Big Barda

Nine Unbeatable All-Lady Justice League Line-Ups
Nine Unbeatable All-Lady Justice League Line-Ups
Nine Unbeatable All-Lady Justice League Line-Ups
If you spend as much time thinking about comics as I do, you probably find yourself creating hypothetical-based thought experiments about super-team line-ups and such. Usually I only share them with Chris Sims, who then goes on to turn them into an Ask Chris and get paid for my idea. [cough] But a few weeks ago, I took to Twitter to ask people who they would recruit for an all-female, seven-member Justice League. The response at the time was great, with lots of interesting variation in potential team rosters, but then the idea got a bump again when artists started posting drawings of their ideal Justice Ladies teams on Twitter and Tumblr. I've collected nine such line-ups, including my own, which kicked everything off, but you can check my Twitter feed to see all the responses I received.
Ramon Perez Pitched A 'Mister Miracle & Big Barda' Series
Ramon Perez Pitched A 'Mister Miracle & Big Barda' Series
Ramon Perez Pitched A 'Mister Miracle & Big Barda' Series
Of all the characters that Jack Kirby created for DC Comics in the 1970s, a roster that includes OMAC and the Demon, the ones that have always resonated the most with readers are undoubtedly Mister Miracle and Big Barda. The story of a super-escape artist who fled an oppressive planet rather than be changed into something he wasn't, and a fierce warrior who overcame her brutal conditioning and learned to love, and how they conquered evil is, one of the most compelling things Kirby created in a long and unmatched career in superhero comics, and it's been a favorite of subsequent creators over the past 40 years too. One such creator is Ramón Pérez, the Eisner-winning cartoonist of Jim Henson's Tale of Sand, who revealed on Twitter this week that he pitched a Mister Miracle and Big Barda series that "died because of the New 52." Truly, we are living in a fallen world, but the good news is that you can at least check out a sample of Pérez's work.
Ask Chris #138: Ladies Night For the JLA
Ask Chris #138: Ladies Night For the JLA
Ask Chris #138: Ladies Night For the JLA
Over a lifetime of reading comics, Senior Writer Chris Sims has developed an inexhaustible arsenal of facts and opinions. That's why, each and every week, we turn to you to put his comics culture knowledge to the test as he responds to your reader questions...
Bizarro Back Issues: The Superman Sex Tape (1987)
Bizarro Back Issues: The Superman Sex Tape (1987)
Bizarro Back Issues: The Superman Sex Tape (1987)
As we move towards Valentine's Day, our thoughts here at ComicsAlliance naturally turn to Superman. He has, after all, been at the center of one of the greatest romances in the history of comics. His love for Lois Lane is beautiful on so many levels, centered on the idea that that the most powerful person in the universe falls in love with someone defined by her wit and determination. Even at the
15 Comic Book Babes Who Could Kick Your Ass
15 Comic Book Babes Who Could Kick Your Ass
15 Comic Book Babes Who Could Kick Your Ass
There are a lot of pretty faces in comics, but the ladies who can pretty much wipe the floor with anyone who gets in their way are the ones who really win our hearts. Chris Sims of The Invincible Super-Blog returns to ComicsAlliance with a gallery of 15 comic book knockouts you'd never want to meet in a dark alley, no matter how intriguing that sounds...