Long-time Wonder Woman scribe, Gail Simone has spoken of her move away from the series to work on other projects. DC Comics has yet to reveal when Simone will leave the book or who will replace her, but she confirmed that she would be contributing to June’s renumbered Wonder Woman #600.

Posting on DC’s The Source blog, Simone said:

“Working on Wonder Woman has been one of the most thrilling things in my career.

“There aren’t many jobs in comics as cool as writing dialogue for Hippolyta as she’s riding a flying horse and stabbing giant sea monsters. I had a blast and as always when I leave a book, I’m going to miss the cast terribly.”

“Working on Wonder Woman has been one of the most thrilling things in my career. There aren’t many jobs in comics as cool as writing dialogue for Hippolyta as she’s riding a flying horse and stabbing giant sea monsters. I had a blast and as always when I leave a book, I’m going to miss the cast terribly.

“When you write this book, you meet these remarkable, amazing Wonder Woman fans and it’s quite unlike anything I’ve ever experienced, just this wave of love and kindness. Diana means something to these people in a way that few other superhero characters really ever seem to do, and I can’t thank the readers enough for their undying affection for the character. I’ve met people whose stories about what Wonder Woman meant to them are going to stay with me forever. It’s a pretty rare gift.”

Of her other projects, Simone added:

“I’m doing books that make me happy every day, like the incredibly fun and horrid Secret Six, which has some really shocking surprises coming, and then of course a book very dear to my heart, the return of Birds Of Prey in May, with artist Ed Benes doing the finest work of his career.

“And I can announce for the first time officially, a really exciting Welcome To Tranquility mini-series starts in July.”