Wednesday, February 16, 2022

Today in Comics History, February 16, 1942: Wonder Woman scribbles "These guys suck" continuously throughout the entire meeting


from All-Star Squadron #30 (DC, February 1984), script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Mike Machlan and Richard Howell, inks by Sam de la Rosa and Mike Machlan, colors by Gene D'Angelo, letters by David Cody Weiss

Roy helpfully notes at one point that this story is an adaptation of the original tale from All-Star Comics #12. Oh, sure, Roy, easy for you to say! You've got unlimited access to the DC Vault of expensive Golden Age comic books and we don't...oh wait, hey!


from All-Star Comics (1940 series) #12 (DC/All-American, August 1942), script by Gardner Fox, pencils and inks by Jack Burnley

It's pretty much the same story, except hecka more racist. Here's a couple of the actually reprintable panels.


In conclusion, when you have the world's foremost woman warrior on your team, don't just have her take notes and fetch coffee. That's what Black Canary is there for...oh hey! Hey! Stop throwing rocks at me!

1 comment:

Blam said...

Ah. The period when Fate's helmet was cut in half until he got too self-conscious about the Zip-a-Tone.