![]() ![]() ![]() Lois Lane, spurned by Clark Kent for 32 years, has transformed herself into a black woman and now taunts Superman: 'Will you marry me? Just as I am?' The Green Lantern has forsaken his familiar galaxy to do battle with earthly problems. As Newsweek would say in 1970, "Wonder Woman is wandering the world, minus her magic powers, as the quintessential women's liberationist. ![]() Predictably, the move was controversial both inside and outside of comics, as a number of DC Comics' other titles also underwent transformations that attempted to make them more socially conscious and relatable for the readers of that era. She proceeded to have adventures as an ordinary human who had trained herself in martial arts and wore ordinary clothes that changed from issue to issue - though she usually wore white. Wonder Woman decided to stay behind to continue to help Steve Trevor (spoiler alert: that didn't work out, as Steve was killed the next issue - series writer/artist/editor at the time Mike Sekowsky explained in a letter column the next year that Steve was "just too dumb and boring for the new Wonder Woman"), and underwent an Amazon "Rite of Renunciation", leaving her costume, her magic lasso, and her Amazon abilities behind. In Wonder Woman #169 cover dated Nov-Dec 1968, Queen Hippolyta summoned Wonder Woman to Paradise Island to inform her that the magic of the Amazons was exhausted and that they must "journey to another dimension to rest and renew" their powers. Wonder Woman #199 interior splash page, DC Comics 1972. The resulting run was both acclaimed and controversial, and there are two excellent high-grade examples of Wonder Woman issues from this unusual point in her history, Wonder Woman #196 (DC, 1971) CGC NM+ 9.6 White pages and Wonder Woman #199 (DC, 1972) CGC NM+ 9.6 Off-white to white pages up for auction in this week's 2021 December 5-6 Sunday & Monday Comic Books Select Auction #122149 at Heritage Auctions. The character went through a dramatic reboot for a little over two years beginning in late 1968, which included losing both her powers and her iconic costume. But as Samuel Delany reminded us recently, that was hardly the first time that such controversies have come up. First, it was a reaction to the costume worn by the character as played by actress Adrianne Palicki in the unaired Wonder Woman TV pilot in 2011, and later that same year the New 52 reboot put the character in a costume that was briefly a departure from the familiar favorite look, amid suggestions that there had been an editorial edict that female characters should wear more practical clothing. A decade ago, there was a lot of talk on the internet about whether Wonder Woman should wear pants. ![]()
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