...Or like this?

Show of hands: Next year, do you think Wonder Woman will be dressed like this...?

Let’s get the elephant out of the room right now:  I loathe the new costume. Call me a rigid traditionalist if you must, but if DC is going to update an admittedly impractical and anachronistic costume, they should replace it with something less bland and more modern. I can just imagine Tim Gunn seeing it for the first time: “Biker jackets and black tights? Is it 1994 again already?”

Now that we’re past the publicity stunt, let’s talk about the issue itself. Like Superman #700 from a few weeks ago, this comic consists of short stories and pin-ups, begins with a story by the outgoing writer, and ends with a prologue of J. Michael Stracyznski’s upcoming story arc. Expect a few spoilers, and maybe some more whining about the costume after the break…

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I am a sucker. This should be a surprise to almost nobody, as I am still writing comic book reviews; this is a thankless and sobering profession that I really actually enjoy.

I am also a sucker for Tales of Lost Love. Not the sort of tales that one finds in the library of the eternal Spinster Aunt. No, sully me not with dreck involving crushed chests and heaving bosoms; I demand more. I want to see humans who go through trials both ordinary and extra; who share their love and pain; who fight and argue and make up; who buy groceries and lose children.

Then I want to be shocked, dismayed, and bitter for the latter part of a year because they have lost their life’s foundation which can never again return.

Well, I guess we can thank J. Michael Straczynski and Joe Quesada for 2008′s Elephant In The Room, Spider-Man: One More Day.
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