Why Wonder Woman? Why not?
I wasn't born when she was created, or even when her TV show came out but ever since I discovered comics, I discovered Wonder Woman.
I became a fan straight away. I loved the mythology, I loved the Amazons, I loved the variety of villains, I loved how it was centred around mostly females (I had a limited variety of comics at my local library, and it was filled with Batman, Superman and a mix of Marvel or indie comics and there wasn't much of interest for someone like me, a girl in my early teens looking for a character I could imagine myself as.) and the message that it didn't always have to be a violent solution.
That even though she was a expert warrior, she'd rather not fight if it could be avoided. She tried to help her foes. She listened to both sides of the story. She cared so much that people in a world she had never heard of before were dying that she left the only home she knew - knowing there may be no way back - in order to assist them.
She handled haters with grace, had her own team of sidekicks, often held down a day job as well as working with the Justice League and flitting between our world and Themyscira.
She's proven herself a match for Superman and Batman, as well as a host of other heroes and villains.
Her tag line is Beautiful as Aphrodite, wise as Athena, swifter than Hermes, and stronger than Herculesand her moral compass is one of the best in the DC Universe. She's not one to boast though or to show off, she's genuinely a good person and one you can have a laugh with. Unless you're standing in the way of justice, that is.
Life and other duties had gotten in the way of my comic reading time but I feel the time is ripe to get back into it. I've been able to read some comics here and there that have re-ignited the flame, and with more attention on here now she's FINALLY got a movie..
The third pillar of DC's money making empire deserves a lot more love, and a lot more attention than what the new wannabe pillar Harley Quinn is getting.
