#wonder comics

[lesbiannieism]

meme-worthy panels from young justice (2019)

#i adore them #taking these morons and putting them in my pocket #young justice #robin #tim drake #red robin #connor kent #kon el #superboy #cassie sandsmark #wonder girl #kid flash #bart allen #jinny hex #stephanie brown #spoiler #amythest #teen lantern #keli quintela #wonder comics #dc #dc comics #young justice comics

[wwprice1]

Wonder Twins by Dan Mora.

#dc comics #dc heroes #dc women #wonder twins #wonder comics #young justice #teen titans #dan mora

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#naomi #naomi: season one #naomi season one #brian michael bendis #wonder comics #dc #dcu #dc comics #poll

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Tara, Outlaw of the Universe, was unusual for a Golden Age heroine in that she led an outlaw gang of men, Robin Hood-style, in an effort to save earth from any number of monsters, pirates and aliens looking to destroy it. Tara’s outlaw status, together with that of her sidekicks, Robin and Malo, occurred when they were forced to provoke war between Earth and Mars when the Martian ambassador freed the evil pirate Atto, whom Tara had captured and had brought back to earth to face justice. Although her adventures were action-packed, Tara enjoyed a run of just six comics, the last five issues of Wonder Comics and her final jaunt in a single story in Thrilling Comics. Basically Tara and her friends were an interplanetary version of Pirates of the Caribbean, but despite the silliness, the stories are great fun, and Tara herself a resourceful leader of men.

In the page featured a disguised Tara and Robin are on Mars, hunting for a serum to cure a deadly virus unleashed on Earth by a dancer named Leela who turns out to be a Martian spy. They really should have made an RKO TV series out of Tara’s adventures.

This page is from the Tara story The Death That Grew, published in Wonder Comics #20 (October 1948). Art was by Gene Fawcette.

Source: Darkworlds Quarterly website, March 2020 and comicbookplus

#women in comics #strong woman #wonder comics #Tara pirate of the universe #golden age comic book heroines #golden age of comics #space adventures

[chernobog13]

Wonder Comics #11 (April, 1947).  Cover by Graham Ingels.

Another amazing adventure of Brad Spencer, Wonderman, as he rescues his girlfriend/assistant/sidekick Carol from the clutches of the insidious Doctor Voodoo and the evil queen Lilith.

#Wonder Comics #Brad Spencer Wonderman #Wonderman #Golden Age comics #Graham Ingels

[browsethestacks]

Vintage Comic - Wonder Comics #04

Pencils: Alex Schomburg

Inks: Alex Schomburg

Better Publications / Pines (Feb1945)

#Comics #Pines Comics #Wonder Comics #Grim Reaper #Alex Schomburg #Better Publications #Vintage #Art #CGC #WWII

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Wonder Comics #11 (1947), cover by Graham Ingels

#wonder comics #graham ingels #1947 #1940s #vintage #comic #comics #comic book #comic books #art #illustration #comic book art

[tiger-in-the-flightdeck]

I know I'm usually the one people come to for help with these sort of questions, but I am coming up blank.

Does anyone out there in the ether know when Tim used the H-Dial?

#tim drake #robin #dc robin #dial h for hero #dc comics #wonder comics

[dailydccomics]

Hawkgirl meets the fam in Naomi: Season Two #3

#kendra saunders #hawkgirl #dc comics #jen mcduffie #greg mcduffie #naomi season 2 #wonder comics #justice league #dc #jamal campbell

[federer7]

Wonder Comics #15 , December 1947)

Cover by Alex Schomburg

#alex schomburg #Wonder Comics #15 #1947 #december

[lesbiannieism]

#mood #jinny hex #cassie sandsmark #wonder girl #wonder woman #young justice #young justice comics #wonder comics

[balu8]

Wonder Comics 19: Tara; The Secret Bride of Bharbon

by Gene Fawcette (pencils and inks-source Grand Comics Database)

Pines

#pines #wonder comics #tara #gene fawcette

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#dial h for hero #wonder comics #dc #dcu #dc comics #poll

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Another appearance by the ultra-brainy and super-tough science sleuths, Jill Trent and her partner in research and crime fighting, Daisy Smythe. In this page, Jill’s invention (in this case an “element detector”) for once doesn’t actually succeed in helping the physicist detective to win the day. Yes, the murderer, Arthur Brown, whom she and Daisy have tracked down, is momentarily dazzled by the machine’s light source, giving Daisy the opportunity to jump the baddie, but he turns out to be too quick, flinging Daisy off and drawing his gun on Jill. Quick thinking as ever, the science sleuth turns to more basic tactics, knocking out the light with a well-aimed glass. Plunged into darkness, the gunman soon finds himself helpless against the furious female assault that follows (“Try to kill us, will you?” an outraged Daisy shrieks before clouting the useless Brown. “Help! Let me go!” he pleads). A sok! and a pow! soon subdue the cowardly crook. The defeated Brown is tied up by Jill and then marched to the police station where the case of mistaken identity is revealed to an astounded police lieutenant. A great example of female smarts and skill by the ever impressive scientific duo.

The page is from a Jill Trent Science Sleuth story called The Case of the Black Sheep Murder, and it appeared in Wonder Comics #13 (August 1947). It was written and illustrated by Al Camy.

Source: comicbookplus

#jill Trent science sleuth #wonder comics #female detectives #1940s comics #strong women #bad guy captured #man tied up by woman #women in comics

[sylvies-kablooie]

i do unironically think the best artists of our generation are posting to get 20 notes and 3 reblogs btw. that fanfic with like 45 kudos is some of the best stuff ever written. those OCs you carry around have some of the richest backstories and worldbuilding someone has ever seen. please do not think that reaching only a few people when you post means your art isn't worth celebrating.

#i often wonder about how many things would be considered classic or high art had they only received the marketing #how many short films that were made for class could have been the most powerful thing you'd ever seen? if you'd seen them? #“you know the greatest films of all time were never made” etc etc #but like. these works of art ARE being made. it's just enjoyed by a smaller audience with equal impact though #i think about this one furry i used to follow on insta who had the coolest worldbuilding ever. it's been years. #thought prompted by that sketch of nimona from ten years ago that was just for a character design #posted to the creator's tumblr and now it's nominated for best animated feature film at the oscars #and by the genuine emotional reaction a fan comic made me feel. how much work had gone into it. how beautiful it was to me. #idk what to tag this but i hope whoever needs to hear it does #writing #writer #fandom #fandom culture #artist

[chernobog13]

Brad Spencer, Wonderman's first appearance in Wonder Comics (his initial adventures were in other titles) was issue #9 (December, 1946). He took over the cover spot from The Grim Reaper, who had been the book's headliner since issue #1. Neither Wonderman nor the Grim Reaper are related to the Marvel Comics characters with the same names.

Brad Spencer, Wonderman, also took over the lead spot in Wonder Comics, and the covers featuring him were pretty standard stuff at first.

Then an interesting thing happened: Wonderman was no longer the prominent figure on the covers.

Now, I ain't no Sherlock Holmes, but I believe I detect a pattern here.

With superheroes on the wane post-World War ll, publisher Nedor Publications decided that cheesecake sells. And they served it up wholesale, which started alarming parents. You gotta admit, this is pretty race stuff for a comic book aimed at kids.

Wonderman, like the Grim Reaper before him, was booted from Wonder Comics' cover and lead story position for the final five issues. The BDSM elements on the covers were toned down, if not removed completely, but there was still cheesecake galore with new cover star/lead feature Tara, Pirate Queen.

Nedor Publications was not the only, nor most egregious publisher going this route. However, this ongoing trend, along with the rise of true crime and horror comics, is what lead to a certain book entitled Seduction of the Innocent.

And that book fed (some say created) the public hysteria that blamed comic books as a cause of juvenile delinquency.

#Wonder Comics #Brad Spencer Wonderman #Tara Pirate Queen #Nedor Publications #Golden Age comics #headlights #Good Girl art