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Wonder Woman and Orion’s Kiss: What Does it Mean?

Warning: Spoilers ahead for Wonder Woman #19, out today.Today’s issue of Wonder Woman featured a […]
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Today’s issue of Wonder Woman featured a much-publicized gatefold cover depicting a kiss between Wonder Woman and Orion, the son of Darkseid, who has been a supporting character in her book for about eight months now. This, of course, in spite of the fact that Wonder Woman is dating Superman and that Orion has been……well, less than respectful of Wonder Woman’s personal space in the past.Of course, the immediate question on everyone’s mind was, “Does she really kiss Orion?”, followed by “What does this mean for her relationship with Superman?”. Less tactful commenters on the story of the gatefold reveal asked whether Wonder Woman was going “full metal Andrea,” a reference to the character on AMC’s The Walking Dead who was attractive to powerful, dangerous men and acted on it more than once.Well, as you can see, kids, the kiss on the cover is not a dream, not a hoax, not an imaginary story…

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