Thoughts on Wonder Woman killing Maxwell Lord

[Alan2099]

Remind me--how is Max alive as opposed to dead?

She didn't deal with him as well as she thought.

[Guy_McNichts]

If memory serves, when the Black Lanterns went kaboom in Blackest Night a bunch of random dead characters were resurrected. I don't recall the explanation, but I think it played into Brightest Day and it was a mystery whether the revived people were good or bad and blah-blah-blah...

Point is we got Max back and he had a grudge against Diana.

[Gaius]

Remind me--how is Max alive as opposed to dead?

DC wanted to honor an Iconic™ scene that they completely undid it by bringing him back to life.

[BiteTheBullet]

Remind me--how is Max alive as opposed to dead?

Because everything is canon. If a writer wants someone alive, he can either ignore what went on or try and make a bs excuse on how that person resurrected himself. It's not like DC gave a lot of thought to the 'everything is canon' approach.

[marhawkman]

If memory serves, when the Black Lanterns went kaboom in Blackest Night a bunch of random dead characters were resurrected. I don't recall the explanation, but I think it played into Brightest Day and it was a mystery whether the revived people were good or bad and blah-blah-blah...

Point is we got Max back and he had a grudge against Diana.

Yeah Blackest Night's fallout was weirder than the event itself.

[Thirteen]

Would killing Maxwell Lord have been a better ending to WONDER WOMAN 1984?
Perhaps a bit too similar to Superman/Zod in MAN OF STEEL?

[John Venus]

Nothing about the Maxwell Lord in WW84 justifies the idea of WW killing him.

Diana killed Maxwell Lord because she had no choice. This fixation on Diana being this Punisher like murderer of villains is by fanboys with a limited idea of what a 'strong woman' is and think blood, death and violence gives extra validation to their childhood interests. Not referring to you, Thirteen but I've been in other comic circles and I am just frustrated by the constant fixation on her killing Maxwell Lord.

[Agent Z]

People remember Diana killing Max but not what she did to avoid that outcome.

[marhawkman]

Exactly, it was the in-universe shenanigans that made it something it shouldn't have been.

[Thirteen]

People remember Diana killing Max but not what she did to avoid that outcome.

Really? Seems pretty clear in all the references to it...

[Agent Z]

Really? Seems pretty clear in all the references to it...

Just one of those times people miss the point, no matter how obvious it is.

[HotBoy]

People remember Diana killing Max but not what she did to avoid that outcome.

Thank you for reminding us.

[Thirteen]

Just one of those times people miss the point, no matter how obvious it is.

So why do "people" think Diana killed Lord in that case? Baffling...

I did like some of the fallout from the killing, especially the crossover with MANHUNTER where she was represented by the titular Kate Spencer.

[Agent Z]

So why do "people" think Diana killed Lord in that case? Baffling...

I did like some of the fallout from the killing, especially the crossover with MANHUNTER where she was represented by the titular Kate Spencer.

It's not a question of why she killed Max but rather what she did before she made that choice. I believe many superhero fans are so used to the idea that killing is wrong or at least morally questionable that they reflexively block out all context when a superhero does it. I've seen this very thing happen in other conversations about superheroes using lethal force.

[gwhh]

I remember reading these issues. Wasn’t lord basically a hero? Who went crazy after getting some sort of super power. How it get that power? He didn’t have any powers before he get that one, right?