--- where she quickly fell in love with Mucha Lucha wrestler. [Art via]
WONDER WOMAN was the first post-DC Relaunch hero to try to make it in the Marvel world. But she certainly wouldn't be the last.
In the post-DC Comics Relaunch universe of SUPERBOY BIG GULP:
WONDER WOMAN was the Marvel U's first immigrant in the aftermath of the Great Change, and she enjoyed several adventures there with new heroic beau, the patriotic CAPTAIN AMERICA.
She was much better in bed than BUCKY had ever been, Cap thought, waxing sentimental for his recently-deceased ex-best bud. He had just orchestrated Barnes' offing with Fraction and Brubaker, however, and with a new movie on the way, Captain America knew he couldn't share the stars and stripes with anybody.
And because it was a secret, Cap had the SECRET AVENGERS spend an entire night pasting BATMAN posters anywhere and everywhere they could. Later that morning, Wonder Woman left the Marvel U forever, and made an invisible run right to the Mexican border ---
In the Similar Universe of SUPERBOY BIG GULP:
In her final moments before the Great Change, WONDER WOMAN made a separate prayer to Hera, Zeus, and Athena. Her solemn wish was that at least one of them, in their infinite wisdom, would see fit to just give her the goddamn uniform back, because summer was here and she doubted any of them knew just how much it truly sucked to fight crime in long pants.
Plus, black was too hard to keep clean, even for a Wonder Woman.
[Art by Douglas Shuler]
In the Similar Universe of SUPERBOY BIG GULP:
The writing, as they say, had been on the wall. And, it had been there for a while.
Only when many of their friends -- Uncle Sam and the FREEDOM FIGHTERS, good ol' Robotman and his unfortunate DOOM PATROL, and, although no one really cared, AZRAEL -- received pink slips notifying them their series were to be cancelled before the summer, did Batman begin to see the common thread that wove all these events together:
The THREE.
Batman found clues that went even farther back, clues which revealed the Hand of The Three in their lives, and he could have gone even farther back, still. But he stopped himself from doing so, for even he couldn't get past what happened last summer:
WONDER WOMAN's world had been turned on its head. Poor Diana still didn't know if she was coming or going, and that she felt like she was wearing someone else's clothes all the time made matters even worse. Because Batman, the World's Greatest Detective, realized:
Wonder Woman's new costume, the one she began inexplicably wearing just over one year ago, had happened because of The THREE.
Artist Nigel Halsey's third eye envisions actress Bridget Regan (best known for her portraying Kahlan Amnell in the TV series, Legend of the Seeker) as his perfect WONDER WOMAN. After looking at his work, it's hard to argue.
His stunning portrait of Regan as Princess Diana tops-off tonight's Final Five, wrapping up one very long edition of Saturday Night Art.
FINAL FIVE:
3) WONDER WOMAN by Indy Lytle [via]
Love this one.
FINAL FIVE:
4) GROOVY CHICKS by Brian McLachlan [via]
- We were both all like: WHOA!
- And I was all like: WHAT THE F---!?!
- Then Sherm was all like: ________!
Well, the way Sherm was I can't rightly share here on Tumblr without declaring SUPERHERO HAPPY MEAL one of those 'NC-17 NSFW' kinda blogs. Sure, we'd probably get tons more publicity because of the profanity, lewdness, and the countless graphic descriptions of orgiastic sex that somehow find their way out of Sherm's mouth. But -- we're not fuckin' in this for the booze and hookers. This is a Family Blog. Right, Sherm?
Hello?
Umm... Maybe for the rest of the night, I'll just speak for myself. (But yeah, we're both still trippin' over Wonder Woman or Jesus down there)
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Back to the Art -- and tonight's Final Five:
5) WONDER WOMAN by Rogan Josh [via]
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Didja catch the latest episode of Batman: The Brave and The Bold last Friday on the good ol' Cartoon Network? The episode's called "Scorn of the Star Sapphire" and while it's mostly Green Lantern , Carol Ferris, and a million Zamarons all fighting each other, the cartoon's B-story does wonders to lift anyone's spirits.
Making a grand entrance by descending from her Invisible Plane and deflecting a hail of bullets all the way down, Wonder Woman returns to Prime Time in the nick of time to rescue her friend Batman and her secret spy significant other, Steve Trevor.
That she also saves the day to the tune of her 1970's theme song is like icing on the cake -- if a cartoon can really even be compared to a cake. It's more like a love letter, actually, or an Ode to an Amazon -- and it's one ode that we're sure Lynda Carter would approve.
Voiced by actress Vicki Lewis (Newsradio) who, incidentally, also played Persephone in the DC Universe animated Wonder Woman flick, Princess Diana may not have scored a spot on NBC's fall schedule, but she shines in every one of her 15 seconds of fame here. Check it.
Wonder Lady by Robert Ball
Greg Horn's Star Sapphire Wonder Woman, from the DC Comics limited series, Blackest Night: Wonder Woman (2010).
Like I said a little earlier, Wonder Woman's gig didn't go quite according to plan. But looking back, none of us would change a thing.
Despite what Sherm's signed affadavit states, we had no master plan of making Diana the Biggest Loser's next contestant. (But we're sure she woulda kicked some ass if she was! Go Wondy!) Still, the way WW put away our Happy Meals... maybe Diana wanted her NBC more than she let on? Hmmm.
Food for thought. For now, while we may not see too many 17 to 42-year old biker boys snacking at The 'Meal, Sherm and I accomplished something even better:
The Hero of our show went home Happy.
And, my friends, that's all that matters.