More stunning covers - Celebrating Wonder Woman's new title

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Wonder Woman, whose 80th Anniversary is this year, is getting her own anthology title

Batman can have "Batman: Black and White", Wonder Woman is getting

Wonder Woman: Black and GOLD



but more than that, she's getting a variant cover by Ramona Fradon too!



Ramona Fradon is a creator who should hardly need introduction. A giant of the Silver Age, with her art being most associated with "Brenda Starr: Reporter", and the superheroic worlds of Aquaman, Metamorpho (Who she co-created) and the Super Friends titles, describing her as a living legend is NOT hyberbole.

So giving her a variant cover for the new Wonder Woman series seems entirely fair, no?

I might add that Ms Fradon is currently 94, still actively creating, still loves what she does, and as this is the sort of work she can still create, no wonder! (No pun intended).

Here are the variant covers:

By Ramona Fradon


By Jen Bartel


By Yannick Paquette


By Josh Middleton


As for the series itself, it will be drawn in black and gold (and the white of the page of course)

The 40-page first issue features a story by writer John Arcudi and artist Ryan Sook who "show us the grace immortality grants a hero."

Wonder Woman series writer Becky Cloonan (who also draws) "weaves a spine-tingling tale of Diana's most precious weapon against the darkness."

Amy Reeder writes and draws a story that "takes us back to the Golden Age for a fun romp co-starring Etta Candy."

Writer AJ Mendez Brooks and artist Ming Doyle "travel to Themyscira for a tense family reunion."

And finally, writer Nadia Shammas and artist Morgan Beem "show us a story of Diana's past failures come to haunt her."

Comments

[mcbangle]

I would totally buy a poster of that Ramona Fradon variant cover! :heart eyes:

[tripodeca113]

I should read more Wonder Woman.

[alicemacher]

Very good choice indeed for the art scheme.

And hurray for nonagenarian artists who not only manage to still get work, but still rule at it!

[crinos]

Doesn't Wonder Woman already have an anthology series in Wonder Woman: Agent of Peace (And one before that with Sensation comics featuring Wonder Woman).

Not to say I am opposed to getting more of them, Honestly I have been enjoying this trend of creating comic series that are just short one or two issue anthology series of character tales: Harley Quinn red/white, Superman Man of tomorrow, Shazam Lightning strikes, Titans: Titans together, Flash Fastest man alive, Batman Superman Wow there are way more of these than I initially thought. I got some binging to do.

[stubbleupdate]

Agent of Peace ended.
Sensational Wonder Woman is the current title.

And s book isn't an anthology if it only has one story in it.

[crinos]

I mean a series anthology, like the Twilight zone or Night Gallery.

I mean if there's no major overarching storyline, and each issue is a different story with a different artist and maybe even continuity, I think that counts as anthology.

[stubbleupdate]

An anthology is a collection of something, whether it is stories or poems or songs.

Sensational Wonder Woman collects 1 story in one issue, and often has two part stories.

It has the same central character.

It is no more an anthology that series 1 of the X-Files was an anthology show.

[crinos]

Fair enough. I think the term I'm looking for is episodic.

But yeah, I much prefer these episodic comics DC has been putting out.

[cygnia]

Would love to see Fradon do Aquaman one more time.

[bradygirl_12]

These are lovely! :)

[jaxjyls]

Not a colour scheme I've really associated with Diana.

[juniper6]

I think the Josh Middleton one is my favorite.

[goodbyebird]

Ooh that Josh Middleton one is gonna be my new desktop wallpaper for sure! 😍