Short on the heels of the announcement of Gail Simone’s departure from Wonder Woman, DC has revealed who will be her successor on the title: the prestigious J. Michael Straczynski. After leaving Marvel, JMS has been doing a few minor things with DC such as the revamping of The Red Circle as well as a well-received run on The Brave and the Bold. While the announcement that JMS would be writing the OGN Superman: Earth One was a big one, it’s nice to see JMS get to write one of DC’s trinity in an in-continuity ongoing series as well.
Wait, did I say one of DC’s trinity? I meant two. At the same time as JMS was announced as the new writer for Wonder Woman, we were told he will also begin writing the ongoing Superman series following issue #700. This announcement came as a bit of a surprise, because while JMS has been teasing that he would be writing something for the blue boy scout for a while, most speculation died down with the announcement of Superman: Earth One.
After gaining such an acclaimed writer in their corner, it’s great to see DC finally putting JMS on the titles he deserves to be on. Make no mistake, I’m sad to see Gail Simone and James Robinson leave Wonder Woman and Superman, respectively, but JMS spent too much of his time at Marvel writing flagship titles such as Amazing Spider-Man and Thor to be left only writing things like The Brave and the Bold. Check out DC Nation’s original announcement, and be sure to tune in later to read an essay on the two characters by the future writer of two thirds of the DC Trinity.
