CBR: Wonder of Wonders - Jan 8, 2010

[CBR News]

In the latest installment of AMAZONS ATTACK, Mars Goetsian focuses on Phillipus and her unique role as the only Amazon - other than Wonder Woman or Hippolyta - to continually appear in the comics over the last two decades.


Full article here.

[4PointOh]

In the latest installment of AMAZONS ATTACK, Mars Goetsian focuses on Phillipus and her unique role as the only Amazon - other than Wonder Woman or Hippolyta - to continually appear in the comics over the last two decades.


Full article here.

Another insightful, well-written piece, Mars. Kudos!

[Stanlos]

Mars, thanks for this lovely and thoughtful celebration of Philippus! She is one of my absolute favorites of the Paradise Island cast and you serve her very well in this article! Thanks so much for this!

[TripleX]

Tight Work!!!

[West Mantooth]

Nice work.

[Gail Simone]

Great stuff.

I adore Phillipus. She could have her own book and I would be delighted.

[Free-Man]

Just something here:

At the most obvious level, of course, she's a character of color with a meaningful place in the franchise, which frankly is a pretty uncommon thing in Big Two comics in general.

I think there are plenty of meaningful characters of color in the franchises of the Big 2:

Avengers: Luke Cage, Echo
Iron Man: War Machine
Superman: Steel (and for now at least) Natasha Irons
Titans: Static and Cyborg, Aquagirl, Blue Beetle
Green Lantern: John Stewart, Tom Kalamaku, Kyle Rayner

But other than that, I liked the article.
Batman: Azrael, Damian

[scandalsavage]

Glad to hear from Mars again. Great article.

Poor girl's last name constantly gets mangled though.

[Atomcrush]

Great article. I've always felt great affection toward Phillipus. Not sure I could even place it or articulate it. I just love her.

[Kevenn]

It's really interesting how loved Philipus is as a character (I love her too), but like Mars pointed out, she's not had an arc focus on her. I think the only story she was ever really the focus of was the one in Annual #2, I believe, that told how she became Captain of the Guard.

[Retro315]

It's really interesting how loved Philipus is as a character (I love her too), but like Mars pointed out, she's not had an arc focus on her. I think the only story she was ever really the focus of was the one in Annual #2, I believe, that told how she became Captain of the Guard.

That's the absolute best thing about characters like that. They're a pillar of the story, but they don't actually move the action themselves. You actually tend to see it a lot with "bodyguard" type characters. They're a strong, silent presence standing behind the Queen or the President or the Grand Nagus or something, and without them, things wouldn't be the same.

Another good example: Chief O'Brien on Star Trek (Next Gen - obviously he graduated to Full Main when he moved to DS9). He was just one of the "taken for granted" supporting cast, but obviously after years of being on-hand while all the action was taking place, somebody realized - HEY! This guy is a hell of a character!

[ClaudioPozas]

Phillipus is Diana's Alfred.

[Donna M.]

This was a fantastic article. I love Philly and I always pictured Angela Bassett playing her in the movie alongside Jennifer Connolly as Diana.

[Free-Man]

This was a fantastic article. I love Philly and I always pictured Angela Bassett playing her in the movie alongside Jennifer Connolly as Diana.

10 years ago maybe...

[Donna M.]

10 years ago maybe...

Well, heh, yeah. I also wanted Angela to play Storm.