With the news that Gail Simone would be resurrecting Birds of Prey, comes the expected announcement that she is leaving Wonder Woman (she will continue her work on Secret Six). DC announced today that J. Michael Straczynski will be taking over not just Wonder Woman but also Superman.

Straczynski is a very accomplished writer, he recently wrote the four issue “Red Circle” for DC, and wrote may of the episodes for Babylon 5.

You can read an essay from him about what Superman and Wonder Woman mean to him, and what he has in store for the characters at DC Universe’s The Source.