11.
Ah, John Byrne.
Scans 7 -10, along with this one and the next to follow are from Wonder Woman #101, Volume 2, the first Wonder Woman comic I ever bought, from a now long-gone comic shop in Greektown, Detroit.
I was a whole lot younger then, and only knew of the character from Superfriends and re-runs of the Lynda Carter show. X-Men was all the rage, owing to the debut of the cartoon a few seasons prior, and I was a devout Spider-Man reader. Used to think of Wonder Woman as some really poor man's knockoff of Spidey. Spider-man had webs. She had rope. He could swing from his. Make nets, parachutes, glue bombs ...
She could make a lasso. He could travel across town Tarzan style, faster than any subway train or car.
She ... found a place to park her invisible jet.
I'm digressing.
My thoughts are too disordered right this moment because I have other things to finish before the afternoon is through.
For now suffice to say that John Byrne is arguably the biggest reason Diana was restored to a reasonable semblance of herself as a powerhouse heroine, with a physical prowess worthy of true respect.
I will certainly give some re-examination of this premise in the future, if and as time permits.
16.
... compare even that version of Kara by placing her side by side against Wonder Woman 101's Diana. Scale the sizes until each woman is roughly the same size as the other.
Examine now the thickness of the metal DIANA is tearing in comparison to her Kryptonian counterpart. Kara's door is only as thick as her hands are wide. Diana's "door" ... MAN!
Anyway, just something interesting I noticed ...
Reference Information for Images 3.1-3.7
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Source: Elseworld's Finest. Supergirl and Batgirl.
Writers: Barbara Kesel, Matt Haley, and Tom Simmons
Penciller: Matt Haley
Date: September 1998
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