Wonder Woman by David Michael Beck

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David Michael Beck made a big splash with his work on the Devil's Due G.I. Joe comics about a decade back, but he seems to have moved on to more lucrative commercial art outside our field. This nifty Princess Diana sketch was posted at Comic Art Fans in 2009, and a more fully realized piece with the Amazing Amazon is linked below. Check out his website here.

More Beck
DC Powerhouses (Trinity + GL)
Martian Manhunter
Zatanna

JLA/Cyberforce (2005)

In Budapest, Hungary, a cave-in revealed catacombs under the city lower than any recorded that had been sealed off for ages. The military was called in to investigate, and an entire unit was slaughtered by an unknown force. These and other troops were resurrected as something like robo-zombies, "returned to a godforsaken semblance of 'life' by viral organic technology. Resurrected to serve a monster... who was once the spiritual center of a close-knit family..." This being Ripclaw of the Image Comics team Cyberforce.

Wonder Woman, Superman, Batman, the Flash and the Martian Manhunter fought their way through "undead technoslaves" to investigate the catacombs before being encountered by the aforementioned cybernetically enhanced super team. "We're the Justice League. We're here to help... unless you're in league with these demons, in which case you will suffer immediate and real consequences. The team's leader, Stryker, was flabbergasted and bashful. His teammate Ballistic snickered, "Not like you don't run around with three half-naked women all day. Stow your hormones..." Batman and Cyblade flirted over martial arts moves, Stryker and Superman butted heads over extreme sanctions, Velocity and Martian Manhunter bonded over being emo, and Wonder Woman got all amazonian with Ballistic. "Back to the pits with you! And may Hades take mercy on your souls..."
"What she said... only hold the god junk."
"I know Hades personally. You would do well to hold your tongue."
"And you'd 'do well' to put on some armor if you're gonna get in a gunfight."

The members of Cyberforce felt the call of "godtech," organic alien technology responsible for their creation and Ripclaw's turning evil. An orb of the stuff was Ripclaw's goal, and he tried to disembowel Superman to reach it. To save Stryker and in retaliation, Wonder Woman severed Ripclaw's left arm with her Lasso of Truth. While Ripclaw kept up his offensive, the arm snuck off to claim the orb, turning him into a giant version of himself constantly spawning standard-sized clones. A group effort defeated Ripclaw, but not before Martian Manhunter was seemingly killed by a technological infection.



The orb remained as a potential cure for J'Onn J'Onzz, but its single use remaining power was already earmarked to cure Ripclaw of evil. Normal people would think a fatality would trump a needed attitude adjustment, but Cyberforce still put up a fight over the orb. Ballistic managed to get loose of Diana's lasso and play bullets and bracelets with machine guns. Wonder Woman warned that Ballistic should "pray," not for forgiveness, but that she should "have enough bullets." Ballistic whined that the Amazing Amazon wouldn't miss a shot. "You first." Her ammo finally ran out, but not her curse words. From behind smoldering bracelets, Diana simply said "Indeed."

Velocity finally womaned-up and saved the Martian Manhunter, so everyone made nice. "...And people wonder... why I prefer... non-violence." Her own hands burning up, Ballistic dropped her arms. "You said it, sister..."

Later, outside the Watchtower on the moon, J'Onn J'Onzz took a stroll "in the cold vacuum of space." Wonder Woman paid him a visit, wearing only a rebreather, as the team was concerned about the Martian Manhunter's unusual behavior. "For a few minutes, my consciousness was no longer tied to physical realms... I guess I needed some 'fresh air.' Watchtower felt like a coffin." J'Onn and Diana had a nice bonding moment discussing J'Onn's near death experience.

As usual for a modern comic, the Amazon aspect of Wonder Woman was overplayed to the point of having her chopping people up and sending them to Hell. It was still pretty solid for an intercompany crossover involving a highly derivative and typically directionless Image super group. It was by the former JLA creative team of Joe Kelly and Doug Mahnke, with inconsistent but sometimes stellar inks by Norm Rapmund.

ElseWednesday featuring Wildstorm!

• Captain Atom: Armageddon #4 (March, 2006) @ Power of the Atom
• Flashpoint #3 (February, 2000) @ The Idol-Head of Diabolu
• DC/WS DreamWar #4 (September, 2008) @ DC Bloodlines

Jaimie Alexander on Wonder Woman in Maxim Magazine

From Maxim Online

Once she caught our eye on TV shows like Nurse Jackie, Bones, and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, we guessed it would be only a matter of time before Jaimie Alexander made a splash on the big screen. What we hadn’t counted on was her doing it in the form of a beautiful Asgardian goddess in this summer’s epic blockbuster Thor...

What other heroes would you like to play?
I always loved Wonder Woman. But now that I’ve played Sif, I feel like Sif is a little classier. Maybe don’t write that…

“Jaimie Alexander Calls Wonder Woman a Tramp.” That’s our headline, right there.
Oh, God! Yeah, what a hussy!

2010 Long Beach Comic Con Wonder Woman Commission by Eric Canete

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[9x12" - red pencil, COPIC & Staedtler markers on 300lb bristol board]

The colored commissions (drawn using those marvelous COPIC markers) were for a couple of guys who had asked me for them a year or so back. I've finally gotten the opportunity to get to them so that I don't feel so guilty every time I see them at the shows. I hope they like them okay. Apologies for the wait, fellas - thanks for your patience.

Here's links to additional Canete Wonder Woman work:

2006 APE [Alternative Press Expo] DC Trinity Commission

2009 Wonder Woman #1 Cover Homage

2009 Wonder Woman "Bas-Relief" Commission [NSFW: Nudity]

2010 HeroesCon Wonder Woman Commission

2010 Hellboy & Diana Commission

C2E2 "Art Bomb" head sketches

Easter Canete Weekend

• Martian Manhunter
• Vixen
• Zatanna

Wonder Woman Annual #5 (1996)

EARTH IS DEAD.

Those who once might have called it home are long scattered to the endless stars.

But in that scattering, on a thousand different worlds, by a thousand different ways... Earth's greatest legends live on.
LEGENDS OF THE
DEAD EARTH

A giant starship coasted through space. From a distance, it might appear majestic, but within and without it was well worn by untold time. Strange creatures eked out an existence aboard the craft-- winged sharks, giant spiders, all of some shared ancestry.

AlyXa appeared to be human as we know it. Aside from black markings about her eyes, she could be mistaken for an eighteen year old woman playing Pocahontas. At six foot and 120 pounds, she was quite the prize of her tribe. Her intelligence, curiosity and bravery were less heralded, as they had sent her to explore unfamiliar parts of the ship (though the Unremembered had no conception of the craft they existed within.) AlyXa was now lost and hunted by ratbats and other beasts, their long tongues pursuing her even into a narrow ductway. AlyXa made her escape, and was surprised to see her reflection in statues she found-- in fact the helmets of spacesuits.

The Unremembered were the last human race anyone was aware of, and they lived a savage life of subsistence. Speaking only in clicking sounds, their men were hunters who resented the women workers for continuing to produce resource draining offspring. Clearly the women did this out of carelessness and spite, with the blameless men deserving their elevated position in the hierarchy.

ValXan knew AlyXa wasn't some petty creature like other women, and led a party in search of his runaway bride. KarXyn got slapped for suggesting there were other fish in the sea, while CatXon held his tongue about his own more progress views of the fairer sex. The party was set upon by ratbats, whom they killed while sustaining only minor injury.

That night, KarXyn told tales of the long ago times over a campfire, recalling variations of Superman, Hawkman, the Flash, Batman and Green Lantern. These peculiar ancestral heroes even counted females among their numbers, with takes on Wonder Woman and Catwoman depicted. Humanity's departure from its birth world to the "stars" (whatever those terms met) was recounted, as was the terrible accident aboard their vessel that sent the survivors back to the stone ages. OlXus, a wizened elder, pointed out the common ancestry between the Unremembered and the ratbats, tracing back far beyond the point of recollection.



AlyXa found an advanced laboratory, where for the first time she saw a female ratbat. The creature operated a device that sent signals into its mind powerful enough for AlyXa to pick up on some of them. AlyXa saw visions of Wonder Woman, soaring unaided through the sky, swatting bullets with bracelets, saving the sick and the needy. Wonder Woman battled evils like the Cheetah and Doomsday. It was incredible to behold. After the ratbat stood up unsteadily and departed, AlyXa copied her motions to reactivate the machine. AlyXa saw herself as Wonder Woman, "amazed to find herself accepted as an equal by the men whose power she rivals and exceeds!" To the left of Wonder AlyXa was Superman, and Martian Manhunter was on the right, which was surely intentional.

AlyXa's vision continued, offering a history of ratbat culture, which accepted females as equals and conserved resources well enough to allow for unrestricted offspring. These were no savage beasts, but a society in many ways more advanced than that of the Unremembered. However, the search party caught portions of this psychic story in the manner AlyXa had with the ratbat, and the horrified group attempted to slaughter a ratbat village. Cornering a group of children, the murder was haulted by a ratbat female dressed in a ragged approximation of Wonder Woman's costume. The warrior female tore into the hunting party, defeating the lot before turning around and arguing to save their lives from other vengeful ratbats.

ValXan saw this as an opportunity, retrieved a spear, and pressed it against Wonder Ratbat. A sword soon pressed to ValXan breast, held by AlyXa. "This female is not our enemy, "she clicked. "None of the ratbats are!" They fought only to protect their own, and were as distant kin to the Unremembered. AlyXa made peace with a grateful Wonder Ratbat, and shamed the hunting party into recognizing the faults in her people's ways. If ever the worldship finally landed on an inhabitable planet, both species and all genders would have to share it as equals. "A world such as was prophesied by the first, true Wonder Woman."

"The Unremembered" was by John Byrne, Dave Cockrum and Norm Breyfogle. Cockrum's trademark stiffness was nicely smoothed over by Breygogle, who benefited from Dave's more fleshed out figures while offering softening embellishment. The only weird thing was that on the few pages featuring the classic Wonder Woman, the combination looked like Mike Collins, of all people.

ElseWednesday featuring Wildstorm!

• Flashpoint #2 (January, 2000) @ The Idol-Head of Diabolu
• Captain Atom: Armageddon #3 (February, 2006) @ Power of the Atom
• DC/WS DreamWar #3 (August, 2008) @ DC Bloodlines

2007 Wonder Woman Commission by Chris Stevens

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This piece reminds me of a cross between the too-short runs of Terry Dodson and Drew Johnson, and coupled with last week's Golden Age pin-up, makes me cross my fingers for Chris Stevens to have one of his own (or extended, preferably.)

Chris Stevens Commissions

• Doctor Fate (2010)
• Manhunter Paul Kirk (2009)
• Zatanna (2007)

Sensational Comics for July, 2011

I was looking forward to running another "Imaginary Wednesday," but one of my Photobucket accounts is down for repairs, leaving my Wonder Woman and (Captain) Atom blogs a mess. Therefore, you get solicits! Yay?


Wonder Woman

DC RETROACTIVE: WONDER WOMAN – THE ‘70S #1
Written by DENNIS O’NEIL
Art by J. BONE
Cover by TBD
From legendary scribe Dennis O’Neil comes an untold adventure starring DC’s Amazon Princess in her “white costume” phase! When Paradise Island is in danger, Wonder Woman must complete three tasks to save her homeland from destruction. But are these tasks too difficult even for her?
Plus: Following the 26-page lead story is a classic tale originally published in the ’70s, also written by Dennis O’Neil!
ONE-SHOT
On sale JULY 20
56 pg, FC, $4.99 US
RATED T

One look at the top of this page should tell you how much I love the Diana Prince "mod" era, and J. Bone alone is reason enough for this to be the most exciting Wonder Woman news I've heard this year!

WONDER WOMAN #613
Written by J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI and PHIL HESTER
Art by DON KRAMER and WAYNE FAUCHER
Cover by JOSHUA MIDDLETON
1:10 Variant cover by ALEX GARNER
The mega-opus “Odyssey” proved too big, it needed two extra issues to tell J. Michael Straczynski and Phil Hester’s full story! It’s classic Wonder Woman versus the new one! Even if she wins, she loses!
Retailers: This issue will ship with two covers. Please see the Previews Order Form for more information.
On sale JULY 27
32 pg, FC, $2.99 US
RATED T

You low down lying sons of bitches! Two extra issues? You couldn't see that coming last month?

FLASHPOINT #3
Written by GEOFF JOHNS
Art by ANDY KUBERT and SANDRA HOPE
Cover by ANDY KUBERT and SANDRA HOPE
1:25 Black and white variant cover A by ANDY KUBERT
Variant cover B by IVAN REIS and GEORGE PEREZ
FLASH QUESTION: Will The Flash and his new allies be able to fix the world?
Retailers please note: This issue will ship with three covers. Please see the Previews Order Form for more information
On sale JULY 6
3 of 5, 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US
RATED T

FLASHPOINT: HAL JORDAN #2

Written by ADAM SCHLAGMAN
Art by BEN OLIVER
Cover by FRANCIS PORTELA
FLASH QUESTION: Will he be able to fly fast enough to escape his fate and defeat the Amazons?
On sale JULY 27
2 of 3, 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US
RATED T

Steve?

FLASHPOINT: WONDER WOMAN AND THE FURIES #2
Written by DAN ABNETT and ANDY LANNING
Art by SCOTT CLARK and DAVID BEATY
Cover by ED BENES
FLASH QUESTION: How many must die to avenge Queen Hippolyta’s death and satiate Diana’s fury?
On sale JULY 20
2 of 3, 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US
RATED T

Vengeance driven bitch on heels? Mommy issues? I'm so very tired...

FLASHPOINT: LOIS LANE AND THE RESISTANCE #2
Written by DAN ABNETT and ANDY LANNING
Art by EDDIE NUNEZ
Cover by EDDIE NUNEZ and SANDRA HOPE
FLASH QUESTION: Lois Lane meets the mysterious leader of the Resistance – but will she survive?
On sale JULY 27
2 of 3, 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US
RATED T

I've got your resistance right here... in my wallet... until I spend it on a chicken sandwich at the vending machine...

DC UNIVERSE ONLINE LEGENDS #11-12
Written by MARV WOLFMAN and TONY BEDARD
Art by MIKE S. MILLER, HOWARD PORTER and LIVESAY
Cover #11 by ED BENES
Cover #12 by HOWARD PORTER
Luthor unveils his next move in the elaborate game he’s playing against Superman and Brainiac – but how will it change the DC Universe? And Lois Lane is holding back a shocking secret from her husband – when revealed, it’ll rock the Man of Steel to his very core!
In issue #12, Batman begins connecting Luthor, Brainiac, the Exobytes and the survivors from The Daily Planet. But will he be in time to help Superman’s worsening condition?
Issue #11 on sale JULY 6
Issue #12 on sale JULY 20
32 pg, FC, $2.99 US
RATED T

Compared to "Flashpoint," I'm ecstatic to read this book!

DC RETROACTIVE: JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA – THE ‘70S #1
Artists Andy Smith and Gordon Purcell come together with writer Cary Bates to tell how Kanjar Ro will try to wipe out the civilization of Earth-Prime. It’ll be up to the Justice League, Adam Strange and a very special DC legend to stop his ruthless plans.
ONE-SHOT • On sale JULY 27 • 56 pg, FC, $4.99 US • RATED T

Purcell is a weird choice to ink, so I'm guessing he either finished the book or is going to try to being out more Neal Adams in Andy Smith's usual Bart Sears riff.

TEAM-UPS OF THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD TP
Written by J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Art and cover by JESUS SAIZ
The first seven issues of J. Michael Straczynski’s acclaimed run on THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD are collected from issues #27-33, featuring The Flash, The Blackhawks, Batman, Brother Power – The Geek, Green Lantern, Dr. Fate and more!
On sale AUGUST 24
176 pg, FC, $17.99 US

ABSOLUTE KINGDOM COME HC NEW PRINTING
Written by MARK WAID
Art and cover by ALEX ROSS
Now back in print! The unforgettable, best-selling miniseries by acclaimed writer Mark Waid and superstar painter Alex Ross returns, with a sketchbook section, annotations on the series, rare art and more!
Advance solicited
On sale JANUARY 25
8.25” x 12.5”, 340 pg, FC, $99.99 US

Wonder Girl (Cassie Sandsmark)

TEEN TITANS #97 &
TEEN TITANS #98
Written by J.T. KRUL
Issue #97 art by NICOLA SCOTT and DOUG HAZLEWOD
Issue #98 art by EDUARDO PANSICA and EBER FERREIRA
Covers by NICOLA SCOTT and DOUG HAZLEWOD
TEEN TITANS ships twice in July for extra thrills!
First, in issue #97, the evil god Rankor and his demon horde are ready to invade and conquer our world – and only the Teen Titans stand in their way. And don’t miss the exciting conclusion to Solstice’s first adventure with the team. Does she have what it takes to be a hero?
Then, in issue #98 – He’s back! Don’t miss the issue where one of the deadliest and most psychotic threats in the DC Universe returns. It’s Superboy Prime! Of all things to hate, he hates The Teen Titans most of all. Now he’s coming for them, and he’s not coming alone.
#97 on sale JULY 13
#98 on sale JULY 27
32 pg, FC, $2.99 US
RATED T

TINY TITANS #42
Written by ART BALTAZAR and FRANCO
Art and cover by ART BALTAZAR
They said it couldn’t happen, but why did you believe them? It’s…young Bizarros in love! Who is the strange girl from a square planet floating in space? Join us as the Tiny Titans discover Bizarro World! Aww yeah!
On sale JULY 20
32 pg, FC, $2.99 US
RATED E

Wonder Girl (Donna Troy)

JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #59
Written by JAMES ROBINSON
Art by BERNARD CHANG
Cover by BRETT BOOTH and NORM RAPMUND
1:10 Variant cover by DAVID MACK
Eclipso is triumphant! He has defeated the world’s greatest heroes, destroyed the moon and spit in the face of the greatest forces the universe. But one JLAer still stands. Can she make things right?
Retailers please note: This issue will ship with two covers. Please see the Previews Order Form for more information.
On sale JULY 20
32 pg, FC, $2.99 US
RATED T

I kinda digging Donna getting so much action here, and Chang seems to be moving from one super girl book to another.

TITANS ANNUAL 2011 #1
Written by ERIC WALLACE
Art by CLIFF RICHARDS
Cover by FABRIZIO FIORENTINO
“The Methuselah Imperative” begins, continuing into the next month’s issue of TITANS! It’s all been building toward this – a giant throwdown between Deathstroke and his Titans and The Justice League! And Roy Harper must face his old teammates at last and choose his future path, with either his old friends or his new partners in crime.
On sale JULY 6
56 pg, FC, $4.99 US
RATED T+

This makes sense, except for the part where the JLA is weak enough that these Titans make a decent fight.

THE NEW TEEN TITANS: GAMES HC
Written by MARV WOLFMAN
Art and cover by GEORGE PEREZ
Legendary creators Marv Wolfman (CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS) and George Pérez (FINAL CRISIS: LEGION OF THREE WORLDS) reunite for a lost tale from their classic run on the best-selling NEW TEEN TITANS!
This original graphic novel features a mysterious villain playing a deadly game with New York City as the gameboard – and the Teen Titans as thepieces! Twenty years in the making, THE NEW TEEN TITANS: GAMES is a can’t-miss for fans new and old.
Retailers: This item is resolicited. All previous orders are cancelled.
RESOLICIT
On sale SEPTEMBER 7
144 pg, 8.125” x 10.812”, FC, $24.99 US

Look at all those mullets! At least this was begun before Dick rocked his. I'll believe this is coming out when I hold a copy in my hands. Won't get fooled again!

JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA: OMEGA HC
Written by JAMES ROBINSON
Art by BRETT BOOTH, POW RODRIX, ROB HUNTER and NORM RAPMUND
Cover by JIM LEE
The World’s Greatest Super Heroes battle The Crime Syndicate in the streets of Washington, D.C., in these tales from JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #49-53 and STARMAN/CONGORILLA #1. But a new villain bent on his own form of conquest prevents any other heroes from helping save the nation’s capital. It’s up to five members of The Justice League to save the city’s people, with serious repercussions for one Leaguer. In order to help their teammates, Bill and Mikaal must begin an odyssey across the world that will evoke memories of the departed Prometheus.
On sale SEPTEMBER 21
200 pg, FC, $24.99 US

2011 Custom Life Size Wonder Woman Statue

Selling for $800.00 - 1,000.00 on eBay is this 6'2" slightly larger than life sized statue from the Philippines. See for yourself on the eBay auctioneer's profile, and also be sure to check out the Martian Manhunter version.

2010 Golden Age Wonder Woman Commission by Chris Stevens

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Be sure to check out the awesome and well stocked Chris Stevens deviantART gallery, or try the following spotlight posts:

2010 Chris Stevens Commission

• Captain Marvel
• Zatanna

JLA/WildC.A.T.S. "Crime Machine" (1997)

Kid Flash Wally West was attacked by Epoch, the Lord of Time, who possessed a constantly evolving armor from millenia in the future. West was rescued by the JLA of his future, consisting of the electric blue Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern Kyle Rayner, and Wally himself as the adult Flash (whom he mistook for Barry Allen.) The JLA continued to battle epoch across time, involving a brush with the Justice Society in 1944, before getting stranded by a lost temporal drive unit in A.D. 33. Diana figured, "It's still here... He left the drive unit in the past so it musy still be here. Like dinosaur bones and coal." Green Lantern figured it for an easy find with his power ring, but it was the eighth or ninth anachronistic object located in a global search. Marcus Aelius, the future Alpha Centurion, happened to spot the JLA dig it up. The League channeled its collective willpower through Lantern's ring, and reactivated the drive to return "home."

Instead, the League landed in the Wildstorm Universe, having caused rampant gen-activation of previously non-powered humans who the proceeded to wreck havoc on this alternate Earth. The Wild Covert Action Teams and other Wildstorm super groups tried to contain the chaos and locate its source. WildC.A.T.s leader Mister Majestic was less than diplomatic upon finding the displaced JLA and laying blame at their feet, so a fight broke out. Superman threw the first punch at Majestros, followed by Batman socking Maul and disarming Grifter. The former went on to battle Green Lantern, actually disabling Rayner through a slow-acting spinal pinch before being finished off by the Dark Knight. The latter realized he was in over his head against real hero types, and sat out further hostilities. The Flash and Void also managed to talk their way to a solution.

Wonder Woman had to deal with Zealot, a caricature of the most bloodthirsty take on Diana and the Amazons, by way of the sisterhood of the Coda, "finest" all-female warrior caste in the galaxy. The Amazing Amazon repeatedly blocked slashing swords with her bracelets, demanding Zealot drop her weapon. "You're not a warrior, you're a coward. Throw down your weapon and face me with your bare hands." Infuriated, Zealot followed suit. "Fine. Now, before this continues, I'd like to suggest something... How about we stop fighting, we stop calling one another names and we try talking like rational, intelligent women? It's not difficult." Zealot wasn't open to such suggestions, and had to be punched through a wall. "...Stubborn! Why are you being so stubborn? We can fight and fight and fight and I will not fall, I promise you... I haven't even started on you. So... one more time: Talk." Having had enough, Zealot finally laughed and admitted, "You're okay."

As per the comic book constitution, the groups ironed out their differences and teamed up to stop the troubles surrounding them. With the help of Void and some other-dimensional friends, the teams traveled to DC Earth. In five days' time, Epoch had trapped all the other heroes on the moon, unleashed a plague of alien invaders, and merged with a 68th Century Omega Attractor. The two teams assaulted his base, tore through his defenses, and Zealot dropped a "Tom and Jerry" reference. Wonder Woman muttered, "Both our universes have Tom and Jerry? What are the chances of... Hera! What's that... noise?" Maul had grown big enough to wreck Epoch's operation, and his perfect strategies against the JLA wouldn't work against the unknown element of the WildC.A.T.s. Epoch was fated to rule the world, but he missed the minor detail of it being for about a week, until the JLA trapped what was left of him in a circular temporal prison.

Everything fixed, the two teams were split back up between their two worlds. Wonder Woman offered to Zealot, "We could use more women like you on our world..."
"One's generally enough for any world."

I remember liking and defending this book when I read it in 1997, within the first year of the JLA series. Grant Morrison was great with scale, unleashed torrents of technobabble, and I felt he handled both teams correctly with respect. Revisited nearly fifteen years later, the script seems a bit too flippant and definitely runs too long, with the Wildstorm characters given short shrift. If anything, the art by Val Semeiks and Kevin Conrad is even worse than I remembered. Semeiks was one of the worst artists getting mainstream work at the time, and he got a lot of work on JLA projects after this, before Mark Pajarillo did his best to take his place in every unfortunate respect. I really did like Morrison's take on Diana as a tough as nails peace negotiator, a far cry from the brutal harpy other writers would portray after the JLA franchise began to go off the rails.

ElseWednesday featuring Wildstorm!

• Flashpoint #1 (December, 1999) @ The Idol-Head of Diabolu
• Captain Atom: Armageddon #2 (January, 2006) @ Power of the Atom
• DC/WS DreamWar #2 (July, 2008) @ DC Bloodlines

April Fool's Day Blogging

I've been kind of peeved at Google lately. A recent update screwed up my March Madness polls, my scheduled posts keep resetting to unpublished drafts, and even the words I type right now are the result of some coding snafu destroying my first draft of this paragraph. I'm going to go study this weekend, and offer this post recapping holiday shenanigans that never came up on my own Google Reader.

The Irredeemable Shag is usually the ringleader of these April Fool's goofs, and first suggested a 2011 edition in January. His mailing list then promptly forgot all about it, Shag included, or bowed out early. Out of the blue on March 19th, Boosterrific announced that he was going ahead with the plan, and several of us ostriches pulled our heads out of the sand and went, "Oh? Well, okay, I think I'll join you."

The premise this year was to convert your entire blog into something different, devoting it to some obscure property that you have an affection for. Shag of course went the most gloriously nuts by converting Firestorm Fan into B'wana Beast's Blog, dedicated to the curious prevalence of a virtual nonentity for forty years into an enduring cartoon guest star (Justice League Unlimited, Batman: The Brave and the Bold.) Shag created ten entirely new posts, including Why a B’wana Beast Blog?, B’wana Beast in Who’s Who 1985, B’wana Beast gets animated!, Best B’wana Beast Covers of All Time, B’wana Beast Action Figures, POLL: B’wana Beast or Freedom Beast?, B’wana Beast Cosplay at DragonCon 2010*, B’wana Beast Temporary Tattoo, Napoleon Dynamite’s Liger – B’wana Beast’s Greatest Achievement? and my personal favorite, the fan fictional B’wana Beast and Beta Ray Bill – Marvel vs DC Amalgam.
*Caution: May require Kleenex after viewing, regardless of gender

Boosterrific was the one bringing this back, so he sure as heck brought it, with Red Star Fire, the most famous Communist at DC Comics replacing the capitalist running dog Booster Gold. I adore old Soviet bloc propaganda imagery, so the design of the blog alone had me drooling. I don't know how long it will be up at 100%, but it should be accessible through the weekend. If not, the direct link to the permanent content is here.I very much approved of his offering the people a weekly poll to explain what their correct opinion should be, as it was pre-rigged.

Kelson's Speed Force briefly turned Cobalt Blue over: Cobalt Blue, Classic Rogue?, The Flash vs…Barry Allen? The Bronze-Age Origin of Cobalt Blue, “Seeing” Blue: TV’s Cobalt Blue Prototype, Flash Facts: Cobalt Blue, Cobalt Blue T-Shirt Available Exclusively At VA Comicon, Who Is Hot Pursuit, REALLY?

Liquidcross briefly lost the reins to the Indigo Tribe blog to Flash rogue Roscoe Dillon, who tried to prove Nobody Tops the Top. That is, until he found himself Dead and loving it.

Always handy as a bulking agent, I converted five of my own blogs, like Diana Prince as the New Wonder Woman into Wundercar Valkyrie!, dedicated to the Nazi aviation from '40s Hillman, '80s Eclipse, and '00s Moonstone comics. That one was mostly pin-ups and pieces from aborted coverage of one of her mini-series.

DC Bloodlines became Marshal Law's San Futuro Police Blog, revolving around synopsizes of the very mature and anti-superhero first six issue mini-series, plus a few extras. It's actually relevant, since DC (of all places) will be reissuing the series.

Power of the Atom was given over to Dreadstar & Company, a childhood favorite creator owned science fantasy series by Jim Starlin. That one was stocked with remembrances, pin-ups, and crudely glued together custom Overpower cards from when I was younger and even more poor.

I had already planned a fan fiction 1995 Manhunter from Mars Annual #12 and some new icons for the sidebar, but The Aviary of the Osprey kind of laid an egg in terms of raw material in replacing The Idol-Head of Diabolu.

I was running on fumes by the time Vibe's Beat Street Blog spun off from Justice League Detroit. That one was cobbled together, like many of the other blogs, from old crap on my ...nurgh... blog from when I did more there than comic book and movie review. Since I already cover Vibe's stories there, that one descended into music videos, pop-lock educationals, and a look back at 1983's D.C. Cab. Apologies for scrapping the bottle of the barrel on that.

Wundercar Valkyrie!

Grüße zu visiting Americans and other nations where races mix freely and inferior automobiles are constructed. We are the blogging kollektiv des Deutschen dedicated to the former Nazi air maiden heroine Lisellotte von Schellendorf. After beginning her career in 1943 as a rival of Airboy, her affections and affiliation turned toward the Allies, whose ideals she has served for decades of intermittent publishing. The most glorious plunging neckline in the Western world is currently being published in the States through Moonstone.

Now is the time on Wundercar Valkyrie! when we promote other blogs!

The Indigo Tribe:

Grüne Laterne wiederholt & kommentar

Firestorm Fan:

Die Quelle für DC Comics' Kernmann

Boosterrific.com:

Das Web' Web site der s-Zahl-eine des Zusatzgoldes, der Unternehmenskreuzfahrer!

Speed Force:

Nach dem Blitz, der Schnellste Mann Lebendig

DC Bloodlines:

Der kleine Blog für das weniger bekannte Universum

Energie des Atoms:

Manchmal Captain die Klinge eines kleinen Titanen, andere Male das Quantum begrüssend.

Gerechtigkeit-Liga Detroit:

Vibe! Vixen! Zigeuner! Stahl! Zatanna! Männer Wasser, längliches & Ampere Batty!

Der Idol-Kopf von Diabolu:

Ein Blog für J' Onn J' Onzz, das Manhunter von Mars

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Sunday, March 20, 2011

1987 Brian Bolland Valkyrie! Kunst

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Von einem Juni bedecken-datiertes Valkyrie! #2 (von 3,) veröffentlichte durch Eclipse Comics.

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Sunday, March 20, 2011

Valkyrie! #2 (June, 1987)

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Valkyrie ist der Codename von Lisellotte von Schellendorf, der Hauptrivale und Liebesinteresse von Airboy. Sie erschien zuerst im " Luft Fighers Comics" #2 (November 1942). Liselotte war ein deutsches Mädchen, das angehoben wurde, um " zu werden; das Anziehen und das Übel alles women" und " das erfahrenste und das tödlich von allem pilots". Als sie Erwachsensein erreichte, schloß sich sie theLuftwaffe als Führer des Airmaidens an. Das Geschwader bestand aus jungen weiblichen Piloten. Valkyrie war ein Aspilot und erreichte, viele verbündeten Piloten in ihren Aufträgen zu beseitigen. Das zum zu überleben war Airboy. Valkyrie erschien nur in den halben Dutzenden Geschichten, aber sie gelten als die Höhepunkte der Airboy Reihe. Während ihr Training, das Anziehen bearbeitet, das Training zu sein, um schlecht zu sein nicht tat. Als Airboy die Übel des Naziregimes zeigte, defected Valkyrie zu den Verbündeten. Sie nahm zu wieder steuern und zielte jetzt deutsche Piloten.

In der modernen Wiederbelebung des Titels, überlebte Valkyrie, um das Ende des Krieges zu sehen aber wurde durch einen Bann beeinflußt, der sie in verschobener Animation für Dekaden ließ. Sie tauchte auf, um die unterschiedliche Welt tot zu finden Airboy und sehr. Gleichwohl sie verbunden mit einem JuniorAirboy sich fand, haben Sohn der Vorlage und die zwei eine neue Serie Abenteuer eingetragen.

Valkyrie' s-Hauptwaffen sind die Flugzeuge, die sie steuert. Wenn aktiv auf Land, Valkyrie, baut auf Pistolen. Sie hat die Standardmilitärische Ausbildung der Kräfte des Drittes Reichs gehabt.

"Capture" war ein teil einer von "Prisoner Of The Past" durch Charles (Chuck) Dixon, Paul Gulacy & Willie Blyberg.

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Sunday, March 20, 2011

1987 Brent Anderson Valkyrie! Kunst

Von einem Juni bedecken-datiertes Valkyrie! #2 (von 3,) veröffentlichte durch Eclipse Comics und Aufmachung von Airboy.

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Sunday, March 20, 2011

Valkyrie! #1 (May, 1987)

Willkommen zum prachtvollen April-Dummkopf-TagesBlog-Streich. Sehen Sie vergnügteren Unsinn am folgenden:



Valkyrie ist der Codename von Lisellotte von Schellendorf, der Hauptrivale und Liebesinteresse von Airboy. Sie erschien zuerst im " Luft Fighers Comics" #2 (November 1942). Liselotte war ein deutsches Mädchen, das angehoben wurde, um " zu werden; das Anziehen und das Übel alles women" und " das erfahrenste und das tödlich von allem pilots". Als sie Erwachsensein erreichte, schloß sich sie theLuftwaffe als Führer des Airmaidens an. Das Geschwader bestand aus jungen weiblichen Piloten. Valkyrie war ein Aspilot und erreichte, viele verbündeten Piloten in ihren Aufträgen zu beseitigen. Das zum zu überleben war Airboy. Valkyrie erschien nur in den halben Dutzenden Geschichten, aber sie gelten als die Höhepunkte der Airboy Reihe. Während ihr Training, das Anziehen bearbeitet, das Training zu sein, um schlecht zu sein nicht tat. Als Airboy die Übel des Naziregimes zeigte, defected Valkyrie zu den Verbündeten. Sie nahm zu wieder steuern und zielte jetzt deutsche Piloten.

In der modernen Wiederbelebung des Titels, überlebte Valkyrie, um das Ende des Krieges zu sehen aber wurde durch einen Bann beeinflußt, der sie in verschobener Animation für Dekaden ließ. Sie tauchte auf, um die unterschiedliche Welt tot zu finden Airboy und sehr. Gleichwohl sie verbunden mit einem JuniorAirboy sich fand, haben Sohn der Vorlage und die zwei eine neue Serie Abenteuer eingetragen.

Valkyrie' s-Hauptwaffen sind die Flugzeuge, die sie steuert. Wenn aktiv auf Land, Valkyrie, baut auf Pistolen. Sie hat die Standardmilitärische Ausbildung der Kräfte des Drittes Reichs gehabt.

"Exposure" war ein teil einer von "Prisoner Of The Past" durch Charles (Chuck) Dixon, Paul Gulacy & Willie Blyberg.

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Sunday, March 20, 2011

2006 Ryan Sook Valkyrie! Skizze

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Ich hatte keine Idee Valkyrie war solch eine unverständliche Anti-heldin/schlechtes Mädchen/Villainess. I' ein Ventilator gewesenes VE, da ich ihr spätes ' las; Miniserie 80s durch Chuck Dixon und Paul Gulacy, obgleich Wahrheit zum zu erklären, I' m mehr ein Ventilator des Betrachtens sie als Messwert sie, aber we' ll gerade beiseite eingestellt dem. Valkyrie wird liebevoll hier von Ryan Sook übertragen und ruft Veronica Lake als Brunette zurück.

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Sunday, March 20, 2011

2007 Michael Bair Valkyrie! Skizze

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Here' nettes Stück S.-A. (doppeltes entendre, jedermann?) durch den unterschätzten Michael Bair. Ich empfehle Sie in hohem Grade vergrößere es, wie verwiesen.

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Sunday, March 20, 2011

1987 William Stout Valkyrie! Kunst

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Von einem Juni bedecken-datiertes Valkyrie! #2 (von 3,) veröffentlichte durch Eclipse Comics.

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