tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post4752354077887269698..comments2024-03-27T11:32:34.392-07:00Comments on NOT A HOAX! NOT A DREAM!: TALES OF THE THE TEEN TITANS #50Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-91666026115139239402015-05-11T08:52:38.802-07:002015-05-11T08:52:38.802-07:00Yeesh, That Steve Trevor stuff is nuts! Observing...Yeesh, That Steve Trevor stuff is nuts! Observing DC from afar, I've always been puzzled by the creators' obvious confusion/indecision as to what to do with the poor guy. I wonder if it's all because he was originally tied to World War II?Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-40267950631464174262015-05-05T16:09:24.710-07:002015-05-05T16:09:24.710-07:00I think what was even bolder is that this was one ...I think what was even bolder is that this was one of the first superhero wedding that went without any conflict. Reed and Sue, Hank and Janet, Barry and Iris, Earth-2 Bruce and Selina, Betty and Ned, Garth and Imra, Pietro and Crystal, Bruce and Betty all had to deal with villains crashing the proceedings. There were some exceptions. Steve Dayton and Rita's wedding in DOOM PATROL also went without problem (although the cover of the issue has Madame Rogue threatening the proceedings) and the Clark and Lois of Earth-2 went without a hitch (then again, nobody knew Clark's secret ID, not even Clark himself during that time!). Still, Donna mentions such fears.<br />Of the guests: hoping to re-form Titans West is Charley Parker, who was the Golden Eagle, a hero with a Hawkman-type suit, and Betty Kane, the original Batgirl (niece of Batwoman) before Babs made the role her own. Lilith was also a former Titan, something of a Jean Grey with psychic powers (I think she was originally half-asian, but this was forgotten). Her dead boyfriend, Gnnark, was a prehistoric caveman that the team picked up during a trip through time. Sharon Tracy was Donna's roommate when the Titans found her an apartment (after learning she had been sleeping in the HQ after Paradise Island made a temporary disappearance).<br />The former Guardian (which was a WWII hero, DC's answer to Cap I presume?) goes by the more popular name of Mal. From his association with the team, one gets the idea the writers didn't know what to do with Mal. First, Mal was the nonpowered teammate (an African-American Wyatt Wingfoot), then he gets a magic horn from an Angel (taking the name Horblower), then he takes on the mantle of the Guardian. Later, they would retcon his history by making him a costumed hero the Herald (just as they would retcon Betty Kane into Flamebird).<br />Note Clark and Lana. At this time I believe, or at least during Wolfman's run on ACTION COMICS, Superman and Lois Lane had a falling out, as Lois felt that Superman wasn't going to commit, and she wanted to keep her career. Also note Bruce's mention that he was rather young himself when he made Dick his ward. During the Neil-Adams run, Batman once commented that he was barely old enough to vote when the bat hit the window, so he must have been in his early 20s (before Miller retconned it to 25). Anyhoo, it is a sweet reminder of the days when the Dynamic Duo parting was a normal, mutually respectful one and not the ugly break-up in later retcons.<br />Also noted is that after this event, Hippolyta and Diana had one major estrangement. Mommy did to daughter what Prof X did to Scott in DEADLY GENESIS...only, this was no retcon of a past event. Diana's Pre-Crisis boyfriend Steve Trevor went through several deaths. The latest tragedy had Hippolyta mindwiping her grief-stricken daughter's memory of Steve. Later, when a Steve Trevor from another universe came to this world, with Diana believing she's fallen in love for the first time, Hippolyta had Aphrodite pull a mind whammy to make the world accept this Steve. Then Diana found out the truth and was heartbroken by her mother's actions (believing that Hippolyta was being jealous and possessive about her daughter falling for a race her Amazon doctrines condemned), and put the serious outs with her. Hippolyta went into a depression, harming her reign and causing some Amazons to consider her abdication. I believe the original plan was for Hippolyta to go through a spiritual journey of hitting rock bottom and then rising back up to become a better person. However, the CRISIS and the plan to reboot Wonder Woman forced the abandonment of the plan, with the disgruntled Amazons going back to Hippolyta and mother and daughter reconciling at the final issue.angmc43@hotmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15379700547226493861noreply@blogger.com