#zannah of khera

[why-i-love-comics]

Birds of Prey #4 - "Megadeath IV" (2023)

written by Kelly Thompson art by Leonardo Romero & Jordie Bellaire

#birds of prey #cassandra cain #black canary #zealot #DC #blackbat #dinah drake #zannah of khera #wednesday spoilers #spoilers #comic spoilers

[theofficialdailyplanet]

Birds of Prey vol 1 variant cover (Chris Bachalo)

#dc #dc comics #birds of prey #harley wuinn #wonder woman #diana prince #black canary #dinah lance #big barda #dc zealot #zannah of khera #shaza post

[mayamarvil]

I love them together

Birds of Pray Vol.5 #1

#dc #dc comics #birds of prey #zealot #zannah #zannah of khera #cole cash #grifter

[professoruber]

Cassandra Cain and Maps Mizoguchi Friendship

Some spoilers for both the recently released Birds of Prey (2023-) #5 & Batgirls (2022-2023) #11

So I am currently still working on my thoughts/speculation on Birds of Prey #5 but just wanted to shed some quick appreciation for this one moment and its connections to Batgirls;

Cass calling Meridian by the name Maps was a nice touch and a nod to their friendship in the present. And while I still have some skepticism regarding Meridian (which I intend to go into greater detail into in its own post) I found this small moment quite cute.

While Meridian may have introduced herself by saying “some of you may know me as Maps Mizoguchi”; I’m pretty certain Cass was the only one of those assembled who has met Maps before.

But yeah. Not to much to say besides that I thought the fact that Cass seemed to instinctively/naturally exclaim “Maps!” when referring to Meridian was a nice nod to their friendship and I hope to see more interactions between Cass and either Present!Maps or Meridian. I suppose though that the mission + Meridian constantly getting pulled from the timeline (apparently) does limit their chances to interact so far.

#birds of prey #birds of prey 2023 #gotham academy #professoruber thoughts #cassandra cain #cassandra wayne #maps mizoguchi #mia mizoguchi #kyle mizoguchi #spoilers #birds of prey spoilers #Zealot #zannah #zannah of khera #lady zannah #dc comics #Batgirl #bstgirls #Black bat #orphan

[towritecomicsonherarms]

Birds of Prey #5

#birds of prey #zealot #zannah of khera #big barda #black canary #cassandra cain #harley quinn #batgirl #Arist Deyn #dc #comics

[vampibrainrot]

Zealot/Lady Zannah of Khera reading guide

Lady Zannah is a high-ranking member of the CODA Sisterhood, a women-only group of warriors and a very influential party in the Kheran government.

After being stranded on Earth, Zealot created her version of the CODA, training women on the kherubim ways of war and fighting. After thousands of years of having a hand in many Historical events, Zealot (and Grifter) stepped out of the shadows and joined the WildC.A.T.S, a superhero team financed by the HALO Corporation and composed of descendants of the other kherubim living on Earth, to help fight in the war against the Deamonites.

Wildstorm Universe

-WildC.A.T.S (1992) #0 - #13

-WildC.A.T.S Trilogy (1993) #1 - #3

-WildC.A.T.S sourcebook (1993)

-Shadowhawk (1992) #13

-WildC.A.T.S (1992) #14 - #17

-Stormwatch (1992) #18

-Backlash (1992) #4

-WildC.A.T.S (1992) #18 - #19

Wildstorm Rising (1995) #1

Wildstorm Universe sourcebook (1995)

WildC.A.T.S (1992) #20

Union (1993) #4

Wetworks (1994) #8

Grifter (1994) #1

Backlash (1992) #8

Stormwatch (1992) #22

Wildstorm Rising (1995) #2

Spartan: warrior spirit (1995) #1 - #4

Voodoo/Zealot: skin trade (1995) #1

Zealot (1995) #1 -#3

WildC.A.T.S (1992) #22

Grifter (1995) #7 - #8

Spawn/WildC.A.T.S (1995) #1 - #4

Fire from Heaven (1995) #1

WildC.A.T.S (1992) #28 - #29

Backlash (1992) #20

WildC.A.T.S (1992) #30

Gen13 (1995) #11

Fire from Heaven (1995) #2

Deathblow (1993) #29

Shattered Image (1996) #2 -4

WildC.A.T.S (1992) #31 -34

Mars Attack Image

Grifter (1995) #9

WildC.A.T.S (1992) #35 - #37

Grifter (1995) #10

Backlash (1992) #31

WildC.A.T.S (1992) #38 - #40

JLA/WildC.A.T.S (1997)

X-Men/WildC.A.T.S (1997) #1 - 3

Wildcore (1997) #1 -2

Gen12 (1998) #2 & #5

Wildcats/Aliens (1998)

WildC.A.T.S (1999) #1 & #4 - #5

Wildcats: Mosaic (1999)

Wildcats (1999) #22 - #23 & #27

Wildcats version 3.0 (2002) #9, #13, #15, #19 - #21, #23 - #24

Wildcats: Nemesis (2005) #1 - #9

Majestic (2005) #8 - #17

Captain Atom: Armageddon (2005) #2 - 5

Wildcats (2006) #1*

Wildcats: Armageddon (2007) #1

Wildstorm Revelations (2007) #4 - #6

- DC/Wildstorm: Dreamwar (2008) #1 - #6

Number of the Beast (2008) #8

Wildcats (2008) #1

The Authority (2008) #1

Wildcats (2008) #2 - 18

The Authority (2008) #18

Wildcats (2008) #19 - #30

Prime Earth/Post Flashpoint

Deathstroke (2011) #9 - #13

Stormwatch (2011) #17 & #18

Batman: Urban Legends(2021) #4 - #6

Wildcats (2022) #1

Wildstorm 30th years anniversary (2022)

DC's Grifter got run over by a reindeer (2022) #1

Wildcats (2022) #3 -?

Recommended

The ones mentioned here are out of continuity

The Wild Storm (2017)

Superman vs Lobo (2021)

#zealot #Zannah of khera #Wildstorm #Wildcats #birds of prey #comics #Dc #reading guides

[bestdeadbeatmilf]

Round One, Bracket Twelve

Propaganda under the cut!

Zannah of Khera/Zealot:

Lied to everyone including her daughter for like 3000 saying they were actually sisters. Even as "sisters" had a very strained relationship and would go decades without seeing or talking to each other because they would fight.

Additional comments: she's got another kid but that ones much more straightforward "gave him up for adoption when he was born" so this aint about him

Ceroba:

something wrong with her. also shes a kitsune lady!!

#zannah of khera #zealot #wildstorm comics #ceroba #undertale yellow #poll tournament

[princemonday]

casual fits with the gf make me go wee

#ive talked ab how compression shirts r peak character design before and...yep tracks #grifter #cole cash #grifter dc #zealot dc #zealot #zannah #zannah of khera #lady zannah #wildc.a.t.s #wildcats #wildstorm #wildstorm comics #dc #dc comics

[comic-art-showcase]

Zealot by Chris Samnee

#chris samnee #zealot #lady zannah #zannah of khera #wildcats #wildc.a.t.s #image comics #dc #wildstorm

[wwprice1]

Zealot is joining the Birds of Prey!

#dc comics #dc heroes #dc women #zealot #zannah of khera #lady zannah #wildc.a.t.s #birds of prey #wildstorm universe #leonardo romero #kelly thompson

[why-i-love-comics]

Birds of Prey #4 - "Megadeath IV" (2023)

written by Kelly Thompson art by Leonardo Romero & Jordie Bellaire

#wonder woman #zealot #diana prince #zannah of khera #DC #wednesday spoilers #spoilers #comic spoilers

[theofficialdailyplanet]

#birds of prey #dc comics #comicblr #harley quinn #dc zealot #zannah of khera #shaza post

[mayamarvil]

Big Barda: Motivational Speaker

Birds of Prey Vol. 5 #1

#dc #dc comics #batman #black canary #dinah lance #zealot #zannah of khera #big barda #barda free #cassandra cain #black bat #orphan #batgirl #birds of prey

[professoruber]

Theory on Meridian | Birds of Prey (2023-)

Spoilers ahead for Birds of Prey (2023-) #5 - Along with general spoilers for the series as a whole

So Birds of Prey (2023-) #5 released; and so I am writing this post both as a follow-up to my pre-release speculation but also to discuss a specific theory on Meridian. While I may be focusing on this one specific character a bit much; I think its worth considering how she's kinda been a major driving force of the plot despite her limited appearance and revealed motivation. So there is plenty of potential for some discussion here.

Namely; what is Meridian's true nature and motives?

So far we have not seen a direct detailed explanation from Meridian regarding her motives or why she has specifically excluded who she excluded. We do however get a bit of a hint at some stuff, which in turn also supports the idea that she is indeed from the future as she claims...

"Where the final battle always is" - Meridian.

Quite the intriguing word choice, which Cass also picked up on as being concerning. This does imply that this is not the first time Meridian has gone through this; and that in turn implies the Birds of Prey have failed in previous timelines. This could be used to explain why she did things the way she did; perhaps telling the Diana or Barbara has backfired in some manner before.

I still would like some specific reasoning for her information security choices and why she didn't provide more information apparently, but it'd still be a decent handwave at least on the part of the writers. Assuming Meridian is on the up and up of course, because...

Meridian might be evil (possibly)

I have seen it pointed out on Reddit that Meridian's speech bubbles...

Have the same reversed (black background & white text vs the typical white background & black text) colouring as Megaera...

Granted; the reversed text for Meridian appears to be a sign of her voice getting distorted by the mask (her speech is coloured normally both when her helmet is off and occasionally even when it's still on), and her speech bubbles' edges are not drawn the same as Megaera... but it's still an interesting coincidence.

And that comparison got me noticing another strange similarity in their colouring.

Both appear to have a sort of black/green/yellowish colour scheme, especially in the cover art. Those controlled by Megaera are also depicted with green eyes...

So overall it is a strange series of coincidences I think.

These panels do have Meridian helping out Cass and Zealot by fighting the mind controlled Wonder Woman, which could go against the idea she herself is under control.. but on the other hand, she's also doing it to get Cass and Zealot to go where she's telling them to; so if she does have ulterior motives this may be orchestrated to push them in the direction she wants?

Hard to say; especially since the mind controlled Wonder Woman is also shown with the reversed colouring in her text bubble as Meriden (albeit still with rougher edges) and Megaera. Her little comments like "Crap. That felt less scary in my head" also do provide support to her being genuine ("Crap" was also something of a signature expletive for Maps in Gotham Academy for that matter).

Still, I can't deny the odd coincidences. Especially since they chose to design Meridian's costume and 'aura' in a way which is oddly similar to the main villain despite the fact that I don't think think Maps has been associated with such a theme before. And if Meridian is evil or being controlled, then it could better explain why she excluded Diana and Barbara and also why things have gotten so out of control despite her foreknowledge and implied previous attempts.

All very interesting stuff.

Or maybe I'm overanalysing all this stuff and Meridian's just time travelling hero and Future Maps.

(Imagine though if this ended up being a sorta 'backdoor pilot' kinda thing for Robin!Maps; introducing her a villain the form of an evil future her? Maybe not but still).

In conclusion

I got some mixed feelings about Meridian. On one hand, scattered comments by her do admittedly point to her seeming genuine and not being controlled. And the fact her bubbles are drawn without the rough edges of Megaera and those controlled by her, and also are coloured normally when her helmet is off, could point towards it just being a coincidence; they might've just used the same technique to depict 'distorted' speech for both.

But still... this is quite the number of coincidences; between the colouring of both her costume and speech bubbles, as well as the oddly sparse information we've gotten from her and her limited appearances. The possibility of some kind of twist regarding her is something worth considering I think.

Still do hope for Present!Maps getting involved in the Birds of Prey though, that would be cool. And hopefully more Cass and Maps interactions, those are cute.

#birds of prey 2023 #maps mizoguchi #mia mizoguchi #meridian #birds of prey 2023 spoilers #cassandra cain #zealot #zannah of khera #lady zannah #diana of themyscira #wonder woman #diana prince #megaera #dc comics #professoruber thoughts #theory #casandra wayne #batgirl #black bat #orphan

[towritecomicsonherarms]

Birds of Prey #5

#birds of prey #batgirl #cassandra cain #zealot #zannah of khera #comics #dc

[timdrakebiter]

Defining Zealot/Zannah by Cole Cash in modern comics was the worst move and I will never recover from it.

I have no doubt the writer (Matthew Rosenberg) loves the WildC.A.T.s, alright? But he loves Cole Cash more than the others and is willing to assassinate Zealot's character to do it.

These are solely my own opinions but like:

Zealot has never ever fit into any kind of nuclear family dynamic and she's desperately shoehorned into that sort of dynamic with Cole and Fairchild in a way that I feel is unfair to her as a character. It IS canon that Zealot loves her children to the point of dying (see: Zealot/Voodo: Skin Trade and the Wildstorm Winter Special and possibly the WildC.A.T.s Trilogy) but like she doesn't love them to the point of giving up who she is. A family was in the cards for her at one point but she's so desperate to remain of Coda and to destroy the Daemonites that she'll never keep it.

Likewise, she has never been as invested in Cole as Cole has been invested in her. Cole has always, always been more defined by Zealot's presence in his life that she has been by his. To her? He is passing time. To him? She is/was a whole world. To say that she'd lose all sense of herself because Cole is dead? Insane. Cole is the one who loses himself in grief and coping. Zealot has a mission, a goal, a purpose. Zealot is not defined by one man. She is defined by her love for her code and for her planet and, later, by her mission for vengeance and righting her perceived wrongs. Honestly? I'd argue the women in Zealot's life have had a much stronger impact than Cole and that even includes Priscilla, who Zealot doesn't particularly harbor affection for. You see more of Zealot and Pris' dynamic than you do Zealot and Cole's in the early days.

#zealot #zannah of khera #rambles #wildstorm #wildc.a.t.s