Cunning & Ferocious!! The CHEETAH Appreciation

[kjn]

Hard to say, DC has been pretty poor in capitalising in the comics on the movies.

[Fuzzy Mittens]

Tragically true. Though with dawn of justice they did go about releasing those trades compiling the various batman vs superman bouts

[Dr. Poison]

So with the movie coming in November of next year, what are the odds that DC will do an event or at least a storyline about Cheetah in some form of importance?

After Rucka and Snyder have made Cheetah a force to be reckoned with, DC will probably have her get jobbed by the Red Hood.

I really hope I'm wrong and DC's editorial starts making sure her power levels are portrayed more consistently.

[Fuzzy Mittens]

It would be nice if she had a stronger presence.

[Dr. Poison]

The editorial team at DC should have taken note of Cheetah's portrayal in the stories above and not let her get jobbed by Batman and Catwoman. There is no way a non-meta could take out the Cheetah after she's gone toe to to with Wonder Woman several times and also taken out Flash and Superman.

[VonHammersmark]

I wish Snyder had picked a different villain to play second fiddle to Lex Luthor, I had such high hopes for Cheetah

[Fuzzy Mittens]

Compared to making Superman her thrall who obeys her bidding this is a fair bit of a downgrade.

[Nyssane]

I wish Snyder had picked a different villain to play second fiddle to Lex Luthor, I had such high hopes for Cheetah

On the plus side, she's standing with the other heroes' most iconic foes. So it's nice that DC has acknowledged at least that.

[Fuzzy Mittens]

On the plus side, she's standing with the other heroes' most iconic foes. So it's nice that DC has acknowledged at least that.

And Gorilla Grodd for some reason. XD

That is a plus though it would be nice if Snyder had read Ruckas take on Cheetah before pulling this. Its kinda a step backwards in terms of characterization.

[Dr. Poison]

On the plus side, she's standing with the other heroes' most iconic foes. So it's nice that DC has acknowledged at least that.

I agree. I don't see Cheetah playing 2nd fiddle to Lex any more than Joker, Grodd, Sinestro, etc. are. Lex is just the planner. Most of the other villains(including Cheetah) could render him limb from limb in less than a minute.

[VonHammersmark]

On the plus side, she's standing with the other heroes' most iconic foes. So it's nice that DC has acknowledged at least that.

To me it’s even more upsetting BECAUSE Cheetah is the closest thing to an arch-nemesis that Wonder Woman has,
Her vowing revenge on the greek Gods literally made my mouth water, I was so looking forward to that, so imagine my disappointment when Cheetah killed Poseidon in 2 panels with some whosie-whatsit that the Boss Man gave her in exchange for her service

[Nyssane]

To me it’s even more upsetting BECAUSE Cheetah is the closest thing to an arch-nemesis that Wonder Woman has,
Her vowing revenge on the greek Gods literally made my mouth water, I was so looking forward to that, so imagine my disappointment when Cheetah killed Poseidon in 2 panels with some whosie-whatsit that the Boss Man gave her in exchange for her service

To be fair, all of the heroes' arch-nemeses are working under Luthor (though as someone said before, Grodd is debatable). So she's not being portrayed as any more of a second-fiddle than Black Manta, Sinestro, or Joker are.

[SiegePerilous02]

To be fair, all of the heroes' arch-nemeses are working under Luthor (though as someone said before, Grodd is debatable). So she's not being portrayed as any more of a second-fiddle than Black Manta, Sinestro, or Joker are.

Indeed. And Lex is ALWAYS calling the shots. He wouldn't bother with this group if he wasn't, he's really the only one who could have some measure of control over this particular group of individuals.

But that doesn't make any of them loyal underlings either. Cheetah and the rest are getting what they want out of this, and could turn on him/leave whenever. In a villainous way, they like and respect him and follow his lead.

[Punisher007]

My problem with it is that they seemed to have tossed out the actual nuanced/complex aspects that Rucka and co set up with her in favor of just making her "bad" again. The regression annoys me.

[nj06]

Compared to making Superman her thrall who obeys her bidding this is a fair bit of a downgrade.

I'm actually glad she doesn't have the ability to turn others into were-cheetah's anymore. That ability just never sat well with me.





I also did not like the DCnU 52 origin for Barbara at all, especially the part about some random hunter managing to slay the previous Cheetah. I'm glad that part is gone.