When Steve Trevor hits the discotheque, for example, "his shirt's unbuttoned down to his navel and he's wearing a neck kerchief." There are no jive turkeys allowed here - Andreyko says he's fully embracing the culture and fashion of the era without being too kitschy or reverential. "It's being really faithful to why Lynda Carter's Wonder Woman has endured for almost 40 years now."įor extra authenticity, DC got the license for the likenesses of both Carter and co-star Lyle Waggoner (who played love interest Steve Trevor), and Wonder Woman's magic belt, bulletproof bracelets and golden lasso are in full effect during the first Wonder Woman '77 story line drawn by Drew Johnson: The heroine has disco fever when she visits a nightclub - patterned after Studio 54, naturally - to track down an escaped Russian spy. "It's fun and there's no 'wink wink, nudge nudge' to it at all and it's not too cool for the room," says Andreyko, who also writes DC's Batwoman comic. Chapters will be available for download weekly on the DC Comics app,, , Google Play, Kindle Store, Nook Store, iBooks and iVerse ComicsPLUS.Īnd like Jeff Parker's fellow digital series Batman '66, which dives back into the Adam West 1960s show, the old-school Wonder Woman's new star-spangled stories will be collected in print, as well. Marc Andreyko jokes he might have some brain damage as a kid from spinning around and around to change his clothes just like Lynda Carter in the 1970s Wonder Woman TV show.Īt least there are still several fond memories of the time period and the live-action superheroine in the writer's head, because he's putting them to groovy use by continuing her adventures for a hip new generation.ĭC Comics' digital-first series Wonder Woman '77 premieres Thursday and is inspired by the classic TV take on the comic-book Amazon Princess and her alter ego, government agent Diana Prince.
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