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mosellegreen (mosellegreen) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-05-30 18:09:00

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char: etta candy, char: steve trevor, char: wonder woman/diana of themyscira, creator: william moulton marston, era: golden age, publisher: dc comics

Wonder Woman for President
Boy, do I have some crack for y'all today. Published in Wonder Woman #7, winter of 1943. This is a long story, so I counted the pages and made sure I didn't have too many. Had to delete a few of the scans that were in this post on the old s_d.

We're such layabouts here on Man's World.

Hippolyte and Diana look into the future, using the Magic Sphere. (I have to admit, I kinda miss the Magic Sphere.)

Part of what I have always, even as a little girl, loved about Wonder Woman is that she's never seen any conflict between being a superpowered warrior and being feminine - even, at times, girlish. But sometimes it gets ridiculous, like when the first thing she wants to see about the future is the miniskirts secretaries will wear in a thousand years.
Also notice they still use typewriters in 3000 A.D.
Anyway, the Vitamin L-3 turns Sugar Candy young again. Also goodlooking. She leaps out of bed and announces she wants to go dancing.

This reminds me of The Marvellous Land of Oz, with General Jinjur's girl army. Even the costumes look similar.

Steve's fashion sense has taken a dismaying turn in the Robin direction, and even after a millenium, some men still haven't gotten with the program.

And let's take a look at 30th century prisons:

The prisoners stage a coup:

And bad guys kidnap the president:

Is it me, or does the brown-haired guy helping tie her up look really freaky?

Yeah, don't make evil people immortal! Of course, they'd probably start a campaign against discrimination against evil people.

Dude... you can't "burst into" a president's office. Really, you can't.
I do love the presidential throne, though, and that Madame President is wearing an evening gown and smoking with a long holder.

1000 years of women's lib, and this is how women are making their voting decisions.

This blonde can apparently fly through the air.

Professor Manly is Vice President. His girl guards have their priorities straight:

Gratuitous bondage! Yay!

I'm afraid I can't remember the way this story went. The plot was convoluted even by Marston standards. I think I eventually just gave up and scanned the bondage.

No comment.

You coulda fooled me, Diana.

Album for dial-uppers.

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	bluefall 2009-05-30 05:38 pm UTC (link)
	I confess, I think modern Diana could benefit quite a bit from biting through some chains at some point. Polly's haircut, however, is perhaps best left safely in the past. (Reply to this)

	jlbarnett 2009-05-30 05:49 pm UTC (link)
	My god, that "prison." That was just completely crazy "Oh, I'm so helpless! Wearing chains gives me that submissive feeling that is SO bad for PRISONERS-- let alone for wardens---" THat sentence sounds like bad porn dialogue (Reply to this) (Thread)

	mosellegreen 2009-05-30 05:54 pm UTC (link)
	Now we know Marston's secret plagiarism source. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	arrlaari.livejournal.com 2009-05-30 07:46 pm UTC (link)
	Not secret. Not plagiarism. Marston wrote this with one hand and wasn't shy to tell anyone who asked. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	aaron_bourque 2009-05-30 06:42 pm UTC (link)
	Silly comic books. Women can't be president! (Reply to this)

rab62
2009-05-30 07:22 pm UTC (link)

"1000 years of women's lib, and this is how women are making their voting decisions."

In fairness, the preceding couple of panels make it clear not all women are doing that. And for that matter, the past several U.S. presidential races have included comments like "he's handsome" and "he looks like a fighter" and "you great big wonderful man" directed at the candidates of either major party. I remember seeing one fellow on television gush in a frankly homoerotic way about how good his candidate looked wearing a leather flight jacket and tight blue jeans; another commentator famously described feeling a tingle running up his leg when another candidate appeared. So Marston was right, this sort of stuff happens, and probably will for another thousand years.

There's a lot of crack in the above panels...but a female President telling a sexist jerk "'Woman' is a prouder title than President!" is pretty damn righteous.

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	janegray 2009-05-31 09:10 am UTC (link)
	"Woman" is what you are (if you are a woman, that is). "President" is what other people make you. :) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	jlbarnett 2009-05-31 01:43 pm UTC (link)
	you can't help being what you are. It's what you become that requires you to set goals and accomplish things. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

janegray
2009-05-31 02:36 pm UTC (link)

But "becoming something" and "being made something" are two different matters. You can become physically stronger if you exercise a lot, you have that power in you to begin with and it's only a question of whether you are willing to use it or not. But you can't become President unless people decide to make you one by granting you the power; of course you can play an active role by convincing them, but nevertheless the power lies with the people in the first place, and even after you get it they could still take it away if you discontent them.

Basically, a President is completely dependent on their people, they'd be nothing on their own.

Furthermore, being a President doesn't necessarily mean being a good President, nor actually managing to accomplish any goals; in fact, it's entirely possible for a President to screw up big time and make things much worse.

On the other hand, what you are is the very source of what you become. It's the self-sufficient foundation that, if combined with drive and hard work, gives you the power to accomplish your goals.

So I'd say that "woman" (or "man") really are prouder titles than "President".

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	seriousfic 2009-06-01 01:02 am UTC (link)
	Steve Trevor just cornered the Twilight Vote. :) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	xammax 2009-05-30 08:34 pm UTC (link)
	So after years of lurking and afew months of posting irregularly I have to say it: I HATE Golden Age Etta Candy with a passion I believe may have started the sun. Why Diana didn't lop that head around for a 180 spin proves the woman deserves sainthood and its equivalence in every major religion on earth. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	mosellegreen 2009-05-30 08:42 pm UTC (link)
	Well, when I was first doing these scans for the old s_d, so many people announced that they were GA Etta Candy fans that I made a point of always scanning lots of images of her. Just warning you. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	rab62 2009-05-30 08:54 pm UTC (link)
	Strictly for purposes of balance I must say that I adore the original Etta Candy with a passion. (I can't possibly equal the brilliance of the phrase "I believe may have started the sun" so I won't even try!) I'm not saying that as a dig; I totally honor and respect your right to feel otherwise. I just want to make sure both sides are represented here. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	psychop_rex 2009-05-31 01:51 am UTC (link)
	I'm with you - I like Etta. In fact, going by a few random searches I've done in the past, the majority of the internet seems to like Etta. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	psychop_rex 2009-05-31 01:55 am UTC (link)
	Well, Mistress Arda Moore may or may not be a good president, but she's certainly a stylish one. I hope I live to see the day when we have a beautiful female president who wears slinky evening gowns and smokes with a cigarette holder. It could change the dynamics of American politics quite a bit... (Reply to this)