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09:24 pm
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Wonder Woman Villains - Giganta (It's a big one!)
Been a while since I did one of these. Here's the old ones:
Egg Fu/Dr. Chang Tzu
Angle Man
Dr. Poison
Tags: char: black canary/dinah lance, char: blue beetle/jaime reyes, char: flash/kid flash/wally west, char: giganta/dr. doris zeul, char: hercules/dc, char: paco, char: wonder girl/troia/donna troy, char: wonder woman/diana of themyscira, creator: john byrne, creator: phil jimenez, series: world of wondy
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01:58 pm
[bluefall]
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When Wondy was Awesome, part 22 (Trial of an Amazon)
Once Rucka's run was over, there was, mostly, pain. INFINITE CRISIS pain, Heinboot pain, Shamazons pain, it was a dark time for Wondy fans. We snarked, we cursed, we railed, we wept, we prayed for some benevolent god to save us.
There was one small, bright candle in the darkness, though, and his name was Marc Andreyko - the writer of the then-ongoing MANHUNTER, a true gem of a series about a lawyer named Kate Spencer who strapped on a costume when the Law just wasn't enough. Much in the vein of Slott's SHE-HULK, Kate dealt primarily in metahuman crime. Unlike Shulkie, Kate worked very much on the edge of Acceptable Vigilante Practices, killing those rogues whom she perceived to be too dangerous to live; she spent much of her series defending metahuman criminals in order to get close enough to effectively take them down.
Guess who, thanks to Brother Eye, was considered a metahuman criminal after the OYL jump?
Tags: char: manhunter/kate spencer, char: wonder woman/diana of themyscira, creator: marc andreyko, series: when wondy was awesome, series: world of wondy
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10:24 pm
[sailorlibra]
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The Relationship of Ferdinand and Leslie
Bluefall's recent WWwA posts got me to thinking about one of my favorite and highly unappreciated couples. The best two Wondie supporting cast characters ever and I had to create both of their comicvine pages myself. It's a crying shame, that's what it is.
But here I am, ready to educate the masses on the awesomeness of their relationship.
Tags: char: athena/dc, char: ferdinand, char: hermes/dc, char: leslie anderson, char: wonder girl/cassie sandsmark, char: wonder woman/diana of themyscira, creator: drew johnson, creator: greg rucka, creator: rags morales, series: world of wondy, title: wonder woman
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08:48 pm
[bluefall]
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WWwA update etc
Look, a kanga!
When Wondy was Awesome part 21 is up, finishing off the Rucka chapters and volume 2. Subsequent posts can be here again, yay!
And, because ![[info]](https://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) runespoor7 and I were talking about it a few posts back,
Tags: series: when wondy was awesome, series: world of wondy
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10:19 pm
[bluefall]
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WWwA 20, &tc
When Wondy was Awesome Chapter 20 is up.
Tags: series: when wondy was awesome, series: world of wondy
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08:05 pm
[bluefall]
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WWwA 19: Athena's Champion
When Wondy was Awesome nineteen is up, again at my journal as per usual with the Rucka chapters.
And for legality and curiosity, one page from the most recent SUPER FRIENDS:
Tags: series: when wondy was awesome, series: world of wondy, title: super friends
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09:48 pm
[bluefall]
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Wonder type stuff
Just a heads-up that chapter 18 of WWwA is up at my journal. And, just my for once actually somewhat humble opinion here, but if you do not read a single other thing I ever post here, read that.
Seriously, it's good stuff.
Tags: series: when wondy was awesome, series: world of wondy
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01:18 am
[bluefall]
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The Many Faces of Barbara Minerva, part 7 (Leopard Print Pants)
Well, here we are, after admittedly quite a hiatus, with the final repost of my Cheetah series. This overlaps the prior Pfeifer chapter a lot in terms of publish dates, and actually all falls before the Salvation Run stuff as far as the in-universe timeline goes, but chronologically and thematically it's more recent, it's essentially consistent with the most recent Cheetah, and being the take in JLA, it's probably the one that's going to stick with the average fan for a good while regardless of anything Gail might yet do in the Wondy title, so "current" it remains.
Which is depressing, but more in a mildly melancholy way than the frustrating VU stuff or the outright stupid Pfeifer Cheetah. Because while this Cheetah is still clearly of that same ilk, she's at least got some nuance to her beyond the mindless cardboard sociopath, and a bit of a suggestion of what she once was.
I have no further chapters to promo the way I usually do after the cut, but dedicated Cheetah fans, if there are any left after this tremendous fall from grace, may be interested in checking out the current Grand Unified Theory of Cheetahs, which achieves the extraordinary by reconciling all seven chapters of this series into a single coherent character arc by dint of massive unsupportable fanwank.
Tags: char: cheetah/barbara minerva, creator: allan heinberg, creator: brad meltzer, creator: dwayne mcduffie, creator: terry dodson, series: many faces of barbara minerva, series: world of wondy, title: justice league of america, title: wonder woman
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05:57 pm
[bluefall]
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The Many Faces of Barbara Minerva, part 6 (Versus Catwoman)
And we're back; this time with an installment so ludicrous I can't even work up any real ire for it. I'm just left shaking my head in depressed bemusement, wondering how it all went so wrong. I mean, it's not that getting Cheetah a little cross-DCU exposure is a bad thing in principle, and even the basic formula of "catwoman + cat woman = double the feline fun" does seem sensible at first, cursory glance. Enough, even, that we've seen it not once, not twice, but three times with this incarnation of Cheetah at least - very impressive considering that a) Selina's not even remotely connected to Wondy, b) she's not even really exactly a *hero* and c) barring Injustice-type "everyone and their mother who was ever a bad guy is there" crossovers, her fights with Selina are the only times Cheetah's ever gotten coverage outside Diana's book. Ever.
Of course, "cursory glance" is a pretty pathetic thing to hang a story on, and it all falls apart like a house of oversize novelty cards after the Batmobile crashes into them the second you take even a fractionally deeper look at the characters involved. But Pfeifer and Loebs never let continuity or consistent characterization stop them before, and dammit, they aren't about to now.
Next up, we find out why Cheetah's wearing stupid pants, with post-ICk JLA and v3 WONDER WOMAN. Yeah, I know. But hey, at least there's pretty Dodson art.
Tags: char: captain cold/leonard snart, char: catwoman/selina kyle, char: cheetah/barbara minerva, char: lex luthor, creator: jeph loeb, creator: tim sale, creator: will pfeifer, publisher: dc comics, series: many faces of barbara minerva, series: world of wondy, title: catwoman
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10:50 am
[bluefall]
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Adoptive Amazon, part 1 (Introducing Cassie)
* Credit to JRhode and arrlaari for the series title.
With the Bat-boys gone, the traditional position of Titan Leadership has been left open in both current teams of Titans, and on both teams, the resident Wonder has stepped up to the plate.
Now, this certainly makes sense for Donna, who's well-respected by her teammates, has a history of command with the amazons and the Darkstars, and is generally a competent, charismatic person with a high emotional IQ, all good traits for the job. But what about Cassie? If you've been reading TEEN TITANS since she joined the title, you could be excused for thinking that a pet rock would do a better job. Up until very recently, she's been a flat, lifeless superpowered Mean Girl with no real purpose or interest in life outside of chasing boys with status and cutting down everyone else. Even since McKeever had her reject Ares' influence and reinvent herself, she's been becoming tolerant and competent only slowly, and is still mostly a non-entity on the team.
But it was not always so! There was a time when she genuinely deserved to wear the double-double, when she was a Wonder Girl in truth and quite a likable character. Let us wander back, then, to those Halcyon days, and meet the girl who earned her symbol as few heroes do.
Next time: Our new Wonder learns more about her powers, acquires a rogue, and survives a relatively literal trial-by-fire.
Tags: char: decay, char: etrigan/jason blood, char: helena sandsmark, char: wonder girl/cassie sandsmark, char: wonder woman/diana of themyscira, char: zeus/dc, creator: john byrne, publisher: dc comics, series: adoptive amazon, series: world of wondy, title: wonder woman
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06:27 pm
[bluefall]
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The Many Faces of Barbara Minerva, part 5 (Rucka & Villains United)
It's kind of odd to say, but up till this point, the Cheetah has actually had a certain consistency to her. I mean, obviously, in four different chapters we've had four completely different characters, but every different take on Barbara Minerva has actually followed pretty reasonably from the one before, enough that you can actually trace a coherent thread of development through the whole thing - you can see where WML got his reluctant ally from in Perez, you can track Jimenez' calm mastermind to Byrne's deliberate restoration. There have been wild shifts in character, yes, but nothing truly out of left field (Boy!Cheetah excepted, but he doesn't reflect on Minerva herself). You can always pretty much figure where any given emphasis sprang from.
Yeah, that was apparently too good to last.
Next up, somewhat less annoying but possibly even more stupid: Cheetah as portrayed by Pfeifer, with bonus Jeph Loeb. Because apparently the purpose of this series was to torture myself and then spread the pain to you.
Tags: char: bizarro, char: black canary/dinah lance, char: cheetah/barbara minerva, char: felix faust, char: flash/kid flash/wally west, char: lex luthor, char: talia al ghul, char: wonder woman/diana of themyscira, char: zoom/hunter zolomon, publisher: dc comics, series: many faces of barbara minerva, series: world of wondy
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02:52 pm
[bluefall]
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WWwA update, and Diana's take on 24
Look, pretty Diana!
For those who're interested, Chapter 17 of When Wondy was Awesome (in which Veronica Cale is Not A Nice Person and Diana writes a book) is now up at my journal. I can't put it here, because while each individual chapter is actually not so bad, the Rucka set as a whole is in flagrant violation of the 1/3 rule, and there was no way I could trim it down from the 1/2 issue format of our old LJ incarnation without shredding it. But it's good stuff, so go over there anyway. ^_^
Tags: char: cheetah/barbara minerva, char: wonder woman/diana of themyscira, creator: gail simone, creator: greg rucka, publisher: dc comics, series: when wondy was awesome, series: world of wondy
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07:07 pm
[peur_evol]
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THE STAR RIDERS
NOTE: Free promotional comic.
Tags: char: wonder woman/diana of themyscira, publisher: dc comics, series: world of wondy
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02:35 am
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Wonder Woman Villains - The Aggravating Case of Angle Man, part 2
In this post we look at some appearances of Angle Man which contain very bad writing.
Sorry.
Tags: char: angle man/angelo bend, char: captain cold/leonard snart, char: catwoman/holly robinson, char: catwoman/selina kyle, char: hugo strange, char: wonder woman/diana of themyscira, char: zatanna zatara, creator: david lopez, creator: pete woods, creator: phil jimenez, creator: robert kanigher, creator: will pfeifer, in-joke: get thee to an editor, publisher: dc comics, series: world of wondy, title: catwoman
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03:31 pm
[batcookies]
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Wonder Woman Villains - The Aggravating Case of Angle Man, part 1
( Angle Men... DC's got a million of 'em! )
Tags: char: angle man/angelo bend, char: cheetah/barbara minerva, char: dr. psycho/edgar cizko, char: wonder girl/cassie sandsmark, char: wonder girl/troia/donna troy, char: wonder woman/diana of themyscira, creator: phil jimenez, creator: robert kanigher, publisher: dc comics, series: world of wondy
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02:07 pm
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Wonder Woman Villains - Doctor Poison
Before the Great Disaster, I had a few posts covering some of the lesser known Wonder Woman villains. May as well try again.
Doctor Poison was Wonder Woman's arguably Wonder Woman's first costumed/recurring villain (some argue that Ares or Hercules fit that bill).
( An appointment with Doctor Poison )
Tags: char: doctor poison, char: etta candy, char: steve trevor, char: wonder woman/diana of themyscira, creator: william moulton marston, publisher: dc comics, series: world of wondy
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05:46 pm
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Wonder Woman Villains - Egg Fu
Happy Easter, everyone.
Because I derive fiendish delight from destroying your brains, this Easter I bring you...
( Happy Easter, I BRING YOU EGGS )
Tags: char: egg fu/dr. chang tzu, char: wonder woman/diana of themyscira, publisher: dc comics, series: world of wondy
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02:47 pm
[bluefall]
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Nu'bia Then and Now, II of II - Now
Here we go with part two of my Nu'bia rundown, dealing with her infinitely superior post-Crisis incarnation. Free of tokenism, overt sexism, and laughably bad writing, and with an added apostrophe in her spelling to ever-so-slightly dissociate herself from being named for a piece of Egyptian geography (which seems odd to me, since Nubia is a reasonably common real-world name, but presumably Doselle Young knows what he's doing better than I), she was reinvented and reestablished as a character with an actual distinct hook and reason to exist, and a pretty cool one at that.
Tags: char: artemis of bana-mighdall, char: nu'bia, char: wonder woman/diana of themyscira, creator: doselle young, series: world of wondy
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04:36 pm
[bluefall]
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Nubia Then and Now, I of II - Then
The Wonder Woman mythos, plagued as it has been by "take over, change everything"-itis, has a fair number of supporting cast members who no one has ever heard of. These are the little guys who get a name and a relationship to Diana like they're supposed to be important, but have maybe five minutes of panel time in a run or, perhaps, if they're lucky, a whole storyarc, and then are never heard from again. Many of them, admittedly, were ignored by subsequent writers for a reason; the Sphinx and Quinn and Officer Modini and Bobby Trevor aren't exactly compelling pillars of characterization and interest, and don't have much to recommend themselves for further use.
Some of those lost characters are really damn cool, though, and deserve to be unearthed, brushed off and given a second look and another spin through the canon. One such buried gem is the amazon Nu'bia.
Scans are from Wonder Woman v1 #204-206, Supergirl v1 #9, and Super Friends #25. I cannot believe Super Friends ran longer than Supergirl. There is no justice in the world.
Tags: char: hippolyta of themyscira, char: nu'bia, char: supergirl/kara zor-el, char: wonder woman/diana of themyscira, series: world of wondy
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10:10 pm
[bluefall]
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When Wondy was Awesome, part 16 (Rules of Engagement)
For this chapter, we go back to JLA and Kelly again, who still writes a very good Diana. You know, the Morrison-Waid-Kelly sequence really was some of the best the JLA has ever been. Years of solid gold, there, occasional bizarre missteps aside. Anyway, this isn't a Wondy story, just a short little post-"Obsidian Age" arc about the JLA beating up some aliens, but it hits some fabulous Diana character notes and is just generally fun, so it merits posting.
Next time: Rucka!
What, you seriously need more than that? Fine. Dr. Psycho! People getting humiliated on national television! Riots outside the embassy! Minotaur chefs! Greg fucking Rucka!
Tags: char: wonder woman/diana of themyscira, group: justice league of america, series: when wondy was awesome, series: world of wondy
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