So @TalkinLadyShiva from Twitter has posted artwork from various artists who has drawn Lady Shiva.
Rick Estrada:
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Ed Benes:
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Marcio Takara:
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Denys Cowan:
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Jim Aparo:
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Jim Lee:
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Dexter Soy:
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Ali Garza:
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Pop Mhan:
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Bonus Marcio Takara:
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I kind of wish some comic would embrace her occasional role as a trainer and encourager of training to make her code name embrace a double meaning - that like the Hindu Shiva, she’s a creator as much as a destroyer, and thus goes out of her way to encourage others to develop their arts as she has her own.
She doesn’t have to be Miss Kill Everyone In The Room if they’re either uninteresting civilians who aren’t her target or if she smells a greater challenge further down the line, or even simply finds potential in someone.
Like action, adventure, rogues, and outlaws? Like anti-heroes, femme fatales, mysteries and thrillers?
I wrote a book with them. Outlaw’s Shadow: A Sherwood Noir. Robin Hood’s evil counterpart, Guy of Gisbourne, is the main character. Feel free to give it a look: https://read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asi...E2PKBNJFH76GQP
There's a Shiva story in next week's Batman: Urban Legends #3:
Purple and green are usually the colours used for villains or antagonists. Shiva is wearing both in her first appearance. Cheshire's real name is Jade so it makes sense to give her green and they both debuted a decade apart to serve different stories. As seen in the scans above, Shiva's wardrobe quickly shifted to black and red while Cheshire has always been green. Whilst, DC does have problems with it's depiction of Asian female characters, this is one case where I can see it as a coincidence.
For some reason I like Shiva a lot but don't care about Marvel's Elektra. Probably because Shiva in Knightfall and Birds of Prey is morally gray and has a sense of humor while Elektra is a bad girl popular because reasons. How my mind works I don't get it myself.