Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman gets into a lot of fights with other women, and needless to say, I'm all for that.

I don't know what particular kinds of covers are more likely to move a mainstream comic, and for the purposes of this blog, it's irrelevant.

But I think this first cover (at left) is pretty representative of fem/fem (or, for that matter, m/m) combat in mainstream comics. They're snarling, their arms are extended, they always sort of seem to be flying – even if, as in this case, they're on the ground.

And maybe – maybe – there will be some actual physical contact involved. Oh, look – their bracelets are touching. Yeah, I'm really hot for that bracelet-on-bracelet action.

But compare that to the absolute hands-down best Wonder Woman cover ever drawn, at right.

Mr. Brian Bolland, you are the man, sir. You know what we like.

Mike Deodato, Jr.'s art, shown above, is all, 'Stay your hand, Amazon, or taste the wrath of Artemis!'

But Bolland? This is pure, 'Bitch, I'm gonna kick your ass!'

I never read this book. But I guarantee you that if I had been visiting comic shops in 1993, this would have jumped off the shelf on its own and attached itself to me. I won't say where.

I had to Google this to find out what the story was about. I guess the woman with the eyepatch is a friend of hers. Which makes it more interesting since it raises the possibility they made out somewhere along the way.