@dshipp17 said:
I didn't like how DC continued to shift Wonder Woman's character into being set on being a warrior and making her overpowered (e.g. I stand by the fact that she should be somewhere between Wolverine/Spider-Man and 90s Rogue, as a tribute to periods of her Silver Aged self; bullets should still be effected against her; binding her bracelets together should still be effective against her); I suggested that it be stopped, after the New-52, but, instead, DC proceeded to have her a battle skirt. So, I'm not sure how they've shifted her character too much after about the end of 2018. I liked her character, as intended by Marston, through the Silver and Bronze Ages, and then I appreciated what Messner-Loebs tried to do for this character. It's looking like I'll be checking in on this Wonder Woman: Evolution story arc, which might transition me back in, for now, but, I've also been very busy, which resisted my drive to keep up, along with DC being driven to change her into Xena-lite.
WW was well above wolverine and spiderman level in Silver Age. She also had higher power in Silver Age than 90s Rogue. And Silver Age WW is not original WW. Marston WW is the original. And Marston intended her to be super powerful. In fact his exact words were as strong as Superman. Who already was super strong in Golden Age. Besides, comic characters can increase in power over time. It has happened to Superman, Thor, Hulk, Carol Danvers etc. I don't know why you act like WW being super powerful would be a problem. And this thread is not about power level. It is about WW's personality.
“WW was well above wolverine and spiderman level in Silver Age. She also had higher power in Silver Age than 90s Rogue. And Silver Age WW is not original WW. Marston WW is the original. And Marston intended her to be super powerful.”
As a general matter, her power level was right at that of 90s Rogue throughout the Golden, Silver, and Bronze Ages; there were a few blips, where Rogue also had a few blips (e.g. at one point, Rogue actually manhandled Gladiator in the same episode sequence where Gladiator had easily dispensed with Juggernaut, but always tended to have trouble with Juggernaut, except she did have brief spots where she manhandled Juggernaut; similarly, Wonder Woman had those blips, but, as a general matter, her power level was fixed below those blips). And, there was the I-Chiang run in the Silver Age; I think that really defined Wonder Woman, where even briefly past Messner-Loabs, they had kept her strength and personality consistent.
“ Besides, comic characters can increase in power over time. It has happened to Superman, Thor, Hulk, Carol Danvers etc. I don't know why you act like WW being super powerful would be a problem.”
It's not so much a thing of her being at a strength as much as it's a thing with staying consistent with her character, which was the character that had attracted me and others to her; basically, just have a writer go to some other character who won't stay within her character, is all we're saying. And, I've also addressed those issues with Superman needing a change in character, when, say, a new character like Juggernaut, then Gladiator, then, etc gets introduced; I think Superman would be on the same par as Colossus from the 90s X-men. And, as far as Carol goes, well, there's an explanation for her changes besides just introducing them just to match the newest character (e.g. apart and above then a simple explanation like a reboot because of a crisis event; basically, Carol is still Carol, just something different happened to bring her from the hospital bed that Rogue left her); it's things like just changing a character out of the blue that I disagree with.
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