The only two that I can remember from her book was goddess of truth, during John Byrne's run, as the incarnation that she was brought back to life and now this goddess of war thing, following the New 52 fiasco.
It's unclear what came of either of them, quite frankly. It seems to be things that inconsistencies cause for want of the alternative of bringing stability to her book. Stability needs to start with building Wonder Woman around Dr. Psycho being her Joker or Jex, plus 4 other core characters, obviously involving Cheetah and Giganta.
Additionally, her personality needs to reflect her pre-crisis self from the Marston run and as shown in issue 168 of volume 1. A possible way of accomplishing such may involve contracting the character out (e.g. to a company operated by someone like Toshio Maeda and at least starting with a writer like Messner-Loebs with instructions to adhere to what Marston intended). This, another reset of some kind, but a means where the goal is to bring consistency back to the character. Essentially, anything after the end of Marston's run, with a few exceptions here and there, such as issue 168 of volume 1 would just be ignored, as it would be critical for the Dr. Psycho character in a real and serious interaction with Wonder Woman.
Basically, right now, Wonder Woman is in a complicate maze that she needs to be brought out of, where she needs to be constructed with her core villains; the upcoming Earth One, Volume 2 sounds like it would be a great reset point and opportunity, depending on how it actually plays out, in terms of the details and specifics. Thus, this may mean in the minds of some that Wonder Woman has experienced a severe downgrade or her core villains and Dr. Psycho have been upgraded. It's aye ok though, as she's a female character and not Superman or Hulk, where that concept is more important; Wonder Woman should be more about strategy instead of brute force, fighting, and overpowering.
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