Arriving in stores this week is the first issue of J. Michael Straczynski’s run as the new Wonder Woman writer and, also in that same issue, the first look at her brand new suit (Right) in action created by the recently promoted Jim Lee. Interestingly enough, while the issue itself has just barely hit shelves, it’s already attracting a gathering of people who detest the suit and the mere idea of updating such a classic character.

We comic fans are a rabid bunch apparently.

In addition to this radical change in appearance, the entire Wonder Woman world will change with the destruction of Paradise Island, bringing about a massive new direction for the book and the character in general. Here’s what JMS had to say in an interview with CBR posted last night:

The timeline has changed in the blink of an eye. The gods – (for reasons of their own, which we will gradually discover, and which may involve both their survival and the survival of Earth itself – altered the past. So we literally have Wonder Woman turning a corner in the story right before mine in 600…and when she finishes turning the corner, the timeline has shifted, and she’s now in her new iteration.

So a retcon too? Well, if anyone’s going to pull it off, it’ll be JMS. Now, I don’t follow Wonder Woman myself so I’m curious what some of the longtime fans think about all these big shakeups. Been reading WW for a while? Toss me a comment and let me know what you think of the changes.

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Mike is the creator and Comics Editor for Panels of Awesome. He gets far too excited when people start talking about books or games and owns more action figures than a person of his age probably should. He is currently the co-host of the comic book podcast Longbox Radio and video game review show Video Game Pipe Dream.

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