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This version of Wonder Woman has a rather different backstory to the one we’re all familiar with.
Newsarama: Kelly and Hayden, congratulations on a terrific first issue of Absolute Wonder Woman.
Hayden Sherman’s main cover for Absolute Wonder Woman #1.
Can you tell us a little bit about how you got involved with this book?
I almost had to tell him no because I couldn’t figure it out.
This is a hard character.
Hayden Sherman’s main cover for Absolute Wonder Woman #1.
Someone could tell a really great angry Wonder Woman story, but it wasn’t going to be me.
So I started stripping stuff back.
I was very lucky to have Hayden on board, because they fully got what I was going for.
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Hayden Sherman:The whole process was very secretive up until the moment we really got running.
What are you talking about?'
You just touched on this Kelly, but let’s break it down a bit more…
Jim Lee’s variant cover for Absolute Wonder Woman #1.
This Wonder Woman is raised in Hell.
If anything, I think her goodness shines brighter because she’s contrasted with that location.
Was that what you were going for here?
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Thompson:I think the mother is a very unexpected sort of swing.
And again, it seems more beautiful because of where it’s set.
But it was all up to Hayden to telegraph that.
Let’s talk about that a little.
It’s got more of a self-made look to it, but also reinforcing the practicality.
So you gotta have them protected and covered and everything like that.
I feel like everyone really poured their heart and souls into it.
Thompson:She’s going to come up against the US government, which is never super fun.
But the obvious villains are some very big monsters with Cthulhu vibes.
There’s some sci-fi in there as well, but it probably does lean a bit more into fantasy.
The monsters she fights in the first issue are called Harbingers and they signal something else that’s coming.
So as big as those things are, it’s just the beginning.
Sherman:I was so thrilled that those are the opening antagonists for this first arc.
Thompson:I can tell!
It’s fun to make those dreams come true.
Thompson:That explains why all the designs were so good.
So let’s use them all, let’s put them all in.
Thompson:It’s probably more accurate to say she’s the firstpublicsuperhero.
But when she debuts on the scene, that’s the first time the world has seen a superhero.
There’s literally news cameras there.
It’s a big debut and you’re free to’t put that back in the box.
So it’s pretty wild in that respect.
What aspects of Absolute Wonder Woman are you the most excited for readers to experience?
Sherman:We hinted at Diana’s mother earlier that’s pretty high up there for me.
I thought we were going to get so much pushback on that, and people love it.
I would also say that I’m excited for people to discover her lassos.
And just because that exists that does not mean that the Lasso of Truth doesn’t exist.
It just means she maybe doesn’t have it yet.
Sherman:I love this alternate universe you’re mentioning, with ax Wonder Woman and ax Batman.
That means there would have to be an ax Superman too!
[laughs]
Absolute Wonder Woman #1 is published by DC on October 23.
We recently caught up with Tom King to discuss his take onWonder Woman over in the core DC universe.
