First Born's story arc was thirty-five issues though, and it was really good. That's a respectable stretch.Genocide was in nine issues ever. I've got no idea how she could qualify as an arch-nemesis.Somehow I don't see Grail as one either, but then again I loved the way Azzarello worked in Orion as a Wonder Woman supporting character, so I suppose if a New God was going to be anyone's arch-nemesis it should be Wonder Woman. I'm kind of a New God separatist though, so to me the idea of a new character with one foot in Wonder Woman's world and one foot in Darkseid's world just. Isn't right, to a certain extent.
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Why has the Lasso of Truth stopped working for the Amazon Princess? Start down the rabbit hole as dark secrets from Wonder Woman's past unravel her present! Nov 02, 2017 WONDER WOMAN #34 hits shelves soon, and DC Comics has given ComicsVerse the exclusive preview! Previously in WONDER WOMAN, Grail, the daughter of the notorious supervillain Darkseid, embarked on a journey to kill those with the life of the gods in them.
She has potential but you can't 'make' a character the arch nemesis. It's a gradual process. Lex started out hating Superman because he was made bald by him. The whole humanistic and envy aspect got added later as more writers built Lex up. Really I think of Azz's Luthor, Bryne's Man of Steel, and Waid's Birthright when I think of Modern Lex.Joker was supposed to die in his first appearance. Really it was Miller's DKR and Moore's Killing Joke that cemented Joker as the archnemesis.Cheetah and Circe have both been pushed as Diana's Lex/Joker. Frankly I think Cheetah works better as her Two-Face like what Rucka established in Rebirth.
I've always thought Circe was her arch but if Grail is written well enough I'd be cool seeing her take the top spot. Frankly though WW just needs someone to focus on her villains and develop them. Hasn't DC done this before? I seem to remember each time a writer has come on to the comic that they have an idea for an arch-enemy that rivals Joker or Lex Luthor for Batman or Superman. But those two villains have:A.) Been around for a VERY long time, andB.) Been introduced in the respective solo titles.Grail was introduced during a Justice League story in 2015 and is tied completely to Darkseid and the New Gods, most of whom Superman has a claim to nowadays.
Is this a good direction for DC to be going in with Wonder Woman, disregarding all of the villains who have appeared consistently throughout the book since Marston's creation and instead giving them to a newcomer who is and always will be 'less' than her father?. From all the options, whether it be Circe or Dr. Psycho or potential reboots of old concepts such as Paula Von Gunther or Queen Clea, it's bizarre that they've landed on a Johns OC like Grail of all characters. Diana's got far better picks for an archnemesis type. Heck, Rucka even rebooted Dr.
Cyber in a way that works for the modern era, which is just ripe to be picked up on by writers. Relying on random OC's like this is no different from repeating the problems of the past, where in a creator comes in with a new character they think ought to be the big new villain for Diana, whether it's Gail Simone's Genocide or Azz's First Born or something else. May this attempt go over better than others in the past. Circe is 'too small of a character?'
Please explain this thought process. She hasn't had the best track record in comics history, but she is responsible for the only two Wonder Woman crossovers (War of the Gods and Amazons Attack), and during War of the Gods even Darkseid was a bit scared of what she's capable of. And really, can you think of a female villain in DC more powerful than her?Not that I think she should be Diana's archenemy. She's a big bad, for sure, but I've always felt Cheetah takes the Lex Luthor/Joker role.
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