You don’t have to read Wonder Woman to know who she is. You might not know her origin story, her abilities or even her real name, but you more than likely know what she looks like.
She was created in the 1940′s and her original costume is pretty much a generic super heroine costume from that age. The thing is unlike most other superheroes (men AND woman) of that age that have put on more sensible costumes, she hasn’t. There’s been a few attempts as you can see above, but they’ve always returned to a version of the original. I’ve never really read Wonder Woman, but even as a kid in the 70′s I thought her costume was silly.
Some of you might know about this already. It’s been all over the internet the last week or so. J. Michael Strazinski (Babylon 5) is giving Wonder Woman a new origin story. I’m not 100% with all the details , but the main idea for the new origin seems to be that Wonder Woman grew up in the western world and didn’t find out who she really is until adulthood. So they now have a fairly young Wonder Woman who is just finding her powers etc. JMS wanted the new costume to be less pole dancer and more down to earth. Something that can at least almost pass for street clothes. In comes artist extraordanaire Jim Lee… and pretty much hit a wall, in my opinion. Don’t get me wrong, I think Jim Lee is one of the best comic book artists around. He’s not so much my favorite as when I was a teen, but still…
Anyways… This is what he came up with. Unfortunately someone forgot to tell Mr Lee that it’s now 2010. It seems he’s still living in the late 80′s. That leather jacket with the rolled up sleeves, those ugly boots… tacky 80′s.
So here’s mine:
It has the familiar color scheme. The short skirt over her pants, the gold trimming and the style of her shoes are all throwbacks to the familiar original. She can move around in it, fight in it, but it could still (at least in a comic book world) pass for street clothes. And…HER HAIR IS TIED UP! I know that HUGE wavy hair is cool on super women, but it’s not practical in a fight. You either get it pulled or end up whipping yourself with it.
So far most readers haven’t been too happy with Jim Lee’s design. Most want the orginal “stripper” costume back. That’s comic geeks for you. Some have been happy with my “low-key” , practical version. Will they change her costume? More than likely. Will it go back to the original underwear version? Maybe. Will they change it to something along the lines that I’ve done? Who knows, but REMEMBER… you saw it here first! 
What do you think?
-Scott-
“Tied up hair”, ah, that explains why Lynda Carter did always use a lot of hairspray
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About the costume, well, a commercial comic book needs always a very coloured hero, so her new outfit is, ahm, good, (the colours).
But, whatever a woman wears, the people do always talk about.
And as a woman, she should have the right to change her outfit as often as she wants.
Men, and especially male Superheroes are to conservative, (but I’d never give up the hope they will use a good deodorant.)
Your idea for the costume isn’t very colourful and the sexy look is minimized.
(Poor male readers
But if she would be a real person in our world, yeah, that’s it!
But one thing you forgot, her bracelets, how could she stands against the bullets?
I’ve never seen any of the above clothes in real life. So failing that, I’d prefer a costume that stirs the imagination and does not try to lull me into thinking this normal person is doing super hero things. But if we are going for normal, what about a red sleveless shirt, some reasonable gold bangles, loose fit new blue blue jeans, red sneakers or short under the jeans red boots, golden purse with the lasso for the straps, and keep the raven blue black hair but tie it up with something golden though red would be more common. That sounds to me like someone I might see within the bounds of keeping some Wonder Woman essentials.
Unless the origin of this new wonder woman is in the eighties. With rule thirty-four creepers can be creepers just not with the real comic book pages. Also: http://www.superdickery.com/
where you learn Wonder Woman is into bondage and Batman is NOT gay. Your design is nice.
While I like the art, I don’t like the costume.
My first impression, before reading the text, was “why is he drawing an ice-skater?”
My second problem is the loss of the iconic colors.
Finally, like Superman, Wonder-Woman is a traditional icon. Her costume is what it is, come what may, and I don’t think her fans will ever really agree to a change.
I too was never much into Wonder Woman, unless she appeared in some crossovers or as a guest. Also no matter who drew her I never thought she looked hot. Yeah there was the tight body, and close to underwear like bottom… still didn’t find it hot. The new version is much more appealing to me. Has more descrete feminine values, and still is kinda related to the original. Yours I’m sorry but I don’t find it to be wonder womanish… just has nothing in common with the original. In my opinion super heros are not your avreage street walking dudes and girls, they got costumes that look really cool when drawn (much worse in a motion picture) and got all those special powers and anatomically incorrect moves. Yours looks more like some martial arts master from a video game. The one by Jim Lee is really 80′s kinda reminds me of X-Factor uniforms from the 90′s. But its OK. its better than the original, which despite its 70 years of usage should have evolved. It don’t think its as timeless as say Superman’s, Spiderman’s (who also went through many changes over the years). If they want to do it step by step they should give her pants, some better top, and get rid of the stripper red boots. I like the jecket on the new one, kinda reminds me of the Comedian with the shoulder padding..