AMAZON ART #2

Four issues of this Wildstorm "one-shot" were published in 2000, and to my knowledge the characters never appeared again. Lobdell's script is routine but artist Flores deserves credit for his gleefully absurd cheesecake-designs, particularly (left) a lady warrior whose armor leaves her belly cutely exposed, and (right) a futuristic nun wearing a slit-skirt.

AMAZON ART #1

The cover to JUMBO COMICS #9 (1939), the first of the series to be totally focused upon Sheena, who remains the first "superstar-amazon" in the medium of comic books.

COVERS THUS FAR COVERED

The blog's original concept focused principally on comic-book covers (or interior art)  featuring the Amazon Archetype, and since I don't plan to write much text from now on, I decided to list the most significant art I've reprinted thus far-- always in keeping with "fair use"-- in which said archetype appears.

My personal aesthetic standouts seen thus far:

BIRDS OF PREY.

MARY MARVEL. 

SUPERGIRL (VERSION II)

BATGIRL (VERSION III)

BAT-GIRL (VERSION I)

BATWOMAN (VERSION I

CATWOMAN

THE FEMALE LEGIONNAIRES

STAR SAPPHIRE (VERSION II)

MS. MARVEL (VERSION I)

MRRA

CAVE GIRL

KYRA

RED SONJA

BLACK CAT (VERSION II)

BATGIRL (VERSION III)

BATGIRL (VERSION II)

VAMPIRELLA

ELEKTRA

THE WOLF GAL

MERA, ELASTI-GIRL, AND MME. MARIE

POISON IVY

CHANGE OF PACE

Given that I haven't updated this blog since October, it would be a fair assumption that other concerns have usurped the attention I used to devote to this blog-- particularly the "mythcomics" feature I've been regularly updating on a weekly basis since last year on THE ARCHETYPAL ARCHIVE. Though I still like the concept of FEMMES FORMIDABLES as outlined at the beginning of 2012, I don't have time to devote to it any more, particularly when (a) I don't get any sense that it's reaching any readership, and (b) I've probably covered most of the fictional characters I liked best, anyway.

I hate to let FF go completely defunct, though, so to whatever extent I keep my hand in, it'll probably go back mostly to the original, low-maintenance concept of the blog, which focused upon displaying prominent images of the "amazon archetype" in comics. This  won't do a thing to staunch all the crocodile tears of the people who look at comics' rich. Amazon-filled history and can see nothing but pin-up art. It also won't be any more popular than any other incarnation of the blog.. Eventually, I'm sure FF will pass away, but I'll attempt a few more transfusions before giving up the ghost.