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    Default Roberta, the Girl Wonder Appreciation

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    Before Barbara Gordon, Before Bette Kane, Before Kathy Kane, there was...Roberta!

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    Have to admit it...I ain't never heard of her!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Phoenixx9 View Post
    Have to admit it...I ain't never heard of her!
    Nor have I, how intriguing...
    "So you've come to the end now alive but dead inside."

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    I have, but only in the last several years and I'm the one who is so fond of calling for the first Bat-girl's due praise.

    At any rate, the only thing about Roberta is, from a canon point of view she is seen strictly as Golden Age (early to mid '50s right?) and so Earth 2, if still in any continuity at all.

    Love those bright colors!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Celgress View Post
    Nor have I, how intriguing...
    This is the first time that I heard about her too.. I thought that this was another name for Carrie Kelley because the other Girl Wonder that I know is Steph..

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    Of course nobody heard of her. She's just in that one issue XD

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    That crime-compact is seriously impressive in its contents!

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    from Star Spangled Comics #103 (April 1950):




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    So, I guess we want a comeback?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Oberon View Post
    So, I guess we want a comeback?
    If they brought back Roberta, I think it would be much more interesting to pair her with Damian than Dick.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MajorHoy View Post
    If they brought back Roberta, I think it would be much more interesting to pair her with Damian than Dick.
    These retcons of having someone who is supposed to be Dicks age stay forever young are weird and honestly the DC Universe should make another earth where the JL can grow old

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    Like me, perhaps, you can see that there is quite a canon and should not arbitrarily be discarded.

    Certainly Roberta could play for laughs or be deepened. What do we know about her family life even? The only obvious inference is that like Dick, she must have some wealthy connections? So, could she be a sort of Hush, but for Robin/Dick?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Oberon View Post
    . . . So, could she be a sort of Hush, but for Robin/Dick?
    Roberta wasn't a homicidal psychopath like Tommy Elliot.

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    Well as of now, Hush himself is the Hush for Dick lol.

    Anyways, it'd be pretty fun if they brought her back, villainous or not but I'd much rather they don't go that route. The "crazy villainess in love with the hero" cliche isn't as common now as it was a couple years ago, but it's still a cliche nonetheless. It'd be nice if they just revamped her character for Dick to interact with anyways.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grayson - The Dark Heir View Post
    Well as of now, Hush himself is the Hush for Dick lol.

    Anyways, it'd be pretty fun if they brought her back, villainous or not but I'd much rather they don't go that route. The "crazy villainess in love with the hero" cliche isn't as common now as it was a couple years ago, but it's still a cliche nonetheless. It'd be nice if they just revamped her character for Dick to interact with anyways.
    And especially not going that route since Roberta wasn't a villain.




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