DC Bombshells

luke52

I've never brought into the whole variant cover scene, but boy do I love these...

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2014/05/08/fifteen-of-dcs-bombshell-covers-by-ant-lucia-action-comics-supermanwonder-woman-wonder-woman-earth-2-aquaman-justice-league-dark-justice-league-united-batmansuperman-detective-comics-ba/

Flagwaver

It is really going to be hard to not break my boycott of the New 52 and not buy some of these. Fortunately, I've pre-ordered the poster print of that Supergirl cover. Hopefully the rest will be in the 2015 Bombshells calendar. I'm guessing DCBS will have one of their bundle deals for these.

luke52

Yeah I must admit I have never ordered variant covers. For this month I just couldn't help myself. I've preordered most of them.

I really love the Batwoman and Mera ones.

Flagwaver

https://store.qmxonline.com/Press_c_18.html

Greg

Flagwaver said:

https://store.qmxonline.com/Press_c_18.html

I was just gonna say that I want prints on my walls.

CageNarleigh

Really digging the Stargirl one for some reason...

WetRats

My favorites are Lois Lane and Kate Kane.

luke52

The more I look at the Kate Kane one the more I love it.

Quite liking the Zatanna one too.

Tip of the cap to DC too for keeping the variants at usual price.

Flagwaver

I can't say enough how much I love this image. That's why I bought the statue.

Matt

Aren't Stargirl & Supergirl teenage girls?

M

[Deleted User]

Well, it looks like DC is fully embracing it's target audience... teenage boys who haven't discovered online porn.

And yes, Stargirl and Supergirl are teenagers, as in 16-ish.

WetRats

Matt said:

Aren't Stargirl & Supergirl teenage girls?

M

Not these versions, clearly.

Matt

I have to say, as a sucker for redheads, Mera, Ivy, & Kathy Kane all look quite good.

M

grannygeekness

I have to admit--I am a straight grandmother, but I absolutely love pinups and WWII style art. I will probably get most of these. Special love for the Harley Quinn nose art.

Hex

I haven't been buying DC lately, but I must admit, those are absolutely STELLAR! Love every one of them!

Mr_Cosmic

Tonebone said:

Well, it looks like DC is fully embracing it's target audience... teenage boys who haven't discovered online porn.

True, I guess. When my grandfather and his fellow enlisted admired the original WW2 "bombshells" (which these are modeled after) they hadn't discovered online porn yet.

WetRats

Tonebone said:

Well, it looks like DC is fully embracing it's target audience... teenage boys who haven't discovered online porn.

Oh get off your own lawn.

It's cheesecake, not smut.

Flagwaver

Ant mentioned on Facebook that he believes all of these should be in the 2015 calendar, so I'm happy.

Matt

WetRats said:

Tonebone said:

Well, it looks like DC is fully embracing it's target audience... teenage boys who haven't discovered online porn.

Oh get off your own lawn.

It's cheesecake, not smut.

They can work together, though:

http://youtu.be/V0t0u1ofiv0

M

WetRats

Um...

I'd consider this a more appropriate example.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1J3NLNWAPU

matchkitJOHN

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kiwijase

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rebis

While I love the idea, and some of the designs are great fun. Unfortunately, I think the execution is a bit lacking. I would have preferred more Gil Elvgren and less Jim Balent.

little_witch

CageNarleigh said:

Really digging the Stargirl one for some reason...

I really hate the Stargirl one for two reasons:
1-Stargirl is around 16 and I think it's a bit more acceptable when you use adult women
2-Stargirl was created by Geoff Johns as a tribute to his sister Courtney who died in a plane crash and one thing he has spoken about is the fact that he choose her costume (shorts/leggings) because of that.

Matt

little_witch said:

CageNarleigh said:

Really digging the Stargirl one for some reason...

I really hate the Stargirl one for two reasons:
1-Stargirl is around 16 and I think it's a bit more acceptable when you use adult women
2-Stargirl was created by Geoff Johns as a tribute to his sister Courtney who died in a plane crash and one thing he has spoken about is the fact that he choose her costume (shorts/leggings) because of that.

Truthfully, I think that's why I was uneasy with it when I saw her image here.

M

little_witch

Matt said:

Truthfully, I think that's why I was uneasy with it when I saw her image here.

M

I don't like the supergirl one for the fact that she's a teenager but the Stargirl one really winds me up.

bats00

little_witch said:

CageNarleigh said:

Really digging the Stargirl one for some reason...

I really hate the Stargirl one for two reasons:
1-Stargirl is around 16 and I think it's a bit more acceptable when you use adult women
2-Stargirl was created by Geoff Johns as a tribute to his sister Courtney who died in a plane crash and one thing he has spoken about is the fact that he choose her costume (shorts/leggings) because of that.

Considering his place at DC I wonder how that got through.

playdohsrepublic

bats00 said:

little_witch said:

CageNarleigh said:

Really digging the Stargirl one for some reason...

I really hate the Stargirl one for two reasons:
1-Stargirl is around 16 and I think it's a bit more acceptable when you use adult women
2-Stargirl was created by Geoff Johns as a tribute to his sister Courtney who died in a plane crash and one thing he has spoken about is the fact that he choose her costume (shorts/leggings) because of that.

Considering his place at DC I wonder how that got through.

He probably ok'd it. None of the covers are overly sexualized, at least in comparison to any average month at DC. And it's not like it's a redesign. Just a variant cover. The conversation here is acting like the covers are somehow pervy. It's relatively tasteful cheesecake.

Also, Stargirl? Not a real person. They didn't take a real 16 year-old and mislead and seduce her into doing a raunchy photoshoot. And since as a character she will probably be 16 for the next decade and will be represented as an autonymous young adult, her in universes age is kinda irrelevant.

Happenstance

I think at some point as well we'll have to try and let go of that knowledge of why she was created otherwise it would just start hampering enjoyment of stories (not that I actually read them anymore) and maybe causing writers to think twice about things they wanted to do with the character.

Matt

playdohsrepublic said:

bats00 said:

little_witch said:

CageNarleigh said:

Really digging the Stargirl one for some reason...

I really hate the Stargirl one for two reasons:
1-Stargirl is around 16 and I think it's a bit more acceptable when you use adult women
2-Stargirl was created by Geoff Johns as a tribute to his sister Courtney who died in a plane crash and one thing he has spoken about is the fact that he choose her costume (shorts/leggings) because of that.

Considering his place at DC I wonder how that got through.

He probably ok'd it. None of the covers are overly sexualized, at least in comparison to any average month at DC. And it's not like it's a redesign. Just a variant cover. The conversation here is acting like the covers are somehow pervy. It's relatively tasteful cheesecake.

Also, Stargirl? Not a real person. They didn't take a real 16 year-old and mislead and seduce her into doing a raunchy photoshoot. And since as a character she will probably be 16 for the next decade and will be represented as an autonymous young adult, her in universes age is kinda irrelevant.

So if she starts dating Guy Gardner, acting like Rose Wilson, or wearing a costume by the same tailor as Phantom Lady, you wouldn't have an issue with the portrayal because she's a fictious 16 yr old who created more then 2 years ago (so technically she's older)?

M

playdohsrepublic

Matt said:

playdohsrepublic said:

bats00 said:

little_witch said:

CageNarleigh said:

Really digging the Stargirl one for some reason...

I really hate the Stargirl one for two reasons:
1-Stargirl is around 16 and I think it's a bit more acceptable when you use adult women
2-Stargirl was created by Geoff Johns as a tribute to his sister Courtney who died in a plane crash and one thing he has spoken about is the fact that he choose her costume (shorts/leggings) because of that.

Considering his place at DC I wonder how that got through.

He probably ok'd it. None of the covers are overly sexualized, at least in comparison to any average month at DC. And it's not like it's a redesign. Just a variant cover. The conversation here is acting like the covers are somehow pervy. It's relatively tasteful cheesecake.

Also, Stargirl? Not a real person. They didn't take a real 16 year-old and mislead and seduce her into doing a raunchy photoshoot. And since as a character she will probably be 16 for the next decade and will be represented as an autonymous young adult, her in universes age is kinda irrelevant.

So if she starts dating Guy Gardner, acting like Rose Wilson, or wearing a costume by the same tailor as Phantom Lady, you wouldn't have an issue with the portrayal because she's a fictious 16 yr old who created more then 2 years ago (so technically she's older)?

M

I was going to respond with a long answer weighing the importance of positive female role models against creative freedom and finally how nothing suggested is any less offensive to me than teenage vigilantism, which I would find completely unacceptable in real life.

The short answer is Yes, I would not have an issue for exactly the reasons you state.