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mosellegreen (mosellegreen) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-05-21 23:00:00

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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, title: wonder woman

Golden Age Wonder Woman
I only got one comment expressing interest, but I'll try reposting a couple of my old WW posts here and see what kind of response I get. If people are interested, I'll repost one a day until they're all here. I'll be posting them backwards, since I'm harvesting them from my own LJ.

Oh, also: can someone please repost that manga drawing of a guy with kittens strapped to his chest? I know I saved it to my hard drive, but I can't find it. Classics like that should be kept in circulation.

This issue of Wonder Woman was published in 1946.

I find that I don't have as many snarky remarks to make about most of the issues from this collection. They carefully chose the least whacked out stories. They also chose the ones with the least bondage. Not that there still wasn't plenty, but when I later heard people making jokes about all the bondage, I thought they were being silly. Then the Archive Editions started being published, and I realized they were right all along.

I always loved Wondy's quick change here.

Aww! Steve's jealous! And poor Diana's so flustered.

You got that right, Etta.

Now for some random bondage. When I was 8 or 9, I puzzled endlessly over what on earth "carryin' dis eyeful around ain't hard ta take" meant.

She's tied with her own lasso, which is unbreakable, so:

The Holliday girls thank her in song.

Aww.

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jkcarrier
2009-05-21 10:49 pm UTC (link)

Heh. Wonder Woman isn't quite falling for Speed's line, but she's distracted enough that she doesn't bother to check his credentials. Steve, on the other hand, is all too eager to dig up dirt on him. A nice bit of characterization, there.

1940s Steve isn't quite as bad as his reputation would have it. Obviously, he's 2nd fiddle to Wonder Woman, but he did his fair share of saving the day.

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	mosellegreen 2009-05-21 11:02 pm UTC (link)
	Really, it's the Silver Age that destroyed his reputation. Golden Age Steve Trevor was actually a pretty swell guy. Silver Age Steve Trevor was a dick. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thandrak 2009-05-22 05:25 am UTC (link)
	Oh, god, was he. Him and Mer-Boy. Also, woo-woo! More Golden Age Wondy! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	rab62 2009-05-22 12:40 am UTC (link)
	If I was remiss in not expressing interest in seeing more of these reposted, let me correct that now. Your classic WW posts have always been favorites of mine -- partly for bringing back memories, partly for the comments, and partly to have a convenient address where I can point other folks to say "See how cool the real thing was?" (Reply to this) (Thread)

	mosellegreen 2009-05-24 10:33 am UTC (link)
	Aw, shucks. Thank you! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	darklorelei 2009-05-22 12:58 am UTC (link)
	I know I didn't say anything on the other post, but please keep posting these! I love Golden Age stuff! (Reply to this)

	retro_nouveau 2009-05-22 07:59 am UTC (link)
	I also wanted to comment with encouragement last time, one of the Big Three doesn't get enough love. Thank Aphrodite you're back. Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue. (Reply to this)

	yaseen101 2009-05-22 08:31 am UTC (link)
	1st scan last panel, I just can't stop laughing at how absurd it is (Reply to this)

	bwmedia.wordpress.com 2009-05-22 07:48 pm UTC (link)
	"That's what I get for trusting a man. Oh, not you, Steve. No, I mean, your a man and...wow, your so big and strong..." That's one bullet she didn't need her bracelets to get past. (Reply to this)

	psychop_rex 2009-05-23 01:34 am UTC (link)
	Personally, I knew something was amiss the moment I saw the guy's name - 'Speed Ferrett'. No real hero would ever have a name like 'Speed Ferrett'. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	dustbunny105 2009-05-23 07:05 pm UTC (link)
	Well, be fair-- the real Speed Ferret was a real secret service man. Funny that it's still the villain who ends up using the name in the story, though. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

psychop_rex
2009-05-23 07:10 pm UTC (link)

Indeed he was - who got KILLED off-panel specifically so Mr. Villainous could assume his ID. Storywise, any good guy named 'Speed Ferrett' is doomed - his only purpose is to be killed in order to provide an alibi. If you ever meet anyone named something like that in a comic book, it's a safe bet that either A: that's his real name, which means he's a villain, or B: it's NOT his real name, which means he offed someone for the use of it, which means he's STILL a villain.

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