Yea, there was a weird thing for a bit where she was high-level strength but could still be harmed by bullets (don't laugh- Thor once had that too), but she has gotten upgrades since (during an encounter with clayface), she's taken full auto gunfire without her skin being pierced.
Also here's her catching an enchanted spear wielded by a low-level superhuman foe without being cut.
That said, a good enchanted or super-tough sword wielded by someone who's super strong is one of the better ways to hurt her.
Though she is, of course, capable of handling a lot of damage and has a healing factor. Medusa impaling her only slowed her down a bit.
She blitzes him at 82 duodecillion times the speed of light 😖hifty:
Originally posted by Q99
Yea, there was a weird thing for a bit where she was high-level strength but could still be harmed by bullets (don't laugh- Thor once had that too), but she has gotten upgrades since (during an encounter with clayface), she's taken full auto gunfire without her skin being pierced.Also here's her catching an enchanted spear wielded by a low-level superhuman foe without being cut.
That said, a good enchanted or super-tough sword wielded by someone who's super strong is one of the better ways to hurt her.
Though she is, of course, capable of handling a lot of damage and has a healing factor. Medusa impaling her only slowed her down a bit.
She wasn't upgraded in clayface arc. She just took a piece of clay he had taken from her back restoring her to her original power from her donna level power.
At the end she had a talk with Superman where she iirc said she felt stronger than ever.
When has she taken gunfire?
JLA, a bunch of mooks from (HIVE? Cobra? One of those) got the drop on her and blasted her. I think it was during Batman's No Mans Land arc.
That scene was more like her stopping that spear by flat of the tip.
She has her fingers on the sharp edges.
Originally posted by Q99
At the end she had a talk with Superman where she iirc said she felt stronger than ever.JLA, a bunch of mooks from (HIVE? Cobra? One of those) got the drop on her and blasted her. I think it was during Batman's No Mans Land arc.
She has her fingers on the sharp edges.
You are wrong. That was soldiers of queen bee IIRC. You realize that No man's land happened in 99 and diana was explicitly not bulletproof then.
She stopped the spear's momentum by the palm of her hand. Her fingers wouldn't cut unless she slides them on the edge.
You are wrong. That was soldiers of queen bee IIRC. You realize that No man's land happened in 99 and diana was explicitly not bulletproof then.
So, back when she was explicitly not bulletproof, she was unpierced by a lot of bullets?
She stopped the spear's momentum by the palm of her hand.
Not the way she grabbed it.
Originally posted by Q99
So, back when she was explicitly not bulletproof, she was unpierced by a lot of bullets?
It's important to remember that was is generally true for an era is only what is GENERALLY true for an era; not ALWAYS true.
Worth considering who is writing a particular story, too, at least to some extent.
On the thematic level, it actually makes sense in-story that Diana would have variable durability. Her power is god-granted, not truly innate, in most depictions. As they go up in power, it makes sense that she would; ditto for the reverse. Certainly it proves difficult to make sense of her vulnerabilies and ascribe coherent reason to it any other way.
Originally posted by bluewaterrider
[B]It's important to remember that was is generally true for an era is only what is GENERALLY true for an era; not ALWAYS true.Worth considering who is writing a particular story, too, at least to some extent.
Quite.
On the thematic level, it actually makes sense in-story that Diana would have variable durability. Her power is god-granted, not truly innate, in most depictions. As they go up in power, it makes sense that she would; ditto for the reverse. Certainly it proves difficult to make sense of her vulnerabilies and ascribe coherent reason to it any other way.
Oh yea, that also reminds me- one other thing about the bullet wound in the scan where she was wounded - it came from Devastation who has deific powers when it comes to striking for the kill.
So, still a bullet, but not exactly normal.
Random question, useful for this thread:
Anyone got any scans of Legends of the DC Universe #4?
I own the book and have a few pre-scanned items of my own on my hard drive. In fact, the scene I have scanned is of Wonder Woman getting shot by an out-of-control police officer.
Those aren't the images I want. I plan to post THOSE here before the night is over; will serve as a good illustration of the "glass" aspect of Diana under Messner-Loebs.
No, what I'm trying to get are images that reflect the "cannon" portion.
I want scenes of the fight Diana has with the exo-suited gangmembers.
Because those powersuits smack directly of "Hulkbuster" Iron Man. And the episode shows what Diana was capable of doing to any metal construct this side of Marvel Adamantium, and that much long before her showcased planet-level feats in the latter JLA title.
Unfortunately, my scanner isn't doing what it was supposed to at the present time, and I don't really know if or when I'll be able to correct that.
So anyone who can supply those images in my stead has my thanks in advance.
Here's a link containing a synopsis to that story:
http://www.dcuguide.com/LotDCU/LotDCU_004.php
Here's what the book looks like:
http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Legends_of_the_DC_Universe_Vol_1_4
Thank you for your time.
Honestly, Diana should just be bullet proof. I hate that stupid backwards "amazonian" durability PIS. Aquaman, too.
Thor being hurt by bullets but not tank shells is horrid writing, period.
You can make characters vulnerable and be placed in danger without giving them glaring physical vulnerabilities.
Originally posted by JakeTheBank
Honestly, Diana should just be bullet proof. I hate that stupid backwards "amazonian" durability PIS. Aquaman, too.Thor being hurt by bullets but not tank shells is horrid writing, period.
You can make characters vulnerable and be placed in danger without giving them glaring physical vulnerabilities.
I think every company started to move away from it since it is, after all, just dumb and doesn't make sense.
Originally posted by Q99
I think every company started to move away from it since it is, after all, just dumb and doesn't make sense.
I don't think it's any coincidence that in recent years we've seen those three characters get major upgrades in terms of their piercing durability.
Heck, Johns and JMS went out of their way to show it in Aquaman and Thor.
Originally posted by JakeTheBank
The fact that a simple bullet could even phase a man who travels in the crushing depths of the ocean is an affront to my intelligence.
It's not as nonsensical as you think.
Whales endure the crushing depths of the ocean, for instance.
If I remember right, they can dive to depths that will actually crush the average unprepared submarine.
Shoot them with a gun, though, and the bullet will pierce the whale's skin while doing variable damage beneath that (depending on where you aimed and with what, of course).
There are specific examples in the real world that reflect what comic writers were thinking of when they created the motifs that seem so strange to us now.
