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Hey, I never said I didn't LIKE Perez's take - I was saying that Wonder Woman AS A WHOLE has a much more confused background than the other comics big-hitters, because every writer who works on her tries to reinvent the wheel, due to too much deviation from the original source material early in the character's history. I like Perez's take quite a bit (although I actually think his emphasis on mythology is a little too heavy at times).
And I'm sorry, but I can't really agree with you about the supporting characters. Etta Candy was never just 'a fat buffoon' - sure, she was comic relief, but she was a gutsy type, never self-conscious about her image, had a hell of a lot of fun helping Wonder Woman out, and came to her rescue countless times. I really like Marston Etta, and I thought Perez's take on her didn't really cut the mustard - sure, she was more realistic, but both her and Steve rapidly got shoved into the background, where they remain to this day. I'll certainly agree that both Steve and Etta were flawed characters as Marston wrote them, but they were lots of fun - the modern versions are just kind of nonentities. (Plus, I'm sorry, but changing Etta from fat to borderline anorexic is not improving things - mind you, that wasn't Perez's doing, but nonetheless, that's how the character is these days, and it sucks.)
And if Adam Hughes DOES manage to combine the best bits of Marston and Perez, he'll certainly have something worth reading. I'll believe it when I see it.