This marks the 20th appearance of the Wonder Woman/Captain America romance on this blog...
I remember when Cap first used the Nomad identity. It was a quick story arc and an interesting departure. I wasn't as big of a fan of when Wonder Woman dropped her heroic identity for a spell. I didn't understand the appeal of getting rid of her powers and costume in favor of a boring white outfit and standard fisticuffs. I did really like the story arc that followed, where Diana became Wonder Woman again through a set of trials, while the Justice Leaguers observed.
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Diana rocked that outfit but I wondered how she kept it clean. For an anniversary issue you should show their wedding and I wonder if you could squeeze as many as George Perez would if he drew it!
Woman Woman without her lasso! Captain America without his shield! And a katana no less! What in the world has become of the Darling Duo?!
Tune in next epidsode to find out! Same Cap time, same Cap channel!
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It's funny you say "appeal" because I understood that WW's costume change came about as an attempt to emulate Emma Peel from TV's Avengers. "Emma Peel" is allegedly a pun on "M Appeal" as in "Male Appeal" because Emma was supposed to attract male viewers.
@Kelvin Green: she certainly attracted me! At least, once I got over the fact that the title of the show was NOT referring to Marvel's mightiest super-group.
@Ross: I loved the Nomad story arc. It was just after the Secret Empire story line that implied the Number One who committed suicide (rather than be captured by Cap) had really been President Nixon! For those of us who grew up in the post-Watergate Seventies, that was some pretty heavy food for thought.
How could Stan Lee's Bullpen, at the time, possibly top that? They came up with my favorite Marvel Mcguffin. The 7-headed Serpent Crown of Lost Lemuria! I keep hoping that, someday, the current Bullpen will wise up and let Princess Python wear that crown for a while. In my permanent opinion, she is Marvel's sexiest under-used super-villain. And, finally giving her a super-power proportional to her looks is way overdue.
Fantatsic. If only we could get a whole story.
Ahhh, yes! Wonder Woman's infamous "Diana-Prince-as-Diana-Rigg" period!
Reminds me of Gold Key's 1968 one-shot adaptation of the British TV series. It was called The Avengers in the indicia, but said John Steed Emma Peel (no "and" between the names) as its cover title. Seems they couldn't use "The Avengers" as the actual title on the cover. Gee, I wonder why that was?
@Silver Fox: doing so would probably have hit somebody's "Thor" nerve.
This is a great idea for a cover! Very clever.
Yeah, the Nomad/Serpent Society story line was a classic. This makes me wanna revisit it. The Diana Prince thing was a tad before my time.
Y'know, the comic companies could get together and make a heck of a crossover with these two, spanning W.W.2 to the present day, and chock full of villains and guest stars. Unless they already did.
M.P.
I was just thinking about your cover a few days ago with Fin Fang Foom. He'd be a great character to match with Jonny Thunder and his Thunderbolt.
I like the idea but once again the dialogue serves it poorly. I get that you're trying to explain your cover but would they both reveal their secret IDs to a villain for no reason? I think your readership knows Cap-->Nomad and Ww-->Diana Prince, so really no need.
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