# DC is retconning Wonder Woman & redesigning her costume **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 30, 2010, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-is-retconning-wonder-woman-redesigning-her-costume/545074 "2010-06-30T15:30:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-is-retconning-wonder-woman-redesigning-her-costume/545074/1 "2010-06-30T15:30:34Z")
She’'s had “makeovers” before, but this is kind of “meg”. Costume looks like a generic mis-mash and doesn’t really “pop”. Village Voice article - [The Wonder Woman Makeover, or When Bad Things Happen to Superheroes](http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/archives/2010/06/the_wonder_woma.php) NYT article - [Makeover for Wonder Woman at 69](http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/30/books/30wonder.html) > [@](#): > > ​Imagine our excitement when we learned that our dear Wonder Woman of the awesome star-speckled short shorts and bullet-busting arm wristlet-thingies and sexy-yet-rugged bustier (plus, calf-high go-go/shit-kickers!) was to get a makeover. Because, she already looked pretty great, if a scratch retro. She could only look better, right? Especially with a haircut and blowout, maybe some bangs? Unfortunately, no. > > Inspired by the desire to make her costume “less revealing,” and to “shine a critical and creative spotlight on the heroine,” DC Comics has dressed her in what appear to be jeggings (oh, holy no, Batman!), along with a tacky/clashy yellow-gold belt and sash (the better for catching on doorknobs and railroad tracks), a skin-tight red sateen booby-shirt from the Brothels of JC Penney collection (strapless, too, so we hope she has a supportive underwire), and some ugly-ass ankle boots with either gold straps or socks. Topped off with a crop denim-or-navy shoulder-padded jacket with epaulet-style buttons? We’d say at least her hair looks better, but it could use a good brushing. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-is-retconning-wonder-woman-redesigning-her-costume/545074/2 "2010-06-30T15:44:44Z")
I was never clear on why an ostensibly Greek heroine went about in a costume designed by a horny American jingoist, but that outfit is pretty far removed from Wonder Woman. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-is-retconning-wonder-woman-redesigning-her-costume/545074/3 "2010-06-30T15:58:21Z")
It looks a bit like past [Wonder](http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1401207243.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg) [Girl](http://www.titanstower.com/assets/whos%20who/aamembers/whosbinder/donna.jpg) outfits. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-is-retconning-wonder-woman-redesigning-her-costume/545074/4 "2010-06-30T16:05:43Z")
Didn’t they keep her in civvies for a while in the early '70s as a supposed nod to women’s lib? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-is-retconning-wonder-woman-redesigning-her-costume/545074/5 "2010-06-30T16:09:17Z")
It’s for a specific year-long character building storyline, in which the gods re-write history so that most of the Amazons are killed off sometime in the past, and she is raised in an urban environment by ordinary humans, thus the updated clothing. She’ll discover her abilities over time, and then try to undo the “fix”. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-is-retconning-wonder-woman-redesigning-her-costume/545074/6 "2010-06-30T16:13:50Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > Didn’t they keep her in civvies for a while in the early '70s as a supposed nod to women’s lib? Yes, and at that time they also stripped her of her super powers, though they let her be very good at kung fu, while she did spylike stuff. Sort of an Emma Peel knockoff. It went over like a lead balloon … just like this makeover will. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-is-retconning-wonder-woman-redesigning-her-costume/545074/7 "2010-06-30T16:18:06Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > Yes, and at that time they also stripped her of her super powers, though they let her be very good at kung fu, while she did spylike stuff. Sort of an Emma Peel knockoff. It went over like a lead balloon … just like this makeover will. Again, it is not a makeover or a retcon. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-is-retconning-wonder-woman-redesigning-her-costume/545074/8 "2010-06-30T16:21:40Z")
Gaaaaack! That is HORRIBLE! The Lynda Carter Wonder Woman outfit could use a little updating, and it has been in the comics, but there’s no way she needs a makeover. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-is-retconning-wonder-woman-redesigning-her-costume/545074/9 "2010-06-30T16:24:22Z")
[Here is the _whole_ story.](http://www.newsarama.com/comics/new-wonder-woman-costume-100629.html) ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-is-retconning-wonder-woman-redesigning-her-costume/545074/10 "2010-06-30T16:34:37Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > [Here is the _whole_ story.](http://www.newsarama.com/comics/new-wonder-woman-costume-100629.html) Weird. It’s like they are giving her a Superman style origin story. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-is-retconning-wonder-woman-redesigning-her-costume/545074/11 "2010-06-30T16:37:19Z")
> [@astro](#): > > Weird. It’s like they are giving her a Superman style origin story. One more time-they are not changing her real origin story. They are giving her a _temporary_ rewrite, and she will spend some time fixing it back to where it belongs. ---
**Author:** ![MTCicero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-is-retconning-wonder-woman-redesigning-her-costume/545074/12 "2010-06-30T16:41:34Z")
Oy. ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-is-retconning-wonder-woman-redesigning-her-costume/545074/13 "2010-06-30T16:42:53Z")
Well _I_ like it. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-is-retconning-wonder-woman-redesigning-her-costume/545074/14 "2010-06-30T16:45:47Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > One more time-they are not changing her real origin story. They are giving her a _temporary_ rewrite, and she will spend some time fixing it back to where it belongs. I thought it was obvious I was commenting on the re-write plot since that is where the change occurs. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-is-retconning-wonder-woman-redesigning-her-costume/545074/15 "2010-06-30T16:52:31Z")
> [@astro](#): > > I thought it was obvious I was commenting on the re-write plot since that is where the change occurs. Sorry-I misunderstood you. It’s just that a lot of the time, the conversation goes like this: First person- “I am outraged that A is happening!” Second person- “Actually, according to the proper sources _B_ is happening, not A.” Third through thirty third person- “I’m outraged about A happening, too!!” ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-is-retconning-wonder-woman-redesigning-her-costume/545074/16 "2010-06-30T16:56:08Z")
I like the new look. The old one-piece swimsuit was seriously dated and laughable by modern standards. What woman would really want to fight crime in star-spangled granny-panties? ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-is-retconning-wonder-woman-redesigning-her-costume/545074/17 "2010-06-30T16:56:50Z")
The new costume makes her look like an emo X-Men reject. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-is-retconning-wonder-woman-redesigning-her-costume/545074/18 "2010-06-30T16:56:56Z")
What? Cathy Lee Crosby’s costume wasn’t good enough? [![](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wonder_Woman_-_Crosby.jpg) ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wonder_Woman_-_Crosby.jpg) I actually kinda liked WW’s white flowing costume when she renounced the Amazons back around 1969 and took up with that martial artist. ---
**Author:** ![fjs1fs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9e8a1a/32.png) [@fjs1fs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fjs1fs)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-is-retconning-wonder-woman-redesigning-her-costume/545074/19 "2010-06-30T17:25:18Z")
You’re all missing THE POINT: There’s only one Wonder Woman: LYNDA CARTER! ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-is-retconning-wonder-woman-redesigning-her-costume/545074/20 "2010-06-30T17:30:08Z")
Well…at least they aren’t going the [Negative Wonder Woman](http://video.adultswim.com/robot-chicken/reverse-villains.html) route :). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-is-retconning-wonder-woman-redesigning-her-costume/545074.md?page=2)