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5 WONDER WOMAN Comics to Read After Seeing the Movie

After years of waiting, Diana, Princess of Themyscira, has hit our screens in a truly wondrous fashion. With a projected opening weekend of 100 million dollars (topping Thor, Guardians of the Galaxy, or Batman Begins), the sequel already greenlit, and some of the best reviews that a superhero movie has ever received, the myth of a woman not being able to lead a superhero franchise has finally been slayed. But as with any great movie it has left us wanting more, so we’ve put together a list of some of the most wonderful comics to pick up if you want more Diana in your life.

Whether you’re a lifelong fan or you’ve never picked up a comic in your life, we’ve selected a bunch of the best Wonder Woman stories. All are perfect jumping-on points to get your fix of the iconic warrior princess, without getting lost in decades of confusing continuity!

Wonder Woman: The True Amazon – Jill Thompson, lettered by Jason Arthur

Jill Thompson’s original graphic novel about a young and conflicted Diana is one of the most humane and authentic renderings of Wonder Woman ever to be put on the page. Straying from the decades-old idea of Diana as an incorruptible and perfect heroine, this book paints her as a selfish and powerful young woman who must find the humility and strength to become a true hero. One of Thompson’s strongest storytelling choices is to remove Steve Trevor entirely, creating an alternate narrative in which Diana goes to man’s world for her own reasons, giving this young, passionate incarnation even more agency to discover who she is in her own way. A perfect starting point for new readers, this beautifully illustrated book explains the history of the Amazons and Themyscira whilst giving Wonder Woman a relatable backstory, revealing hidden depths to the icon that we know and love.

The Legend of Wonder Woman – Renae De Liz and Ray Dillon

Another contemporary classic is the 2015 DC Comics series The Legend of Wonder Woman. Beginning as a digital first book, this incredible retelling of Diana’s origin became a word of mouth hit and is now available as a collection at your local comic shop or bookstore. Focusing on Diana’s adventures as a young Amazonian, this is one of the first Wonder Woman books that was aimed specifically at younger readers, though it can be enjoyed by anyone. De Liz’s gorgeous artwork paints a world beyond imagination: a Disney-esque land where princesses are badass warrior women learning how to save the world. Beginning the story with Diana as a child, the book follows her from a sheltered princess to the complex, caring, and compassionate heroine that the world knows. Exploring Diana’s relationship with her mother, and focusing heavily on Paradise Island, this vibrant tale is perfect for fans who adored baby Diana and the film’s opening 45 minutes on Themyscira.  

Wonder Woman: Earth One – Grant Morrison, Yanick Paquette, Nathan Fairbairn, and Todd Cline

This long awaited addition to DC’s popular Earth One imprint, a line which reimagines the origins of their most beloved characters, is one of the best renderings of Wonder Woman’s beginnings. Morrison’s understanding of Wonder Woman’s creator William Moulton-Marston’s influences–he was heavily involved in the world of S&M and saw it as a powerful way for women to assert dominance–means that he paints a Diana who’s strong and beautiful yet never fetishized. Yanick Paquette’s art and paneling choices bring the book to life, with inspired decisions like using the lasso as a way of breaking up the page, and embracing an almost art deco otherworldliness that makes Paradise Island feel alive. In this tale we find Wonder Woman on trial for leaving Themyscira, and this creates an easy way of reasserting the character’s background without it ever feeling forced. This book also realigns some of the more problematic parts of Diana’s canon, creating a far more inclusive vision of the Amazons and renaming Etta Candy (an awful fat joke from the classic comics) as Beth, whilst making her the true moral compass of the book.

Wonder Woman – George Perez, Greg Potter, Len Wein, Bruce D Patterson, Tatjana Wood, and John Costanza

Easily the most iconic and beloved collection of Wonder Woman stories is George Perez’s run on the book that began in 1987. Now in an omnibus, fans can enjoy this classic comic book rendering of the first Princess of DC. It’s a sprawling fantasy epic that gave heretofore undelivered depth and heart to the origin of Diana, and forged the iconic hero into a beloved heroine for all ages. This was a revelatory run realigning how comic companies portrayed their female heroes–at least for a while–with vibrant art and an in-depth story that’s captured readers’ imaginations for decades. Crafting a high energy tale steeped in the lore of gods and monsters, the creative team never lose sight of the humanity at the core of Diana and make sure that readers never forget that her message is one of positivity and morality. This is perfect for fans of both classic comic art and beautifully told stories of good triumphing over evil.

DC Super Hero Girls: Finals Crisis – Shea Fontana and Yancey Labat

Though this is an ensemble book, DC Super Hero Girls is led by Wonder Woman. This book heavily focuses on her journey to fit in at Super Hero High whilst still managing to lead the other heroes in saving the world. One of the loveliest young readers series currently being published, this graphic novel is perfect for your very own baby Dianas who’ve inspired by the recent movie and want to learn more. A fun-filled story jam packed with strong female characters, artwork that jumps off the pages, and iconic characters with age appropriate costumes, this is an unmissable tale for all young superhero fans.

Images: DC Comics

Who Wins When 20 T-Rexes Fight 10,000 Chickens? We Do.

It’s sometimes difficult to navigate the stresses of the modern world, especially when social media keeps us in tune of everything going on. At every turn we’re faced with the horrors of foreign wars, worldwide economic stress, a ruthless political climate, and that friend who just won’t stop posting about the vitamin business she just became a part of that definitely isn’t a pyramid scheme.

Thankfully, every so often, the internet gives us an answer to a question so vital–so important–that we’re able to forget everything awful in the world and come together even for the briefest of moments. Brace yourself and get ready to bask in the warm light of wonderful nonsense. We present to you, 20 tyrannosaurus rexes fighting 10,000 chickens.

Since the dawn of recorded history, the world’s greatest minds have pondered the result of what you just witnessed. Plato, Socrates, and Aristotle all had their own thoughts on the subject. Albert Einstein pondered the problem for years and–rumor has it–Stephen Hawking’s next book was about the very subject of chicken v. t-rex mayhem. However, thanks to a recent article on Sploid, the Lazy Game Reviews YouTube channel, and the Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator the debate can now be put to rest.

After a few Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator YouTube searches, it’s become apparent that we should all be very, very frightened of any large group of chickens. The 20 t-rexes were taken out with relative ease by the chicken’s strength in numbers, but the flightless birds also seem to fare well against most opposing armies. In fact, the game‘s official trailer jumps right into the “fowl” deeds of poultry war.

We’re just glad that wonderfully silly things like this continue to pop up on the internet and absolutely can’t wait to see what other epic battles get simulated. So far, the chicken v. t-rex is probably our favorite considering most other UEBS videos can’t seem to resist distracting, PewDiePie-esque gamer commentary. Just let them fight, internet.

What are your favorite UEBS battles? Let’s discuss in the comments below!

Image: UEBS | Lazy Game Reviews

SPIDER-MAN Goes Back to Basics in This First Look at a New Cartoon Series

On July 7th, fans finally get to see a Spider-Man adventure set in the same universe as the other MCU characters with the release of Spider-Man: Homecoming. Starring Tom Holland as the wall-crawler, this version of Spidey will show us how he learns to navigate being a superhero in a world already full of them.

Mirroring this young version of Spidey will be Disney XD, which will debut its new cartoon, aptly named Spider-Man, sometime this summer. Marvel’s YouTube page has given us a first look at the new series.

Unlike its predecessor, Ultimate Spider-Man, this series looks to go back to the VERY early days of the web-slinger, as this clip shows him in a homemade suit, which is almost a match for the one we will see in Homecoming. Also, it doesn’t look like he has three teams of young heroes to lead into battle, either. We get a glimpse here of one of his classic villains, the Scorpion, as he and Spidey battle it out in New York City.

The look and tone of this new series shows that Marvel is making their animated properties (the others being Avengers Assemble and Guardians of the Galaxy) part of one continuity that is on par with the MCU. A lot of younger Marvel fans were probably introduced to these characters via the movies, so I think it is a smart move to keep the looks similar when it comes to the cartoons.

So what do you think? Will you be checking out the new Spider-Man this summer? Are there any Marvel characters that you feel deserve their own cartoon series as well? Let me know on Twitter or sound off in the comments below.

Image: Marvel Entertainment/YouTube

Who Is Danielle Moonstar? Breaking Down THE NEW MUTANTS’ Latest Addition

After years of rumors, the very first X-Men spinoff comic, The New Mutants is set to go in front of the cameras later this year. And after an exhaustive casting search, the final member of the team has been cast.

Yesterday, The Hollywood Reporter revealed that actress Blu Hunt has been signed to play Danielle Moonstar, a.k.a. Mirage in The New Mutants. The rest of team will include Anya Taylor-Joy as Illyana Rasputin/Magik, Maisie Williams as Rahne Sinclair/Wolfsbane, Charlie Heaton as Sam Guthrie/Cannonball, Henry Zaga as Roberto da Costa/Sunspot, and Rosario Dawson as Dr. Cecilia Reyes.

Hunt is largely unknown, but she has recently portrayed the Hollow on The CW’s vampire series, The Originals.

Landing this role is going to be a big deal for Hunt, because Dani Moonstar isn’t a supporting character; she’s the lead. Dani is arguably the most important character in the entire story, even though she’s currently not well known among non-comics fans.

So who is Dani Moonstar? She is a Native American from the Cheyenne tribe who possesses a limited version of telepathy and empathy. Specifically, she is able to create illusions that draw upon the fears and desires of nearly anyone she uses her powers on. That’s why her codename is Mirage. She was created by writer Chris Claremont and artist Bob McLeod in 1982 as one of the founding members of the New Mutants, and she went on to become the leader of the team.

As originally conceived, Dani and her teammates were meant to be the next generation of X-Men. This was Marvel’s first attempt to expand the X-Men franchise into a second ongoing title, and Dani starred in the series for almost its entire run. Unlike the film, the New Mutants were initially mentored by Professor Charles Xavier and later by Magneto. Dani had left the team by the time that Cable took over as their mentor.

Director Josh Boone has indicated that The New Mutants film will be a horror story, and it’s rumored that it will heavily draw upon the Demon Bear storyline that revolved around Dani in the comics. The Demon Bear was a supernatural entity that haunted Dani most of her life and was apparently responsible for the death of her parents. Essentially, the Demon Bear was a manifestation of fear and it attempted to possess Dani’s body after nearly crippling her.

Years after the Demon Bear was defeated, Dani and her teammates were stranded in Asgard by the machinations of Loki and the Enchantress. Dani came upon a winged horse that was trapped and wounded before saving its life and bonding with it. She named the horse Brightwind, and their bond inadvertently meant that Dani had been chosen to become a Valkyrie. That gave Dani the ability to see premonitions of death. Several years later, that connection also made Dani vulnerable to a plot by Hela to control the Valkryie.

Although Dani left the New Mutants to stay in Asgard, she eventually rejoined the team when it was known as X-Force. She went on to become one of the leads of Marvel’s Fearless Defenders, and she was even briefly featured in Avengers: The Initiative as an instructor for new heroes. While Dani has primarily been used as a mentor character in recent years, she has also headlined revivals of The New Mutants series alongside her previous teammates. More recently, she used her abilities to predict death to help her find mutants infected by the Inhumans’ terrigen mists and bring them to safety.

If The New Mutants film goes on to become a hit, then it could significantly raise the profile of Dani and her team within the Marvel Universe. There isn’t currently a New Mutants comic, but if we know Marvel, that’s going to change before the film comes out on April 13, 2018.

Are you excited to see Dani Moonstar on the big screen? Let us know in the comment section below!

Images: Marvel Comics/The CW

Figures and Speech: GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 Marvel Legends Wave 2

Welcome to Figures & Speech, Nerdist’s regular column by, for, and about grown-ups who still play with their toys but might want to know more before they buy. 

James Gunn promised us there’d be more female action figures from the second Guardians of the Galaxy movie than the first, but when that first wave hit, we were all a bit worried, as the only woman in it was Angela, from the comics. Now that wave 2 is in hand, however, it seems clear that the movie characters in the last Guardians of the Galaxy Marvel Legends wave were the ones whose looks changed the least between flicks, so they could be put into production sooner. Wave 2 gives us more of the movie characters, and three women, to boot.

One of the women, Mantis, is the build-a-figure in the wave, probably because she doesn’t use big guns or action accessories in the movie and it was thought she’d appeal more to collectors than casual buyers. But it leads to mildly uncomfortable optics–obviously, build-a-figures do come in pieces, but when it’s a robot tiger or something, it somehow feels less disturbing to see parts than when it’s a humanoid woman’s headless torso.

Granted, Rocket and Groot are both so small that it feels like they need added value with a big bonus piece, but they’re packing a lot themselves. Groot may not be posable but he’s well-painted, and Rocket has interchangeable heads, plus the following articulation: cut ankles, ball tail, cut wrists, ball knees, hips and elbows, cut mid-thigh, ball mid-torso and ball neck. Watch out in case his feet fall off, and wonder why he has small holes in his feet that obviously won’t fit any of the same pegs the larger figures do, but still, you won’t regret buying him, which is why he comes one extra to a case.

Drax in wave 1 has already become one of my favorite figures of the year, so there’s a lot to live up to, but these figures do. Zoe Saldana, somehow, is one of those actors who gets captured perfectly in toy form every time, and the new Gamora is no exception.

Her angry sister Nebula isn’t bad either. Well, I mean, she is bad, but she’s a good figure.

She comes packed with an alternate robotic right forearm.

Unlike the male figures in the line, Gamora, Nebula, and Mantis lack upper bicep cut joints, but make up for it with ball-jointed elbows. This is pretty standard for Marvel Legends. Otherwise, the articulation is what you’d expect on all of these, with double-knees and elbows, ball shoulders and hips, rock-and-cut ankles, mid calf, mid-thigh, and upper bicep, plus ball neck and ab crunch and waist.

Nebula has a gun, but Gamora has a bigger gun, plus her sword, and the collapsed sword hilt that fits in a holster…though it falls out very easily.

Rounding out the single-carded movie figures is a new Star-Lord, who’s mostly a repaint of wave 1 Star-Lord, but with new arms, coat, and removable Chris Jericho scarf, plus a different head sculpt and a walkman all in black. And I don’t know about you, but it looks to me less like Chris Pratt and more like Saturday Night Live‘s Beck Bennett cosplaying as Chris Pratt.

Seriously, when you look at him, can’t you just hear Bennett saying “Ees okay!” in his Vladimir Putin voice? I do. Comparison:

Fortunately, you can pop his head off and replace it with either the more Pratt-like head or the masked one from wave 1. You do have to buy this Star-Lord to build Mantis, though.

Mantis is also a standout, with a great actor likeness and a metallic green sheen on her outfit. Make sure her legs are pushed in tight when you assemble her. Since we never really saw the back of her outfit onscreen, here it is:

That just leaves one more movie star:

Careful not to lose him. He doesn’t have a base or plug in to anything.

Shaky Pratt likeness on version 2.2 aside, I’m very impressed overall with the movie-based figures, and they could be one of the best lines of the year. So why, you may ask, are there no villains in this line from the movie, with comic-based adversaries rounding out the wave?

Well, Ego will be coming in a 2-pack with Star-Lord 2.1, but there’s no Ayesha or Taserface, or even Ronan or Thanos from movie 1. And here’s the logistical answer: to make a wave cost effective, some figures need to use existing parts. And accurate movie-based characters can’t do that. Hence, we get three comic characters on fairly generic bodies.

Ex Nihilo, being all gold, could conceivably be part of the Sovereign in the movie. He also looks enough like the silhouette of Steppenwolf seen in the Batman V Superman Extended Cut that he could play well with your DC toys.

Death’s Head II, a character primarily known from Marvel UK, is huge. Huge enough that you’d expect him to be the build-a-figure, even.

If you’re thinking these last two characters might work well with Masters of the Universe Classics, you speak my language.

Death’s Head II even comes with an extra left hand, in case you’d rather have him point than punch.

 

Which leaves us with Adam Warlock, who has been teased as the major antagonist for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. He uses a generic superhero body, and those Doctor Strange spell-casting effects AGAIN (they’re loose around his wrist, and have to be pushed further up the forearms), but the paint job does good work of disguising it.

He comes with a bonus energized head that makes him look like Ryuk from Death Note:

If the Marvel movie figures stay this good, we’ll all be very lucky. GOTG 2 are the height of Hasbro’s game on that score so far.

Images: Luke Y. Thompson

Luke Y. Thompson is Nerdist’s weekend editor and resident toy reviewer. Hit him up on Twitter @LYTrules

JUSTICE LEAGUE #22 Features The Team Vs. A Deadly Space Virus (Exclusive Preview)

The members of the Justice League have had a lot to deal with since the entire DC Rebirth initiative began, like seeing their beloved teammate Superman die, only to be replaced with an older, married lookalike who has a ten year-old son. On top of that, they’ve had to contend with two rookie members of the Green Lantern Corps who are a little wet behind the ears, and also that whole time travel adventure recently. When you’re the Earth’s greatest superheroes, you don’t really get much down time up in that Watchtower.

Now, in a special one-off story from writer Shea Fontana, the League’s troubles continue to get worse, as the team has to deal with a deadly virus brought on board by those newbie Green Lanterns, Simon Baz and Jessica Cruz. Not only is the League affected, but so are the visiting Lois Lane and Jonathan Kent, the new Superboy. With the entire team (minus Aquaman and the Flash) on board the Watchtower with a rampaging space virus and a ticking clock, which Leaguer will be able to save the day?

You can check out our exclusive preview of the first five pages from Justice League #22, together with both variant covers down below in our gallery.

Publisher: DC Comics

Writer: Shea Fontana

Artist: Philippe Briones

Cover Artists: Paul Pelletier, Andrew Hennessy, & Hi-Fi

Here’s the official synopsis:

““When a dangerous virus accidentally hitchhikes on Green Lanterns Baz and Cruz to the League’s Watchtower satellite, the entire team-minus The Flash and Aquaman-along with some civilians, are quarantined until they figure out how to dispatch their tiny and rapidly multiplying foe. Only one of them has the key…but will they find out in time to save the innocents on board? ”

Justice League #22  is due to hit stores on Wednesday, June 7.

Are you looking forward to the latest Justice League epic? Let us know what you think down below in the comments.

Images: DC Comics

Watch a Genetically Modified Cyborg Dragonfly Take Flight For The First Time

Earlier this year, we learned about DragonflEye, a project from biomedical solutions company Draper that aims to turn dragonflies into genetically modified insect cyborgs that wear energy-harvesting solar backpacks and are completely under human control. Basically, they’re looking to collaborate with mother nature on the smallest, most-nimble drone around, which we can operate via pulses of light to the dragonfly’s nerve cord that allow us to control the insect’s steering neurons.

In February, the technology was still in more of a conceptual stage and hadn’t been tested on actual dragonflies. Now, just a few months later, we have video footage of DragonflEye in action.

In the clip above, we can see a real dragonfly being fitted with the device and proof that it’s able to actually fly. The video doesn’t do much to prove that its flight is human-controlled, but it’s also just a 30-second teaser clip, so we’re sure there’s more to come.

“DragonflEye is a totally new kind of micro-aerial vehicle that’s smaller, lighter and stealthier than anything else that’s manmade,” Draper biomedical engineer Jesse J. Wheeler said when announcing the project. “This system pushes the boundaries of energy harvesting, motion sensing, algorithms, miniaturization and optogenetics, all in a system small enough for an insect to wear.”

What sorts of purposes can you imagine DragonflEye being used for? Surveillance? Farming? Checking if whatever’s in the microwave is almost done because getting up is a lot to ask sometimes? Fire off some ideas in the comments below!

Featured image: Draper

This Microwave Lets You Play Video Games Right On Its Door

You know that AT&T commercial that’s airing everywhere right now, the one where Mark Wahlberg says we want everything to be a television (and refers to Gumball from The Amazing World of Gumball only as “kids’ show thing” ugh)? We may not have cable on our heart monitors, but now, we do have something that’s probably equally cool: video games on our microwave (via Polygon).

On the YouTube series Furze’s Invention Show, host Colin Furze makes a viewer-requested invention every episode, and the whole thing is like a fun bite-sized bit of public access television (but online). This time around, he was asked about making a microwave that wouldn’t be as boring to just sit and watch while your food heats up. His solution was to put a screen on it with AV input, so you can use a pre-HDMI device on it.

While cooking a peanut butter-covered onion (for reasons we’re not going to try to understand), he plugs in one of those cheap, 200-in-1 plug-and-play video game consoles, and both totally works: He’s able to play an old-school-style racing game while heating up an absolutely disgusting-sounding dish. There is no breakdown of the build process, although Furze does note that he wasn’t able to build the screen directly into the door itself, so he more or less stuck a screen onto the front of the existing door instead.

The good news is that if you’re into Furze’s creative spirit, he takes requests for his videos, so leave a comment on his videos if you have an idea, and let us know below what sort of crazy thing you’d like to see him make.

Featured image: colinfurze/YouTube

The Utterly Infectious Music of STEVEN UNIVERSE Now Has an Official Soundtrack

The same twenty-six seconds of audio have been playing over and over and over again in my head for the better part of two weeks now. They’re the first thing they hear when I wake up, the last thing I hear when I fall asleep, and they play on a loop during my commute to and from work. Yet in spite of what sounds like a maddening scenario, I welcome this earworm with open arms because it puts the biggest smile on my face. Those twenty-six seconds are the run time of “We Are The Crystal Gems,” the main title theme for Cartoon Network’s Steven Universe.

Created by Rebecca Sugar and named one of our favorite shows of 2016, Steven Universe is an unabashedly positive, immensely heartening animated series about a young half-alien, half-human boy, the trio of magical aliens he lives with, and the adventures they have together. The show has been praised for its thoughtful examination of love, sexuality, gender, and empathy — and rightly so — but, for my money, the most effective part of the show is the way that Sugar and the rest of her team–affectionately dubbed the Steven Crewniverse–use music as a narrative device.

Sugar and her creative collaborators have written tons of original music for the show, and they pull off the seemingly impossible task of making each song catchier than the last. These are the kind of songs that will stay with you long after the episodes end, the kind that you’ll find yourself absentmindedly humming as you go about your day. And that’s part of the magic of Steven Universe. These songs aren’t just empty vessels with a catchy beat; they contain important life lessons, narrative developments for the characters, and subtle meanings for fans to take to heart. Now, fans can take that special feeling on the go with them because Cartoon Network is releasing Steven Universe Soundtrack: Volume I on digital and streaming platforms worldwide today.

To take fans deeper inside the musical world of Steven Universe, Cartoon Network hosted a special Steven Universe Soundtrack: Volume I listening party on Wednesday night, moderated by yours truly. At the event, Sugar dove deep into the meanings behind select tracks from the soundtrack, speaking about how she and her colleagues try to use music as a character-building tool.

While you can find bootlegs a-plenty of the event on YouTube, an official video version of our talk will be available through Cartoon Network down the line. As a fun, exclusive though, we have a few of the music videos featuring the newly remastered tracks which we watched during the listening party event.

Stronger Than You

It’s Over, Isn’t It?

Steven Universe Soundtrack: Volume I is available now on digital and streaming platforms.

 

What’s your favorite Steven Universe song? Let us know in the comments below!

Images: Cartoon Network

Dan Casey is the senior editor of Nerdist and the author of books about Star Wars and the Avengers. Follow him on Twitter (@Osteoferocious).

Will WONDER WOMAN’s Success Be Enough to Change the DCEU?

Ever since Man of Steel introduced moviegoers to the bleak and sometimes colorless world of the DC Extended Universe, fans have asked for a film that embodies the ideals of the superhero comics that inspired them. We’re happy to say that Wonder Woman delivered on that front and in several other ways. Wonder Woman has already translated its critical acclaim into box office gold, and the film is on track to have an excellent opening weekend. The question now is where will the DCEU go from here? Today’s Nerdist News is examining the possibilities!

Join senior editor and guest host, young Daniel Casey, as he asks whether the success of Wonder Woman is enough to cause a major tonal shift in the DCEU. Who knew that there could be sunshine, hope, and optimism in a DC superhero movie? It’s almost as if Gal Gadot‘s Amazon heroine actually likes the people she’s saving!

Good reviews are always welcomed by the studio, but money is always going to be the ultimate barometer for any changes to the DCEU. And as happy as we are with Wonder Woman, it appears to be on course for a lower opening than Suicide Squad. There is definitely an audience for darker superhero films, especially when Batman is involved. That said, the recent DC Rebirth initiative has revitalized the company’s superhero comics by reminding fans of everything that made those characters great to begin with. That includes giving the heroes and heroines more than just grim and gritty stories and personalities. At their best, the DC characters offer hope and inspiration. There’s no reason that the movies can’t do that as well.

Patty Jenkins has already signed on for a potential Wonder Woman sequel, and we’re pretty convinced that it’s gonna happen. But we believe that Jenkins deserves a much bigger role in the DCEU going forward, and we’ve got a suggestion that shouldn’t be as radical as it may sound. Is there any reason that Jenkins can’t helm the sequel to Man of Steel and bring out Superman’s humanity again? Jenkins has done phenomenal work on this film, and she could still reach even greater heights if given the chance.

Do you think that future DCEU films should adopt the brighter tone of Wonder Woman? Unleash the lasso of truth and share your thoughts below!