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We definitely need more stories with Lyssa Drak, including a Lydea Mallor-Lyssa Drak battle. I wonder if Lydea's still around somewhere in the DCU.
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Sweet! I like those Ordway pages they almost have a Gil Kane look.
So she's Talokian and she can see into Shadow but is she a Shadow caster? She's certainly scary enough, I can see why you guys like her. She has some serious potential to become one of those really really frightening bad guys we love to loathe.
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Lyssa Drak is the reference librarian from Hell. DC seems to have a thing for big books and storytellers - Cain, the Crime Bible, the Book of Parallax - maybe there are others. It's a good framing device and Lyssa is more than just the storyteller.
I could do without the pointy teeth, but that's a minor consideration. Reis upped the ante with the book's chain becoming a weapon itself.
She sees into the darkness of the soul. I wish that had been developed as a power for Tasmia, to give her more of a Jungian cast.
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I just wish she didn't look so much like 70s Tasmia when she's not grinning evilly.
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You have to wonder what it is about Talokian women in the DCU. They are pretty tough, bordering on savage, to varying degrees. Lyssa is at the far end of the spectrum, but Lydea was certainly someone to avoid - even though that was the result of mind tampering, I wonder if there was just something primal in her that was triggered. Lyrissa was tough enough to merit Vril's respect. Various versions of Shadow Lass, particularly Umbra, were more barbarian than your average legionnaire and there was also Lady Memory.
Perhaps there's something in the DC editorial handbook that says if you want a wild woman, make her Talokian. Maybe it's the blue skin, eliciting memories of Celtic warriors.
We haven't seen much of the men - one Starman and one legionnaire wannabe. It seems like a perfect set up for a matriarchal society in the Talok system.
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