We're only a couple weeks away from the start of the DC Rebirth relaunch, and perhaps no new series is more anticipated than the Wonder Woman relaunch. This series will mark writer Greg Rucka's return to DC after a several year absence, and his second stint on an ongoing Wonder Woman comic. Along with artists Liam Sharp and Nicola Scott, Rucka will weave a two-pronged storyline that promises to redefine Diana prince's origins and her current place in the DC Universe.

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We were lucky enough to chat on the phone with all three creators this week. They shed more light on what the future holds for Wonder Woman, what role the Greek gods will play and how the two halves of the story will intersect in the months ahead. Scroll down to find out what they had to say.

The other way around. It was Wonder Woman in particular and the company in general. That's almost your answer right there. DC reached out. I had several very, very good conversations, and I thought about it for a while. You can't bait me much better than saying, "Diana" and putting that in front of me. The willpower I would have had to exert to resist is clearly more than I was capable of doing.This was Greg, actually, who came up with the concepts behind it. He was really keen when we first spoke that myself and Nicola were able to have stories that were unique to ourselves, that we could put our own stamp on and take ownership of, to some extent. Not that you can ever really own an icon like Wonder Woman. But we're all custodians of her, and it was nice to really put our heart into our story arcs and give it everything. And the great thing about the flashback idea is that we can set up things in the present with flashbacks to Nic's Year One ten years earlier and just keep doing that. It's 12 issues overall.Yeah, it's your six and Nic's six. You get the first six odd numbered and she gets the first six even. And then we have to figure out how to keep you from burning yourself out trying to pencil everything after that. We'll cross that bridge when we come to it.[laughs] For the short term we have an amazing solution.It poses the questions. Liam's arc, the present-day arc is called "Lies." And obviously Nic's arc is "Wonder Woman: Year One," though technically the year doesn't begin until the end of her first issue. So what Rebirth does is set the stage for it. This is the starting gun. And not just the story, but also in terms of content. Matthew Clark is drawing the lion's share of the issue, and then Liam basically comes in swinging on the last six pages, I believe.And introducing the new costume.Yeah, there's the basic one from the New 52. There's elements of that. There's also elements from the film version. With the one I'm doing, Greg was like, "Do you like the film costume?", and I said I really liked it. So let's just do that. That's settled. I was very happy to adapt that look for what I was doing with the costume. Nic's has slight variations. I talked about this with Greg. She'll wear different outfits. For instance, the cape is ceremonial. It's not always going to be there. We're of the belief that these characters live in a real universe. Obviously it's a fictional universe, but they wouldn't continue to wear the same clothes all the time. It's just ridiculous to assume that they would. So there are variations, and that's fine with me.In the Year One story, I had asked if we could take the film costume and make it just a little more comic book-y and a little brighter and shinier. This is her first outing wearing a Wonder Woman costume. It's freshly minted. The breastplate has just come out of the forge and it's just been dyed. It's fresh. It's her first adventure off the island.Whereas mine is all tattered and beaten up and scuffed.And probably has pieces replaced. It's a more mature outfit, where mine is meant to make her look a little more optimistic.We talked about earlier how one of the things we were looking to do, and Greg was right about as soon as he came on board, was to have her smile. That's a great jumping-off point. The title "Lies" tells us a lot - that she's questioning what she knows. Creatively, it's like, let's not start her off with a snarl. Let's start with this perfectly humane person who sees the best in people and who smiles and doesn't just scowl and storm about the place. She's a very caring and altruistic and empathetic individual.She's more likely than anyone in the DC Universe to be pretty calm in these situations. She's been around a really long time. She's not a drama queen. Her immediate sense would be to show compassion and find an easier solution. So giving her some serenity and happiness and optimism has been an important move for both Liam and I.I feel like the warrior side Wonder Woman is always tagged with is too limiting. She's really well-trained in the art of war, and she's super-powerful and incredibly skilled. But she's spent an incredibly long period of time not active in the theater of war. It doesn't really define her. I feel like it should be something she's incredibly good at, but it should not be her defining characteristic.More than a little.Well, let's be more specific. DIana's world, and therefore, by extension, the DCU, is a world where the Greek gods are extant. They exist. Diana's faith is never going to be in question - these gods are real. This starts with me. Back in 2003 I had the Greek gods walking around and wearing everyday clothes and interacting with the rest of the world. I think one of the mistakes I made there - it was a fine interpretation for the time - but one of the things that's really come out of talking with Liam and with Nic, and also with Mark Doyle, who's editing the book, is this idea that they should never be familiar. Once the gods become familiar, they're not divine. Their presence is felt, but it should be a big darned moment when one of them actually opens their mouth and speaks to you.If you go and actually look at the Greek mythology, one of the worst things that could ever happen to you was to actually look at a god. In every myth, when someone has the misfortune of actually seeing a god, it ends very badly for them. That's one of the things I want to reflect. They're certainly present, and they're felt. But having gone down the road of "Here's Athena with a laptop," we're trying something a little different and maybe exploring what the nature of that faith actually is.Greg and I have had some good talks about potential things down the line that I'm excited to explore. I'm definitely very invested in mythology. It's something that I have a particular passion for. Not just Greek and Roman, but there's Celtic and African and all sorts of possibilities for mythology. So we don't have to couch it too heavily in one area. And also, anthropologically, the sources of these stories are wide and varied, and there's a lot of crossover. But I love what Greg is saying about how these things are felt rather than seen, and if they're seen it's a really, really big moment. I definitely want to visually prompt the presence of gods wherever possible. We've also been looking at some of the more root elements of the mythology. Rather than doing a cliched, shiny, sanitized version of what the general perception of these myths might be, it's scratching through the surface and digging down a little bit and finding those really interesting aspects that haven't been explored yet.It's part of the long game, actually, and a very good question on your part. It's part of the macro story of where we're going.Hmmm.. wait and see?I honestly think it's an asked and answered question. It's not what she's about. It's an element of where she's from. Like you said, it's a discussion from 13 years ago. Grant [Morrison] came out with an Earth One story where Diana said that a character is her lover. If he can do that, then the discussion is over. There's nothing left to talk about there.It's like, it's implicit if it's not explicit.

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Check out a preview of several interior pages from Wonder Woman Rebirth #1 and Wonder Woman #1:Wonder Woman Rebirth #1 will be released on Wednesday, June 8, with the ongoing series kicking off on June 22.

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