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Another day, another DC anniversary issue.
I picked up Wonder Woman issue #600.
Was an avid viewer of the Lynda Carter series as a kid and a reader of George Perez's eighties run on the comic. Nice to see them both in this anniversary issue.
The format is similar to Superman # 700. A selection of short stories leading into JMS's new run on the title.
The stories are lightweight but entertaining. The first sees a team up with various DC female superheroes and seems to be a final tie up of Perez's run. The second is a Superman / Wonder Woman cross over.
There are some very nice pin ups showcasing the soon to be abandoned cheesecake Wonder Woman costume.
Having now seen the new costume in action, I'm still not very impressed, although there is what I assume to be a preview of a painted cover at the back of the comic where it doesn't look too bad. Either way, I don't really anticipate the new look sticking around for too long.
I picked up Wonder Woman issue #600.
Was an avid viewer of the Lynda Carter series as a kid and a reader of George Perez's eighties run on the comic. Nice to see them both in this anniversary issue.
The format is similar to Superman # 700. A selection of short stories leading into JMS's new run on the title.
The stories are lightweight but entertaining. The first sees a team up with various DC female superheroes and seems to be a final tie up of Perez's run. The second is a Superman / Wonder Woman cross over.
There are some very nice pin ups showcasing the soon to be abandoned cheesecake Wonder Woman costume.
Having now seen the new costume in action, I'm still not very impressed, although there is what I assume to be a preview of a painted cover at the back of the comic where it doesn't look too bad. Either way, I don't really anticipate the new look sticking around for too long.
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This is a gimmick, nothing more-it'll be lucky to last six months. Wonder Woman has had new costumes in the past, at least twice, and they've not stuck. Her look is iconic, they'd be fools to try to ditch it for good.
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I like the new look, but Tony's right - it probably won't last.
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Well, of course it wasn't going to last . . . JMS doesn't stay on projects very long before he gets bored or something, does he?Lucy McGough wrote:I like the new look, but Tony's right - it probably won't last.
I've really enjoyed the New 52 version . . . bummer that Azzarello and Chiang are leaving that title.
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Predictably, I never read it. Wonder Woman died in September 2011.MajorHoy wrote:Well, of course it wasn't going to last . . . JMS doesn't stay on projects very long before he gets bored or something, does he?Lucy McGough wrote:I like the new look, but Tony's right - it probably won't last.
I've really enjoyed the New 52 version . . . bummer that Azzarello and Chiang are leaving that title.
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Hey, the New 52 version wasn't that bad, although some feminists got angry that Wonder Woman's origin was retconned so that she was the daughter of Zeus, i.e. the product of a sexual liaison.
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To be honest, aside from George Perez's run, the only Wonder Woman I ever really cared about was the Earth Two version back before COIE.
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Because she was the one I was reading about when I got into DC. When the Wonder Woman TV series started, it was set in World War II, and DC decided to capitalize on that by turning the Wonder Woman comic over to adventures of the the Earth Two Wonder Woman in that setting (from February 1977 to May 1978). I loved that run, but lost interest in the book after that when it went back to being about the Earth One Wonder Woman and only really ever read it for the Huntress back-up feature after that, until Perez revamped the character in 1987.Lucy McGough wrote:Why?
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tony ingram wrote:To be honest, aside from George Perez's run, the only Wonder Woman I ever really cared about was the Earth Two version back before COIE.
And let's not forget her run as a feature in World's Finest during that time as well, where we were introduced to . . .
Baron Blitzkrieg!
And there was that gorgeous Superman and WW in World War II special:
Hopefully they all made it your way at some point.
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All except the collectors edition, I never found a copy of that.
My favourite was this one, though.
My favourite was this one, though.
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That's pretty funny
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And DC did it 35 years before Steven Moffat used the idea in Doctor Who.Lucy McGough wrote:That's pretty funny
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Oh, why not a few more . . .
which had some unexpected but always enjoyable Bob Brown artwork inside!
which had some unexpected but always enjoyable Bob Brown artwork inside!
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See, that was when comics weren't ashamed to look like comics. And looked so much better as a result.
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You're preaching to the choir on that topic . . .tony ingram wrote:See, that was when comics weren't ashamed to look like comics. And looked so much better as a result.
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Got any covers where she isn't trapped and helpless? Love the one where she's like, "I'll push my boobs at the glass to try and break it!"
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Trapped and helpless was kind of a tradition on Wonder Woman covers. They were keeping Marston's spirit alive...
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Ah, bless
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Anyway, how do you know that isn't exactly what Diana is planning to do on that cover? She's Wonder Woman. No plexiglass tube should be a match for her boobs of steel. When you're a superhero, you have to be able to think on your feet.
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So... did she break the glass?
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I love the line "Dr. Mid-Nite in action" when he looks utterly inept...
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Another comic book around that time was Steel, the Indestructible Man.
I had always wished they had a Wonder Woman meets Steel cross-over back in the days of WW II.
I had always wished they had a Wonder Woman meets Steel cross-over back in the days of WW II.
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I liked that book. It only lasted five issues. I still remember that little thrill of excitement I felt when he returned unexpectedly in All-Star Squadron a few years later.
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Maybe it was meant to read 'Dr Mid-Nite inaction'.tony ingram wrote:I love the line "Dr. Mid-Nite in action" when he looks utterly inept...
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That seems more likely, in the circumstances.Lucy McGough wrote:Maybe it was meant to read 'Dr Mid-Nite inaction'.tony ingram wrote:I love the line "Dr. Mid-Nite in action" when he looks utterly inept...
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But they might have been tring to avoid that since he was sort-of handicapped normally.tony ingram wrote:That seems more likely, in the circumstances.Lucy McGough wrote:Maybe it was meant to read 'Dr Mid-Nite inaction'.tony ingram wrote:I love the line "Dr. Mid-Nite in action" when he looks utterly inept...
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Poor Doc never got any respect (look at how they killed him off).MajorHoy wrote:But they might have been trying to avoid that since he was sort-of handicapped normally.tony ingram wrote:That seems more likely, in the circumstances.Lucy McGough wrote:Maybe it was meant to read 'Dr Mid-Nite inaction'.tony ingram wrote:I love the line "Dr. Mid-Nite in action" when he looks utterly inept...
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How did they kill him off? Did he walk into a lamppost or something?
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He died off-panel during the Zero Hour event. A sad fate for a character who'd been around for over fifty years. The only acknowledgement his passing got was the line "but we couldn't save Dr. Mid-Nite".Lucy McGough wrote:How did they kill him off? Did he walk into a lamppost or something?
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tony ingram wrote:He died off-panel during the Zero Hour event. A sad fate for a character who'd been around for over fifty years. The only acknowledgement his passing got was the line "but we couldn't save Dr. Mid-Nite".Lucy McGough wrote:How did they kill him off? Did he walk into a lamppost or something?
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Doc actually died off-panel a little later. The doctor who treated them pulled Sandman through, but not him.
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And his last words were apparently "Uhn."
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I have all three seasons of that, somewhere. Whatever happened to Lyle Waggoner?
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According to Wikipedia he is now a sculptor specialising in "humorous renditions of lovely ladies."
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He's about 80 now, and I didn't realize he was almost Batman instead of Adam West.Lucy McGough wrote:According to Wikipedia he is now a sculptor specialising in "humorous renditions of lovely ladies."tony ingram wrote:Whatever happened to Lyle Waggoner?
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I did. He guest starred in the TV movie Return to the Batcave: the Misadventures of Adam and Burt, in which West and Ward go in search of a stolen Batmobile.MajorHoy wrote:He's about 80 now, and I didn't realize he was almost Batman instead of Adam West.Lucy McGough wrote:According to Wikipedia he is now a sculptor specialising in "humorous renditions of lovely ladies."tony ingram wrote:Whatever happened to Lyle Waggoner?
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It wouldn't have been the same without Adam West.
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I remember Kung. He resurfaced in All-Star Squadron, years later.
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Those comics look pretty fun. I'd read them.
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My favourite Wonder Woman era.Lucy McGough wrote:Those comics look pretty fun. I'd read them.
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Beautifully drawn, too.
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Back then, most comics artists were actuasl illustrators, not people who'd just learned to draw comics by looking solely at comics.
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Yes, I know, everything was better back in the 1970s.
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Lucy McGough wrote:Yes, I know, everything was better back in the 1970s.
They WERE.
IF you were a kid, and only look at the fun stuff. Otherwise, things now are a LOT better.
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Really? There was a lot less pointless bureaucracy back then. And no call centres, or automated telephone helplines. Or reality TV.Mbast1 wrote:Lucy McGough wrote:Yes, I know, everything was better back in the 1970s.
They WERE.
IF you were a kid, and only look at the fun stuff. Otherwise, things now are a LOT better.
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No internet either
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