From Mikel Janin via Twitter:
From Mikel Janin via Twitter:
Currently(or soon to be) Reading: Alan Scott: Green Lantern, Batman/Superman: World's Finest, Fire & Ice: Welcome to Smallville, Green Arrow, Green Lantern, Jay Garrick: The Flash, Justice Society of America, Power Girl, Superman, Shazam, Titans, Wesley Dodds: Sandman, Wonder Woman, & World's Finest: Teen Titans.
Looks like a call-back to Rucka and Johns' WW/Flash team up.
Currently(or soon to be) Reading: Alan Scott: Green Lantern, Batman/Superman: World's Finest, Fire & Ice: Welcome to Smallville, Green Arrow, Green Lantern, Jay Garrick: The Flash, Justice Society of America, Power Girl, Superman, Shazam, Titans, Wesley Dodds: Sandman, Wonder Woman, & World's Finest: Teen Titans.
It is nice seeing her require two heroes to beat her, but I still want to see a story utilize her in a way that isn't just a three page fight.
Thanks for the kind words, folks.
New villains are indeed cool, but I think WW has a lot of potential in her rogues gallery. The recurring villains get revamped and updated over time, so they almost always feel "current." The older, forgotten villains often get left in the past because they feel dated, but if they got the kind of modernizing that the recurring villains do, they wouldn't need to feel that way at all.
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You nailed it IMO. Some villains get used every 2 to 5 years while others go unused for decades which makes them seem irrelevant. Some Wonder-rogues that could use some modernizing include Queen Clea, Osira, Zara, Kung, Minister Blizzard, and Sharkeeta. I love what you did with the Human Firework and Mouse Man. You turned the Human Firework into a powerhouse able to go toe to toe with Diana which is a nice change as usually she only gets a real physical challenge from her villains with super-strength based powers.
Currently(or soon to be) Reading: Alan Scott: Green Lantern, Batman/Superman: World's Finest, Fire & Ice: Welcome to Smallville, Green Arrow, Green Lantern, Jay Garrick: The Flash, Justice Society of America, Power Girl, Superman, Shazam, Titans, Wesley Dodds: Sandman, Wonder Woman, & World's Finest: Teen Titans.
One thing I've noticed is that, while there are several characters that get reused a lot... many time writers will make up a new character.... and use them to do the same thing as an old character. which is probably why so many of them get dumped. Later writers aren't going to use both.
The Rebirth design for Venessa’s Silver Swan is my favorite, but I also kinda dig the Johnson design.
Maybe it’s because I like horror movies and I find the way the razor blades are imbedded into her fingertips to be disturbing.
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Yeah, I wished we saw some body horror elements in her current design, which they kind of went with in Bloodlines.
Just sucks that's Vanessa's role now in current WW.
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One of the things I like about Perez's run is the redemption of Valerie, in War of the Gods she becomes a heroine or at least she tries. I think they could take that reference and create an arc with Psycho and Vanessa where she finally gets rid of that curse. They owe us that.
Yeah, Rucka did a good job with concluding Venessa’s villainy arc in his first run.
Everything Rebirth has done with Venessa has just felt like them trying to emulate Post-Crisis and was kinda “meh”. Even the concussion, which was done in the #750 issue, felt like Rucka’s arc on fast forward. Plus Diana never found out Psycho was behind the whole thing which annoys me, lol.
So her arc feels over but not over.
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