In the 1980s, however, the squeaky clean Superman was at a loss for how to deal with the gritty crime that was besieging the nation at the time. The less said about the split personality disorder that birthed the red and blue electric Superman(s), the better. Pretend the black leotard never existed (even though Supes’ hair was glorious). Short lived because the only people praising these new characters were the fictional New Yorkers inside the pages of the book.įorget about the four “Supermen” that showed up after Superman kind of died at the hands of Doomsday. Later on a group of teenagers adopt the Prodigy, Dusk, Ricochet and Hornet personas in the short lived book Slingers. Eventually Parker is able to clear his name and subsequently resumes the mantle of Spider-Man.
Against all odds, the people of New York seem to totally forget about Spider-Man with the emergence of these low rent facsimiles. All of these alter egos are fairly lame, especially Ricochet, since Parker decided to emblazon the costume with pieces of flair for some reason. To remedy this problem, Parker comes up with four different identities known as Prodigy, Dusk, Ricochet and Hornet. Parker reasons that the appearance of a new hero with spider-like powers showing up immediately after Spider-Man had inexplicably disappeared would raise more than a few eyebrows. Parker finds that he can’t just sit back and relax while criminals are running amok, so he decides to come up with a new persona that would allow him to continue avoiding the responsibilities of his real life, like spending time with his stunning redhead of a wife. With the public outraged and out for blood, Peter Parker hangs up the red and blue tights, deciding to wait for the storm to blow over. In 1998, Norman Osborne and Trapster framed Spider-Man for murder. With any luck, we won't see this incarnation of the Amazonian princess in her upcoming movie. She quickly goes back to her crime fighting ways by setting up a private detective agency and karate chop action. Luckily, Wonder Woman meets a blind guy name I-Ching who teaches her kung fu.
Love conquers all and Wonder Woman decides to stay to save the man she loves at the cost of her superpowers and star-spangled costume. Unfortunately the Amazons are travelling to another dimension in order to recharge their batteries, and tell Wonder Woman that she must come with them or she will lose all of her powers. 1 #179 from 1968, Steve Trevor, Wonder Woman’s boo, gets into some hot water, and Wonder Woman needs to save her man from certain doom. The Amazonian princess has been fighting crime with her lasso and invisible jet for over seventy years, all while becoming a feminist icon.Īlthough Wonder Woman has been in publication since the 40s, occasionally the “creatives” over at DC would get bored of her tried and true persona and try something different, which is how we got the depowered kung-fu fighting private eye. It really is amazing that even with a penchant for bondage, Wonder Woman is still one of the most recognizable superheroes in comic book history.
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