Wonder Woman v2 196 cover study. Adam Hughes

Wonder Woman vs The Autograph hunters, cover study on left. This cover had quite a few prelims, one of which I'm lucky enough to own. The eventual cover (far right) was quite different to the study. What I heard is that someone at DC said that in the first colour prelim (the central image) having one of the autograph hunters touching Wonder Woman's thigh was inappropriate. Adam was asked to redraw it. I don't think Adam was that impressed with the interference and he changed the whole piece, put Diana in a skirt and cloak, raised her arms up to cover her chest and obscured as much flesh as he could - just to make sure no puritans were offended. The end result was actually a beautiful cover, with a very innocent Wonder Woman looking like a rabbit trapped in a cars headlights. Quite different from what was originally intended. Only Diana's face survived the cut more or less unchanged.