Wonder Woman turned 85 this week, and DC marked the occasion by handing her 2027. On Wednesday, the anniversary of Diana’s debut in 1941’s All-Star Comics #8, the publisher declared next year the “Year of Wonder” and announced the first two creative teams who will carry the main Wonder Woman title once Tom King and Daniel Sampere’s run wraps in December.
The headline hire is Louise Simonson. The X-Factor, Power Pack and Superman: The Man of Steel veteran has never written DC’s flagship Wonder Woman book before, and she opens the year with artist Cian Tormey on a four-issue story beginning in Wonder Woman #41 on Jan. 20, 2027. Stephanie Williams and Elena Casagrande follow with a six-issue arc that runs the title through October 2027, with DC promising more creators and stories throughout the year.
Simonson and Tormey: Amazons, Lois Lane and Granny Goodness
DC’s synopsis for the Simonson arc picks up a thread King left hanging: Diana is determined to abolish the Amazon Safety Act and clear the way for her sisters to return to Man’s World. The question DC poses is whether the Amazons, after everything they’ve been through, still want to come back at all. Lois Lane co-stars, and Granny Goodness and the Female Furies are the opposition.
“I haven’t written many books with female leads, and they don’t come any more iconic than Diana,” Simonson said in DC’s announcement. “Teaming her up with Lois Lane, another iconic character, is a dream come true. Throw in Granny Goodness and her Female Furies? It doesn’t get more fun than that.”
She also admitted the assignment comes with some pressure. “Writing Wonder Woman, not just as part of the main series but during DC’s Year of Wonder, is both intimidating and exciting,” she said. “Intimidating because my four-issue arc is sandwiched between the brilliant Tom King run and the work of the immensely talented, smart, and funny Stephanie Williams.” On Tormey, she was unambiguous: “His pages are gorgeous!”
Williams and Casagrande take over, with a Nubia team-up
Williams is a returning voice rather than a new one. She contributed four issues to Wonder Woman in 2026, co-wrote the Wonder Woman 2026 Annual: Wonder War – The Matriarch Special #1, and currently writes the DC GO! webcomic Warriors and a Wee Wonder, soon to become Warriors and a ‘Tween Wonder. Her Nubia work (Nubia & the Amazons, Nubia: Queen of the Amazons) is also on DC Universe Infinite, which matters because the new arc finally gives her the Nubia team-up she’s wanted to write.
“Diana has my whole heart,” Williams said, “so getting to come back to her world after Wonder Woman and Matriarch feels like coming home, only this time with a longer runway. Six issues gives me room to really sit with Diana, to let her be fierce and funny and compassionate all at once.” As for the team-up: “this time they won’t be going to Las Vegas.”
On sharing the year with Simonson, Williams called her “an absolute legend” and the pairing “a full-circle, pinch-me moment,” and said of Casagrande: “Few draw women quite like Elena does: gorgeous, powerful, and so full of life and movement.”
Wonder Woman #41: the details
- Release: Jan. 20, 2027, in comic shops and digital
- Creators: Louise Simonson (writer), Cian Tormey (artist)
- Main cover: Ryan Sook; variants by Daniel Sampere, Walter Simonson and Tormey; foil variant by David Nakayama; “Sweater Weather” variant by Alexander Lozano
- Price: $4.99 (32 pages); card stock variants $5.99
Walter Simonson drawing a variant for his wife’s first issue is the kind of detail that will sell out at the shop counter. The issue closes the gap after Wonder Woman #40, the “Wonder War” finale that ends King and Sampere’s three-year run on Dec. 16.
Free comics and a bronze statue in Burbank
For the anniversary itself, DC Universe Infinite has made a six-issue “Get to Know! Wonder Woman” collection free to read: Wonder Woman #1 (2023) by King and Sampere, #2 (2016) by Greg Rucka and Nicola Scott, #226 (2006) by Rucka and Cliff Richards, Wonder Woman: Steve Trevor Special #1 (2017) by Tim Seeley and Christian Duce, #170 (2001) by Joe Kelly and Phil Jimenez, and #51 (2018) by Steve Orlando and Laura Braga. That’s a tidy survey of the character’s last 25 years, and the Rucka/Scott issue in particular is a perfect on-ramp.
Closer to home for Southern California readers: DC pointed fans to the larger-than-life bronze Wonder Woman statue outside the Warner Bros. Studio Tour Hollywood entrance at 3400 Warner Blvd. in Burbank, based on artwork by Jenny Frison. Visit Burbank ran a giveaway on Wednesday for five commemorative Wonder Woman comics written by Amanda Deibert with art by Aaron Lopresti; entrants had to follow @visitburbank and @dccomics and post a photo with the statue, with winners contacted Oct. 28.
DC says more Year of Wonder creators and titles will be revealed through 2027. It was not part of DC’s New York Comic Con slate earlier this month, which The Nerd Wire covered in our DC at NYCC 2026 roundup.
Source: DC
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