Donna Troy Appreciation 2024

[Phoenixx9]

Phil Jimenez just posted this.

Beautiful Donna!

[Veni]

[kcekada]

Yes. Love Donna with red and the star spangles! Belt too!

[OBrianTallent]

that is awesome!!

[signalman112]

Darryl Young art.

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[Phoenixx9]

Darryl Young art.

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I never saw this before but I really like it.

[juan678]

Ed Benes Today instagram

[Digifiend]

Nightwing, Robin, and Superboy? Is that from Titans United?

[Drako]

Nightwing, Robin, and Superboy? Is that from Titans United?

Yes, it's a variant cover of Titans United: Bloodpact.



From some upcoming issue of the Titans, by Lucas Meyer:

[Drako]

WONDER WOMAN #10 CVR A DANIEL SAMPERE
(W) Tom King (A) Daniel Sampere, Belen Ortega (CA) Daniel Sampere
Cheetah enters the fray as the Sovereign recruits Diana's greatest foe to deal the killing blow! Meanwhile, the Wonder Girls may have promised their mentor that they'd stay out of her fight, but well-behaved heroes seldom make history. Will they reach Diana before it's too late? Plus, Trinity takes to the skies…literally!
Retail: $4.99 In-Store Date: 6/18/2024

[Thirteen]

WONDER WOMAN #10 CVR A DANIEL SAMPERE
(W) Tom King (A) Daniel Sampere, Belen Ortega (CA) Daniel Sampere
Cheetah enters the fray as the Sovereign recruits Diana's greatest foe to deal the killing blow! Meanwhile, the Wonder Girls may have promised their mentor that they'd stay out of her fight, but well-behaved heroes seldom make history. Will they reach Diana before it's too late? Plus, Trinity takes to the skies…literally!
Retail: $4.99 In-Store Date: 6/18/2024

I don't recall seeing Donna from behind in this costume, but I was not expecting it to be backless.

[Drako]

I don't recall seeing Donna from behind in this costume, but I was not expecting it to be backless.

Definitely not backless; just look at Sampiere's cover.

Also:

[Primal Slayer]

Old Perez interview from late 80s

GEORGE: My favorite TITANS story is “Who is Donna Troy?” Second favorite is “We Are Gathered Here Today.” You notice a certain similarity of those two books. Third, “Shadows in The Dark,” the first TITANS Baxter edition, because I’m really happy with my ink job on that. And then there are other favorites, like “A Day in The Lives.” And “Runaways.” Again, the personal stories mean much more to me than the superheroes.

ANDY: Well, as a result of CRISIS, TITANS was changed somewhat. Now that, for instance, Kandor never even existed, where did Nightwing get the inspiration for his costume?

GEORGE: From the Batman. It could have just been a nickname he came up with some time ago. You can devise anything, as far as that’s concerned. Our big problem is “Who the hell is Donna Troy?” Now that Wonder Woman is starting all over, who the hell is Donna Troy?

ANDY: I was getting to that’ So how does Wonder Girl exist – if Wonder Woman never did?

GEORGE: Since I’m now the plotter or co-plotter of both books, Marv and I will work Out something.

ANDY: So you don’t have any plans just yet?

GEORGE: No, but it’ll be a crossover between WONDER WOMAN and SPOTLIGHT with Wonder Girl, and obviously I would draw both. Beyond that, we haven’t decided what. When I actually, get back on the TITANS, Marv and I will work on that.


ANDY: You also gave Donna Troy this amazing amount of sensitivity and grace. What do you think of the new, selfish Donna, who throws people through walls at the drop of a hat?

GEORGE: A lot of that, again, was the artist’s fault, Marv says to have this person get thrown, and they get thrown against the wall, she would never do that – but, then again, I know Donna and I would never have allowed that to happen. Eduardo Barretto doesn’t know the character. He’s a fine artist – a very fine artist – but he does not know the characters. When I did the cover of that particular issue, I had Dick Grayson against a glass mirror. I would never have him against a broken wall – he couldn’t go through that, he’d be dead! I know the characters, There’s a certain logic in the characters. Eduardo doesn’t know them as well. And that’s one of the reasons I’m coming back.

ANDY: What did you think of John Byrne’s TEEN TITANS story for ACTlON?

GEORGE: I think it’s great. I think it’s grand. I love it. The faces on the girls bothered me a little, ’cause again I’ve got too much of a personal stake in them. I’m sure if I drew some of his characters he’d have a preference – like how he’d draw Superman, as opposed to how I would draw Superman, that type of thing. But I loved it. I thought it was fresh and vital; a lot more fresh and vital than I’d seen John in a long time. I think he did a marvelous job there. He also kept them looking young, which is really nice; they would look young and cute. Some people complain about Donna dressing the way she did but, hey, she’s a teenager. And she’s entitled to dress that way sometimes, and she was in her own house. She wouldn’t go to business that way, but I felt she looked pretty. Kory I think was a little too hard looking; I told that to John, but Jose took care of that. I think John did a marvelous job on it. I was very pleased. And he makes Gar look nice and young again.

ANDY: When you started developing the individual characters, the individual faces of the TEEN TITANS, who did you base the characters on? You’ve often said that Changeling was a young Mickey Rooney. But who were the others in real life?

GEORGE: In real life, let’s see now… Koriand’r, she’s so many characters I’ve used: Marilyn Monroe, my first wife, oh gosh, there was a stripper somewhere, ….. . (Laughter.) She was so many. Originally, Raven was Persis Khambatta, the actress who played in the first STAR TREK film, and later became a young lady named Fran MacGregor, who was a dancer, and I used some of her features, particularly her figure, for Raven. Cyborg was originally a young Jim Brown, the football player turned actor. Dick Grayson was primarily Burt Ward – he had a very physical face, but it worked, so I used Burt Ward as the original one. And Wonder Girl originally was Marie Osmond. (Laughter.) And then I kind of gave her a much more stately face as opposed to a wholesome all-American face as the years went on. But originally she was Marie Osmond. And that was upon Marv’s suggestion.
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[Veni]

[Digifiend]

I don't recall seeing Donna from behind in this costume, but I was not expecting it to be backless.

Cassie has a mistake too, she's wearing headphones - that's an optional part from her previous look and isn't on the concept art for this one. Wouldn't be surprised if they drew the Young Justice suit then altered it. Maybe they can also fix Donna's back before they go to press?