Friday, June 19, 2026

Wonder Woman Vs. Absorbing Man

 

Could Crusher Creel truly adopt the properties of Wonder Woman's magic lasso?  I think that's an interesting enough set up to build a story around.

15 comments:

Anonymous said...

"Later attempts by longtime WONDER WOMAN author Robert Kanigher to expand the franchise with a spin-off character, 'Absorbing Tot,' proved singularly unsuccessful."

Anonymous said...

"It was not until a year later, when Kanigher collaborated with Chris Claremont and Jack Kirby (in creating the Li'l Masters of Evil as foes pf the X-baby 'Vengers) that Absorbing Tot found his niche."

Carycomic said...

That's a very provocative question, Ross. One that probably has a lot of Deviantartists already meditating on how to visually answer it.

Carycomic said...

Back to seriousness, though. That's a vaguely familiar action-pose for Wonder Woman. Is it from when she fought the Parasite in Marvel Treasury Edition #28 (the second-ever Superman/Spidey team-up)?

Ross said...

It's a JLGL sketch.

Simreeve said...

ROFL :)

On a more serious note, would his absorbing the lasso's properties compel him to speak the truth? If so, then presumably him believing that Wonder Woman's advantage is gone is enough to meet that requirement.

Ross said...

I considered that when coming up with the dialog Simreeve. Crusher at least believes what he is saying is the truth.

Anonymous said...

That is a bit of a weird cover with the lasso trailing Diana like a kite string. But, if her rope can't be broken... that's gonna be one long a$$ fight!! Couls Super Adaptoid work with it too?

Detective Tobor said...

That is a bit of a weird cover with the lasso trailing Diana like a kite string. But, if her rope can't be broken... that's gonna be one long a$$ fight!! Couls Super Adaptoid work with it too?

Detective Tobor said...

Felix Faust goes after the Lasso, Cap's shield, Thor's hammer!

Anonymous said...

Hence, its inability to work on religious fanatics who are irreversibly convinced of the sincerity of their "beliefs".

Anonymous said...

Coulsa/woulsa/shoulsa. ;-)

Bob Greenwade said...

I seem to recall an issue of Thor where Creel was overwhelmed after absorbing the power of Odin's scepter. While I don't think he'd be that overwhelmed by the Lasso, I do think he'd be able to absorb its properties.

Now I'm interested in seeing him absorb some Nth metal. (We've already seen him do Kryptonite.)

Simreeve said...

Amazo does, IIRC, so probably.

Anonymous said...

Since Absorbing Man's powers are derived from Asgardian magic, if he donned Rainbow Raider's spectroscopic goggles, would he able to combine the two abilities in order to access Asgard via Bifrost?

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