Wonder Woman’s new daughter is a DC tribute to polyamorous origins

this week’s wonder woman #800 marks the anniversary of DC’s flagship title and the conclusion of the series by writers Becky Cloonan and Michael W. Conrad. Writer Tom King and artist Daniel Samper were the next team to tackle the book, and #800 teased hard at their plans: a story set decades later in the DC Universe, Wonder Woman’s daughter, Lizzie, appears.

why Lizzie? Well, it’s short for Elizabeth, that is, Elizabeth Marston Prince. Prince is the surname Princess Diana chose because of a long tradition. But which Marstons did Diana Prince partner with to get Lizzie out there?

But here in the real world, Elizabeth Marston just happens to be the name of one of the polyamorous trio that invented Wonder Woman in the first place.

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Academic researcher and comic book author William Moulton Marston is officially recognized as the creator of Wonder Woman. But historians agree that at least he was inspired by, and probably collaborated with, his partners Elizabeth Marston and Olive Byrne. Elizabeth and Olive named their children after William, raised them together, and shared the home for nearly 50 years after William’s death until Olive’s death in 1990.

This is where the story of Princess Diana’s daughter, Lizzie, begins. What do we know about her? Not much! King and Samper’s short stories seem to set her up as the bossy little sister the sons of Batman and Superman never asked for, with three lasses of doom, an imprisoned king, and “America.” Not to mention the eerie content about “the myth that killed the A new wonder. ” We have to wait until September wonder woman See #1 for details.

Image: Kelly Thompson, Javier Pina, David Lopez/Marvel Comics

Kelly Thompson, co-creator of Jeff the Land Shark and writer of his blockbuster Marvel Unlimited series, made it all the more natural for him to appear in her final issue. It’s about captain marvel Before that, we have a new creative team and a new number one this fall. It continues to be very compelling that his celebrity status has influenced the superheroes of the Marvel Universe as well.

Image: Tom Taylor, Bruno Redondo/DC Comics

Writer Tom Taylor and artist Bruno Redondo are used to imposing artistic constraints on their work. nightwing problem. But reading them is like watching a trickshot compilation. how they did it”

this week’s nightwing The work is ‘shot’ entirely in first person, with heavy use of reflective surfaces, hand paintings, and perhaps most strikingly, six pages of highly detailed subway car interiors. I hope Redondo mocks it up in a 3D reference program. Because it makes him want to faint to think that he created it freehand. And he creates this splash page of what it looks like inside the car when the missile hits it. I just feel dizzy.