Huntress Appreciation 2020

[Electricmastro]

An appreciation thread for the various characters who’ve taken on the mantle of the Huntress, the heroic version having first appeared in DC Super Stars #17 (November, 1977).

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2020:

[The no face guy]

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One of my favourite story archs of all time.

[Raijin]

Not to be nostalgic or anything. But I think Huntress was better in the 90s-mid 2000s. I feel like they softened her up a bit for the modern age.

[Mr. White]

Not to be nostalgic or anything. But I think Huntress was better in the 90s-mid 2000s. I feel like they softened her up a bit for the modern age.

You're not. It's just a fact.

[Raijin]

You're not. It's just a fact.

I don’t want to say that it’s a fact because everyone has their preference of course. I just don’t want to come off as the “old comics good, new comics bad.” guy.

[K7P5V]

I enjoyed the animated version of the Huntress/Question team-up from JLU:

[Thirteen]

I enjoyed the animated version of the Huntress/Question team-up from JLU:
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I beyond loved the sapphic homage to that inspired pairing when Helena Bertinelli Huntress was paired with Renee Montoya's Question.


Especially when Cully Hamner was on art duties.

[sifighter]

So is it cool to talk about Helena Wayne here because personally I prefer her comic wise over Helena Bertinelli, although Bertinelli does win out in the cartoon department with Justice League and Batman the brave and the bold.

[Lee Stone]

My favorite Huntress stories were the backups in Wonder Woman.

I also liked the New52 mini-series, which was the closest she'd come to her roots, IMO.
But Worlds' Finest and Earth-2 took her in another direction I didn't care for.

Is Huntress in Birds of Prey the Helena from Grayson?
Or did Grayson get retconned?

[j9ac9k]

So is it cool to talk about Helena Wayne here because personally I prefer her comic wise over Helena Bertinelli, although Bertinelli does win out in the cartoon department with Justice League and Batman the brave and the bold.

I was not really aware of her when she was Helena Wayne, but I'm very open to finding out what she was about and what was cool about her.

I was a big fan of her during Simone's "Birds of Prey" and Rucka did a good job with her, but I can't say any other versions really grabbed me. I hadn't realized just how many looks she's had over the years. I'm definitely a big fan of a pointy mask and cape. I guess my fav look for her is from the cover to the Levitz/To mini above. Lee's design was also really good, but for that belly window. Cover that up and it might be #1 for me.

[Electricmastro]

So is it cool to talk about Helena Wayne here because personally I prefer her comic wise over Helena Bertinelli, although Bertinelli does win out in the cartoon department with Justice League and Batman the brave and the bold.

Yep. It’s cool.

[kcekada]

It's be awesome to have a JSA on Earth 2 -- where Huntress could be the offspring of Batman and Catwoman -- and then have Bertinelli on Earth 1.

[K7P5V]

I was not really aware of her when she was Helena Wayne, but I'm very open to finding out what she was about and what was cool about her.

I was a big fan of her during Simone's "Birds of Prey" and Rucka did a good job with her, but I can't say any other versions really grabbed me. I hadn't realized just how many looks she's had over the years. I'm definitely a big fan of a pointy mask and cape. I guess my fav look for her is from the cover to the Levitz/To mini above. Lee's design was also really good, but for that belly window. Cover that up and it might be #1 for me.

No matter the consensus, I've always been a fan of Jim Lee's designs for the Huntress...

[Mr. White]

I don’t want to say that it’s a fact because everyone has their preference of course. I just don’t want to come off as the “old comics good, new comics bad.” guy.

While I agree 110% with this statement, it's a fact (according to me of course ) because she was written with a clear personality, had direction, attained character growth etcetera.

Sure these were based on the opportunity she had i.e. benefiting under certain writers (Simone, Rucka) and the existence of a relatively rich history behind her.

Point I'm trying to make is, since her reappearance in Grayson (which I did like, including her re-design), she has not been fleshed out. At least not that I've come across (and I stand to be corrected).

Hence why I lean towards it being a "fact".