Today at ComicsAlliance, I’ve infected myself with Gender Reversal Disease (as seen in Legion of Super-Heroes) to bring you the strangest female versions of established male characters in comics!
In addition to the absolute awesomeness of getting a Sexy Girl version of Galactus (as seen above), the cornerstone of the article, of course, is a look at Martin Pasko and Curt Swan’s Superman #349, the issue where Mr. Mxyzptlk gender-swaps the entire world in order to get some vague, marriage-related revenge on Superman, as it is the issue that gave us the sheer hilarity of Wonder Warrior:
Amazingly, the fact that the colorist filled in his arms and legs to give the look of a white unitard underneath makes him look even worse than if they’d just stuck with the tank top version of Wonder Woman’s costume. What’s really strange, though, is that they didn’t bother to do that with anyone else. As you’ll see in the article, the only thing they changed on Black Condor (the equivalent of Black Canary, not the Hawkman stand-in from the end of Starman
My favorite bit, though–aside from Jenny Olsen, who I would bring back in a heartbeat in the run on Superman’s Pal that I’d shank any number of you to write–is that Pasko and Swan don’t limit themselves to the heroes, and manage to sneak in a few shots of Superman’s villains, too:
I do have to ask, though: Why “Leslie” Luthor? Presumably, her name would be “Alexandra,” which would lend itself better to “Lexi.” Lexus Luthor, of course, being his equivalent on Earth-StripClub.
Enjoy!
Uhhh…please tell me that vision of Galacta didn’t appear in an issue with ads for Hostess Creampies.
I believe that the Earth-StripClub version of Luthor would be Flex Luthor,.
And this officially marks the first time I have ever been attracted to Galactus. Not a good day.
Thank god I’m half asleep already or I’d be up all night trying to figure out what people would be named on Earth-StripClub.
That said, if there’s not a visit to Earth-StripClub in your future run on Jimmy Olsen I’m going to have to take a picture of myself looking sad while eating fried ice cream and post it in your future comments section.
Okay, just the most obvious one: The Flesh!
Wait, everyone else is feminized, but Mxyzptlk is still a guy?
I presume it’s because they couldn’t figure out what the female name version would be.
Great article, as per usual. Adam Warren winning the online votes for Galacta actually made me believe in fandom on the Internet as a power for good instead of evil.
Also, my brain is now trying to puzzle out what the Earth-StripClub name of Jimmy Olsen would be.
Leslie Luthor is Moondragon!
Swear to God, first thing I thought when I saw “Bizarress”: “Isn’t that Sarah Palin?” Swear to God.
(And the way Galacta eats, she shoulda looked more like Roseanne Barr. But hey, that’s fanboys for ya…)
Earth-Strip Club is an idea I hope you will revisit when they finally wise up and give you the Daily Planet comic.
I think Martian Manhunter has a pretty good stripper name already, but I really like the idea of Dr. Fate having a labcoat, clipboard, stethoscope, head reflector, and banana sling. He could be all like “Hey, ladies! Tell the doctor where it hurts!”
Oh, god. I think I just crossed a line inside my own head.
Curious to hear your thoughts on Lady Stilt-Man from last week’s Amazing Spider-Man
Say, did Galacta just drink a vanilla milkshake…?
Clicking on the below image link may result in laughter and/or night terrors. Borderline NSFW, no spoilers.
http://is.gd/4XUYK
Probably for the best you missed that one. It wouldn’t be advisable to try and track down that issue just for article inclusion.
@Scott – if Mr. Mxyzptlk cast the spell that gender-swapped everyone else he probably didn’t see the need to include himself.
Thats right. I’m sitting here typing valid in-story reasons for something that happened in a Silver-age story. That I haven’t read.
I love the scroll-over text on the ISB. How about something like that for Comics Alliance, or is it just not a feature there?
Martian Manhunter went undercover as a woman for two issues to infiltrate a gang of amazons and get with their queen leader…who was queen leader because she had a wang.
Two…glorious…issues.
http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/justice-league-taskforce/8-1.jpg
(similarly nsfw, as much as the other link was)
The Toywoman looks kinda like Paula Poundstone with brown hair.
Mr. Mxyzptlk’s wife’s name was Ms. Bigbznz?
Ms. Big-bazoons?
Oy.
(It could be “Ms. Big-Business,” I suppose. Not much better.)
Miss Miracle and Big Bart!!! Great day in the morning….
Really, I think the Miss Miracle costume works very well on a lady-type gal.
Now I want to see a Miracle Family- Mr and Mrs. Miracle, and Scapey, their little Miracle dog. Dear Rusty Shackles…
Wow. I forgot how fucked up the the thigh-to-EVERYTHING ratio was in the Liefeld world. Good thing Cougar clearly isn’t a fan of trousers anyway, because she’d never be able to find any that fit. Unless she did some Andre the Giant style shopping and just wrapped tents around each thigh, I guess.
Wonder Warrior: STILL not as awful as Marvel’s Wonder Man.
That Suoerman issue was awesome. I’m pretty sure I still have it in my collection somewhere.
I used to have that Superman issue… it was called The Turnabout Trap, right? Anyway, as bad as Wonder Warrior’s costume looks, that world’s Kara stand-in Superboy may have it even worse, because I seem to recall he still had Supergirl’s 70s flowy blouse and hotpants outfit.
Although between him and Black Condor, maybe boys in hotpants were a thing there.
Ahem. I believe it’s GRANDIN Gender Reversal Disease.
Ugh. I just nerded myself out. I’m gonna go lie down.
Galacta is till less scary that the chick from Presents.
I’m pretty sure there’s such a thing as male canaries.
“And this officially marks the first time I have ever been attracted to Galactus”
I dunno, I always thought Galactus had this stern, stoic sort of vibe going on, which I didn’t think was bad.
Having been beaten to the nerd-out on Grandin Gender Reversal Disease, I’ll mention that Myx still being a guy was a plot point, the clue that enabled Superman to realize that he was being f’ed with by M rather than being in some actual parallel universe…
Hey Clemford,
I have no excuse for this, but the genderbending issue of Warrior is still one of my favorite issues from the 90’s.
Can’t believe I’ve admitted that in a public forum. Truth be told, I’m still waiting for the Absolute Guy Gardner: Warrior hardcover.
And you’ll probably be waiting a while.