'Wonder Woman' to 're-establish iconic character'

Brian Azzarello has said that his new Wonder Woman series will aim to re-establish the character as part of the DC Comics 'Trinity', alongside both Superman and Batman.

Azzarello has reunited up with his Doctor Thirteen collaborator Cliff Chiang on the project, which will launch as part of DC's company-wide relaunch next month.

"The tricky thing with Wonder Woman is that she's so iconic," Azzarello told Comic Book Resources. "If you ask five different people about Wonder Woman you are going to get five different versions of it.

"Trying to make everyone happy just dilutes the character so we just have to pick a direction and go with it. As long as we're coming from a really sincere place with our story and the things we want to do with her, the fans will love it."

Azzarello also commented on negative fan response to early images of Wonder Woman wearing long black pants in place of her traditional starred bloomers.

"She's pants-less," he confirmed. "Apparently most of her fans liked her pants-less too, judging from the reaction."

Earlier this week, Azzarello revealed that Wonder Woman will be more of a horror comic than a traditional superhero book.

Wonder Woman #1 will be published on September 21.