Pre-Crisis version.
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The pre-Crisis Huntress was one of my very favorite characters and I was so disappointed when she was disappeared in a single panel. I feel similarly about Earth-Two Robin, erased in the same panel.
One of my major hopes for IF is that we'll see them in a story again. We already saw the pre-Crisis Huntress representing pre-Crisis "Earth-2" in a panel in the IF mini. Even though they used the "Earth-2" designation, each a correct usage for pre-Crisis as MajorHoy said, it was so clearly Helena Wayne and having her appear in that context vs. some JSA member that's gotten more recent play gave me a lot of hope for the character and what IF could be if the right creators take advantage of it.
The pre-crisis hands down, although she was regulated to a back story feature in Wonder Woman it's a shame that DC didn't do a solo mini series or one with her and Powergirl also liked that she was a lawyer at Cranston & Grayson along with the fact she was always Huntress not Robin like the new 52 version.
Be yourself everyone is taken !! I'm an X-Man trapped in the DC omniverse
The interesting thing about having New 52's Earth 2 Helena being Robin was that she was that Earth's original Robin.
There was no Dick Grayson as the 1st Robin for that world; and on that Earth 2, Helena was being raised to be a next generation hero while her parents were alive and aware of it.
I liked Helena Bertinelli, but not as much as Helena Wayne.
The post-Crisis version was not near the level of ability as her predecessor. Wayne had a genetic edge and, I think, training from two-master athletes (her parents). Bertinelli was trained by some hood -- though she later trained with the Question as well. I think the only reason we even has a post-Crisis Huntress was because the original was very popular. The parallel Earths should never have been eradicated.
But with Power Girl and Huntress, they worked as a pair because there were no other female heroes of their age who also had their backgrounds at the time. They became friends because they were the youngest JSA members at that time (Star Spangled Kid doesn't really count because he had been around in the 1940s originally). Fury and the others in Infinity Inc. hadn't been introduced yet when Kara and Helena started working together.
Jerry Ordway.
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Pre-Crisis for me, as I don't think anything particularly interesting has been done with the character since. Honestly, I mostly forget she was ever brought back in the New 52 and thus far she's not much of a character in Batman/Catwoman.
As this has a side thread of Helena Bertinelli vs Helena Wayne, then Bertinelli wins hands down as she's a character I enjoy reading about far more.
"Has Sariel summoned you here, Azrael? Have you come to witness the miracle of your brethren arriving on Earth?"
"I WILL MIX THE ASHES OF YOUR BONES WITH SALT AND USE THEM TO ENSURE THE EARTH THE TEMPLARS TILLED NEVER BEARS FRUIT AGAIN!"
"*sigh* I hoped it was for the miracle."
Dan Watters' Azrael was incredible, a constant delight and perhaps too good for this world (but not the Forth). For the love of St. Dumas, DC, give us more!!!
Definitely the original Earth 2 Helena Wayne, daughter of Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle Wayne.
All other versions are pale rip offs.
I loathe the New Fifty Two, but Huntress sported the best costume of her career.
Be yourself everyone is taken !! I'm an X-Man trapped in the DC omniverse
Currently I like both versions, they just need more distinct designs to seperate them.