Big Barda vs. Knockout -- No, the other one

[seriousfic.insanejournal.com]

Way back when, Circe turned all the men into animals, leaving only women to save/destroy the world. As you'd expect, the execution was pretty half-assed, with just a few panels dedicated to each fight between characters before they got back to a "Who's Who" entry and waited for Grant Morrison to decide what zeitgeist they fit. But hey, that doesn't mean a few panels can't be awesome...

Yes, Gail Simone has nothing to worry about, but I do love Scott the Parrot. Both because he's a bird -- even when altered by a magic spell, he still retains that spark of freedom, he's still flying around and probably shitting on Circe's car -- and because Big Barda + Scott the Parrot = PIRATE BARDA.

She'll make you walk the plank. And by plank, she means Mega-Rod. And by walk, she means "get beat about the face and chest."

Comments

[kamino_neko.insanejournal.com]

OK, Scott's a parrot...Captain Atom's some sort of monkey...what the heck is Booster? Looks like a pig head, but that limb is totally not a pig leg...

[leikomgwtfbbq.insanejournal.com]

My immediate thought was Bebop (or Rocksteady?)--the boar-ish minion of Shredder's in the old Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon.

[parsimonia.insanejournal.com]

ALF

[crinosg.insanejournal.com]

IIRC some of the male heroes weren't turned into full animals, some were turned into furries.

Which is arguably a fate worse than death. :P

[darklorelei.insanejournal.com]

Oh man, cracked up at that.

[kamino_neko.insanejournal.com]

HERESY!

[pyrotwilight.insanejournal.com]

Captain Lemur is adorable!

[kingrockwell]

I need Pirate Barda like I need air. STAT!

[thanekos.insanejournal.com]

i love that superman got turned into a doomsday-thing.

because, you know, doomsday is totally a different species.

[kamino_neko.insanejournal.com]

Not a Thought Beast? Rip-off!

[icon_uk.insanejournal.com]

So is Superman when you get down to it.

[gargoylekitty.insanejournal.com]

[thandrak.insanejournal.com]

He looks just like Link from Pigs in Space on the Muppet Show.

[kingrockwell]

Yessssss

[fleur_de_liz.insanejournal.com]

Piggy Booster was bad, but I always thought Ted as a literal bug was even creepier. The compound eyes, man. Gross.

(Ted the giant bug from Countdown: Arena, however? I find him adorable.)

[x5455.insanejournal.com]

And by plank, she means Mega-Rod. And by walk, she means "get beat about the face and chest."

As soon as I read MEGA-ROD, my mind finished the sentence in a completely different way. Thank You again, SD!

[gailsimone.insanejournal.com]

Wow, I missed this somehow...I've never seen it before. Nice art! Is it Jimenez?

And writing the Barda vs. Knockout scene in Bop was one of my favorite things ever. Just a big dumb mean fight. Loved it!

[icon_uk.insanejournal.com]

Yes, it's from his Wonder Woman run. It's a femme-a-palooza of little known and obscure female characters. All the guys get shifted to animal-form, and all the gals either go a hunting, or defending the guys.

Luthor as a spider is grotesque, but works rather well metaphorically.

It's silly, but sort of fun, I'll dig out my copy and see what I can do about showcasing it.

[bariman1987.insanejournal.com]

Doomsdays is distantly Kryptonian anyway, so it sort of makes sense.

[bariman1987.insanejournal.com]

Fantastic!

[seriousfic.insanejournal.com]

And now, as inventor of the concept of Barda the Pirate (BlackBarda?), I feel the need to invent for her a backstory.

Lady Barda: Oh Scott, beloved husband, I have washed my hair and accidentally, yet strategically, ripped my nightgown during fencing duels with the ladies. Are you prepared for marital bliss?

Lord Scott: A witch doctor turned me into a parrot.

Lady Barda: NOT. ON.

Since she didn't trust the British Navy to rescue her beloved from parrotness (they're no Spanish Armada, after all), Barda turned pirate to find a cure for Scott and because it's fun. Truly, no woman before in the annals of history has gone through so much to get laid FOR LOVE.

[gargoylekitty.insanejournal.com]

Fund it!

[psychop_rex.insanejournal.com]

If she's a pirate, who's her crew? And what's the name of the ship? The 'Apokolips 2'?

[zordboy.insanejournal.com]

Is it collected anywhere? I remember wanting to read that storyline at the time, but never got around to.

[seriousfic.insanejournal.com]

The Female Furies are her crew, with Booster Gold and Blue Beetle providing cartographical services. Her ship's named "The Miracle."

[psychop_rex.insanejournal.com]

But the Female Furies hate her...

[seriousfic.insanejournal.com]

She started new teams of Female Furies a few times. If she can do it with lady wrestlers, why not with pirates?

[psychop_rex.insanejournal.com]

Well, fine, if that's just the name of her crew.

[lurkslikefox.insanejournal.com]

The British Navy don't need to be no stinkin' Spanish Armada. We have GOD (and the weather) on our side!