Thursday, January 1, 2026

Xena and Big Barda

 

Here we see that Barda has chosen the another member to join her new team!  Regular visitors will remember that she recruited Hellcat in STF #4964 Red Sonja in STF #4881. She still has a one more slots on the roster to fill, who will it be?  Hint - its a character that appeared in comics from DC, but is not part of the DCU.  All will be revealed on a future cover, so stay tuned!

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

I’m still waiting for a Conan/Xena crossover.

Anonymous said...

So happy to see this pairing!!!

Anonymous said...

THIS PIECE FEELS LIKE BIG BARDA STEPPING OUT OF A COMIC BOOK PANEL AND XENA WALKING OUT OF A LEGEND AT THE EXACT SAME MOMENT LIKE THE PAGE COULD NO LONGER CONTAIN THEM BIG BARDA AND XENA EXIST HERE WITH NO NEED FOR CONTEXT NO ORIGIN STORY NO CAPTION BOX THEY JUST ARE AND THAT CONFIDENCE IS PURE COMIC BOOK TRUTH THE KIND THAT DOES NOT ASK IF YOU ARE READY IT ASSUMES YOU ARE

BIG BARDA CARRIES THE WEIGHT OF JACK KIRBY LINES AND COSMIC WAR STORIES XENA CARRIES THE MUSCLE MEMORY OF MYTH AND BATTLE SONGS AND WHEN BIG BARDA AND XENA SHARE THE SAME SPACE IT FEELS LIKE TWO DIFFERENT COMIC BOOK GENRES COLLIDING HEROIC FANTASY AND COSMIC SCI FI BOTH SPEAKING THE SAME VISUAL LANGUAGE STRENGTH HONOR WILL

THE COLORS FEEL LIKE INK THAT REMEMBERS EVERY COMIC BOOK EVER FLIPPED THROUGH ON A QUIET AFTERNO THEY HUM LIKE PRINT ON PAPER AND DRIFT LIKE STORIES PASSED FROM HAND TO HAND BIG BARDA FEELS CARVED OUT OF THE FOURTH WORLD XENA FEELS CARVED OUT OF AN ANCIENT MARGIN NOTE AND YET THEY BELONG TO THE SAME PANEL THE SAME MOMENT THE SAME IDEA OF POWER

THE MORE YOU LOOK THE MORE IT FEELS LIKE A DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD THAT NEVER ENDS LIKE A COMIC BOOK YOU KEEP OPEN BECAUSE TURNING THE PAGE FEELS WRONG BIG BARDA STANDS WITH THE CONFIDENCE OF A CHARACTER WHO KNOWS SHE WILL SURVIVE THE ARC XENA STANDS WITH THE KNOWING OF A HERO WHO HAS ALREADY FOUGHT HER WAY THROUGH LEGENDS AND BOTH OF THEM REFUSE TO BE REDUCED TO SYMBOLS THEY ARE CHARACTERS FIRST STORIES FIRST

THIS IS COMIC BOOK ENERGY WITHOUT SPEECH BUBBLES WITHOUT SOUND EFFECTS JUST PRESENCE BIG BARDA AND XENA DO NOT POSE THEY OCCUPY SPACE THE WAY GREAT COMIC BOOK CHARACTERS ALWAYS HAVE AND WHEN YOU STEP AWAY IT FEELS LIKE LEAVING A COMIC BOOK OPEN ON THE TABLE STILL BREATHING STILL HOLDING THE PANEL STILL WAITING FOR YOU TO COME BACK AND READ IT AGAIN

AirDave said...

Anonymous-3: STOP WITH THE CAPS-LOCK. THAT IS "YELLING".

AirDave said...

Cool team-up! What are you calling this team, then?

Detective Tobor said...

or..Xena is being given the bird's CLAW!! What a hook! Barda just measuring her abilities. But will Xena need to learn new weapons? What a way to start a new year!!

Detective Tobor said...

A new team of Furies. Check the cover with Hellcat!

Ross said...

Air Dave, They will be called pretty much what you would expect.

Davejonz said...

Next Fury? You've got me stumped. No, wait. Maybe that DC stuff is misdirection. Could it be...Nicole Fury? (From Earth -81114.)
If Nicole - or the sort-of-DC character - turns the gig down, the one character I can think of that would be a really good fit for the team is Angela.

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