Mandi

April 17, 2010 7:48 pm

I picked this up not really knowing much about Doc Savage.  After reading this, I still don't know much.  This is one of the most shallow, underwritten comics I've read. Ever. 

March 27, 2010 11:10 pm I live 4 blocks away.  I'll be there for every hour of this!

March 27, 2010 11:07 pm He worked on many of the comics I grew up with.  His art is part of the reason I'm a DC fan to this day.  I'll miss you, Dick.

March 13, 2010 11:44 am

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

*Takes a deep breath*

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! 

January 8, 2010 10:29 am The lack of pupils in this comic is troublesome.

July 1, 2009 12:49 pm Well I wish him the best on whatever he moves on to next.  I probably wont be reading it.  At least until he finishes "The Twelve" or personally pays me back for the issues I bought of that unfinished story.

May 16, 2009 12:20 am This is the very first time I've picked up a trade based on hearing about it on iFanboy.  Boy, I wasn't disappointed.  I read the whole thing in one shot, and I was in tears at the end.  I'll be getting this for a couple of girls I know who have expressed interest in getting to comics.  I know they'll love it as much as I did.

December 20, 2008 1:19 pm I really enjoyed this series.  The new Terra is an interesting, innocent character, a complete 180 from the original.  It's like she's the Terra Gar Logan always wanted to be in love with.  I wonder if she'll be a supporting character in the new Power Girl series, seeing how its the same creative team doing it?

June 27, 2008 1:26 pm

@TheNextChampion - I think you kinda missed my point.  It's not that WW's origin is "messed up" or that the general public can't buy that she was creatd from clay and infused with life by the gods.  It's that Warners/DC Comics have mishandled the marketing of the character over the years.  When I was little, I got my first comics when my parents took me to Pizza Hut and I got free giveaways.  I got Superman, Batman, and wouldnt you know it, Wonder Woman.  Somewhere along the way, I got a toy Wonder Woman/ Invisible Jet wtih Exploding Tower playset.  When was the last time you saw a free Wonder Woman giveaway outside of FCBD?  Or a Wonder Woman toy that wasn't some impossible to find, single packed JL figure snatched up by some eBay scalper before it even had a chance to make it into the hands of some little girl?

As far as her origin goes, it's really not any more complicated than most.  It's WAY less complicated than say, Wolverine's... and the public knows him pretty well. 

As far as the movie goes, they can fuck up as many rushed Catwoman movies as they want, but they can take as long as they need to make sure they DON'T fuck up Wonder Woman.  You guys want more girls into comics?  A Wonder Woman movie is the answer. There's plenty of foes she can fight... Nazis, if you want to go the WWII route, Circe if you want to do more a Greek God/Xena angle, Cheetah or Dr. Psycho if you want a more strightforward superhero movie. Personally I'd like to see one with Circe helping the Nazis and Wonder Woman flipping over tanks to get to her.  But that's me. :)

@flaggthecat - I work in a retail store.  People drop off their bag at out front counter so they don't have to carry them (and so we don't have to suspect them of shoplifting).  They get a nice little laminated superheroine card as a claim check! :)

@WadeWilson - His name was William Moulton Marston, but he used the name Charles Moulton for the comics.  Other little known fact: He apparently has a thing for bondage, as evidenced by, well, almost every WW story he ever did.  Don't even get me started on "Reform Island."  ^_^

June 26, 2008 10:06 am

@conor - I agree that Diana is absolutely deserving of the same status of Batman and Superman.  The problem is that status only exists to comics fans (well, most of them).  The problem is the public at large don't really know anything about Wonder Woman, including the ones who should - young women. 

At my job we use pictures of superheroines for our bag check.  Two of my co-workers, both women in their mid-20's asked me "Why does Wonder Woman have a rope?"  Now, I'm in my 30's, and grew up with the WW TV show, so I looked at them, amazed, and said, "You're kidding.  You don't know?  That's like asking why Batman has a belt!"

They of course, knew why Batman has a belt.  And they could name most of Superman's better known powers.  But they didn't know about WW's Golden Lasso of Truth.  Invisible Jet?  Nope. I've asked this same question to some of my younger female friends and gotten the same response.  

That's why I REALLY want this series to succeed, if just to give WW a more high profile outlet.  But, guh, it's just kinda mediocre so far.  It's so sad, I had such high hopes...  I'm gonna give it 2 more issues, just so I can complete the second set of covers.  Then we'll see.