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Showcase Presents #98
Showcase Presents: Wonder Woman, Vol. 4
In this fourth collection of Wonder Woman stories from the Silver Age of Comics, the Amazon Princess faces Giganta - The Gorilla Girl, Cleopatra, Mister Blizzard and many more!
- GenresComicsWonder Woman
520 pages, Paperback
First published December 1, 2011
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Robert Kanigher
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One of the most prolific writers in comics, particularly in the Silver Age. He took over scripting duties on Wonder Woman after William Moulton Marston's death, and handled the character's transition from the Golden to the Silver Age. He also created Barry Allen, the second Flash, for editor Julius Schwartz's superhero revival of 1956, as well as writing and editing DC's pioneering war titles.
His creations include Sgt. Rock, the Unknown Soldier, Barry Allen, Ragman, the Losers, Black Canary, the Metal Men, Poison Ivy, Enemy Ace, the Suicide Squad, and Rex the Wonder Dog.
One of the most prolific writers in comics, particularly in the Silver Age. He took over scripting duties on Wonder Woman after William Moulton Marston's death, and handled the character's transition from the Golden to the Silver Age. He also created Barry Allen, the second Flash, for editor Julius Schwartz's superhero revival of 1956, as well as writing and editing DC's pioneering war titles.
His creations include Sgt. Rock, the Unknown Soldier, Barry Allen, Ragman, the Losers, Black Canary, the Metal Men, Poison Ivy, Enemy Ace, the Suicide Squad, and Rex the Wonder Dog.
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June 23, 2022
3.5 Stars
First off, let me give credit to Robert Kaniger, Ross Andru and Mike Esposito for quite the run on Wonder Woman as they were the creative team for several years.
Now, apparently I wasn't the only person who was annoyed by Wonder Girl, Wonder Tot, Merboy, Merman, Birdboy, and Birdman. This volume starts off with the editor breaking the fourth wall and banning all of those characters from the pages of Wonder Woman. No more of the "you have to choose one of us" love triangle stories, although Steve Trevor does continue to pester Wonder Woman about marrying him to the point I wish she'd punch him in the face.
So this volume was better to me as it was a little less formulaic even if the stories were still typical Silver Age fare. However, sometimes that's good. I wish the editor had banned Angle Man and Mouse Man while he was doing the banning. (Side note, Wonder Woman's rogues gallery? Not the best.) I had heard of the Angle Man character, but I always thought he was a master of geometry that used angles in advanced ways. Nah, he's just a con man that's "always got an angle." Meh.
We also get to finally see a superhero team up in the book, as in the final issue Supergirl shows up. It looks like the next issue of the series following the reprints here was the issue where they did a real reboot and took Wonder Woman's powers away, which I don't think went over well.
This was the last of the Wonder Woman Showcase Presents volumes, and while I didn't exactly love them, I am sad to see them end. Fun stuff overall.
First off, let me give credit to Robert Kaniger, Ross Andru and Mike Esposito for quite the run on Wonder Woman as they were the creative team for several years.
Now, apparently I wasn't the only person who was annoyed by Wonder Girl, Wonder Tot, Merboy, Merman, Birdboy, and Birdman. This volume starts off with the editor breaking the fourth wall and banning all of those characters from the pages of Wonder Woman. No more of the "you have to choose one of us" love triangle stories, although Steve Trevor does continue to pester Wonder Woman about marrying him to the point I wish she'd punch him in the face.
So this volume was better to me as it was a little less formulaic even if the stories were still typical Silver Age fare. However, sometimes that's good. I wish the editor had banned Angle Man and Mouse Man while he was doing the banning. (Side note, Wonder Woman's rogues gallery? Not the best.) I had heard of the Angle Man character, but I always thought he was a master of geometry that used angles in advanced ways. Nah, he's just a con man that's "always got an angle." Meh.
We also get to finally see a superhero team up in the book, as in the final issue Supergirl shows up. It looks like the next issue of the series following the reprints here was the issue where they did a real reboot and took Wonder Woman's powers away, which I don't think went over well.
This was the last of the Wonder Woman Showcase Presents volumes, and while I didn't exactly love them, I am sad to see them end. Fun stuff overall.
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