The Golden Age of superhero comic books cast a huge shadow on artists from all around the world and the Philippines were no exception.
Back in the 1950s Mars Revelo and Nestor Redondo gave us Darna, a crime fighting extraterrestrial who decides to inhabit the body of Narda, an orphan, who lives with her little brother, Bing, and their grandmother ...
[translations by Multo Ghost]
Needless to say Bing and Grandma don't react very well the first time not Wonder Woman shows up ...
Soon, however, Darna is out fighting crime and righting wrongs, with her brother Bing as the sidekick (because child endangerment laws had yet to be invented, it seems). Her primary adversary was Valentina, who (the authors go lengths to point out) is totally not Medusa:
Perhaps it isn't all that surprising that as Darna kept getting popular she started appearing in her own television shows and movies (the last series coming out in 2022) ...
Darna at ang Babaing Tuod (1965) staring Gina Alonzo.
Perhaps you needed to have grown up with the source material, but as comic book heroines I'd never heard of before go, I find Darna endearing in a curious sort of way.
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What's better than the Trinity riding on unicorns, you ask?
Well, the fact that Batman named his Biscuits.
(Yes, I'm choosing to believe Clark)
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Just a reminder that trans people, you aren't betraying anybody by transitioning. You aren't disappointing women, or men, or whomever because you have decided to transition. This is a personal decision, and if somebody put so much stake into your gender that they feel betrayed by you when they were wrong, that is (frankly) not your problem.
You aren't betraying anybody.
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I think Max signed and started her letters to each party member (+Steve) in a different way.
Lucas’s was “I would say ‘Dear stalker number 1’, but we both know you’re more than that to me,” and “Love, your totally tubular, MadMax”
Dustin’s was “Dear stalker number 2, and Hawkins’ certified boy genius” and “Yours, MadMax (PS. You’ll never beat my high score),”
Steve’s was “Hey Harrington,” and “Sorry for the trouble, Mayfeild,”
Wills was “To the least annoying boy I know, Will” and “I’m counting on you, and I see you. Love, Max”
El’s was “Dear Stalker number 3, and my best friend, El,” and “Love you from Hawkins to Paradise Island, Max”
Mikes was, “Dear Paladin,” and “Love, your Zoomer,”
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