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icon_uk ([info]icon_uk) wrote in [info]scans_daily,
@ 2009-08-02 16:58:00

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Entry tags:char: aquaman/orin/arthur curry, char: batman/bruce wayne, char: robin/nightwing/dick grayson, char: the wonder twins, char: wonder woman/diana of themyscira, creator: e. nelson bridwell, creator: ramona fradon, publisher: dc comics

Hubba hubba! Hold on to your hats fellow S_D-er's
For lo I bring you mass nudity of major DC heroes, but yet... it IS safe for work...

See the Teen Wonder without his wardrobe, see Wonder Woman without a stitch on her, see Superman and Aquaman disrobed as you've never seen them disrobed before... And none of them have anything on under their costumes

And believe it or not, it's not in the likes of Vertigo that this happened, but

The kiddie-oriented Super Friends series!!! The Super Friends #29 to be precise (in 1980). It's a nine page story, so I've tried to trim it down to around three pages.

Wonder Woman and the Wonder Twins are on monitor duty, when a strange alien spaceship arrives in Earth orbit and issues a radio message for Earth to surrender. Diana, ambassador to the core, replies...



I like the casually arrogant alien. No bluster, no threats, just an inherent assumption of superiority and goodbye humanity.

However, Wonder Woman has a rather weird idea, as the exterminator device lands on Earth...



Okay, that's just... strange. But wait, there's more, because she's summoned the other Superfriends. Superman arrives first, while Batman and Robin are parking the Batplane.


Love the psychadelic backgrounds in the other dimension...



Well, I DID promise you the Superfriends without their clothes on didn't I? I even pointed out that they weren't wearing ANYTHING underneath their costumes. Semantics is a WONDERFUL science isn't it? :)

I can't read the next page without thinking of the finale of "Bedknobs and Broomsticks"





There's actually some pretty clever art in this, as well as some rather interesting notions underlying it.



Yeah, yeah, Superman we get it, you have powers... you weren't bright enough to realise that you could punch things even though you'd seen the invisible Wonder Woman use her lasso were you though?

The heroes make it through the barrier (Kryptonite apparently having to hit VISIBLE flesh, rather than get through that pesky costume) and Wonder Woman reverses the invisibility process and shreds the machinery causing the damage, Superman then returns the unit to the spaceship and suggests that they get the <s>hell</s> heck out of Earth's solar system. The aliens decide that they'll seek another colony world, preferably one without existing life.

And so it's time for the "group laugh and a freeze frame" moment so beloved of sitcoms... or something similar.



Something tells me that the senior Superfriends have had to come up with explanations like that to make Aquaman and Robin feel good about themselves a time or two, so they're REALLY good at it.

The other story in this issue features some truly awesome levels of Wonder Twin-dickery as they acclimatise to humans, and going to an Earth high school.

First of all, they decide on human disguises, with the assistance of Professor Nichols, their legal guardian (as much as legal guardians are required for non-humans)



I hardly need add that the word "blond" is masculine (a female is a blonde), so I assume that Jayna now has some... new biological anomolies in her physique, but that's her business not ours...

And the next day, the Aryan twins show up at school...



I like the fact they have an unusual accent, since English is far from their first language.

Mystery Incorporated... I mean, the random students want to find out more about these new arrivals, but since they are apparently very evasive when asked directly, they take it in turns to shadow them home, and try and find out more.. The Twins are on to this though, so decide to give the snooping students something to REALLY make them think. So when they take a turn down an alleyway, by the time their tail catches up with them they've assumed new forms.

The first guy sees a penguin on an ice flow.

The second sees nothing, as they've taken the form of an ant and a dewdrop

I confess I was curious as to what sort of "alley trick" Batman might have taught them (oh the possibilities inherent in THAT little phrase), before I realised they'd given a name to their own dickishness.





Two things about that last image 1) Jayna is splashing around in her own brother, that's just... disturbing. 2) Marylou has fantasies involving naked mermaids flashing their boobs at her. Nuff said.

After the last poor sod sees this...



The next day, these fine future potential patients at Arkham finally confront the twins about their experiences. They explain that their guardian has developed a holographic projector and they were just joshing with them...



Whew, well done Zan and Jayna... they'll never be suspicious of you now, will they! :)


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[info]fungo_squiggly
2009-08-02 04:18 pm UTC (link)
Elephant-with-Butterfly-Wings-and-a-Singing-Cloud-Overhead would have made an excellent character in Morrison's Doom Patrol run (Doom Patrol being the standard by which I measure all surreal creatures in comics).

Also, darn you for promising us nudity and then not delivering! Darn you to-- hey, naked mermaid side-boob. That'll do, I guess!

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[info]icon_uk
2009-08-02 04:35 pm UTC (link)
Indeed, the Brotherhood of Dada would have them on speed-frog (It would be speed dial, but we are talking Dada here)

And nudity is defined as "the state of wearing no clothing", and I DID deliver, so there! :P

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[info]bluefall
2009-08-02 04:47 pm UTC (link)
I hardly need add that the word "blond" is masculine (a female is a blonde)

Eh, it's a regional thing. Places far from French influence (say, parts of the US) often drop the gendered distinction. I've found there's about a 50/50 chance of an "English (US)" spellchecker choking on that extra E.

In other news, this is a very Golden Age Wondy, here. That's actually pretty cool. Especially given what was going on in her own title around this era.

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[info]darklorelei
2009-08-02 07:16 pm UTC (link)
Interesting. I usually see it the other way around, with people defaulting to blonde.

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[info]aaron_bourque
2009-08-02 07:29 pm UTC (link)
You must hang around a lot of extra educated people, then.

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[info]darklorelei
2009-08-02 07:36 pm UTC (link)
Well, I mean calling men blondes as well.

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[info]icon_uk
2009-08-02 07:56 pm UTC (link)
Since the term blonde is in more common usage ("dumb blonde", "blonde jokes", hair dye being usually aimed at the female market), I've seen blonde used in place of blond a lot more than the other way around.

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[info]petalsinthewind
2009-08-03 03:47 am UTC (link)
Me too, I don't think I've ever seen "blond" being used for females (besides here).

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[info]aaron_bourque
2009-08-03 06:16 pm UTC (link)
Should've phrased it as "extra edumacated."

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[info]kamino_neko
2009-08-02 09:54 pm UTC (link)
I've found there's about a 50/50 chance of an "English (US)" spellchecker choking on that extra E.

Canadian English, too...to the point I've said 'screw it' and stopped using it, just because it's as like as not to get flagged.

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[info]kingrockwell
2009-08-02 10:41 pm UTC (link)
That may be so, but check the panel where they're at the school again. Jayna appears to have a prominent bulge!

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(Anonymous)
2009-08-02 06:26 pm UTC (link)
Okay, so... I wonder if Phantom Limbs arms and legs were in that same multidimensional void the rest of the superfriends body parts were chilling in.

Also, surprisingly clever use of Jana's powers, turning herself blonde with them. Shame they were never that clever on the show.

Also; where is their monkey?

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[info]icon_uk
2009-08-02 06:29 pm UTC (link)
Gleek shows up, and actually helps with one of the con=jobs they pull, but I didn't include it. But he is sort of a giveaway since blue monkeys aren't THAT common, even in Sweden.

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[info]randyripoff
2009-08-02 06:29 pm UTC (link)
"Shape of a Blond". That really sounds like something I'd expect to hear on a Robot Chicken parody.

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[info]sistermagpie
2009-08-02 06:53 pm UTC (link)
It seems like all these superfriends comics were awesome. Just the sight of Batman's disembodied muzzle alone is worth the price.

And Batman apparently didn't teach the Wonder Twins the purpose of a secret identity. If you keep "tricking people" by having them follow you, only to confront some animal and some type of condensation, believe me, they'll figure out who you are. The Wonder Twin powers are kind of memorable.

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[info]icon_uk
2009-08-02 07:11 pm UTC (link)
Oh, I have other Super Friends which continue the surprisingly high levels of freakishness. Here's a tease

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[info]tahngarth
2009-08-02 07:08 pm UTC (link)
Professor Nichols is the guy who sent Batman and Robin back in time via hypnosis in several golden age stories... figures someone like Bridwell would use him in (of all places) Superfriends.

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[info]icon_uk
2009-08-02 07:14 pm UTC (link)
Good catch, should have mentioned that! :)

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[info]dreadedlurker
2009-08-02 07:33 pm UTC (link)
I want some of that pistachio ice cream.

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[info]rattsu.livejournal.com
2009-08-02 08:02 pm UTC (link)
EKSJÖ!

Hah, that's not at all far from where I was born down in Småland. For anybody interested, it is an enormously boring town in the middle of the småland highlands, surrounded by pine forests and home to a military base. Also, it is in the part of sweden from which the most number of american emigrants came.

And Johan and Johanna Fleming would actually be pretty decent swedish names...

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[info]ashtoreth
2009-08-03 01:15 am UTC (link)
The boringness is their cover! It's really an alien infiltration ground!

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[info]kamino_neko
2009-08-03 05:38 am UTC (link)
The writer of the Wonder Twins story clearly did their research!

And a lot of drugs. You can't forget drugs.

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[info]merseybeatler
2009-08-02 08:42 pm UTC (link)
When you said no clothing, I assumed the twist was that they turned into animals, or robots....this is so much weirder! Thanks!


And ew, yeah, swimming around in your brother? That IS disturbing.

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[info]jkcarrier
2009-08-02 09:15 pm UTC (link)
I always thought Ramona Fradon drew a really hot Wonder Woman, displaced clothing or otherwise. ;-)

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[info]mysteryfan
2009-08-02 11:45 pm UTC (link)
Something tells me that the senior Superfriends have had to come up with explanations like that to make Aquaman and Robin feel good about themselves a time or two, so they're REALLY good at it.

Heh:) I also like Superman's slow, slow thinking and hey, wait--does Robin have a red domino in that one pic? Everything's psychadelic!

I'd completely forgotten that what's his name had to be a form of condensation. Great power, um, Zan. And always creepy good to see y'all activating. Very disturbing with the half-dressed splashing about.

Lastly, student Marylou Gregg appears to be way past high school, but not nearly as old as Prof. Nichols 'suicide blond' joke.

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[info]aaron_bourque
2009-08-02 11:55 pm UTC (link)
does Robin have a red domino in that one pic?

No. However, since he's wearing a domino mask, what's covered, just like with his clothing, is still in the normal world.

That's some amazing consistency, when you consider the inconsistency of the cartoon.

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[info]icon_uk
2009-08-03 12:19 am UTC (link)
Ramona Fradon is one of those underappreciated artists these days who has an incredible history behind her, amongst other things, she was co-creator of Metamorpho and Aqualad.

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[info]aaron_bourque
2009-08-03 06:17 pm UTC (link)
Well, yes, I know.

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[info]icon_uk
2009-08-03 06:51 pm UTC (link)
I thought you might, but I'm just making sure that others know!

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[info]icon_uk
2009-08-03 12:12 am UTC (link)
does Robin have a red domino in that one pic? Everything's psychadelic!

Nope, the mask is in the normal world, but the space behind where Robin's mask would be in phase-space is red, so that area appears red.

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[info]goldenbrowngod
2009-08-03 12:06 am UTC (link)
I'm cracking up over the shape of a Blond line.

as for the lesbian dreaming about nude mermaids, sure she had that dream because she ate to much pistachio ice-cream. Or is pistachio a code word for LCD?

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[info]icon_uk
2009-08-03 12:15 am UTC (link)
If you've been taking LCD then I'd seek medical assitance, Liquid Crystal Displays aren't meant to be ingested by ANY means. :)

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[info]goldenbrowngod
2009-08-03 12:26 am UTC (link)
I'm sorry I'm too high snorting TV screens

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[info]petalsinthewind
2009-08-03 03:46 am UTC (link)
How does spraying his hair blond make it grow over his ears and change his eye shape?

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[info]psychop_rex
2009-08-03 07:48 am UTC (link)
I'm guessing that that is done through the use of the humble comb.

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[info]icon_uk
2009-08-03 02:42 pm UTC (link)
Doubles as superstrength hair lacquer, turning his hair into something akin to a motorcycle helmet.

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[info]psychop_rex
2009-08-03 07:58 am UTC (link)
That's some pretty nifty artwork on the interdimensional JLAers. I keep expecting Dr. Strange to show up, go 'disembodied body parts. Hrrm,' and continue on his way, leaving our heroes to wonder 'who the hell was that?'
I think it's a shame that nothing further has been done with the Wonder Twins. Say what you will about how goofy they were in the cartoon (although I haven't seen it, so I don't have much to say about that), but face it, the Wonder Twins have HUGE word of mouth - just about every nerd on the planet (and i count myself among those) has heard of them, and they ARE in current continuity - why not do something with them? I mean, it'll be a sad day for comics when a writer can't come up with something for a pair of shapeshifting alien teenagers to do.
Oh, and - "Traguna Macoydees Tracorum Saytis-Dee... Traguna Macoydees Tracorum Saytis-Dee..." I thought I was the only fan of that movie!

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[info]icon_uk
2009-08-03 08:59 am UTC (link)
Well, they DID make a pair of SDCC exclusive Zan and Jayna figures this year, talk about "By nerds, for nerds" :)

And remember, this is S_D, it's never just you, though it has to be "Treguna Macoides Trecorum Satis Dee" if you want it to work!

I love the film, I'd read the original books before I ever saw it so was surprised as some of the changes, but it has Angela Lansbury singing in it, which is always a plus.

I even have the soundtrack with three unused songs on it; "Nobody's Problems for Me" (Eglantine reflecting on her isolated life), "The Fundamental Element" (Eglantine explaining why she can't get the hang of making spells last, she can't muster up the hate it requires) and "E's a Solid Citizen" (a cod music-hall number sung in the Dick Van Dyke school of Disney-Cockney, painful, yet compulsive)

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[info]psychop_rex
2009-08-03 09:46 am UTC (link)
I used to watch that movie all the time - it was one of my default movie rentals when I was a kid. Haven't seen it for years, though; I should watch it again.
As for the spelling - hey, at least I know how to pronounce it.
Aaggh - another reason to wish I could've made it to the Con. Universe, why must you taunt me? *sobs*

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[info]ex_menagerie993
2009-08-03 02:20 pm UTC (link)
And people say nothing good ever comes of drug use...

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(Anonymous)
2009-08-03 04:15 pm UTC (link)
I don't know if I love the mermaid one because I love mermaids or because I love pistachio ice cream??? If I can I repost this on in my blog, who do I credit to?

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[info]aaron_bourque
2009-08-04 07:51 am UTC (link)
I don't know if I love the mermaid one because I love mermaids or because I love pistachio ice cream?

Put 'em together.

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[info]icon_uk
2009-08-04 08:11 am UTC (link)
Mermaid flavoured ice cream with pistachio sprinkles?

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