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If you haven’t heard the news about Starfire getting a much needed costume update—not to mention her own on-going series by powerhouse team Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti, ofHarley Quinn fame, along with Emanuela Lupacchino—then buckle up because I’m going to break it down for you.
Costume updates are becoming the norm for the Big Two in the past few years, what with the recent influx of reboots and relaunches. Carol Danvers was one of the first to get a notable costume update, shedding her black lightning bolt bathing suit and hip scarf for a colorful and powerful full body suit, as she officially donned the name of Captain Marvel. Other recent costume reboots have included Barbara Gordon’s new Batgirl look under Cameron Stewart and Brenden Fletcher and Jessica Drew’s updated Spider-Woman wear thanks to Kris Anka.
Starfire also received a costume update when she was rebooted with the rest of the DC characters in the New 52 line two years ago.
It was met with less than enthusiasm from fans, especially women. The controversy over her costume inspired a fantasy author Michele Lee to ask her seven-year-old daughter—who was a huge fan of Starfire’s cartoon counterpart—what she thought of her hero’s new look. Needless to say, Lee’s daughter was baffled and bothered by Starfire’s comic book look. Seems DC is consistently getting told by little ladies.
I wanted to take a look at Starfire’s overall costume history and what it says about her character, including her most recent updated look. Starfire’s original, and longest-running, look appeared in George Perez’s New Teen Titan series in the late 80s. Under the pencils of Perez, this look wasn’t especially provocative and emphasizes Starfire’s free and vibrant personality. With a bright color palette of a purple split bathing suit, pupiless green eyes, and literally fiery red hair; everything about Starfire spoke of passion and brightness.
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Our middle school years are ones we either look back on fondly, cringe away from, or hold with some combination of both. For me, the blurry memories of prepubescence are a mix of both, but they also marked my initiation into the world of manga.
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Through the power of Netflix I was recently able to rewatch one of my favorite TV shows of all time, Justice League. The animated DC series—a part of the larger animated universe typically known as the DCAU or DC animated universe—focused on the combined lives of the Justice League members Green Lantern, Hawkgirl, Flash, Martian Manhunter, Wonder Woman, Superman, and Batman.
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There are very few bisexual characters in mainstream media. The few we have are either severely marginalized to the background, offensive stereotypes, or are outright ignored as bisexual characters at all. NBC has a chance now, with their upcoming show Constantine, to expand that list with their title character.
The official trailer for NBC’s upcoming TV show Constantine has been released, sending fans into a tizzy. Reactions have ranged on the mostly positive side, with a few exceptions. You can’t please everyone after all. However expectations are high for the upcoming TV show that appears to stay true to the original comic.Read the full article on TheYoungFolks!
DC’s latest animated movie, Justice League: War, is an adaption of Geoff John and Jim Lee’s Justice League: Origin. The movie, and it’s adapted comic book, tell the origin story of the Justice League for DC’s new 52 line of comics. Think you know these decades old characters? Think again.Read my film review of DC's Justice League: War on Paper Droids!
DC and Warner Bros set the internet ablaze when DC when they announced Gal Gadot (Fast and Furious) had snagged the role of Wonder Woman in the upcoming Batman/Superman movie back in early December.
While fans are excited (if wary) to finally see the Amazonian Princess on the big screen for the first time ever, the decision to include Wonder Woman in a movie with a Batman/Superman title card begs the question: where is Wonder Woman’s own movie?
So we have our question, now where’s our answer? Let’s begin with the first reason why there has yet to be no Wonder Woman solo movie to date.