Time for a quiz. What’s Batman’s secret identity? Okay, good. Why did he become a hero, that is, what is his “origin story”? Got that? Now, what is Superman’s identity and origin?
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What about Wonder Woman’s? It’s weird, but for one of DC’s big three heroes, people don’t know much about Wonder Woman outside of the Super Friends and Wonder Woman TV shows. Gail Simone’s (The All-New Atom) recent duties on the Wonder Woman series revisits Wonder Woman’s birth on Themyscira and her other life as Diana Prince working as an agent in the Department of Metahuman Affairs.
This series is good on it’s own and I think a great starting on point for new readers (like myself). Where else are you going to see intelligent gorillas fight Nazis?
But of course, my nerd-sense is tingling and I have to wonder - while the series is good on its own, where does it fit into the DC series of events? Countdown and Green Arrow & Black Canary have Granny Goodness posing as Athena in charge of the Amazons and Hippolyta in hiding on the island… but something happens to Hippolyta that would contradict these other stories. Plus, wouldn’t Darkseid be pissed Nazis are attacking his Earth beachhead?
Meh. I’m not that worried. We all know Final Crisis will probably erase Countdown from continuity anyway.
Matt Knicl: My name is Matt Knicl. I'm a U of I alumn and one of those unemployed English majors Garrison Keillor likes to make fun of. I've been reading comics since high school and one day I would like to write them. My goal is to expose readers to what is out there in the world of comics and using my English powers, show what is worth reading or not. I can be reached at buzz.comics@gmail.com.
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My name is Matt Knicl. I'm a U of I alumn and one of those unemployed English majors Garrison Keillor likes to make fun of. I've been reading comics since high school and one day I would like to write them. My goal is to expose readers to what is out there in the world of comics and using my English powers, show what is worth reading or not. I can be reached at buzz.comics@gmail.com.