If you think DC's Wonder Woman is a political book, then you're identifying with the villains waaaaaay too much, says writer Tom King
Is good vs. evil political? That answer might depend on whether or not you find yourself identifying more with the villains than the heroes. For some - especially in these politically charged times - DC's Wonder Woman title as written by Tom King is a pointedly political book. For writer Tom King, however, it's anything but. "I don’t see Wonder Woman as a specifically political book, I see it as a superhero book. I may just be an idiot," King says with a laugh to Popverse's Sam Stone. "What is Wonder Woman fighting for? She’s fighting for equality, love, and all the things I was taught as a kid in the ‘80s that were the ideal things and that my mother was taught in the ‘50s and all the things my grandmother, who helped raise me, was taught in the ‘40s. I don’t see it as being political."King and artist Daniel Sampere's Wonder Woman run, which began in 2023, features Wonder Woman and other Amazons being persecuted and judged by the media, with a new villain called the Sovereign behind it all. King says "too many people are associating" the Sovereign with themselves. Read more
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