It got in my head that I should draw a patriotic hero for Independence Day. I thought about expanding my JSA scope to include the All-Star Squadron so I could do Commander Steel, or Mr. America… and then I thought "Wonder Woman, you idiot!" Admittedly, whether or not she's a JSAer is subject to change. I lived through the Crisis, man!
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I really think Wonder Woman should be DC's Captain America. Not that anyone's offering, but the take I have on her is that she's sent to Man's World to defend America, the modern Roman Empire, against attacks from the gods. ("Mars/Ares" I can hear you saying, right? No. I'd make it a different recurring antagonist god. Who? Not tellin'. have to keep some things in case such an event should ever happen.) Since she fights for America, she wears America's standard. Hence her uniform.
She'd have a secondary purpose, too. It'd be her job to lead and inspire America to keep faith with the lofty ideals it was founded upon and to be that beacon for the world. Like Captain America doesn't necessary represent the America that is, but the America that it aspires to be. Both characters call us to the better angels of our nature.
So, Happy Independence Day! See some fireworks. Buy Lora Innes' excellent The Dreamer which is on sale at Comixology right darn now, and watch 1776 and stop "reeking of discontentment."