Tja Astirid! Hur star det till? Jag ar "Typhoid Dave".

Seems like its WWMB Old Home Week here. How did you guys get here?

I am a big WW fan, but haven't read the title regularly since Perez. Somewhere along the way I picked upa a degree in Ancient Greek history, and WW is about as close as you can get (setting aside Miller's excellent 300) to my long lost preferred academia.

As a result, I'm very biased in favour of a more "realistic" approach to Wonder Woman. I wasn't brought up on the WW traditions of the invisible plane, the kangas, and the fawning over Steve Trevor. I grew to like the character when she was stopping Ares from initiating a nuclear holocaust: the fact that she is wearing a bathing suit instead of armour is because she didn't want to antagonise the God of War. Strategy and tactics, and it won the day against overwhelming odds.

I liked the Waid KC version of WW very much: it focussed on what most people perceive as an inherent split between diplomat and warrior: yet those people who have studied foreign affairs know that Carl Clausewitz, a Prussian general and protypical military academic, saw war as a natural continuation of diplomacy (he actually said it is "a true political instrument; a continuation of policy by other means.") And this is generally accepted as correct.

Wonder Woman is both diplomat and warrior, a bringer of peace and a bringer of war, and no one should be uncomfortable with her wearing both of those hats because they are, to awkwardly extend the analogy, the same hat.

In KC, we see an affirmative WW take command, undercutting Superman's idealism with a call to arms and a decisive plan. I see nothing wrong with this at all. Batman was always the loner until Dark Knight Returns made him a general, but in truth the general in DC's continuity should always have been WW.

I haven't bought any of the Jiminez WW issues, and I'm in no position to be critical of a work I haven't read. I see nothing wrong with an empathic WW, someone who feels as well as acts. So long as she also acts.

And to be frank, that's what people buy comics for. (My guiding star in respect of what comics are about for the past few months has been Warren Ellis' Old Bastards Manifesto at www.warrenellis.com) They want a voluptuous brunette beating the crap out of bad guys - or even better, bad girls. They don't want mealy-mouthed sentimentality.

Wonder Woman is a little different from the typical female character title. Look at Witchblade or Fathom - WW is as T&A as those titles (and doesn't sell as well). Instead, WW has a strong base of female readers, and also gay readers, both of which is a bit odd for comics, I'd guess. They want her to be the Spirit of Truth, and there is nothing wrong with that at all. But that virtue doesn't stand out like the patriotism and American values of Superman, or the violence and grim depression of Batman.

We all want to see most what we like, in WW. (I'm writing WW fanfic, and it has WW involved in politics, because that's what interests me.) My hope is that DC can find something keeps everyone happy. I'd hazard a guess and say the closest thing I've seen to that is A League of One.