Saturday, July 21, 2007

The Witch and the Warrior, Part 2: Girl Frenzy


WONDER WOMAN Vol. 2 #175
December 2001
With the male heroes of the DCU having been turned into animals by Circe, the female heroes must work to save their male counterparts from the villains that Circe has set loose. As we see the entire female hero/villain population of the DCU running around in this issue, we look in on Wonder Woman, who discovers she has an even bigger threat to face, as she finds herself up against Superman, who has been turned into a raging brute thanks to Circe's spell. As these two big guns of the DCU duke it out, we see the battle is hampered by the fact that Diana is continually trying to reason with Superman, and as such she is leaving herself open to attack far too often. Meanwhile, Lex Luthor is busy proving himself to be a bad captive, as he is able to turn the tables on Circe, by taking Lyta captive, and threatens to kill his young hostage if Circe does make him human again. Back with the Superman/Wonder Woman battle, we see it's brought to an end when Diana gets Superman inside her magic lasso, and the rest of the crisis is resolved with an exceptional ease.
Villains: Circe, Axis, Azure (an alleged incarnation of Huitzilopochtli), Body Doubles, Breathtaker, Chain Lightning, Cheetah III, Cheshire (next in Titans #34), Cybercat, Dervish, Death-Doll, Demolitia, Double Dare, Elemental Woman, Gemeni, Giganta, Godiva II, Gorgeous Gilly, Harpi, Hazard, Hope, Mercy, Hyena, Jewelee, Jinx, Killer Frost II, Knockout, Lady Shiva, Lady Vic, Magpie, Magenta, Mongal, Ms. Mesmer, Mustang Sally, New-Wave, Nightfall, Nox, Penny Dreadful, Poison Ivy, Rosie, Scirocco, Shiv, Sickle, Silver Banshee, Silver Swan II, Strangle-Hold Sylph, Tao Jones, Ten, Tigress II, Touch' N' Go, Trinity, Twister, Velvet Tiger, Vicki Grant, Vicious & Pistolera (as the Ravens), White Rabbit, Bolt, Doctor Light III, Joker, Lex Luthr, Mirror Master, Ocean Master

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