I remember seeing an ethical analysis of noncooperation which pointed this out. It worked great against the British, but would have failed — quickly — against the Nazis. As always, knowing your opponent is key to choosing strategy.

You’re right that there are few, but there are definitely some that argue ‘passive-resistance’ is the proper response in any situation. Gandhi, for example. Of course, the problem with passive resistance is it only works if those you are ‘fighting’ have a moral code which makes them feel guilty if they kill someone who isn’t fighting back.

George Perez (not forgetting Greg Potter, Len Wein and Karen Berger) brought sales to the table, but thankfully, along with the interest in his art came fans who cared about the character, her supporting cast and her adventures from month to month. Mr. Perez has stated numerous times (the latest in one of his introductions for the tpbs collecting his run on the book) that he felt sorry for WW and the lack of interest in her book. he came in and saved her from a reintroduction drenched in violence and victimization. but the series, over the years, has basically ended up in the mire Perez avoided.

it really seems that DC doesn’t know what to do with WW. so now, they’ve assigned an artist with a reputation for t&a (and that will certainly please a lot of people…no judgement!) and no writer seems to want to take the plunge. makes me sad. way back in the day, i used to recommend WW to fledgling readers and female readers as an adventure comic with a difference. i haven’t been able to really recommend it in a long time and now, it seems the only real difference from, say, Superman, will be the breast-spillage overtop her bodice. sigh.

sorry for the long rant. i’m just belatedly mourning the loss of an icon. thanks for the opportunity.
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Thye just look so goofy looking that I can’t take them seriously. The computer bit in IC #3 just seemed like a riff on the evil Hal computer part of the 2001 movie.

James, the OMACs are transformed civilians, apparently, not robots.

I agree with you in the “only one” thing on Superman and Wonder Woman thing doesn’t work for long. Both characters are hard to write solo, but having someone else that they can “inspire” or watch over is a an easy plot.

I can enjoy the continuity stuff as well, though often I haven’t read the right comics so miss out.

My big beef is when they start doing the “Everything was planned!” stuff. Me I’d rather say that the wishy washy Superman was bad writing, not some plan.

Because to me when you build your house with bad material, it isn’t going to stand up very well.

That’s the big problem with these more “sophisticated” storylines. It’s one thing to adopt a naive “no-kill” morality when you’re writing stories for children; not that I approve of lying to children, but there’s definitely a time to establish a moral horror of killing that should inform even an adult’s view of the world. When the writers get tired of this and decide to take on (with much fanfare) more “adult” approaches, they end up with stupid moral arguments that, when looked at as “adult” approaches, are almost unbearably dumb. There are very few moralists in any serious Earth philosophy or religion that would have denied the Amazons the right to effective self-defense.