Wondabunga

By Edgar Miraculous Dyer (2021, October 22) 2nd Ed. Comixeurs know that  Marvel Comics  (even in the Timely days), the self-styled  House of Ideas,  has always mixed an element of  horror  into the iconic DNA of its most beloved heroes. From the Frankenstein-inspired elements in Captain America to the more obvious flashes of horror in the original Human Torch, the amazing Spider-Man, incredible Hulk, invincible Iron Man and uncanny X-Men - even the supernatural possession of Dr. Donald Blake, by the mighty, Viking sky god, Thor - this is and always  has been  Marvel's secret sauce. This is the  Marvel brand... And even the publisher's greatest  superheroines would not escape it. One need look no further, than  Sersi the Terrible!  Half-naked in the apocalyptic green of Eden, Sersi is a cosmic sorceress and member of Marvel's  The Eternals  (now, titular stars of a proper, live-action superhero flick) - who really is ...

By Edgar Miraculous Dyer Outfitted, head-to-toe, in cobalt and dark orange, Kirbyesque armor and known as  'the Viking'  among his compadres, Siegfried is mythical Odin's invulnerable, dragonslayer grandson! He is every little boy, who ever charged across a playground, TWIG for sword...vowing death to the Dogwood tree on the other side, ..and the newest member of Wonder Woman's classic, supporting cast! Why is this a HUGE deal? The Prince of Vikings beats ***! I want a 5X Ben Cooper Halloween costume and a Tarzan wig. (Emanuela Lupacchino art) One of the biggest surprises I have ever had, as sometimes fanboy journalist, has been having senior comixeurs, who read Golden Age  Wonder Woman  comics in the 1940s and '50s, tell me ETTA CANDY, the Amazing Amazon's cowgirl-coed sidekick, ..was their favorite character in the comic, ..next to Wondy, herself! It's a kick, as a kangalier (ride-or-die Wondafan), just to chat up an original Golden or Silver Age fan - a n...

Second Edition By Edgar Miraculous Dyer For a chick, with a turkey on her head,  Queen Clea  is one of Wonder Woman's nastier, more implacable, World War II foes and  could easily be her  Kurgan  ..or the  Ming the Merciless,  she needs to define her, the way Luthor or Loki define their superheroic adversaries. Wonder Woman - Princess Diana of the Amazons -  whom I've always argued is more  Flas h Gor don 's narrative cousin, than  Superman 's,  needs  a Ming, and she's never had one around, long enough to matter. By comparison, her other foils -  Cheetah, Warmaster  and  Grail  - seem to do little more than challenge Diana's athleticism. Diana is the daughter of a liberated nation of classical Amazons, mythical freedom-fighters, for whom love and freedom are literally a religion, ..and her archenemy should reflect that. Conceivably, Diana, who fought Nazis in World War II, should have a tyrant in her rogues...

     --------------    P   E   R   S   O   N   A   L      D   A   T   A    --------------      Real name:  Mars Occupation:  War god Marital Status:  Multiple consorts Known Relatives:  Great Zeus (father), Queen Hera (mother), Strife/Eris (sister), Venus (consort/cousin), Eros (son), Queen Clea (niece),  Janus (half-sister), Vulcan/the Smith (brother), Athena/Minerva (sister), First Born (elder brother), Princess Diana - Wonder Woman (younger half-sister), Harmonia (daughter), Hercules (half-brother), Deimos and Phobos (sons), Apollo (half-brother), Hell (uncle), Queen Hippolyta (distant cousin), Poseidon (uncle), Thrax/General Destruction (deceased son), Virbius Rex (younger cousin) Base of Operations:  astral moon of Mars, Areopagus Group Affiliation:  Olympian gods of Greece and Rome He...

GEORGETOWN STATION: Checkmate Headquarters DC       --------------    T   E   C   H   N   I   C   A   L      D   A   T   A    --------------       Official name:  Georgetown Station Operations  Status:  Unit h eadquarters for  Checkmate   DC (Classified) Known Occupants:  Princess Diana Themyscira - Wonder Woman, Colonel Stephen (Steve) Rockwell Trevor, Commander Etta Beth Candy, Dr. Barbara Ann Minerva (Cheetah), Prince Siegfried of Asgard Location:  Classified/undisclosed in Washington, DC (USA) Group Affiliation:  Checkmate DC and ARGUS/U.S. Department of Homeland Security Height:  46' (19 m) Width:  61' (14 m) Color:  Cobalt blue Design:  based on design by Ammi B. Young, Renaissance Italian Palazzo style, circa 1857 First Appearance:   Wonder Wom...