Not caught up to the thread? No worries! Each of these stories, with a few exceptions, is relatively self-contained. Though obviously the more you've read, the more you'll like it. You can start with any writer you want.
Rise of the Olympian (Gail Simone) The Legend of Wonder Woman (Renae De Liz) The True Amazon (Jill Thompson) Year One (Greg Rucka) The Twelve Labors (Martin Pasko) The Legend of Wonder Woman (Kurt Busiek & Trina Robbins) Extras: The Contest (pre-Crisis) desuarchive.org/co/thread/91415540/
Something kinda weird I realized when reading my Showcase Presents volumes, Egg Fu wasn't introduced until 1965! Far, far after there was any excuse for really negatively racist depictions.
Michael Murphy
I mean, I-Ching is racist, but it's not really a big deal because it's a positive character.
Brody Ward
The Golden Age omnibus contains the following:
>The comics reprinted in this volume were produced in a time when racism played a larger role in society and popular culture both consciously and unconsciously. They are mostly unaltered in this collection, with the understanding that they are presented as historical documents.
Showcase does not, though I suppose it was printed in a time where PC culture wasn't as prevalent.
Carter Morris
Despite the fact that the Golden Age comics don't really have anything as racist as Egg Fu.
Tyler Roberts
I actually love Egg Fu despite that. Or maybe partially because it's just so hilariously unabashedly racist.
Which makes it disappointing no one pre-Crisis version ever really stuck.
Eli Murphy
Interesting letters.
Daniel Ramirez
I wonder if any fanzines from this time discussed this series.
Joseph Turner
Oh shit just announced Seeley is writing Hellblazer
Jacob Taylor
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Connor Richardson
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Robert Campbell
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Alexander Roberts
I love Diana's facial expressions in this run.
Wyatt Lopez
Wait, the current book, or a new one? He might be an okay fit, but Hack/Slash is very, very pulpy
Jack Rivera
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Gabriel Cruz
Assuming it's continuing the current one.
Haven't read Hack/Slash but I've liked Seeley's DC work, though none of it strikes me as Hellblazer-y.
Charles Hall
I dunno, I feel like Asian stereotypes were pretty acceptable well into the 60's.
Josiah Jenkins
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Dylan Lee
Well, it can't be as bad as Denise Mina
Colton Gomez
I guess I can't say for sure since I wasn't there. But I always think of 60's comics in relation to how closely they came out to Fantastic Four #1 and Spider-Man, Marvel as a whole was quite progressive at least concerning black people.
Jordan Hall
I'd say I-Ching is more tone-deaf than racist. The only thing I'd change about him is his name, because calling someone "I-Ching" is like if I called some white trash redneck "Bible"
John King
They might as well have made this Duella Dent and had her call herself Penguin's Daughter.
Nathan Fisher
Are you and Saxet user gonna fight?
Isaiah Smith
Good way to phrase it.
Dylan Brooks
Saxet user is providing a valuable service and I welcome him.
Brody Cook
Fun test here. Last time I read this run I probably got like half of them, now from a cursory glance I could probably get most of them.
Also my Twitter namesake, Tex Thomson gets a shoutout!
Cooper Anderson
Black people are a little different, because generally their depictions were of American blacks who were from the same basic cultural background as the writer. Asians looked different and had a different culture, not to mention they're a smaller minority.
Lincoln Cook
This is a REALLY fun issue
Anthony Brooks
A friend of mine who is working on his second degree, in history of race relations, we've had a lot of lengthy conversations about how comics reflect how things actually were at that time. But we only talk about black people, so I didn't know what Asians were considered like.
Hudson Phillips
Bruce getting practice for the beginning of TDKR
Carson James
Also for full disclosure I am not black and my friend is not black, and we are not Asian either
Carson Johnson
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Ryder Price
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James Wood
It's hard to read this at the same time as the other user's Odyssey
Jeremiah Lopez
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Kevin Taylor
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Elijah Anderson
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Oliver Sullivan
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David Taylor
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Jaxson Russell
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Nolan Cox
We were discussing in a previous thread when exactly Diana became aware of Bruce's identity, pre-Crisis I expect this will be that
Henry Stewart
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Kayden Nelson
Kinda goofy, I guess? I'm trying to find this panel from Silver Age Flash with a Japanese guy going "Wercome Bally Arren-san!" There were a couple exceptions like Jimmy Woo, but his conception was pretty obviously trying to make up for Fu Manchu being a really racist caricature.
Hunter Cooper
I fucking love Batman's helmet.
Hunter Gutierrez
I love imagining Batman spending all this time learning how to make custom molds and having to make all his special costumes
Robert Hernandez
This is some Whacky Races shit
Dylan Young
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Caleb Flores
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Dominic Walker
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Logan Clark
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Eli Phillips
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Carter Morgan
bump
Kevin Cook
Thanks friend
Gavin Morgan
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Benjamin Scott
This is kind of unnecessarily grim
Henry Taylor
More obscure DC hero pimping
Ethan Anderson
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Hunter Reyes
We now return to our regularly scheduled programming
William Cooper
Guess where Morganna would once again run into Diana?
BYRNE'S RUN
Benjamin Richardson
I'd like to reiterate that the last arc where Diana goes and fights with the Amazons I had totally forgotten, and it just feels so weird in comparison to the entire rest of the run that's like this.
Mason Gomez
But when are Top Hat, Moose Momma, and Pinto going to show up again?
Andrew Hall
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Nicholas Cook
In the next Wonder Woman movie, of course
Kayden Mitchell
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Oliver White
I think I've heard this story before
Hunter Baker
Simonson totally stole this plot for Thor
Ryder Gutierrez
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William Thomas
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Nolan Powell
> not Tetragrammaton They were this worried about turning readers into toads
Cameron Powell
Really, this of all things is what you don't believe?
A girl who dated a Mer-Man and a Bird-Man and lived on an island of immortal women and fought the god of war in the last arc?
Wyatt Richardson
Then years later you had Moore and Morrison actively trying to turn readers into toads
Caleb Murphy
>and lived on an island of immortal women and fought the god of war in the last arc Well yes but she grew up with those folks
Adam Hill
Is that the Fiddler?
Owen Green
So this cat is from the tale of the old lady who swallowed a fly?
Wyatt Gonzalez
Oh dear
Austin Morales
The Scissormen?
Colton Foster
the artist has a real thing for drawing ugly people
Ryan Harris
Well, his Diana is so gorgeous, maybe he just gets tired of it sometimes
James Fisher
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Nathan Barnes
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Easton Sanders
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Adrian Long
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Michael Adams
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Gabriel Garcia
New Super-Man spoilers: I-Ching is a liar in this too?!
Benjamin Moore
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Lucas Miller
There's a lot more variety to ugly people than pretty people. More fun to draw.
Kevin Campbell
Oh god
New Super-Man spoilers: New Super-Man spoilers?
Oliver Howard
It's funny, a common criticism of comics artists is that they tend to default to generic perfectly sculpted people with nice pecs and big breasts, but every artist I've personally known has told me they love "unique looking" people
Jackson Sanders
I know he didn't invent it or anything but a storytelling technique I always associate with Gardner Fox is starting by showing you the climax and then going back to the beginning
Ethan Moore
Almost like the >*record scratch* Yep, that's me thing but not retarded
