Sunday, February 28, 2021

FF #47: THE WASP

 A very minor milestone: though Marvel's costumed heroines of the sixties were sometimes a rather demure lot, at most able to engage in a little judo, the Wasp broke the "punch barrier" in 1968 when she clocked Princess Python,




FF #46: THE VIXEN

 Despite Vixen kicking around for years, she doesn't have that many good fights. Here's one from SUICIDE SQUAD #23.




FF #45: ULTRA GIRL (1986)

 Not much to remember about this eighties character, except that she does seem to be the first comics character to sport the "Ultra Girl" cognomen.




FF #44: THUNDRA AND TITANIA (1979 version)

 It's far from the best fight for Thundra, but might be the best for Marvel's first character with the "Titania" moniker (later changed).



FF #43: STARFIRE (1971)

 Three Starfires preceded the celebrated TEEN TITANS character. One was a male Russian one-shot hero who appeared in a 1968 TITANS comic, but the second was a new villainess for Supergirl when Mike Sekowsky took over the character. This Starfire was a lot like the "Doctor Cyber" character in the contemporaneous "Wonder Woman" comic, also by Sekowsky: a stylish lady fiend with an all-female army. To my knowledge this Starfire hasn't been revived, even under a new name, but I think she might be the first female character who beats up Supergirl when the heroine loses her powers. However, the Maid of Might recovers and trounces the nasty girl.




Tuesday, February 23, 2021

FF #42: RED SONJA

 You always remember your first punch from Red Sonja.




FF #41: PRINCESS PROJECTRA AND SATURN GIRL

 So these two Legion of Super-Heroes babes get stood up by their dates, and decide to get even by having a sapphic hookup in a futuristic Tunnel of Love. But they're both dominants, so they get into a fistfight about who has to act the submissive.

Not really, but it's more entertaining than the real story.