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PrintableSupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said: errant said: excuse me, but did you not see the mohawk? the leather? :BRACELETS: :LASSO: :INVISIBLEPLANE:  
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errant said: ehuffnsd said: in the 90s Diana was removed from the title of Wonder Woman because Queen Hippolyta had a vision of Diana dying and Artemis of the Bana-Mighdall lost trip of Amazons took the mantle of Wonder Woman. Physical * Peak human level strength, speed and reflexes. * Master hand-to-hand fighter combining many assimilated fighting techniques * Weapons expert in both the use and manufacturing of weapons (favoring bow and arrows, but ranging from blades to automatic weapons) * Immortality which was provided by the witch Circe.[36] Magical * Knowledge of low-level sorceries learned in the Underworld including: o Self-Transmogrification, using the phrase "Punji Baal T'Alemi Dar Baharin" to change into another person/creature and then saying the spell backward to return to her true form. This requires a lot of one's life force energy.[37] o Spell Reversal, which she used to transform demonically transformed were-creatures back into their human forms.[17] o Demonic Sensing, allowing her to know when a demon is masking their appearance as that of a human.[17] Weapons * While wearing the Gauntlet of Atlas Artemis' strength is increased 10 times her normal level.[38] * Using the Sandals of Hermes Artemis possesses the ability to fly and run at high speeds.[39] * The Armor of Shim'Tar provides limited invulnerability. [Edited 3/13/09 16:15pm] excuse me, but did you not see the mohawk? the leather?  no biggie as a life long fan of Myths especially greecoroman there is nothing more cool than Wonder Woman You CANNOT use the name of God, or religion, to justify acts of violence, to hurt, to hate, to discriminate- Madonna
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errant said: SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said: :BRACELETS: :LASSO: :INVISIBLEPLANE:
she's almost as useless as Aquaman Nothing will ever break my fantasy of myself as Wonder Woman!  2010: Healing the Wounds of the Past.... http://prince.org/msg/8/325740 | |
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i'm a big fan of the 70s wonder woman comics when diana prince gave up her powers and started dressing like kier kirby. | |
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errant said: SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said: :BRACELETS: :LASSO: :INVISIBLEPLANE:
she's almost as useless as Aquaman She can fly, has superstrength, talks to animals, and a brilliant mind. what more do you need? You CANNOT use the name of God, or religion, to justify acts of violence, to hurt, to hate, to discriminate- Madonna
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Anxiety said: i'm a big fan of the 70s wonder woman comics when diana prince gave up her powers and started dressing like kier kirby.
As in Lady Miss  2010: Healing the Wounds of the Past.... http://prince.org/msg/8/325740 | |
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ehuffnsd said: errant said: excuse me, but did you not see the mohawk? the leather? no biggie as a life long fan of Myths especially greecoroman there is nothing more cool than Wonder Woman as a life-long fan of kick ass black chicks wearing leather with a white mohawk, i have to go with Storm | |
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Anxiety said: i'm a big fan of the 70s wonder woman comics when diana prince gave up her powers and started dressing like kier kirby.
i'm watching the extras on the Wonder Woman DVD and they are talking about what mistake it was to have her like that and it wasn't unitl GLoria Stienm put her on the cover of Ms Magazine that DC decided to put back in her old role You CANNOT use the name of God, or religion, to justify acts of violence, to hurt, to hate, to discriminate- Madonna
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SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said: Anxiety said: i'm a big fan of the 70s wonder woman comics when diana prince gave up her powers and started dressing like kier kirby.
As in Lady Miss 
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ehuffnsd said: Anxiety said: i'm a big fan of the 70s wonder woman comics when diana prince gave up her powers and started dressing like kier kirby.
i'm watching the extras on the Wonder Woman DVD and they are talking about what mistake it was to have her like that and it wasn't unitl GLoria Stienm put her on the cover of Ms Magazine that DC decided to put back in her old role oh, it was a total mistake but it was a beautifully executed mistake. | |
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Anxiety said: ehuffnsd said: i'm watching the extras on the Wonder Woman DVD and they are talking about what mistake it was to have her like that and it wasn't unitl GLoria Stienm put her on the cover of Ms Magazine that DC decided to put back in her old role oh, it was a total mistake but it was a beautifully executed mistake. i don't like it at all. when it was time for me to pick up DC it was right after the first Crisis on Infinite Earths and the reboot of WW, i couldn't get into the old stuff. You CANNOT use the name of God, or religion, to justify acts of violence, to hurt, to hate, to discriminate- Madonna
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ehuffnsd said: Anxiety said: oh, it was a total mistake but it was a beautifully executed mistake. i don't like it at all. when it was time for me to pick up DC it was right after the first Crisis on Infinite Earths and the reboot of WW, i couldn't get into the old stuff. ah. i like the look of their early-mid '70s comics to begin with, so i was an easy sell. | |
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Anxiety said: ehuffnsd said: i don't like it at all. when it was time for me to pick up DC it was right after the first Crisis on Infinite Earths and the reboot of WW, i couldn't get into the old stuff. ah. i like the look of their early-mid '70s comics to begin with, so i was an easy sell. yeah but it took out all of the things that made Diana Wonder Woman You CANNOT use the name of God, or religion, to justify acts of violence, to hurt, to hate, to discriminate- Madonna
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ehuffnsd said: Anxiety said: ah. i like the look of their early-mid '70s comics to begin with, so i was an easy sell. yeah but it took out all of the things that made Diana Wonder Woman not completely. but i will agree that it went on a few issues too long. | |
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Both DC and Marvel have been cranking up the powers of too many of their best characters to the point where they're effectively all godlike. How BORING! Where's the drama in invulnerability?
That said, in their original iterations, I think Storm would have blasted WW into little chunks of smoldering Amazon flesh. Ororo's near-divinity with regard to the elements had been flirted with since day one, with her weather-controlling ability simply being either the key manifestation of it or a separate mutant ability on top of it altogether. Diana, on the other hand, wasn't initially meant to be anything near a Greek goddess, but rather just an exceptional member of an exceptional race of Amazons, gifted by the Olympians with enhanced traits. Sure, she was extraordinarily smart, moral, physically adept, empathic, in tuned with nature... powerful in the sense of the idealized female -- but she wasn't depths-of-space- or warp-core-explosion-surviving powerful.  Nowadays, the fight might be too close to call.
Part of the problem, I think, is that Marvel has always executed its suspension of disbelief with a bit more forethought. I mean, as a kid I thought Marvel Universe's explanations of powers, genetic mutations, alternate realities, etc. read like Stephen Hawking!  It was AWESOME! DC has always struck me first as a a teller of absurd modern-day fairy tales, only later backpeddling (a la Crisis on Infinite Earth) to flesh out the metaphysics and continuity of their ridiculous universe (and to make their characters more impressive) in the wake of Marvel's kicking their butts.[Edited 3/13/09 19:38pm] Ὅσον ζῇς φαίνου
μηδὲν ὅλως σὺ λυποῦ πρὸς ὀλίγον ἐστὶ τὸ ζῆν τὸ τέλος ὁ χρόνος ἀπαιτεῖ.” | |
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I'll only add...
As a gay man, I LOVE both Wonder Woman and Storm. I think it's in the contract.Ὅσον ζῇς φαίνου
μηδὲν ὅλως σὺ λυποῦ πρὸς ὀλίγον ἐστὶ τὸ ζῆν τὸ τέλος ὁ χρόνος ἀπαιτεῖ.” | |
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Lammastide said: Both DC and Marvel have been cranking up the powers of too many of their best characters to the point where they're effectively all godlike. How BORING! Where's the drama in invulnerability?
That said, in their original iterations, I think Storm would have blasted WW into little chunks of smoldering Amazon flesh. Ororo's near-divinity with regard to the elements had been flirted with since day one, with her weather-controlling ability simply being either the key manifestation of it or a separate mutant ability on top of it altogether. Diana, on the other hand, wasn't initially meant to be anything near a Greek goddess, but rather just an exceptional member of an exceptional race of Amazons, gifted by the Olympians with enhanced traits. Sure, she was extraordinarily smart, moral, physically adept, empathic, in tuned with nature... powerful in the sense of the idealized female -- but she wasn't depths-of-space- or warp-core-explosion-surviving powerful. Nowadays, the fight might be too close to call.
Part of the problem, I think, is that Marvel has always executed its suspension of disbelief with a bit more forethought. I mean, as a kid I thought Marvel Universe's explanations of powers, genetic mutations, alternate realities, etc. read like Stephen Hawking! It was AWESOME! DC has always struck me first as a a teller of absurd modern-day fairy tales, only later backpeddling (a la Crisis on Infinite Earth) to flesh out the metaphysics and continuity of their ridiculous universe (and to make their characters more impressive) in the wake of Marvel's kicking their butts.
[Edited 3/13/09 19:27pm]  maybe a better matchup would be Jean Grey/Phoenix vs. Storm | |
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coolcat said: Lammastide said: Both DC and Marvel have been cranking up the powers of too many of their best characters to the point where they're effectively all godlike. How BORING! Where's the drama in invulnerability?
That said, in their original iterations, I think Storm would have blasted WW into little chunks of smoldering Amazon flesh. Ororo's near-divinity with regard to the elements had been flirted with since day one, with her weather-controlling ability simply being either the key manifestation of it or a separate mutant ability on top of it altogether. Diana, on the other hand, wasn't initially meant to be anything near a Greek goddess, but rather just an exceptional member of an exceptional race of Amazons, gifted by the Olympians with enhanced traits. Sure, she was extraordinarily smart, moral, physically adept, empathic, in tuned with nature... powerful in the sense of the idealized female -- but she wasn't depths-of-space- or warp-core-explosion-surviving powerful. Nowadays, the fight might be too close to call.
Part of the problem, I think, is that Marvel has always executed its suspension of disbelief with a bit more forethought. I mean, as a kid I thought Marvel Universe's explanations of powers, genetic mutations, alternate realities, etc. read like Stephen Hawking! It was AWESOME! DC has always struck me first as a a teller of absurd modern-day fairy tales, only later backpeddling (a la Crisis on Infinite Earth) to flesh out the metaphysics and continuity of their ridiculous universe (and to make their characters more impressive) in the wake of Marvel's kicking their butts.
[Edited 3/13/09 19:27pm] maybe a better matchup would be Jean Grey/Phoenix vs. StormNow if THAT ever happened, I think Storm would be confetti. Ὅσον ζῇς φαίνου
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Lammastide said: coolcat said: maybe a better matchup would be Jean Grey/Phoenix vs. StormNow if THAT ever happened, I think Storm would be confetti. I get confused with all the different levels of power... | |
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Anxiety said: 
meanwhile, mohawk storm was just every shade of bad-ass.  That is BEAUTIFUL! I'd wear a T-shirt of this.... and since high school, I ain't been one to wear graphic Ts.[Edited 3/13/09 19:48pm] Ὅσον ζῇς φαίνου
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coolcat said: Lammastide said: Now if THAT ever happened, I think Storm would be confetti. I get confused with all the different levels of power... It's easy to get lost nowadays. I've not been reading the books for awhile, so maybe Marvel has gradually inched Storm's power level up to the point where she'd give Jean a run for her money. (She's possibly an Omega-level mutant now. ) Back in the day, though, Jean Grey had been the only non-Elemental I'm aware of who could tap into the very creative/destructive force of the universe itself.  She was NOTHING to play with.Ὅσον ζῇς φαίνου
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JerseyKRS said: Wonder Woman, hands down.
But She-Hulk or the Scarlett Witch would totally kick her ass on any day of the week.  Storm would beat Wonder Woman. Storm can use her powers at a distance and can deprive Wonder Woman the use of the same. Storm doesn't have to resort to brawling Wonder Woman would smash Scarlet. Wonder Woman would not the teeth out her mouth as soon as she tried to speak. I don't want you to think like me. I just want you to think. | |
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Anxiety said:
meanwhile, mohawk storm was just every shade of bad-ass.
that's cool as hell! Prince, in you I found a kindred spirit...Rest In Paradise. | |
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Storm...hands down...
...although the allure of a tribe of Amazon women who are hot as hell AND can whip your punk ass is a serious turn on, I gotta go with an African weather goddess... sorry...
He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.
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reneGade20 said: Storm...hands down...
...although the allure of a tribe of Amazon women who are hot as hell AND can whip your punk ass is a serious turn on, I gotta go with an African weather goddess... sorry...
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Anxiety said:
meanwhile, mohawk storm was just every shade of bad-ass. I love that! She would definitely put a stomping on Miss Amazon Princess. I don't want you to think like me. I just want you to think. | |
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ehuffnsd said: errant said:
she's almost as useless as Aquaman She can fly, has superstrength, talks to animals, and a brilliant mind. what more do you need? Except for flying (although they tried that too) . . . sounds like . . . Aquaman. I don't want you to think like me. I just want you to think. | |
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Lammastide said: I'll only add...
As a gay man, I LOVE both Wonder Woman and Storm. I think it's in the contract.I'm definitely a Storm fan, not so much the Amazon. But then I've also been called "the straightest gay man" by more than a few people. (Whatever that's supposed to mean . . .) I don't want you to think like me. I just want you to think. | |
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i have no idea but i love both of them!
i would love to see them fight though, it'd be really cool | |
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SUPRMAN said: Lammastide said: I'll only add...
As a gay man, I LOVE both Wonder Woman and Storm. I think it's in the contract.I'm definitely a Storm fan, not so much the Amazon. But then I've also been called "the straightest gay man" by more than a few people. (Whatever that's supposed to mean . . .) You are rare bird. Every gay man I know at least used to LOVE Wonder Woman! Ὅσον ζῇς φαίνου
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