, then she's more appealing. LOL!

[chefcraig]

Denise Milani as Wonder Woman? Yes, by all means.

Adrianne Palicki? No, not so much.

http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/9247/denmilanwww.jpg (http://img708.imageshack.us/i/denmilanwww.jpg/)

[VAiN]

I don't love it...

http://entertainment.blogs.foxnews.com/files/2011/03/WonderWomanNew.jpg