Sunday, December 17, 2006

Wonder Woman Is Not a Femizonian

She merely plays one on the Kirby-dot-specked TVs of uninformed fans.

I'm breezing around at Wikipedia and what do I spy? This is from their entry for Marvel's Thundra. Scroll to the bottom and you see...

Marvel's answer to Wonder Woman?

There are a few interesting similarities between Thundra and DC's Wonder Woman:
  • Both women are highly skilled in the art of physical combat
  • Both come from advanced societies where women rule (Femizonia and Paradise Island respectively)
  • Both wear metal bracelets
  • Both wear tiaras
  • Both carry lariat-like accessories (Wonder Woman's golden lasso, Thundra's chain)
  • Both place high value on the virtues of 'sisterhood'
  • Both women generally consider men to be inferior, but have had relationships with men they felt were 'worthy' of them (Superman, Trevor Barnes, Ben Grimm)

Bold emphasis mine. All linked text theirs.

And once again Wikipedia demonstrates the unfaltering reliability of an information source any joe or jane with Internet access can modify!

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