I thought he did feel bad - didn't he get cut by the magic axe? Or did it not cut him? (I read each issue of JL:E about 6 times and I can never figure out what happens from panel to panel - apparently, Menagerie died in the limbo dimension, but I'll be darned if I can figure out how).

Who do you think is the DC equivalent of Marvel's Black Widow, who's been with Daredevil, Hawkeye and Iron Man?

Nightwing (Dick Grayson), who has been with Starfire, Huntress, Catwoman, and Oracle.

Yeah, sorry roosterboy & Zulfiya, I was totally confused. There was a topic on Crimson Fox and Vixen going on. I also wanted to sound smart (I'm actually only half-way-through JLE...I got the whole run of JLI/JLE on e-bay for around $170...great deal if you realize ohw many comics there were [also I won the post DeMatties/Giffen ones])

I was talking on a comic board (Superdickery forums) and someone posted to their own article on Who should appear on JLU, but haven't. It's pretty interesting, I think I Tomorrow Woman episode could be really good if done right.

Who's the Marvel equivalent of Wonder Woman?

Never heard of it. Is it a comic store only book?

It doesn't sell very well, mostly because it doesn't feature the big icons. It's a "black ops" sort of team with Flash, Green Arrow, and a bunch of newer, lesser-known characters led by someone named Vera Black, the sister of a former Superman villain named Manchester Black. Joe Kelly is the writer.

The easy answer is Power Princess from the Squadron Supreme, but of course she's not formt he main Marvel Universe.

I really don't think there is an exact equivalent to Wonder Woman in the Marvel Universe. There really isnt a female character who has the same level of prominance that Diana does (Jean Grey and Sue Storm are probably the two most recognizable female characters in the Marvel Universe and they both really appear only in team books). I guess the closest equivalent (female powerhouse who is a long standing member of the world's premier super-team) may be She-Hulk, but they really aren't the same aside from the basic role they play (and even then its a stretch). As odd as this sounds, Captain Ameirca may be a good equivalent for Wonder Woman, given the type of respect they have both among the superhero and global communities. So over all there really isnt a true equivalent for WOnder Woman.



I think Huntress is also a good equivalent here. She has been with Nightwing, Arsenal and the Question.

I'm tempted to say Storm. Powerful, but not the most powerful on the team she's usually in, regal-but-sexy, ruler of various places, hyper-moral. Everyone wants to get with her but she doesn't get with everybody. She's even got the deity-involved backstory.

I agree with Gnosis that there really isn't a direct female equivalent, but my choice for closest analogue would be Thor. You get the mysticism, the fame, the "stranger in a strange land" and the top-tier power level.
Why does JLE sound like a rip-off of Stormwatch Black/ Jenny Spark's team before they became the Authority?
Dogwelder.

I think Thor is a good choice, but you could go with Valkyrie if you want a mythology-inspired warrior woman. Also, her costume wouldn't look out of place on Diana. I suppose someone could make a case for Ms. Marvel (Carol Danvers), since she has superstrength and flight and is supposed to be strong willed and independent. I'm tempted to argue for Emma Frost, since she likes skimpy outfits and bondage accoutrement, although Emma is into whips while Diana is into ropes.

You're more right than you know. The concept first appeared in Action Comics #775, "Whatever Happened To Truth, Justice, and the American Way?", written by Joe Kelly. In it, Superman took on a team of violent antiheroes who did their dirty work by any means necessary, the Elite, who were pretty thin swipes of the then-uber-popular Authority. Manchester Black was like a male version of Jenny Sparks, and there were other Authority analogues on the Elite as well. Anyway, Superman won and proved that old-fashioned heroes still have a place in the world, which was Kelly's "diss" against Warren Ellis and Mark Millar's "killer heroes" in the Authority. The new Justice League Elite series (which I admit I haven't read) addresses some of the same concepts, but it all started with a reaction against the Authority, which in turn formed from the ashes of Stormwatch Black.

When was Nightwing with Catwoman?

Ew, that's kind of icky. Hasn't Batman also been with Catwoman?

Is JLElite still an ongoing series? I read the first two or three issues and lost interest.

JLE was a only a 12 issue limited series but it ended in a way that could lead to more stores (though I dont know how much demand there would be for such a thing)

I can't believe I forgot Thor. Yeah he is probably the best analogy to Wonder Woman (though technically Hercules would also fit, due to the fact they both rely heavily on Greek mythology - however it;s not that good a fit since Diana isnt a drunken buffoon).



Yes, but they've never really gotten together. The closest they've come is during Jeph Loeb's "Hush" storyline from a few years ago.

I saw a JLA vs. Avengers pic a couple of months ago that did it's best to match types on who was facing off who, and it had Wonder Woman vs. She Hulk, who is probably the best match, even if they aren't technically equivalents in meaning.

But the Marvel heroes don't have that same sense of Iconic Representation that the DC ones do.

Are we talking together together? As in going steady? Or as in the Biblical sense? Because Brubaker's run on Catwoman addressed their relationship a few times. It was strongly implied that they were occasionally together but that they both realize that their lives are too complicated for anything...traditional.

The new writer hasn't really picked up that thread yet though.