It was double Wonder Woman day yesterday at DC, with not just Wonder Woman #3 being released, but Justice League #3 also coming out. And they were two very important issues for our lady of wonders indeed.
If you recall, DC rebooted all its comics – in fact, its entire ‘universe’ – with the Flashpoint series so that what we once knew about its characters and history no longer necessarily holds true. Are their origins the same? Their families? Their personalities? Their ‘superpowers’?
How much this has been a ‘hard’ reboot versus ‘soft’ reboot has been somewhat nebulous. Batman appears to have come through this more or less the same, but with one fewer dead Robins on his conscience. Superman’s parents are dead again. Barbara Gordon can walk again. Supergirl can sort of turn into a sun or something. Power Girl isn’t any more.
But it’s been a little unclear from the two issues of Wonder Woman we’ve had so far how much is different for DC’s premier superheroine. Is she still on a mission from the peace-loving, all-female Amazons to teach the world of men the virtues of peace and love? Is she still made from clay and endowed with the powers of Greek gods? Does she wear trousers or doesn’t she? In short, has she had a soft or a hard reboot?
Now, we have two issues that answer most of those questions quite emphatically. Justice League #3, set five years before Wonder Woman, sees our (young) heroine in her first encounter with the Justice League and with man’s world (including the re-hunkified Steve Trevor). Let’s just say she’s not the peace-loving woman we’ve come to expect. Meanwhile, Wonder Woman #3 sees her origins entirely rewritten.
Yes, ladies and gentleman, the all-new Wonder Woman has a daddy. Let’s talk more after the jump.
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