Comments on: Yes, I hate the new Wonder Woman costume. Wanna know why?

By: 8Bit-Emma

8Bit-Emma — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 03:24:48 +0000

I hated it at first, but I actually liked it in the comic. It looks a bit different and more interesting in the comic and doesn’t seem to translate well in that shot that’s been going around online. I also hope they bring back the old costume or something similar, but I have to admit I liked the new issue. It’s exciting to see her go in a new direction while still hinting at her origin story. I think it’ll be reconciled.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 15:09:34 +0000

I have to say I’m not a fan either. I heard some radio personalities trying to describe her new outfit to people who had not seen it yet, and all they ended up doing was making her outfit sound like it came from the 80’s. And she does look like she came from the 80’s. Leather studded jacket and leggings. Yea, gives me bad images of Geena Davis. They need to seriously think about revising this design because this doesn’t scream strong, kick butt superhero to me!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 01:44:49 +0000

she is SOOOO not Wonder Woman and that outfit SOOOO sucks !!!

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:01:35 +0000

I hate this costume for A LOT of reasons.

First and foremost, it's even more fetishistic than her previous outfit was.

Take a good look at her footwear. Those aren't gold-plated slippers, they're STIRRUPS!

Secondly, and I am quoting JMS himself:

“Rather than have the W symbol all over the place on her wardrobe, I wanted to highlight it in one area and make that our statement, letting everything else feel more youthful and street-wise. The exception would be the bracelets, which would be solid on the outer side, with a stylized, almost handwritten W symbol there so that when she crosses her arms you get the full effect. And if she hits you with it, it leaves a W mark. She signs her work.”

OK - so in addition to "lasso of truth" we now have "bracers of hurt." And the choker - well, the word pretty much sums it up, doesn't it?

The biggest travesty of all is what they're doing to her back story, though. Wonder Woman is a feminist icon; the female yang counterpart to the yin of "man's world." Or, at least, she was.

Now she's just a pissed-off chick in a tight outfit with fetish gear and lesbian tendencies (she *is* an Amazon after all).

No thank you; I get all the lesbian hero I can handle from "Batwoman," thank you very much.

Seriously - I dig her. There's nothing wrong with any of this; it just *isn't* Wonder Woman!

By: Jason C.

Jason C. — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 21:54:36 +0000

Relax… This is probably just her night out on the town get up. If you don’t like it, you could always start working on a Wonder Woman flick yourself!

By: DarkShinobi

DarkShinobi — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 21:08:25 +0000

They'll change it back to the tradtional costume anyway...they always do.

And you already know from Twitter that I aint a fan of this new costume anyhow.

By: DuJuan

DuJuan — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:38:12 +0000

When a comic company changes a classic costume on one of their more visible characters, they deliberately make part or all of the new costume bad so the fans don’t get permanently attached to the new one and they’ll be happy when the character goes back to their original costume. Plus, the company has to be able to go back to the classic costume at a moments notice for marketing and licensing purposes. Like it or not, Wonder Woman’s star underwear is what the non-comic reading mainstream recognizes and if they ever make the movie, that’s what she’s going to be wearing.

By: Danacea

Danacea — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:35:05 +0000

Well said and amen – she looks like a high-school teen. She’s lost her authority, her presence, her gravitas – and apparently now has shoulder pads (?!) rather than cleavage.

Wonder woman is a WOMAN, curves and all. Not a little girl!

By: Kelly

Kelly — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:20:37 +0000

I hate to be a dissenter, but the jacket and the leggings are growing on me a bit – it actually looks like the jacket has some sort of plate pauldron thing going on at the shoulders, and the leggings look more like the padded armor leggings from Champions Online. If that’s the case, then those aren’t flippy floppy flats she’s wearing – those are just decorative bands of metal around her ankles.

I still don’t like it as a costume for Wonder Woman, though :( It’s not iconic enough. With a glowy star-filled black bustier and silver metal and trim, I could see Donna Troy sporting this outfit.

By: Ruth

Ruth — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:56:43 +0000

Those are the items I dislike too. I wish the jacket were more there...leather would work. Leggings are a godawful part of 2009/2010 which I hope we'll get over quickly.

I'm a bit more into flats (and glad they're not heels or something dumb) but boots would be more sensible.

Bustier/gauntlets are very nice.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:56:43 +0000

I agree with you on all counts.