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Post by Jesse on Jan 16, 2015 20:12:20 GMT -5
Is there a complete collection of the Golden Age Marston run? If not what is the most complete collection of that run?
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Post by pinkfloydsound17 on Jan 16, 2015 22:02:46 GMT -5
I saw some auctions on ebay that caught my eye....Perez's Wonder Woman. Then I saw this thread and I think I will definitely be putting in some bids. How is this series overall? Also, how are the stories as it moved into the early 90's? The covers look fantastic (Bolland issues) but how do the stories hold up?
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Post by badwolf on Jan 16, 2015 22:23:58 GMT -5
Oh...and I also read Jodi Picoult's run, just because the trade was in stock at the bookstore where I worked and needed something to read on my break. I don't remember anything about it now. I don't think it was well-received.
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Post by coveredinbees on Jan 17, 2015 0:53:25 GMT -5
It wasn't that bad. She had trouble pumping gas, but so did I tonight and I don't fly most places. It was better than Simone's, but hers was one of the worst.
I'm working my way through Perez. I'm not always a huge fan of his art.
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Post by MWGallaher on Jan 17, 2015 17:56:31 GMT -5
Is there a complete collection of the Golden Age Marston run? If not what is the most complete collection of that run? The set of Wonder Woman Archives (7 volumes so far) is the most complete, but there are still around 50 Marston-written stories yet to be reprinted in the Archives. Even if they do continue the Wonder Woman Archives, it's unlikely that DC will get around to reprinting all of these (in the Archive format, anyway), because the WW stories that appeared in Comic Cavalcade aren't included in the Wonder Woman Archives line, but instead appear in the Comic Cavalcade Archives, of which only a single volume has appeared, and which is unlikely to see a second volume.
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Post by gothos on Mar 26, 2015 15:18:46 GMT -5
As I mentioned in my review of Jill Lepore's WONDER WOMAN book, she really rakes Robert Kanigher over the coals for his scripts on the title, and accuses him of changing the "Wonder Women of History" featurette into something about "Famous Marriages in History" or something like that.
I've read very little of Kanigher's 1950's WONDER WOMAN, but I've probably read a good chunk of the 1960s work. I don't see any specifically anti-feminist content, although patently the author wasn't interested in pursuing any of Marston's feminist-liberation themes. He probably did emphasize romantic themes to appeal to his concept of what girl readers of the time wanted-- which in fairness, might not have been identical to what girls of the 1940s wanted-- but romantic themes aren't precisely absent in Marston. The main problem with Kanigher's WW is the same as it is for his treatment of many male heroes, not least the Flash: if he didn't care that much about the character, he just hacked out scripts that were nothing but series of plot-points. Actually, in some cases he may've done the same even if he liked/created the concept, I found the scripts for the collected HAUNTED TANK pretty dire.
So, Robert Kanigher: Feminist, Anti-Feminist, or Just Didn't Give a Damn?
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Post by Jesse on Jun 9, 2015 21:57:49 GMT -5
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Post by Crimebuster on Jun 10, 2015 8:13:15 GMT -5
Best Wonder Woman ever right there.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2015 17:23:24 GMT -5
Wonder Woman by Phil JimenezVery stylish and decent proportion - I only wished that he drew better faces. If he drew her face like this - It would be the best of the best.
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Post by Jesse on Jul 31, 2015 2:15:04 GMT -5
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Post by SJNeal on Jul 31, 2015 22:08:39 GMT -5
I saw some auctions on ebay that caught my eye....Perez's Wonder Woman. Then I saw this thread and I think I will definitely be putting in some bids. How is this series overall? Also, how are the stories as it moved into the early 90's? The covers look fantastic (Bolland issues) but how do the stories hold up?Post-Perez, Wonder Woman was written by William Messner-Loebs for over 3 years. Personally, it's one of my favorite runs. Loebs had been mandated to integrate Diana more fully into the wider DCU (Perez kept her pretty isolated, and his stories were heavy on the Greek mythology), and I think he did a great job of it. He presented a more down to earth, human Diana, while maintaining her core character as established by Perez. The only drawback to Loebs' run was the rotating artists, most of which were pretty bad unfortunately. He did score a then-new Lee Moder (who started off shaky but really improved over the course of the year he was on the book) and WW was Mike Deodato Jr.'s first big American gig. It's the era that garnishes the most attention due to the polarizing cheesecake art and the Artemis/biker costume scandal. Of the roughly 40 issues Messner-Loebs wrote, maybe 20 had decent art. So if you're more of a story guy and can overlook that, I recommend seeking these issues out! And yes, the Bolland covers are a big plus.
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Post by gothos on Aug 1, 2015 15:38:08 GMT -5
This is certainly a rare take on the subject in these super-repressed times. Where did it appear, and who did it?
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Post by Jesse on Aug 1, 2015 15:50:03 GMT -5
This is certainly a rare take on the subject in these super-repressed times. Where did it appear, and who did it? Sensation Comics #45 written by Barbara Kesel with art by Irene Koh
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Post by gothos on Aug 1, 2015 19:44:30 GMT -5
This is certainly a rare take on the subject in these super-repressed times. Where did it appear, and who did it? Sensation Comics #45 written by Barbara Kesel with art by Irene Koh Thanks a lot. Following up on my earlier post, does anyone care to advance any opinions on Kanigher's tenure with the Amazon, regardless of whether it has anything to do with my post?
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Post by Crimebuster on Aug 1, 2015 21:46:38 GMT -5
I'm hardly an expert on the Kanigher era. But from what I gather, it runs from workmanlike to terrible, as he apparently had little to no regard for the character or her fans. So I hear, anyhow. His second tenure is terrible other than the introduction of Nubia.
I'm a pretty big fan of some of his war work, but from what I have seen and heard, have to give a big thumbs down on his Wonder Woman stuff.
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