AMAZON ART #42

Not that it will make a difference to this blog's readership, but I may occasionally toss in good "Amazon art" from films and TV.

This one was rather eye-opening in the day.

AMAZON ART #41

Here's a couple of DOOM PATROL covers in which Elasti-Girl struts her 50-foot woman boots.

June Robbins of CHALLENGERS OF THE UNKNOWN got into the act for one issue.

And someone evidently liked the giant-girl action enough to bring in a regular opponent, mammoth "Multi-Woman:"

AMAZON ART #40

Another support-character that would've fit my diachronic study is Elzie Segar's Olive Oyl. Though she usually wasn't able to fight with men like later femmes formidables, Segar often showed her capable of popping a guy anyway. Segar also liked to comment on a female "double-standard" in that Olive would constantly nag Popeye about getting into fights, but if another girl came mooching around, Olive made no bones about kicking her ass.

AMAZON ART #39

The late Steve Ditko didn't do a lot of amazon-characters, as he seemed to prefer male protagonists. Still, there are some notable ones.

One of the few starring characters was a 1970s one-shot named LIBERTY BELLE.

Then there was a sci-fi lady cop, Mellu Loron, who made things tough on starring hero Shade the Changing Man.

Also, two villainesses, the Dagger Lady from THE CREEPER, and the Huntress from THE DESTRUCTOR.

AMAZON ART #38

I've just started the long-running manga series FREEZING, which is all about a bunch of super-powered female soldiers who wear foofy school uniforms. At right is the main female character Satellizer El Bridget, at left is her romantic rival Rana.

AMAZON ART #37

Oddly, I just realized I never did a post on the 1970s karate-chopping version of Wonder Woman, which was certainly notable for action packed scenes.

Parenthetically, this was one of the first times that Catwoman began to be portrayed as a tuff girl with karate-skills, though the WW-CW matchup doesn't amount to much.

And even Lois Lane briefly got in on the girlfight action.

AMAZON ART #36

Just started investigating the adventures-- sadly, no longer regularly published-- of HACK/SLASH, starring monster-killing maiden Cassie Hack and her partner Vlad. Here she's seen dealing out justice to Chucky himself, which might qualify for one of my "best crossovers."