The problem is the DC Universe's
Greek gods.
The KEY to comic fans constant short-changing Wonder Woman is the shabby, shabby way (and that's being kind) that the DCU's Greek gods, Wonder Woman's
power source, are treated. How many times have
Superman, Darkseid and even
BATMAN been shown, besting an Olympian god (a freakin'
god) in combat? There is going to have to be an
editorial mandate, which corrects this, if Wonder Woman's power is ever going to be respected, among DC's superheroes.
Think about it...Wonder Woman's power is
magical. Magic is the source of her power, and magic doesn't have a limit. Magic can't be counted (quantified). So, following the John Byrne editorial mandate of 1995 (why I love John Byrne), which is still in-place,
today, ..Wonder Woman has enough Olympian magic to make her
second-in-power, ONLY to Superman. In addition to being powered by a limitless thing, like magic, she has mastered some
Amazon training, a cryptic martial and spiritual discipline, which enables her to beat your trasero, all your friends and your tios' traseros ..and some butts, she hasn't even met, yet! END of debate! Forever...
No,
Kryptonian blood doesn't automatically trump the Olympian MAGIC of the Greek gods.
No, Power Girl is
not stronger or more powerful, than Wonder Woman.
No, Batman cannot beat a schmah'vuggin' Greek god. Hades naw!! [Puh-lee-eease!]
No, Kryptonian blood does
not make everyone, who has it, stronger, than everyone else - just Superman.
No, we (writers and editors, included) don't have a problem with CAPTAIN MARVEL using the same Olympian magic to beat Superman, Martian Manhunter and whoever; so, we should
stop losing our fanboy minds, ..every time that we see Wonder Woman do it. This could be settled, by editors establishing, across all DC Comics titles, that the
power of the Greek gods is some serious
..and on equal footing, with the power of the New Gods, ..as in DARKSEID and the rest!
Gotta fix those Greek gods, amigos! Gotta' happen, ..like yesterday. Like right
now...
Some of you want to know why me and some of the other long-standing fans are always ranting and raving about how the
Wonder Woman comic is edited; well, conversations, like
this, ..is why we do
that. Cuz, if we had more editors standing up for this lady and demanding some care, with how she and other WW comic characters are handled - as much care, as writers take with Batman - we wouldn't have to. We shouldn't have to retro-edit WW comics, on a fan forum or in the convention halls, folks!
I, for one, am getting tired of that, ..and I think we deserve
better.