Topic: What if Superboy had joined the Teen Titans?
Eryk Davis Ester
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Wonder Girl joined, despite "officially" being a teen-aged Wonder Woman at the time. Would this have forced DC to re-explain Superboy decades earlier, thus avoiding the Byrne-era wiping out of him from the mythos, and associated ramifications for the Legion?
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Eryk Davis Ester
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The answer is "Yes!"
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It would have meant: good luck finding something for Robin, Speedy and Aqualad to do!
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Eryk Davis Ester
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Nonsense! Everyone know that in the Silver Age green kryptonite was readily available, even to biker gangs!
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Mad Mod would have had a Kryptonite necklace, for sure!
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Eryk Davis Ester
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Of course, no doubt the explanation for Superboy would've been that he was yet another survivor of Krypton, thus necessitating a massive retcon of his history post-Crisis anyway!
Ala Donna Troy!
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quote:Originally posted by Eryk Davis Ester: Wonder Girl joined, despite "officially" being a teen-aged Wonder Woman at the time. Would this have forced DC to re-explain Superboy decades earlier, thus avoiding the Byrne-era wiping out of him from the mythos, and associated ramifications for the Legion?
Wonder Girl was originally a teen-aged Diana? Really?
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Eryk Davis Ester
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Yep!
Originally Wonder Woman, Wonder Girl, and Wonder Tot were all the same character at different stages of development!
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So how could she interact with Robin, Speedy, etc.? And when did she become a separate character/Donna Troy?
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Eryk Davis Ester
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Short answer: Bob Haney apparently didn't realize she wasn't a seperate character when he created the Teen Titans!
Eventually, somebody figured out there was a problem with her teenage self appearing alongside her fellow JLAers sidekicks, which led to the classic TT #22, "Who is Wonder Girl?", which straightened out her continuity!
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That "somebody" was a young Marv Wolfman! In fact, its often cited as the first time a comic book fan became a pro and took the liberty to 'fix' some of the major blunders the creators had done by not paying to continuity.
But yeah, Eryk is right! All those Wonder Girl stories in Wonder Woman in the Silver Age were starring a teenage Diana--even when she teamed up with herself! Thank crazy ol' Robert Kanigher, who loved that sort of off the wall stuff.
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Did you mean he didn't realize she wasn't a separate character? Was that a classic Teen Titans story (as opposed to "Who is Donna Troy?" New Teen Titans story)?
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The Teen Titans writer originally had no idea that the Wonder Girl in Wonder Woman's comic was not a seperate character. He believed she was, while Wonder Woman fans all knew Wonder Girl = teenage Wonder Woman.
This last for a few YEARS. That really happenned.
Eventually in Teen Titans #22, the very first "Who is Wonder Girl?" story, they addressed it and fixed it by officially revealing this Wonder Girl was in fact Donna Troy (though the earlier writer never intended for that). That means the first 21 TT issues had a Wonder Girl whose name was not Donna Troy (but it was then retconned in).
It's why Donna's history has always been so screwy.
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Eryk Davis Ester
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quote:Originally posted by Officer Taylor: Did you mean he didn't realize she wasn't a separate character? )?
Yep! Just fixed it!
quote:Originally posted by Officer Taylor: Was that a classic Teen Titans story (as opposed to "Who is Donna Troy?" New Teen Titans story)?
Yeah, "Who is Donna Troy?" builds upon her original origin story in TT #22!
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