Katana is an interesting character. Since her debut in Brave and the Bold #200, I've always tried to keep track of her. Once she left The Outsiders, she seemed to move around as a supporting player in various teams, with plenty of costume changes. I was cool to see her in live action in Suicide Squad, but unfortunately she was given very little to do there. I never did get around to reading her short lived solo comics series. I'd like to see her working alongside Halo again, I really enjoyed their big sister/little sister relationship from the Batman and The Outsiders days.
Her soul sword seems to be the most famous characteristic about her.
ReplyDeleteI remember the issue where she accused Batman of breaking his promise to investigate Halo's background...and his sarcastic reply that left her open-mouthed with shock.* Classic Aparo artwork!
ReplyDelete*Sort of like this. :-O
I remember Black Lightning cautioning Batman about putting Halo and Katana into an apartment together as the samurai would be a bad influence. Batman responded that he thought having a young person around is just what Katana needed then. Artwork: Batman's memory showing a golden age style image of Batman and Robin swinging over Gotham City.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately I had to stop buying comics again recently, for financial reasons, but isn't she currently in a new 'outsiders' team with Black Lightning, Cassandra Cain, and new Bat-ally 'the Signal'?
ReplyDeleteThe version of her in Li'l Gotham (as a child of around Damien's age, interacting with him), and the one that I saw in a comic that I think was based on a cartoon series (which I hadn't seen) where she was teamed-up with Batman and Alfred, were also fun.
Oh, and the time after Bruce returned from being lost in time after Final Crisis and she saw through his disguise because she recognised his fighting style...
Ross, some time you should have Katana team up with Deadpool, so he can help her clean up her sworded past. #BadPunNoCookie
ReplyDeleteIf in 1978 they made Challenge of the Superfriends with Marvel characters (Challenge of the Marvel Heroes?) which 11 heroes and 13 villains would they have used? The characters would have had to be popular at the time or provide diversity.
ReplyDeleteHeroes:
Delete1.) Captain America
2.) Iron Man
3.) Thor
4.) Hulk
5.) Spider-Man
6.) Mr Fantastic
7.) Invisible Woman
8.) Human Torch
9.) The Thing
10.) The Falcon
11.) Shang Chi
Villains
1.) Dr Doom
2.) The Lizard
3.) Green Goblin
4.) The Abomination
5.) Dr Octopus
6.) The Leader
7.) Loki
8.) The Mandarin
9.) Super Skrull
10.) The Sandman
11.) Kraven
12.) Red Skull
13.) The Wrecker
You need some female villains. I would replace Loki with The Enchantress and replace Red Skull with Moonstone.
Delete@Simreeve: "FINAL" CRISIS (lol). The most inaccurately named piece of pop-culture literature since the publication of Book 4 in the "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" trilogy.
ReplyDeleteNothing is final in comics. Dead characters come back. Even characters from defunct publishers can come back.
Delete@Anonymous448: Hey! There's an idea for Ross' next cover-sim. A bunch of superheroes from defunct Golden Age publishers banding together in the present day as...The Public Domain!
ReplyDeleteOr "Domain Event"
Delete@Ross & both Anons: I like both of those last two recommendations.
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Methinks Obsidian is under the influence of the Shadow King.
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