J. Michael Straczynski to Write Superman and Wonder Woman
DC Comics have revealed that starting in July, with Superman #701 and Wonder Woman #601, J. Michael Straczynski will be taking over writing chores on both titles.
No details have yet been revealed about the artists on the titles, or what direction the books will be going in, but Straczynski made the following statement:
“For as long as I’ve been doing conventions (starting in the early Cretaceous period, when it was just me and a handful of pterosaurs on a panel debating whether or not mammals with opposable thumbs were really necessary to the writing of quality comics, a point still hotly debated today), there has always been the same question from folks in the audience: “Is there any one character who is your dream character to write for?” The answer has always been the same: Superman. When I first came over to DC, that dream was realized in part by Dan DiDio’s gracious invitation to write the first of potentially many Superman original graphic novels. Now the dream has come fully true with the opportunity to write for the mainstream title, in a story that returns Superman to his roots in a way that will have the whole country talking about him in ways that we haven’t seen in a long time.
Similarly, the chance to write Wonder Woman — the nearest analogue to Superman in the DCU — is massively exciting. She’s a vital, powerful character, and we hope to bring a more contemporary sensibility to her character will retaining everything that makes her unique.
That DC is willing to jump-start these two runs in the pages of their respective anniversary issues is a great opportunity and a vote of confidence in what we have planned for these characters. I’m looking forward to this with more excitement than words can convey.
It’s gonna be a blast.”
Straczynski has also written a short essay about Superman and Wonder Woman, which you can find here.
Related posts:
- JMS & Geoff Johns to Write Superman: Earth One and Batman: Earth One Series for DC
- David S. Goyer Rumoured to be Writing the Next Superman Movie: The Man of Steel
- Chris Nolan to Mentor the Makers of the Next Superman movie
- Marc Guggenheim to Write Action Comics
- DC Announces That Wonder Woman Will return to its Original Numbering with #600
