Comments on: The Huntress: Darknight Daughter

By: Helena Fan

Helena Fan — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:36:45 +0000

“She got her smarts from her dad, which made her an amazing detective, and her style from her mother. She also seemed to be the only second-generation hero whose mother was as important to her development as her father. Most of the child characters only seemed to inherit from Dadâ€¦ even to the point of the reader sometimes not even knowing who the mother was (which is an odd reversal of the real world).”

I love this fact too. Back then, both father and mother were roughly equals that produced a competent, well-adjusted daughter.

Nowadays, DC seems more interested in giving us smart-mouth brats and blonde ditzes as role models for young kids.

By: Justice Society Volume 2 » Comics Worth Reading

Justice Society Volume 2 » Comics Worth Reading — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 19:12:43 +0000

[...] into comics as an adult, these were key books for me to find, because my favorite character was the Huntress, and she made her debut in issue #69 of this All-Star run (circa 1977). After that title was [...]

By: Sean

Sean — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 19:55:19 +0000

Indeed, “Birds Of Prey”it is, where Helena was the daughter of Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle. Haven’t
had the pleasure of seeing the “Challenge Of The Superfriends” roast.

I did see the Live Action Archie! w/ David Caruso, as it turns out.

I think “BoP” had some potential, which it lost the minute the annoying guy from Felicity and the mutant shtick showed up. Pity. Dina Meyer was very good, I thought.

IAE, thanks for the reminder.

By: Johanna

Johanna — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 18:10:59 +0000

Aw, just what a critic likes to hear. I’m so glad I could point you to something new you enjoyed!

By: Kiki

Kiki — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 11:38:07 +0000

Just wanted to say thanks for highlighting this book. If you hadn’t, I’d never have known about it. As it was, my copy arrived yesterday afternoon and I spent a happy evening reading some entertaining stories.

I really LIKE this version of the Huntress. I only knew her from the reboot and while that one’s ok, I enjoy the personality of this one much better. And I too am wondering where things went with Dick. :)

Thanks again.

By: Johanna

Johanna — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 11:30:33 +0000

You and me both. I’d forgotten Birds of Prey already. Although I’d probably buy a DVD set if they put it out.

By: Ali T. Kokmen

Ali T. Kokmen — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 01:10:21 +0000

Helena Bertinelli has nothing to do with Helena Wayne; the live-action TV version was closer, but not in her league.

Dating myself here, but how sad is in that the first thing to pop into my mind when thinking of a live-action TV Huntress is the camp classic “Challenge of the Superfriends” from 1979 and not the far-more-recent “Birds of Prey” series, which I imagine is what was being referenced.

Eep. I is old!

By: Sean

Sean — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 20:54:47 +0000

Said cover being that of DC Super Stars 17, Nov 1977 – which simply cannot be thirty years ago.
Impossoble. Waaaa….

http://www.supermanartists.comics.org/dchistory/dcsuperstars17.jpg

By: Seam

Seam — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 20:45:06 +0000

The cover to the Secret Origins special with Helena, the LSH and Green Arrow is my Proust’s madeleine. I dearly love the JSA from that era, and Helena and Earth-2 Kara were the first characters I knew and loved from their debuts.

I’m surprised that they collected her stories, (disappointed that none of my Borders stock it)
but delighted. I can’t express how relieved I was to see Helena survive in CRISIS/INFINITE EARTH, only to have the rug pulled out at the end.

Helena Bertinelli has nothing to do with Helena Wayne; the live-action TV version was closer, but not in her league.

While I’m glad to see a Huntress in JLU etc, I still wish the company hadn’t brushed so many of its unique characters, like Helena, aside.

I’m only grateful that they didn’t get rif of her in the present vivisection/cannibalism/ Devouring Crocodiles DC.

I’ve an Helena toy I have no use for, this collection, and FAMILY on DVD, and a nostalgia for the late Seventies that I would never have believed possible while I was living them.

Thanks for writing about Helena!

By: Johanna

Johanna — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 11:57:23 +0000

I did read it in bigger chunks, and I did wind up skimming at times, but since I’d read all of the original issues, some of it for me was just a reminder.

Books are much more convenient than back issues, though.

By: Jim Perreault

Jim Perreault — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 02:00:13 +0000

I picked up this trade as soon as it came out. As much as I love the Huntress character, I was not expecting much … and was pleasantly suprised. Sure it is dated in the ways you mention, but the stories were all interesting and the character certianly has style!

I was also suprised at how well they were able to structure stories into 8 page segments. That’s probably a dying art.

I’m curious as how you read it. I read it (at most) one chapter per day. So I did not find it repetitive at all.

By: James Schee

James Schee — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 20:01:02 +0000

I hope it sold well then, as I’d like to see more stories. Could be really interesting to see if the relationship with Dick Grayson ever went any further.

By: Johanna

Johanna — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 10:52:25 +0000

This isn’t all of them, no. I don’t know if they’d consider a second collection; depends on how this sells, I’m sure.

By: James Schee

James Schee — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 02:46:01 +0000

I really liked this volume, and I hadn’t really seen anything with the character before. (just some old ASS issues) Were these all of the solo stories she was in? Or is there a possibility for a second collection?

By: Andrew Wickliffe

Andrew Wickliffe — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 22:20:45 +0000

Johanna:
Yes, that it’s a good read (sorry, I left the comment when I was half out of bed). I’m not sure why they won’t, since it’s a great superhero collection.

By: Chris G.

Chris G. — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:53:42 +0000

A Super-Sons collection could also include the story Haney wrote for the pulped Elseworlds 80-page Giant a few years back — I think that would be a better coda than the O’Neil story, too.

By: Johanna

Johanna — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 14:49:47 +0000

Bruce: I loved those stories! They’re by Bob Haney, though, so they’re very wacky and very much of their time. It would make a terrific collection, though, all the Super-Sons stories plus their eventual writing-out (by Denny O’Neil).

By: Chad Anderson

Chad Anderson — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 14:43:13 +0000

That second JSA trade is out now, and it does indeed contain the Death of Batman story, which got my elementary-school self a little choked up.

By: Bruce Meyer

Bruce Meyer — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 14:32:22 +0000

What would anyone think of retconning the Superman Jr + Batman Jr stories of the 70s? I mean acknowledging them. Along with Huntress etc.

By: Rob S.

Rob S. — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 14:30:51 +0000

I’m pretty sure the death of Batman will be in the second 70s JSA collection (coming out in a month or two, I think).