Born on Paradise Island to a race of Amazon Warriors; Diana is a princess, an ambassador and a warrior. Using her divine powers, granted by the Gods of Olympus, Wonder Woman came to America to fight for peace, justice and truth. Wonder Woman is Earth's greatest female superhero.
I found this Superhero named Darna via google (wiki) and apparently she's been in existence since the 50's in the country called Philippines. Her powers are very much like Diana but she calls upon this powers like Capt. Marvel (Shazam). She also deflects bullets :)
Her arch enemy is a woman very much like Medusa named Valentina.
Another country/culture has adapted/embraced the persona of the amazing Amazon Princess. Now that's definitely proof of how much an icon she is. :D
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Darna's great. My second-hand understanding is that saturation of American media is longstanding there because of military bases, which included US military broadcast networks. There's a great pic of my wife back when she was a little tot back home in Manila wearing a knockoff Wonder Woman costume for her birthday. Darna is their own classic take on American-style superheroes (most likely also influenced by local media as well) with an origin story that's like John Carter of Mars in reverse. Always sounded trippy to me.
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@Goddessa said:
I found this Superhero named Darna via google (wiki) and apparently she's been in existence since the 50's in the country called Philippines. Her powers are very much like Diana but she calls upon this powers like Capt. Marvel (Shazam). She also deflects bullets :)
Her arch enemy is a woman very much like Medusa named Valentina.
Another country/culture has adapted/embraced the persona of the amazing Amazon Princess. Now that's definitely proof of how much an icon she is. :D
Yeah this kind of thing is done all the time with characters around the world to adapt a hero to be relevant to a certain culture.
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@Goddessa said:
@fodigg: Ah really. Please ask your wife if she knows this poster or who the actress is. Again it's from the same country :)
She didn't recognize it.
"Hey babe, do you know who this is?" "Wonder Woman." "No, the actress." "Oh, I dunno." "But it's from the Philippines, right?" "I guess." [me idly trying to read the Tagalog from the image aloud] "Stop butchering my language."
"Hey babe, do you know who this is?" "Wonder Woman." "No, the actress." "Oh, I dunno." "But it's from the Philippines, right?" "I guess." [me idly trying to read the Tagalog from the image aloud] "Stop butchering my language."
sailor moon is also insipered in wonder woman,the costume,the tiara as a weapon,both are princesses frm an ancient civilization,they are the most powerful of their people,they fight for justice,they have a compassionate heart,etc,etc.
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