Found in the garbage outside DC headquarters

Some apparently rejected Wonder Woman origin retcons


Hey Dan,

We need to bring a modern edge to the character. Maybe something rapey? Like, Hipolyta got raped, and then WW gets raped, and gets a magic flashback of the rape that created her, and realizes that her true power comes from love.

-Brad



To Dan, Re: WW Origin

Time travel. Space flight. Undersea adventure. SIDEWAYS time travel. Insect kingdom. New powers incl. telepathy but it only works on herself. STATIONARY time travel. Flashback: Everyone's dead WAIT another flashback: everyone's alive! Alien donkey turtle monsters attack, Bracelets off, BERZERKER RAGE. Wonder Tot behind it all, revealed as the big bad of the series. When do I start?

-Grant



Dear Dan,

Any chance she could pass the mantle of Wonder Woman to a middle-aged white guy?

-Geoff



Dear Dan,

In West Philadelphia, born and raised, on the playground was where she spent most of her days,
chillin out, maxin, relaxin all cool and all, shootin some b-ball outside of the school, when a couple of guys who were up to no good started makin trouble in her neiborhood, so she snapped their necks on live television.

-Brad again

ABC Podcast, Episode #99 and visual aids

This episode of Awesomed By Comics is brought to you by a second consecutive week of Dogen, because we are apparently getting contemplative as we near our centennial. Spidey and the new JLI are the big winners, a surprising amount of love is given to both Batman and Superman, and there's more tits-talk than usual. (But come on. Camden? Really?) Don't forget to send in your 100th episode discussion questions. One more stamp and we all get free sandwiches!

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Cover(s) of the Week

Evie's pick, from Namora #1, cover by Stephanie Hans:

Aaron's pick, from Justice League: Generation Lost #4, cover by Tony Harris and JD Mettler:

Panel(s) of the Week

Aaron's pick, from Iron Man Legacy #3 by Fred Van Lente and Steve Kurth:

 Evie's pick, from Sea Bear & Grizzly Shark #1 by Ryan Ottley and Jason Howard:

ABC Podcast, Episode #98 and abridged visual aids

This episode of Awesomed By Comics comes to you from Cacapon (Ka-KAY-pon) State Park in Berkeley Springs, WV, where we came for vacation, went home and came back again. The big winner of the week is the fourth issue of Joe Kelly and Max Fiumara's Four Eyes, which we've waited 13 months for; other good showings come from the family of Spider titles, The Boys, Birds of Prey and Heralds (HER-alds). We also have a good chuckle/tsk at DC's pitch-perfect ironical racial stereotyping. Apologies for any wonky sound quality, as we are sharing a mic on a portable setup in the wilderness that also has WiFi. Also apologies for the lack of Panels of the Week, as we don't have our scanner in said wilderness. Also apologies that this show is two days late, but we on vacation (vay-KAY-shun).

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Cover(s) of the Week

Evie's pick, from Heralds #3, cover by Jelena Djurdjevic:


Aaron's pick, from Joker's Asylum II: The Mad Hatter, cover by Bill Sienkiewicz:

THAT'S FUNNY, SHE DOESN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT SWIMMING??

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Glad to see that DC is committed to clarity and quality control where it concerns diverse new legacy characters.

Happy Terrible Twos, ABC!

So I'm on deadline and don't have time at the moment to be more creative about this, but I just realized that the first episode of the Awesomed By Comics Podcast was recorded and uploaded two years ago today. They grow up so fast! Anyway, last year it worked out that our 50th episode landed on our one-year week, but this year that won't quite work out, so I thought I'd pour one out today and then our 100th episode will be the real party. Once we decide what to do with it.

So thank you, all of you rapscallions, for listening and supporting and funning and cussing. We're now officially the age to run around screaming and terrorizing the cats and pooping at inopportune moments, which works out well.

ABC Podcast, Episode #97 and visual aids

This episode of Awesomed By Comics is brought to you by, well, it's not a Hat through the Centuries, I'll tell you that much. We get really into the goings on in Generation Lost/Booster Gold, sign on with Marvel's teen invasion in Avengers Academy and Young Allies, and okay Batman, whatever you say. Secret Six, Unwritten and Echo continue their brilliance, and Thor gets borked. Note that we'll be on vacation next week but still plan to do a show--it just may be a day or so delayed. Also note that this recap is not very funny, but I had a little unplanned hospitalization this week so I appreciate your understanding.

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Cover(s) of the Week

Evie's pick, from Heralds #2, cover by Jelena Djurdjevic:


Aaron's pick, from Justice League: Generation Lost #3, cover by Tony Harris:


Panel(s) of the Week

Aaron's pick, from S.H.I.E.L.D. #2 by Jonathan Hickman and Dustin Weaver:


Evie's picks, from Prince of Power #2 by Greg Pak, Fred Van Lente and Reilly Brown:


And from Secret Six #22 by Gail Simone and J. Calafiore:

ABC Podcast, episode #96 plus visual aids

This episode of Awesomed By Comics is brought to you by HITS, which is really the same as HTTC, but shhhhhhhh. Big wins for DC's imprints, as Sweet Tooth, Sparta USA and Demo showcase some impressive storytelling. The Bulletproof Coffin sets up an interesting premise, The Red Hood is much better than we thought it would be, and Heralds is exactly as good as we thought it would be, which is very very very good. Also, yon peeps shall have thy bottoms rocked mayhaps? Because TERRY MCGINNIS.

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Cover(s) of the Week

Evie's Pick, from Avengers The Origin #3, cover by Phil Noto 

Aaron's Pick, from The Thanos Imperative #1, cover by Aleksi Briclot

Panel(s) of the Week

Aaron's Pick, from Demo volume 2 #5, by Brian Wood and Becky Cloonan

Evie's pick, from Heralds #1 by Kathryn Immonen and Tonci Zonjic

 

More personalized Pokemon prizes to come later, we promise!!!!