Gail Simone LEAVING Wonder Woman!
(4 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)Fan Favorite writer Gail Simone is ending her lengthy run on Wonder Woman. There is no word as of yet who will be taking over as writer for the amazing amazon, but Gail has a mouthful about her mystery successor… She said she was “genuinely thrilled by who is taking over the book,” assures us that the new writer will rock this book like there’s no tomorrow” and adds “people are going to freak and that makes me smile a lot.”
I hope whoever it is (stay tuned) will keep Achilles and Patrick Cleese (Patroclus) around. I want to see that relationship develop and will be severely disappointed if the new team lets them languish in literary limbo.
UPDATE: former Rising Stars creator J. Michael Straczynski will be lead writer on not only Wonder Woman but Superman as well.
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She reunites with Secret Six artist Nicola Scott for her final WW story arc in Wonder Woman #42 (a 3 part story about “a big, crazy invasion story featuring the return of someone from WW history”), ending her tenure on the book with issue #45, but will also contribute to the newly renumbered Wonder Woman #600 (which would be #45). She also revealed that a life-long dream of hers “comes true in WONDER WOMAN #600″
I’ve looked through an archive of Wonder Woman’s foes and there aren’t many alien females listed… two I noticed were Eviless and Badra but they are pretty obscure. Any guesses on Gail’s last pick for a big bad to go up against Princess Diana?
But fans should fear not! Big things are afoot for Gail Simone… Not only will she be continuing on with her fantastic work on Secret Six and is coming full-circle at DC by reteaming with artist Ed Benes on Birds of Prey (the book that marked her big start with the publisher), but she’s also penning a new Welcome to Tranquility mini due in July!
via CBR, Comixology and TheSource
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03/07/2010 at 3:23 pm
I hope the new writer does her justice
03/07/2010 at 4:10 pm
I have mixed feelings. I’ve appreciated some of Gail’s ideas but not necessarily the execution of those ideas. She gave Diana a distinctive voice and had a clear vision, which was really appreciated.
03/07/2010 at 4:14 pm
In retrospect, I really enjoyed Gail’s run. Wonder Woman was always a book I looked forward too, and was always on the top of my stack.
Not everything was successful but the book had a clear direction and vision, and Diana had a clear voice, with Gail.
Whoever is next I hope can do the book justice, because as demonstrated so often very few people can get Diana right.
Looking forward to more Six and am ecstatic that Birds is returning.