The Best of Huntress and Power Girl: Justice Society of America #20 Review

Title: Justice Society of America #20
Story: Earth Bound
Characters: Power Girl, Huntress (Helena Wayne), Justice Society, Infinity Inc
Creators: Geoff Johns (writer), Jerry Ordway, Dale Eaglesham (artists)
Publication Date: November 2008
Available In: Print | Digital

Summary: Having learnt that the Earth-2 she landed on and its subsequent inhabitants aren't the same ones she knew prior to the first Crisis many years ago, Power Girl seeks the only man she can think of who can help her get back home: the Earth-2 version of Michael Holt! (JSA #18)

On Earth-2, Michael Holt never became Mister Terrific like his mainstream counterpart and instead makes his living working as a physics professor at a university. His wife, Paula, is also still alive in this universe and pregnant with their first child. Power Girl tells Earth-2 Michael her life's story, namely that she was originally from Earth-2, then Crisis happened, got stranded on the main DCU Earth, and just when she thought she was finally back where she belongs, she was slapped with the reality that this Earth-2 wasn't her home and that she had been replaced. She thinks Michael doesn't believe her, but Michael tells her about his own miracle in the form of still having Paula in his life against all odds. He particularly talked about the terrible car accident Paula was in years ago that left her in a coma for three months, and feeling disillusioned by neurologists' inability to help. At one point he contemplated suicide until he caught another man about to do the same thing, and stopped him from completing the act. He took that man to a church and that man had prayed for him that night. The following day, Paul had woken up, and since then, Michael believed in anything. He therefore decides to help Power Girl. (JSA #19)

The Best of The Huntress: Batman Family #17 Review

Title: Batman Family #17
Story: Horoscopes of Crime
Characters: Huntress (Helena Wayne), Batman, Robin (Dick Grayson), Batgirl, Batwoman (Kathy Kane), Catwoman, Poison Ivy, Madame Zodiac
Creators: Bob Rozakis (writer), Jim Aparo, Don Heck, Bob Wiacek, and Vince Colletta (artists)
Publication Date: April/May 1978
Available In: Print

Summary: The issue opens up with Batman reading about a missing actress in the local newspaper and decides to investigate. Batman notices that she is not the first celebrity to disappear but is the first to be assumed to be a victim of a crime. Along the way, Batman encounters a disfigured woman whom he mistakes for the missing actress he read about in the newspaper. During his interaction with her, he notices that she is remarkably strong and that his hitting her has no effect on her whatsoever. A man with his face concealed eventually shows up to take the woman. Batman wants to see his face to know who he's talking to, but the man declines his request stating that he prefers to conceal is own disfigurement.

Worlds' Finest #10 Preview

WORLDS' FINEST #10
Written by PAUL LEVITZ
Art by KEVIN MAGUIRE
Cover by KEVIN MAGUIRE
After being attacked by a group connected to the missing Mr. Terrific, Power Girl and Huntress take the fight to Holt Industries, where they make a shocking discovery.
MARCH 06 | RATED T | $2.99 | PRINT | DIGITAL

Worlds' Finest #9 Preview

WORLDS' FINEST #9
Written by PAUL LEVITZ
Art by GEORGE PÉREZ, CAFU, YILDIRAY CINAR
Cover by BARRY KITSON
Power Girl and a wounded Huntress are attacked on Power Girl's island headquarters by a mysterious and deadly new group of villains! What do the villains have to do with the missing Michael Holt and the radioactive monster known as Hakkou?
FEBRUARY 06 | RATED T | $2.99 | PRINT | DIGITAL

Worlds' Finest #8 Preview

WORLDS' FINEST #8
Written by PAUL LEVITZ
Art by GEORGE PÉREZ, CAFU, CLIFF RICHARDS
Cover by KEVIN MAGUIRE
Power Girl and Huntress have been searching for a connection to their world, Earth 2, for years, but now they've kicked a hornet's nest of trouble - and the hunters become the hunted!
JANUARY 09 | RATED T | $2.99 | PRINT | DIGITAL

The Best of Huntress and Power Girl: Justice Society of America Annual #1 Review

Title: Justice Society of America Annual #1
Story: Earth-2: Golden Age/The Hunted
Characters: Huntress (Helena Wayne), Power Girl
Creators: Geoff Johns (writer), Jerry Ordway (artist)
Publication Date: July 2008
Available In: Print | Digital

Summary: The first half of the JSA Annual opens up on the parallel world of Earth-2 with a distraught Helena Wayne ruminating over the tragedies she had endured as a consequence of being both the Huntress and her father's daughter. More specifically, she has noticed a consistent pattern in which the Joker and various other villains had been systematically attacking the people in her life in response to their own mortality and out of a strong desire to keep their legacy alive in some way. The more recent of these tragedies was the disfiguring of Helena's boyfriend (fellow DA Harry Sims) by the Joker in an attempt to create a new Two-Face. It is at this point that Helena makes the decision to kill the Earth-2 Joker once and for all before he continues to destroy more lives.

The Best of the Huntress in 2012

One more last post for 2012 before it goes away for good on my end! The Top 10 Helena Wayne panels of 2012!

Some of these will be from 2011, but whatevs! Helena Wayne wasn’t around long enough in 2011 to make one of these then.

And on with it!

10. Kicking pimps around in her nightie (Huntress #1) 

The Best of The Huntress: The Brave and the Bold #184 Review

Title: The Brave and the Bold #184
Story: The Batman's Last Christmas
Characters: Huntress (Helena Wayne), Batman
Creators: Mike W. Barr (writer), Jim Aparo (artist)
Publication Date: March 1982
Available In: Print

Summary: The story opens with Batman doing the Father Christmas gig by anonymously dropping off some toys at a local orphanage, which brings smiles to the children residing there. Meanwhile, in another part of Gotham, Commissioner Gordon waits alongside the Bat-signal for Batman to arrive. His officer is sceptical of the likelihood of his showing up that night and is quickly silenced by Batman's timely arrival.

Once inside, the commissioner informs Batman of the high chance he'll be released of his position by the newly elected mayor, Hamilton Hill. Batman reassures him that he has nothing to worry about as he has outlived worse administrations before. Gordon then informs Batman of some stolen records that were supposed to be turned over to the police by an unnamed accountant, and has named local crime boss, "Spurs" Sanders, as the perpetrator. Batman goes out in search of the gunsel who retrieved the records for Sanders and tracks down a man in a Santa suit.

Worlds' Finest #7 Preview

WORLDS' FINEST #7
Written by PAUL LEVITZ
Art by GEORGE PÉREZ, KEVIN MAGUIRE
Cover by KEVIN MAGUIRE
Robin begrudgingly helps Huntress track down the threat to Wayne Enterprises, but little do they realize that threat is actually tracking them! Meanwhile, Power Girl continues to explore the connection between Earth 2, Apokolips and this Earth.
DECEMBER 05 | RATED T | $2.99 | PRINT | DIGITAL

Worlds' Finest #6 Preview

WORLDS' FINEST #6
Written by PAUL LEVITZ
Art by GEORGE PÉREZ, KEVIN MAGUIRE
Cover by KEVIN MAGUIRE
What happens when Huntress meets Damian? The same thing that happens when anyone meets Damian: a massive fight!
NOVEMBER 07 | RATED T | $2.99 | PRINT | DIGITAL