JSA Annual 1 2008

[aeka]

Power Girl returns to post-Crisis Earth-2, only to notice a few considerable differences. One them involves her long lost best friend, Helena Wayne/Huntress, who doesn't seem well...herself lately.

14 pages out of 40






Somewhere in between swinging on rooftops and finding her way back to JSI, Helena Wayne!Huntress runs into her old friend, Power Girl, who crash-lands back on Earth-2 after a fight with Gog on New Earth. Needless to say Huntress is both surprised, shocked, and happy to see that her best friend is Back.

While waiting on her friend who's being attended to at JSI headquarters, Huntress runs into Earth-2 Dick/Robin who sort of tells him what's on her mind.



Power Girl wakes up and gets reacquainted with post-Crisis Earth-2 JSA (which she finds out is now called JSI, a merger between JSA and Infinity, Inc). She's still, however, feeling rather disoriented by the turn of events and wishes to get back in touch with her JLA mates back on New Earth. She finds her old apartment just as it used to be, but can't seem to sleep. So she catches up with Huntress and have a bit of pep talk.













(Joker is a fan of WATCHMEN? I approve! ♥)

And of course, Helena and Joker's desire to kill one another is exclusively mutual. Maybe Wayne could learn a thing or two from Bertinelli on how to effectively kill someone...no need. Power Girl takes the blow for her.





More cozy d'awwww moments between Huntress and Power Girl. (Really shipping them here ♥).







And of course, this super d'awwww scene gets ruined by the presence of another Power Girl who recognises this version of the Huntress. Needless to say both Huntress and Power Girl 2 gang up on the original, but that's a story for another day.

Comments

[chocochuy]

Funny, because once I read Crisis on Infinite Earths, I have loved the idea of shipping Dick Grayson (from Earth 2, of course) with Helena Wayne. It may seem "wrong" because Dick is Bruce's adopted son but he isn't related by blood to Helena. There is always a chance for them to be together considering that both of them have suffered their own tragedies and they helped each other once they realized they were apocryphal.



If I had a lot of money then I would ask George Pérez (or Jerry Ordway) to draw this particular couple.

[aeka]

I don't think I've seen this one. What story is this scan from?

[chocochuy]

That scan was taken from Crisis on Infinite Earths # 11 and it was done by George Pérez. It's supposed to represent that Helena Wayne and Dick Grayson (from Earth 2) are not longer part of the DC Universe because they have been replaced by other characters and their existence is now apocryphal.

[aeka]

I see. I should make it a point to read Crisis on Infinite Earths sometime. All I knew is that they were both killed and erased from continuity; I didn't realise there was as scene where both Dick and Helena acknowledged their status of being apocryphal. Wow, that just makes things that much more sad and tragic. :(

[icon_uk]

E-2 Dick also mentions earlier in the issue that he's done some research and found that Dick Grayson is 20 years old and living in Manhattan, so whilst Helena Wayne doesn't exist, Dick Grayson does, but not as him... I wonder which is the more unsettling.