Considering DC Comics' recent-ish success with their
Batman '66 comics, which presented new adventures of the mid-Sixties
Adam West &
Burt Ward television versions of Batman & Robin, it was inevitable that they'd try a Wonder Woman comic based on the Seventies TV show that starred the stunning
Lynda Carter as the star-spangled heroine. Originally serialized online, the publisher has recently collected a couple of the period adventures as the
Wonder Woman '77 Special!
As a fan of the 70s
Wonder Woman series, I felt I had to pick this up when I saw it at a local store, despite the hefty cover price. It was a fun read, although I felt the writers and artists did an only "adequate" job evoking the TV series. In fact, reading it, I got the impression that no one involved actually was alive in the 70s!
You're probably right about that. Actually, I preferred the first season of the show, which was set in the 1940s, but trying to evoke the 40s as seen from the 70s is probably a little too convoluted for a comic book.
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