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WONDER WOMAN

WRITER_Greg Rucka

ARTISTS_Liam Sharpand Laura Martin



WHAT THEY KEPT

With a bimonthly schedule,Wonder Woman

toggles between two story lines: her present-day

adventures and her origin story. This allows Rucka

to revisit characters who are central to Wonder

Woman mythology, like best friend Etta Candy

and love interest Steve Trevor. “We’re going to

make Trevor cool again,” Rucka promises.



WHAT’S NEW

After Sharp reimagined Wonder Woman’s

longtime enemy Cheetah, Rucka was inspired

to give Cheetah a bigger role in the comic.

Sharp also updated Wonder Woman’s costume,

giving it an armored look similar to the outfit

Gal Gadot sports in DC’s blockbuster films.

“She’s been in a lot of battles, she’s been 10

years in the world, and it shows in the costume,”

Sharp says. “So my version’s very battered.

It’s a utilitarian piece of kit that lets her move.”

GREEN ARROW

WRITER_Benjamin Percy

ARTISTS_Otto Schmidtand Juan Ferreyra



WHAT THEY KEPT

Fellow superhero Black Canary remains

essential to theseries. “It might as

well be calledGreen Arrow and Black

Canary,” Percy says. “Green Arrow doesn’t

work without her; it’s like a yin without

a yang. There’s a collective element to their

relationship where she serves not only

as a love interest but also as a conscience.

I can’t imagine writing the series without

her. She’s such a badass.”



WHAT’S NEW

Within the first few pages of this new Green

Arrow, the titular hero makes a point of declaring

himself a “social justice warrior.” The approach

embeds Green Arrow smack in the middle of

current issues. The first enemy he encounters,

for example, is a grotesque cabal of “1 percent”

billionaires called the Ninth Circle.

THE FLASH

WRITER_Joshua Williamson

ARTISTS_Carmine Di Giadomenico

and Ivan Plascencia



WHAT THEY KEPT

The Flash, a.k.a. Barry Allen, stays true to his orig-

inal character. “The bottom line is that powers

don’t make him the hero,” Williamson says. “He

was a hero before the powers, and he would be

a hero without them. It’s part of who he is.”



WHAT’S NEW

Williamson created a supernatural lightning

storm that gave super-speed powers to dozens

of other Central City citizens. One of them,

August Heart, forms a mirror to the Flash—the

Aaron Burr to his Alexander Hamilton, if you will.

“Barry’s a character who’s obsessed with justice,

but August is obsessed with revenge,” Williamson

says. “I enjoy writing characters who poke and

prod. That’s not Barry. So August allowed me

to see the story through his eyes. He’ll play an

important part in the story throughout the run.”

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BETWEEN THE LINE

SUPERMAN: PAT GLEASON; BATMAN: GREG CAPULLO; WONDER WOMAN: TONY DANIEL; GREEN ARROW:OTTO SCHMIDT; THE FLASH, COMICS: COURTESY OF DC ENTERTAINMENT (6)