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As we entered 2015 we hit the 27,000 visitor to my little Blog


As usual here is a little THANK YOU from me and Buddy to you all.


Sorry its only a rework of my Teen Titans from a few years back, but as I really enjoyed doing these pictures I thought it was worth another look at them.

The West - East Teen Titans During the 1970's 

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WONDER WOMAN ENTERS THE 1990'S

Over the years Wonder Woman's look had remained static. With a few changes here and there. The Eagle may have gone, but it was now part of the Double W. However like most of the DC Heroes they had all been redefined.

Wonder Woman's history was now changed, she was no longer a Hero from the 1940's and therefore had not been part of WW 2. This change was OK, as after the Original Crisis Earth 2 was now gone, OK a few of those heroes remained, but for the main Golden Aged Heroes like BAT-MAN, SUPERMAN and GREEN ARROW their past was now erased.

This meant that the Golden Aged Heroes that had lived on Earth Two had no place in the New DC Universe. So good bye to Older WW who was killed off in the Crisis along with most of the duplicated heroes. BUT Young Super Girl was also killed off, and her older counterpart, Power Girl remained although she was no longer Krytonian and had a new origin. Donna Troy was now removed as being connected with Princes Diana, her Wonder Girl past was swept under the carpet, and as she now was Troia or a Darkstar, no one talked about her Amazon past life.

But Back to Princess Diana, she was now free of her past and with each new writer and Artist she continued to evolve.  However, when John Byrne took over the Wonder Woman comic  in 1993 it was all change.

He redesigned everything about WW. Her Look was now more Pointy, and she had less stars on her pants and a very large Tiara.

"The Pointy" WONDER WOMAN Circ 1993

Fans loved some of what John was trying to do, but did not love his "New" and Improved Amazon Princess.... so after a while his new WW was dumbed down a fraction. Less Tiara was better.  He did go onto introduced a new Wonder Girl, Cassandra Sandmark, who would be a key player in the New Young Justice Super Teen Group.

JOHN'S 1993 WW look and his later revised less is more Princess Diana.

However, soon John would kill off WW, and replace her, and whilst doing so would finally reveal Who and What Donna Troy really was.

Next Time Mother Knows Best for Wonder Woman.

Until then ENJOY.

Wonder Woman bids good bye to her Eagle and Hello to W W

Over the years apart from the time when Princess Diana gave up her Wonder Woman Powers and Costume in the late 1960's, her costume and look had basically stayed the same.

Tiara with a Red Star, Round  Red Ear rings (sometimes Stars), White or Golden Girdle, Blue Shorts (originally Skirt) covered with White Stars, Red Boots with or without white stripe and a Red Bodice with Eagle Breast plate.

OK sometimes different artists changed the length of shorts and played about with the number of stars on them. Too her boots would alter at times...... But her Breast Plate Eagle on her Bodice would remain. Again the look would constantly be changing, as some artists hated the problems drawing the Golden Eagle .... but at the end of the day it was always an EAGLE.

This was all going to change very soon.

In 1982 DC Comics decided to Trade Mark The Wonder Woman Logo.  As they had done with other DC Characters like Superman , Batman and Green Lantern. Unlike these Heroes their logos had been designed for them and were unique. BUT DC found it difficult in Trade Marking an EAGLE, and even if they managed it WW'S Eagle had no constant DESIGN and kept changing.

The Solution was simple, The Eagle was replaced with a similar looking Double W.  This was passed off in the comics as Princes Diana allowing a WONDER WOMAN no profit making Charity to use her and a new logo to promote their causes that The Amazon Princess would also adopt.

Therefore no more Eagle,

Here is a look at the 1982 new  WW Look.

Artist had always hated the problems that drawing the Eagle on a Curvy Bust, and now they had to cope with drawing straight lines on a Curvaceous Bust.

But the artist coped and over time even the Double W would alter, and sometimes resemble the old styled  Eagle.

But after WW got her own Reboot in the 1987, just like what had happened to both Superman & Batman, Diana become a little bit more Greek in appearance and background.

The New Wonder Woman was now seen as just coming to "MAN'S WORLD" and was more of an Ambassador for Her People than Hero. But this did not stop her fighting bad guys and gals in the process.

The Man change to her appearance was her Hair and a smaller stars on her pants and another change to her WW breast plate...... and her Tiara got Bigger and more pointed.

WONDER WOMAN becomes A SUPER FRIEND

In the 1970's Princess Diana became even more popular as she was now part of the Hannah Barbara  cartoon series called SUPER FRIENDS. Starting in 1973 this series was in a nut shell  just The Justice League of America, with  Robin the Boy Wonder.  The addition to the superhero team a trio of sidekicks was also introduced, each of whom were new characters not drawn from the comic books, Twins Wendy and Marvin and their canine friend Wonder Dog who was  "Inspired" by the a certain Scooby Doo, these newbies were depicted as detectives and/or superheroes-in-training. These "new" team mates added the comedy element to the show.

As this was an animated show, all the established super heroes had to be more basically drawn, and Wonder Woman's costume was adapted. The Eagle breast plate was simplified and the stars became less and larger and her boots lost the white front stripe.

Here is the 1973-74 Super Friend inspired Wonder Woman.

This new look was later reflected in the comic book version, as now fans of the TV show began to read the comic adventures of the Amazon Princess.

The Comic Version circ 1973-74

Next Time the Eagle Finally flies the Nest


Until the ENJOY !

In her Satin Tights, Fighting for Your Rights...... TV's Wonder Woman

In 1975 Wonder Woman hit the Small Screen in a new live action show staring ex beauty queen Linda Carter as The Amazon Princess Wonder Woman.

The first series took place in the 1940's and WW dressed in a costume originally with skirt and then shorts very similar to that depicted in the comics.

By the time the show moved onto season two, WW was now based in the current time which was the 1970's. However her costume was updated and restyled. The main differences from the comic version of the costume and the TV show were basically the breast eagle, less stars on the pants and stars added to her bracelets.

The stories were not always that great, but most of the male fans watched for the stunning figure of Linda Carter, who is to this day regarded as the ideal WONDER WOMAN.

Here is my version of the Linda Carter  TV's Wonder Woman.

Next time back to the comics.


Until then ENJOY !

MEANWHILE .... BACK ON EARTH TWO

Whilst Princess Diana of Earth One was spending the LATE 1960's and Early 1970's  as more Woman, than Wonder Woman, her Earth Two counter part was given the chance to shine.

The concept of Earth Two was now  a full part of the DC Universe. The simple idea that allowed the older stories of the current days heroes like Batman, Superman, and of Course Wonder Woman, could now be explained as these had been versions of the same heroes that had been born before World War II.  The old Justice Society now could exist along side the Newer Justice League, but on different Worlds.

Earth One & Two's Wonder Women 

The Annual meet ups between the Justice League and Society members were a hit with the readers. The Old Flash , and Golden Age Green Lantern could have adventures with the present days Flash & Green Lantern. Both Supermen could interact, and for a time Batman could also meet his now retired doppelganger Chief of Police Bruce Wayne.  This gave the artist a chance to make the differences between the characters fun to play with.

With Batman, it was simple the Bat Sign on the chest, With Superman it was the Sign on the chest, This and Grey Hair made Superman look different and older. ( Both Batman & Superman had slight costume changes in the early years, so this was simple...., the Golden Aged Heroes dressed the part, whilst the younger aged heroes dressed more up to date.) but the Golden Wonder Woman and her present day "Sister" had almost identical uniforms. Whilst Diana of Earth One was powerless and out of uniform that was OK, but once Diana of Earth One went Back to being Wonder Woman again with powers, lasso and Tiara, BOTH Amazon princess's NEEDED TO LOOK DIFFERENT.

Earth One Heroes along side their older versions of Earth Two 

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 The solution was simple....the idea was to start to have Golden WW dress in the 1940's look and start to have wrinkles and Greying hair. She was still super strong like the younger version, but she looked older. (which for a character that was now supposed to age is a funny concept in its self.)  BUT the look did work, and over the years both Wonder Women had many adventures with and without their League and Society Members. In time the older Wonder Woman would loose her curly hair and adopt a more straight style like the modern day WW of Earth One.  But changing artists would some times make Older WW look more Golden and add the full head tiara and curly locks back on the Princess's head.

The Differences not different enough

Now Both Wonder Women looked the same BUT Different.

Earth Two's WW was allowed to marry, and now was Mrs Steve Trevor, and it was also announced they had a daughter Lyta, who would also go on to be the hero FURY.

Next Time WW moves into the 1970's and gets another make over.

Until then ENJOY !

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