Her mother, Queen Hippolyta, raised Princess Diana of the Amazons on Paradise Island.

Although the exact sequence of events is still unverified, Diana chose to leave her people and travel to the world of men with USAF Pilot Steve Trevor, who had crash-landed on Paradise Island. Diana returned to the United States with Trevor and took the name Wonder Woman.

It was during this period that she was introduced to, and joined, the Justice League. More recently, Wonder Woman learned some unsettling news about her birthright. Previously believing that she was a gift from the gods and made real from clay, Diana uncovered the truth that she is actually the offspring of her mother and Zeus. For Diana, this creates confusion about her true nature and raises the uncomfortable truth that if she is Zeus’ daughter…who are her siblings?

Further complicating things is Wonder Woman’s relationship with Superman, which has become romantic in nature. Are mere mortals right to fear the effects of such a powerful union?

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Man of Steel has the same Writer - David Goyer - as Batman Begins, The Dark Knight and the Dark Knight Rises, so we can expect a film that takes the subject matter seriously.

For fans the main question seem0s to be how will Superman act, will he be a reluctant hero - or an enthusiastic one?

I’m sure there will be some funny moments - as there was in the Batman movies.

Superman and Wonder Woman are dating in the comics now, the relationship is still in the very early stages, and we’ve so far just seen the one date, which was interrupted by a tidal wave.

It’s important to note the comics timeline is five years after Superman made his first public appearance in Metropolis. In this time both Diana and Clark have had - to some extent - relationships with their classic love interests, and have - at least for now - moved on and embraced each other.

While the first part of the Man of Steel movie will be concentrate on Clark’s childhood to adulthood journey ie to the point in time when he becomes ‘Superman’, and it seems the movie is about his first major Public act of heroism.

It’s worth while noting that the comics and movie fictional universes are distinct, Man of Steel is for all intents and purposes effectively set five years before the current status quo in the comics, because it is an origin story.

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The old DC Presents theme harks back to the past, after all this blog existed before Flashpoint and the New 52.

We’re not a reaction to the New Status Quo that is DC Comic’s Ultimate Power Couple Diana and Clark, rather this Tumblr was created in anticipation of what might just maybe happen.

As fans of this True Romance story for our favourite heroes we like to look back at the great moments from previous DC Universes as well as the New 52.

So fans of Hell Yeah Superman and Wonder Woman, should the theme change?

What do you think?

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It’s a great time to be a Superman and Wonder Woman fan. Diana and Kal have their moment as a couple in the sun, and we’re just pleased to see that however long it lasts.

Much of that is down to you and me, and the over 1500 followers of this blog, to go out there and buy the comics and or the merchandise.

You don’t have to follow the books to be a fan of the idea of DC’s Ultimate Power Couple!

While we’d love to see their relationship portrayed on the silver screen, for now we can just Squee at the new Superman - Henry Cavill and oft tipped to play Diana Gina Carano having a fairy tale day out in a supercar at Windsor Castle.

No one is saying Superman can’t be mentioned in Wonder Woman.

The opposite is the case, but that doesn’t translate into there must be a ‘guest’ appearance of Superman in Wonder Woman.

It would be nice, and we’d love to see it.

But I’m not even sure if the current Wonder Woman Story meshes chronologically with the ‘now’ of the New 52 - it feels out of place much like Action.

The bottom line is Azzarello is telling his story. I accept the criticism that it’s isolated from the main New 52 universe, but I’m prepared to cut Azzarello some slack here as the book’s sales are good.

Orion’s guest appearance brings New Genesis into the New 52 - we could argue that having the New Gods reappearing in Wonder Woman is a direct link back to the Superman Family of books, as Kirby introduced the New Gods in Jimmy Olsen. Although Editorial is probably doing this because old gods - New Gods have similar themes in their comic book mythology.

That said, you’re very right that if written well Superman and Wonder Woman in each others books should not impact either’s standing.

What matters is that the new movie has a strong coherent story. The Daily Planet is an important part of Superman’s Mythology - it would be very surprising if the movie didn’t address Lois and Superman’s relationship.

Personally even as Diana and Kal ‘shipper at this point ie a movie dealing with Superman’s origin - his journey to being a hero, it’s how this is handled that is more of a concern to me, as Superman is first and foremost an enthusiastic hero, and not a reluctant one, that is he steps up to the plate to do the right thing, not the easy thing.

Also using Zod again - despite the protestations that this film is unrelated to the Donner Franchise - concerned me. Zod was until Donner a b list villain, who was plucked from relative obscurity and given a headline role as the villain for the second Donner Superman Film. However judging from the trailer there are clear and important differences. Can Zod even fly for example? Superman clearly can given his lifetime on Earth. It could be Superman’s natural advantages are outweighed by Zod’s access to advanced technology.

These sort of questions are more important I feel to the overall success of the film as a story, than which version of the Lois and Clark dynamic plays out, for example Donner went with the Classic doomed relationship where at the end of second Movie Lois realises she can’t be Superman - as long as he is Superman. Smallville told another different dynamic.

As a comics fan, and fan of story telling in general, I can say hand on heart is that there isn’t just one version of Superman’s story.

Whatever happens in the new movie-verse doesn’t make anyone’s ship more or less valid as a story, and everyone’s mileage may vary when it comes to which version they prefer.

As Superman and Wonder Woman shippers for the longest time our OTP wasn’t canon, it took Kingdom Come by Mark Waid and Alex Ross to promote the idea from elseworld to semi-canon multiverse story on Earth 22. 

Right now out OTP has made it to the Comic book Canon proper, and it’s working out well for us in terms of sales and reception. It doesn’t follow that the comic-verse and movie-verse must be the same in every detail and outcome.

What’s really important is that this is a great Superman film, that proves to be a worthy box office smash.

Success that lays a solid foundation for a great Justice League movie. One where we can dream of some super wonderful Diana and Kal interactions. :) Of course!

( And maybe if we’re really lucky the rumour about a Wonder Woman cameo in Man of Steel might even be true! )

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