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Last spring, DC Comics started over again.
Under theRebirthbanner, the company relaunched its main books and reinvented its famous characters.
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But whereThe New 52had experimented with radical new directions for its characters (Superman dating Wonder Woman!
No sidekicks for The Flash!)
Its been a huge success so far, both commercially and critically.
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2016 was Wonder Womans 75th anniversary, and she celebrated in kind.
The first volume,Wonder Woman vol.
1: The Lies,collects the present-day Sharp story.
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Its Diana, you know?
Theres no character in the DC pantheon that I hold in higher regard, Rucka tells EW.
She is absolutely unique in the canon of all superhero stories in any company.
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Theres never been a character like her.
Superman and Batman are characters, but Diana is, heres an idea in a form.
And the idea is, roughly: Love, respect, and equality.
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Thats what she manifests.
Itching to draw again, Sharps imagination was kickstarted when he learned theWonder Womangig was available.
It had a lot of symbolism and I guess world building in it.
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Those tears are a stroke of fing genius, Rucka says.
She immediately becomes tragic in a way she really had never been.
Theres so much pathos just in the drawing.
Im a fan of pathos.
You dont have a good antagonist without pathos.
It also provided an interesting bridge between the two parallel stories.
In Nicolas version, this is brand new and has been made for a very specific reason.
They are so core to the mythology, Rucka says.
One of the first things Liam and I said was were going to make Steve Trevor cool again.
You have to understand why he matters.
Diana comes with politics.
When you make a run at take the politics out of the character, it sucks.
The politics dont need to be overt or over-the-top, but theyre always there.
For that to work, there has to be a good man.
The friendship she provides, and the balance.
1: The Liesis on sale now.
