I haven't been paying much attention to Wonder Woman, so I'm whitefonting this question because I don't even have any idea of the timeline or even the comics in which it is shown -- why are her eyes bound?
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§ ita § - Jan 26, 2005 7:51:19 am PST #7280 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
P.M. Marc - Jan 26, 2005 7:54:03 am PST #7281 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
ita, I haven't been reading it either, but I gather there was some fight with Medusa that left her blind.
§ ita § - Jan 26, 2005 7:56:02 am PST #7282 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Blind, blind? As in actually has difficulty getting around? Or is there some sort of (potentially mystical) compensation going on?
DavidS - Jan 26, 2005 7:57:35 am PST #7283 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
ita - her sight was taken from her by the Gods. It was necessary for her to defeat Medusa. But it can't be repaired by the all-healing purple ray of the Amazons.
Jeff Mejia - Jan 26, 2005 9:06:47 am PST #7284 of 10000
"Don't think of yourself as an organic pain collector racing towards oblivion." Dogbert to Dilbert
ita - it's supposed to carryover in all of Wonder Woman's appearances in other titles (until her sight is restored, whenever they get around to it). However, the blindness is supposed to last for a while, and will be played out as "permanent" in the title.
Highlights from this week's pull list - we get a Grant Morrison double shot with the conclusion of both We3 and his arc on JLA: Classified
Planetary
#22
Legion of Superheroes
#2 (I've never followed the Legion before, baecause of the daunting task of sorting out continuiy, so the re-launch has been a godsend, and I was a big fan of Waid and Kitson's Empire)
Sleeper
#8
Nightwing
#102
Batgirl
#60 (I'm thinking Gabrych might be at the top of the Bat-writer list at this time)
Batman
#636
Flash
#218
Robin is still on my pick-up list, so I will report back on the issues since so many have given up the title because of Willingham.
sumi - Jan 26, 2005 9:27:30 am PST #7285 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!
I picked up Batgirl, Batman, Nightwing, Robin and the Flash.
Do we know when the next Astounishing comes out? For some reason, I thought it might be out this week.
Jeff Mejia - Jan 26, 2005 10:34:09 am PST #7286 of 10000
"Don't think of yourself as an organic pain collector racing towards oblivion." Dogbert to Dilbert
According to the Upcoming Releases List, Astounishing #8 has been pused back to February 16, with #9 coming in on 3/23, and #10 pushed back to 4/20. I expect this will add to the likelyhood that Joss will not carry on past #12.
§ ita § - Jan 26, 2005 10:54:09 am PST #7287 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Batgirl made me bounce -- much fun.
Uncanny X-Men had some woman who looked like Storm, but sure didn't speak like her. Which irritates me, since it's my only avenue for classic Storm fix. Claremont knows better than this.
I skipped through Robin, and found it also irritating. I would like to read Tim's story, but not written that way, and the art (which didn't bother me when Batgirl was there) is just no go.
Steph L. - Jan 26, 2005 10:56:03 am PST #7288 of 10000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Batgirl made me bounce -- much fun.
Right on! I'm going straight to the comic store after work.
I skipped through Robin, and found it also irritating. I would like to read Tim's story, but not written that way, and the art (which didn't bother me when Batgirl was there) is just no go.
It so pisses me off that I can't stand to read the comic in which my favorite character is the TITLE character.
Polter-Cow - Jan 26, 2005 11:41:52 am PST #7289 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Batgirl made me bounce -- much fun.
Yeah, it was good stuff. Though the Batgirlcave feels like some sort of J.J. Abrams reset.
Nightwing was pretty good too. Who was the guy at the end?
UXM was great. Very fun, very fast-moving. Who was the chick at the end?
Y delivered on the last issue's cliffhanger, which was nice. Props to Vaughan for his use of science-speak. There are still more unanswered questions, but the answered question came with a good sense of humor.