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LOOKING BACK AT THE ICONIC, IMAGINATIVE CHAZZARELLO YEARS, ON WONDER WOMAN'S 80th ANNO!

By Mel Dyer This cover really makes me miss the imaginative world-build that artist Cliff Chiang's and  100 Bullets  writer Brian Azzarello's run brought to the  Wonder Woman  comic. It was a  landmark  run, and on the skyline of the comic's greatest creative periods, it stands out, ..with decidedly quirky distinction. Looking back on the comic's 80th anniversary, it was  memorable.  Can't say that about all of them! The Chazzarello run on  Wonder Woman  - better known, as DC Comics'  New 52  - changed the context of Wonder Woman's  superheroic mission,  in that it left her reasons for coming to the world of men, ..a  mystery,  which Brian never truly solved for us. In its place, he and Cliff gave Diana a quirky, imaginative and iconic world, from which to launch her stories and, occasionally, explore her myth-inspired background. I even miss the nifty raptor companion,  Zephyrus the Wonder Eagle,  that the New 52 gave to teenage Wonder Woman, ..because Supe

REVOLUTION: THE NEW, REVISED SECRET FILES OF DONNA TROY

REVOLUTION      --------------    P   E   R   S   O   N   A   L      D   A   T   A    --------------      Real name:  Donna Darnell-Troy, formerly 'Donna Magna of House Pompeius' Occupation:  Adventurer, Lifestyle blogger, Photojournalist, Royal Princess of the  Amazons Marital Status:  Widowed Known Relatives:  Queen Hippolyta (adoptive mother), Magnus Pius (father), Lady Vonia (mother), Princess Diana - Wonder Woman (sister), Terry Long (husband, deceased), Zeus (godfather),  Queen Antiope (aunt),   Pompeia Magna (sister), Virbius Rex  (cousin), Mala (sister), Daniel, Lord of Dreams (nephew, alternate universe), Nubia (sister), Artemis (sister), Poseidon (uncle), Hunter Prince (future nephew) Base of Operations:  Gateway City, California (USA) and mobile Group Affiliation:  Amazons of Themyscira, Titans Height:  5'9" Weight:  135 lbs Eyes:  Blue Hair:  Black First Appearance:   The Brave And The Bold, Issue #60 (1965) Donna Troy/Wonder Girl story:  Neal Adams,  Teen