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September 1980 12th June 1980 Wonder Woman #271 Into Darkness Once More

Countdown to Chaos Wonder Woman #293 Cover Date:  July 1982 Released:   8th April 1982 The first thing here to comment on is this is a Wonder Woman comic so it's her show, though all the other female heroes get something to do, more or less. We however start with our last female heroes to join the quest, Starfire, Wonder Girl and Raven from the Teen Titans. Raven has a major case of the premonitions so they fly off to Paradise Island to get some help from the Amazons. And like any good hero burning a message into a panel so the boys know where they have gone! The one thing that really strikes me looked back is just how tiny Starfires costumes is, more or less a sparkly bikini, especially the back which for some reason we see a lot in this issue. I've nothing against skimpy costumes now and again, but with almost everyone being more dressed and the cheesecake on how it's drawn it really stands out here. Anyway Korri and Donna go to help stop the final horseman on another Ea...

  Seven Against Oblivion  Wonder Woman #292 Cover Date:   July 1982 Released:   8th April 1982 Previously on Wonder Woman a cut-price alien Celestial has come to Earth to render judgment on humanity. Finding us lacking across the multiverse he's using a Disco Ball to summon the Four Horsemen to somehow destroy the Earth(s). Wonder Woman and Zatana stopped famine, but we still have three more to go... All this is summed up nicely on the splash page before Diana and Lois Lane, because obviously, it'd be Lois, have a moment together. And this Lois is pretty amazing sharp and on the ball, but also pretty supportive. Looking into his magic disco ball our alien looks at the options, in some lovely trippy panels, and decides to send Plague to Earth-2. And I got to wonder at this point why this is going on across the multiverse, apart from the fact that Huntress is a backup strip. If we're going to look at Earth's worth destroying for not being up to speck Earth-3 and Earth...

 The problem with sites like Mikes, to balance with my previous gushing, is that you get to know every appearance however bit or small. And as it happens we have two issues where Power Girl gets just a single panel appearance. So here are two examples that helpfully come one after another. Targets on Two Worlds Justice League of America #195 Cover Date:   October 1981 Released:   9th July 1981 Power Girl turns up in the traditional JSA / JLA meeting, with her brushing off the advances of Firestorm (again). It's a shame as the rest of the story is a solid one about villains from Earth-1 and 2 slowly teaming up in a plot to take down the heroes. It's a great looking and solid story, just with no Kara in it.   ⋅   Writers:  Gerry Conway  ⋅   Pencilers:   George Perez   ⋅   ⋅   Inkers:   John R. Beatty  ⋅     Colourists:   Carl Gafford   ⋅   ⋅   Letterers:   Ben Oda   ⋅   Edit...

  A Friend in Need Wonder Woman #276 Cover Date:   February 1981 Released:   13th November 1980 It seems the catch was a little premature as we get a repeat of the catch and the mention of Helena's name, Helena decides to take Sim's home whilst Power Girl decides to check back on the DA's office. Now confession time here, but with little or no real evidence, which is the standard for such things, I get these vibes that Kara is gay or at least bi. It helps that thanks to the format of the comic we haven't really gotten to see any of Kara's private life except with Helena. To my baby shipper brains it looks like Kara is upset that Helena has feelings for Harry. I'm sure that it's not quite what the author had in mind but it's how I like to read it, and you are of cause welcome to read it as just friends being mardy with each other.  Back to the plot and Kara find that Sim seems to be signing the vignette suppression into law, it is obviously the Thinker p...

The Thinking Man's Crime Wonder Woman #275 Cover Date: January 1981 Released:   9th October 1980 We open with the fallout from the last issue with Power Girl and Huntress fighting alongside the cops to help put down the Gotham Crime Wave, on a pretty decent splash page. Indeed as muddy as the scans I have the art in this issue is really good, including lots of good pictures of Kara. We then get Helena taking down the final three goons, it's her comic after all, as they attempt to flee on the last train. We then get classic grumpy Power Girl as the GCPD, as always, act like they did all the hard work and our heroes just helped out. And to prove why the pair are just the best Helena calms Kara down, we even get a pretty subtle exposition dump about Sim wanting to ban supers in Gotham. Talking of we then cut back to the said District Attorney who's meeting with the Thinker, this time in his office, as the villain tries to convince Simms to enact the supers ban. Being a class...

That's me in the corner... The Speaker in the Shadows Wonder Woman #274 Cover Date:  December 1980 Released:  11th September 1980 The great thing about sites like Mike's Amazing world is that you get to find little gems you would have normally missed. Sometimes they're a single panel, like Kara's next JLA appearance, occasionally they're frustratingly difficult to find, like her appearances in Warlord. And occasionally you get something like these Wonder Woman issues. Obstenviously a Helenna team-up comic, as a backup to the main Diana story, only this and one other story (along with a massive cross over with Wonder Woman) contain Kara but boy they are fun little finds. And no despite Helena being a big part of Kara's life I won't be covering the Power Girl less issues. Trust me I've got a lot of Power Girl to cover, including potentially new comics! We open as is right with Power Girl getting angry at someone, thumping the desk of Gothams District Attor...