As is becoming increasingly clear, not all change is good. Nowhere has that principal been better understood than within the comic book superhero community, as shocking physical transformations have afflicted their ranks for decades. Luring the heroes into a booby-trapped funhouse packed with exotic weaponry, Green Arrow, the Flash, Wonder Woman, and Green Lantern race through an open door...only to "feel the tug of mysterious cosmic forces" transforming them into: As a surprise to exactly nobody, cool-headed teamwork won the day... allowing the Leaguers to return to normal, defeat the Angellaxians and banish them to 100,000 years of suspended-animation space travel. A harsh punishment? Sure...but at least Wonder Woman didn't have to go on a crash diet! Oh...and one final bit of heroic inspiration: Lego Green Arrow...who, instead of wallowing in self-pity over his boxy body, figured out a clever way to rise above his temporary handicap! To quote the diminutive Mr. Queen: "Stand aside Aquaman! I'm raring to turn a few shafts loose!" Justice League of America #7 (1961) featured not one, not two, not three, but FOUR such transformations...all at the hands hostile aliens from the planet Angellax!
I wish Hal kept that neck. That would've been SO COOL.
Posted by: Mystik Tomato | August 06, 2009 at 07:44 AM
Yeah, he looks like Elongated Lantern.
Posted by: zubzwank | August 06, 2009 at 09:21 AM
"There's a lot more to love" Wonder Woman made me chuckle. However that suddenly brought to mind Sir Mix-A-Lot's "Baby Got Back" and now I'm regretting it.
Of course, having habitual lothario Oliver Queen announce "I'm raring to turn a few shafts loose" while firing from his groinal area creates whole another meaning.
What I can say, my mind's in the gutter today.
Posted by: Servo | August 06, 2009 at 11:34 AM