A few years ago, DC Comics tried to revitalize it's line and bring in new readers by relaunching the whole DC Universe. Every comic went back to issue number 1 and many characters were reverted to their younger selves.
Along with retconned characterizations and personality traits, so too did the costumes be getting tweaked to really show how different things are now.
One costume change that got a lot of attention was Wonder Woman's. DC decided to forego her iconic wears and try out something else, specifically, pants. Naturally, comic fans complained as it didn't look right, it wasn't iconic blah blah blah.
DC decided to listen to its fan base and, while they kept some of the changes, they went ahead and gave her the star spangled panties again. Naturally, comic fans complained as it's cheap fan service, it's anti-feminist, blah blah blah.
As a way to have their cake and eat it too, DC decided to split the difference and announced that the pants are retractable.
I have no idea how that works, but it's freaking hilarious. This is the sort of thing that you could only pull off in comics. It'll be interesting to see how this is executed. To be honest, I'm rather unimpressed with the story announcements made so far concerning the reboot, but this one has piqued my interest, if only because it's such a bizarre thing to have. We'll have to wait and see how that goes, I do believe the relaunch happens in September, but you might want to double check that.
You can read more about it here.
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