Coming in May, DC COMICS-THE NEW 52 “Second Wave” will literally expand the world-building efforts of the comprehensive publishing initiative. With the addition of a parallel Earth that features prominently into both EARTH 2 and WORLDS’ FINEST, the developing narrative will encompass new heroes from distinctly different backgrounds, building on the shared universe in some surprising ways.
“Due the events that open the saga of EARTH 2, Wonder Woman is already the last Amazon of this world and she is determined to avenge her sisters…at whatever cost,” said EARTH 2 writer James Robinson.
“How did Wonder Woman come to be the last of the Amazons?” asks EARTH 2 editor Pat McCallum. “It’s one of the mysteries we’ll be getting into with the series. While there will be recognizable faces and settings on EARTH 2, don’t for a moment think you’re on familiar ground. Do that, and you let your guard down…and then you’ll end up like the rest of the Amazons.”
Here’s a first look at the Wonder Woman of EARTH 2, designed by Jim Lee.
“Wonder Woman is already the last Amazon of this world and she is determined to avenge her sisters…at whatever cost.”
Every time.
Every. Damn. Time.
Every time they get the opportunity to write about an entire nation of beautiful, powerful, queer women, women who have created their own culture entirely without the input of men, women who have developed advances in science and religion and magic beyond imagination…
They commit gendered violence en masse. They commit genocide.
Every. Damn. Time.
I might need to re-think what this blog is about.
EVERY TIME someone from Hollywood asked me about Wonder Woman, they wanted a story about a gender war. Every single time. I refused to do it, I would have no part of it.
When I finally DID tell a gender story, the Amazons and Thalarions ended up as allies, in mutual respect.
But it makes me queasy that that trope was the only way Hollywood could see value in Wonder Woman’s origin.
