Big Barda vs. Knockout!

[xdoop.insanejournal.com]

This is from Birds of Prey #104, #106, and #107. It's written by Gail Simone and illustrated by Nicola Scott.

In #104...




Then, in Birds of Prey #106...




















And, in #107...






And finally...

Comments

[darklorelei.insanejournal.com]

...Your vagina is haunted!

Sorry, Pavlovian response.

[omgwtflolbbqbye.insanejournal.com]

Badass.

I never cared much for Barda till now.

[sailorlibra.insanejournal.com]

Really? 'Cause she's always like this, pretty much.

[minarho1.insanejournal.com]

Barda is the best! My second favorite superhero ever.

[foxhack.insanejournal.com]

My god do I HATE that cover. Look at Barda's boobs, that looks PAINFUL.

[(Anonymous)]

On Apokolips, they relish such pain.

[manofbats.insanejournal.com]

She's not even wearing that costume inside the comic.

[xdoop.insanejournal.com]

No, but she wore it in an earlier issue.

[foxhack.insanejournal.com]

Yeah, so?

I'm not allowed to bitch about the costume now? :P

[manofbats.insanejournal.com]

No, I was agreeing with you about the cover by pointing out another flaw.

[ghosty732.insanejournal.com]

I love the cover despite the random cleavage. It would be a perfect cover if it weren't for that, but it's still very nice.

[mari_redstar.insanejournal.com]

That's a lot like what my breasts look like when I'm wearing a badly-fitting push-up bra. ...I try not to let that happen, because, you know, it looks stupid, but it does happen.

Why Barda is wearing a badly-fitting push-up bra, and where the chestplate of her armor went, is another question entirely. Wacky misunderstanding about traditional Earth battle-gear combined with an unexpected fight with the amazing Instant Rust Woman?

[foxhack.insanejournal.com]

It actually looks like the chestplate is too small for her uh, breasts. So they get pushed inwards and spill over the top. That's why I don't like it.

[goodfellow_puck.insanejournal.com]

How does Knockout fight with such tiny hands and broken wrist...?

[teekoness.insanejournal.com]

Well as for the broken wrist that I can explain. I knew an actor/acrobat who broke his arm in a stunt during a play's performance and continued the rest of the play like that.

[manofbats.insanejournal.com]

*sigh* I miss Barda and Knockout and I miss Gail's Birds.

[red_cyclone.insanejournal.com]

Me too, but now I really feel like rereading lots of BOP, hopefully that will help

[bluefall.insanejournal.com]

I like that she says the line about sex within earshot of Scandal. Who apparently is not at all perturbed by ending up on the losing end of the comparison.

[manofbats.insanejournal.com]

I always imagined sparring was foreplay for those two.

[shanejayell.insanejournal.com]

I'm glad I own these issues. :)

[bean_montag.insanejournal.com]

Damn, check out those guns!

*insert slightly dated Michelle Obama arm reference here*

[thebigapricot.insanejournal.com]

Man, Nicola drew a beautiful Barda. And this was an awesome fight. Knockout was on her way to start it up again when she was killed.

[box_in_the_box.insanejournal.com]

Really? Because I HATED how she drew both Barda and Knockout. They both looked so ... SKINNY.

[sailorlibra.insanejournal.com]

I know, right? Barda weighs frickin' 260 pounds. She's a wall of curves and muscles and awesomeness. Nicola Scott's Barda is pretty, but not really Barda.

[busterella.insanejournal.com]

This this this.

[bluefall.insanejournal.com]

Funny, though, her Knockout's about right. I think maybe it's the armor? Both of their costumes are basically painted on, which makes sense for Kay's leotard thing but on Barda's obviously inch-thick armor makes her look even more undersized - she actually looks fragile to me here, which is weird even for Scott's typically svelte style.

[toasty_fresh.insanejournal.com]

That was, like, my first thought! Her calves are skinnier than mine, for chrissakes . . .

[box_in_the_box.insanejournal.com]

Seeing DEM ARMS on that cover makes me woefully disappointed by how willowy their arms are in the book itself.

[retro_nouveau.insanejournal.com]

Hee hee! Another treat, my favorite Six incarnation again!

Work that noogie, Harley! Not that I dislike Misfit, I just had a Misfit-Shouldn't-Take-Steph's-place thing for a while.

The only thing I really hate about that cover is the green lips. Love Kay's big hair and big guns!

Tried this last time without much success, here's attempt #2:


retro's List of Everything Better Than Sex:
1. ...

[bluefall.insanejournal.com]

I just had a Misfit-Shouldn't-Take-Steph's-place thing for a while.

Well, Steph has now taken Misfit's, so no worries on that score anymore.

[retro_nouveau.insanejournal.com]

Wait - Steph took Cass' place. :D

And Misfit never really had a place, hence her name. :D

But seriously, I do think Misfit belongs under Babs' wing, if that's what you mean by her place. They should be scouting out a tall, unassuming, abandoned building in Gotham. Steph belongs with Timmy strike>with Cass with Timmy and Cass in purple. Actually, I wonder how they would get along.

[pyrotwilight.insanejournal.com]

And Ragdoll is hugging Manhunter, awwww. :D

[teekoness.insanejournal.com]

Kate looks suitably horrified.

[bashzilla.insanejournal.com]

_{God, I feel so retarded. I saw Hawkgirl sprawled out in the snow and wondered what Swift was doing in a DC title...}

[blakeyrat.insanejournal.com]

"Deserter" is a pretty ineffective taunt. More a statement of fact.

[bluefall.insanejournal.com]

Well, not entirely. A deserter is traditionally a coward who flees battle for fear of getting hurt or killed. Barda's closer to "traitor" or "turncoat," since she's generally stayed in the battle, just on a different side.

[goobalicious.insanejournal.com]

SO. FIERCE.

The world needs more Barda.

[sailorlibra.insanejournal.com]

This is true.

[gailsimone.insanejournal.com]

Barda was not my choice, Dan asked me to put her into the book, but I fell in love with the character pretty hard. People just were really seeming to dig her when they did that whole Fifth World thing, which I have to admit I don't care for at all.

I wasn't sure I wanted her in the book but very quickly she became a favorite.

[kingrockwell]

Man, I don't remember what put me in mind for it (i think i was trying to refresh myself on some things about Helena), but I ended up re-reading this one and Blood and Circuits last week.

I miss Birds, even if I started reading after it was cancelled. :(

[ccsharumun.insanejournal.com]

I always thought Barda's outfit was hideous, but now it looks nothing but baddass and I want to wear it too.

[proteus_lives.insanejournal.com]

Very awesome!

[seriousfic.insanejournal.com]

You know, Knockout's going to be pretty embarrassed when Barda's glove comes off and she sees a wedding ring.

[bluefall.insanejournal.com]

I don't know that Kay's the type to be concerned by a little homewrecking. Except in that it might make her relish the seduction more.

[seriousfic.insanejournal.com]

Yeah, but trying to break up Scott and Barda? Isn't that a bit like trying to get Superman to say "Holy fuck on a shit-stick"?

[unknownscribler.insanejournal.com]

Was Barda's implied multiple rapes that Scott cared nothing about pre- or post-Crisis?

[bluefall.insanejournal.com]

You mean the porn tape stuff? That was post-Crisis. I wouldn't say that Scott didn't care, exactly, I think he did set out to rescue her as soon as he found out.

[unknownscribler.insanejournal.com]

His reaction though was... well out of place from what it should have been, as I recall, and was more about potential indignities suffered by Superman rather than actual harm suffered by his wife.

[lots42.insanejournal.com]

Foreplay? Okay, we've gone far, far past subtext and it is completely awesome. But then again, Barda has always been awesome.