seriousfic (seriousfic) wrote in scans_daily, @ 2009-03-30 13:32:00 |
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Entry tags: | char: etta candy, char: wonder woman/diana of themyscira, era: golden age |
Golden Age Wonder Woman - "Confess or I'll drop the elephant!"
Warning: This post contains historical racism in the form of Asian stereotypes.
So, having whetted your appetite with pastiched (still not a word) William Moulton Marston, how about some of the real thing? Because this is the crack you won't get with Batman or Superman. Rainbow costumes? Six-inch-tall Superman doppelganger that gives Kal-El inferiority issues? Wonder Woman crack eats those for breakfast. This is the real thing. This is...
Why do superheroes even go to the circus? It never ends well. Either a strongman is a supervillain hiding out or someone's going to try to rob the circus or the entire circus is a front for a criminal outfit... look, it's the 21st century, just go to the movies!
But, no, there's a circus being held to raise money for the war effort, as per the well-known patriotism of carnies, and Diana Prince and Steve Trevor decide to go, heedless of the elephant serial killer stalking the circus. Who could be killing the elephants? Maybe if we read very carefully, we'll find a clue...
Hmmm...
Hmmmmmmmm...
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...
Nope, I've got nothing.
So Diana and Trevor settle back to enjoy the show when DISASTER STRIKES!
I really just included this page for the last panel. I guess the God of Humility didn't give Diana any blessing, ha-cha-cha-cha!
"Then she gives the horse a ride"? That's gonna get this place some weird Google hits. But aside from that, this is a pretty tame page. There's nothing that really... stands... out...
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Extortion: Wonder Woman approved!
Also, I think there's something deeply unwholesome about that panel with Etta Candy. It... unsettles me.
What's so odd about that middle panel? It's just Diana and Etta, dressed up as a baby elephant, being trained by a whip. How many fetishes can that possibly be, anyway? One, two, thrOH GOD DIANA IS A FURRY!
It's okay, I had a spare. So, have you solved the case of the dead elephants? Was it the racketeers? No, they would've killed the husband and wife acrobat act. Was it the jilted lover? Or was it... THE JAPANESE?
"In fact, it'll be almost like I'm someone you know... someone who wears glasses and her hair in a bun. Someone whose name is Diana Prince."
"Diana Prince? Why, she's a troll compared to you!"
And really, Japanese Empire, really? Taking out the circus so it can't raise money for the war effort? Why not assassinate Bettie Page so her pin-ups can't raise morale while you're at it? No wonder you guys lost the war!