Wonder Woman is fighting her way back onto the small screen with a totally new look.

Like most women, all she needs is a decent handbag

As News.com.au reports, gone are the days of the “precious” story line that found her suggestively “tied to a chair” in a pair of tiny hot pants at the end of each episode; this time around she’s got more brains, a “meatier backstory”, a pair of “blue leggings” and a “studded denim jacket”.

Oscar-nominated writer J. Michael Straczynski, the new script writer for the show, said he ditched the hotpants after “several female friends” asked him, “How does she fight in that thing without all her parts flying out?” and “How does she carry her stuff?”

The Punch have given some thought to the problem and would like to suggest they kit Wonder Woman out with a handbag. A star-spangled version of the Hermes “Kelly” bag could work nicely for all those ropes and things she wields around.

Got any other ideas? Share them here.

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    • Bruce Wayne says:

      10:58am | 01/07/10

      That’s the problem for some folks. All her parts flying about is what made this female crime fighter such a hit. Without this, teenage boys will cease to be interested.
      Its obvious that some one likes to spoil the fun once again!

    • LifeofY says:

      11:08am | 01/07/10

      A Iphone in an American flag case that plays the Star Spangled Banner when it rings. Really what superhero can survive without an Iphone in this day and age?

    • Shane From Melbourne says:

      12:17pm | 01/07/10

      I’d suggest a utility belt but I think Batman has a copyright on that one….

    • Brad Coward says:

      01:18pm | 01/07/10

      A sidekick called Wayne….to stand up for her when she’s on an interstate flight !  Minus the plane, of course !

    • Greg says:

      03:47pm | 01/07/10

      007 had a gadgets design team more so than our latest 007 though you could say there was a team with designs on him that came with steel capped boots and moulding the two together, though Julia might be in tune with Nancy on these boots goin walk all over you, I’m sure they could have more magical wonders and weaponry for WW.
      Pop out daggers and spurs,
      Energy soles creating suction with heat for scaling walls .
      Heals containing titanium wire winches and stun gas capsules.
      We’ve had cargo pants and so why not cargo calf high boots with pockets for the latest in slim line Glocks and frisbee blade slicers and boot backs housing latest in jet propulsion.
      Boot lining will be coiled ht cord and if we can have budgie smugglers why not a bit of ppp [parachute posterior padding] with maybe a reserve tucked away somewhere there too!
      Now we’ll just have to see if Julia can fit the form.

    • Greg2 says:

      05:35pm | 01/07/10

      From the title I thought that this was another reference to Julia Gillard, the Australian Hillary Clinton, and our very own pantsuit.

    • SkepDad says:

      09:35pm | 01/07/10

      Dignity?

    • Greg Kingsley says:

      10:33am | 31/07/10

      The new look won’t work. Right now most of the female superhero’s are wearing things that draw more sex appeal than anything. Supergirl, Powergirl, Gen13, Spiderwoman, Poison Ivy, Catwoman…etc. If Wonder Woman doesn’t go back to the hot pants, I won’t buy and I won’t be the only one who won’t either. Women just need to stay out of comics if they can’t suspend logic, because in the real world no crime fighter could look good 24/7 and have every power or gadget needed to win a battle.

 

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