Wonder Woman by John Bryne

 

I've always thought that Bryne was an exceptionally talented artist and storyteller and have enjoyed his interpretations of various heroes from both Marvel (originally) and DC. Here he starts a "new era" (so the headlines shout) for Wonder Woman, with a new city - Gateway City, another mythical DC burb - new friends, a possible (mortal) love interest, and a wanna-be sidekick.

Of course, there are villains galore, old'n'new, some that she had fought before and others that she had not, as well as mystical help from the likes of the Phantom Stranger and the Demon, and a cameo from Superman, who in this timeline still has his (Earthly) parents, his powers are not what I remember them to be (it took him 5 minutes to get across the country, when he used to be able to travel the solar system in close to that amount of time) and he has long hair, for some reason.

For me, Bryne never gets overly heavy-handed with the changes to the characters though, unlike some other variations that have occurred since, and while he still has a basic good vs. evil storyline, he creates some good characters and situations. I enjoyed this one.