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Epiphany - the original western magical girl - jpub - 04-25-2007
Linda Carter's representation of Wonder Woman.
Just watch a re-run. She wears this school-marm outfit, and she does a *transformation sequence* complete with *twirling* to turn into Wonder Woman, with the requisite revealing outfit.
She has magic bulletproof bracelets, a magic rope that forces truth telling, and she has a TIARA THAT SHE CAN USE AS A WEAPON.
The mind boggles.--
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Re: Epiphany - the original western magical girl - Disruptor - 04-25-2007
Hmmm. Where does Electra Woman and DynaGirl fit into that theory?
What about The Mighty Isis?
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Re: Epiphany - the original western magical girl - Bob Schroeck - 04-25-2007
Mary Marvel predates them all, at circa 1940:
Transformation sequence? Check.
Superhuman powers? Check.
Skimpy costume? Check.
Magical origin with mythological ties? Check.
Talking animal mascot? Well, sorta, if you allow for Tawky Tawny.
I was in fact at one time working on a story that crossed her over with Sailor Moon...
-- Bob
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The last western magical girl - ordnance11 - 04-25-2007
That would be She-Ra, correct?
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Re: The last western magical girl - Berk - 04-26-2007
Bob's right. It's Mary Marvel.- Grumpy Uncle Gearhead
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Re: The last western magical girl - Disruptor - 04-26-2007
Last magical girl?
I'm not sure if it's She-Ra or Amethyst.
The United States was the first one to have battle teams aka Sentai (Blackhawks) although color coding didn't come until Metal Men
As to the first magical girl, I was thinkng of who was on the idiot box first.
I knew Mary Marvel predated everyone, but she didn't get on the televison until later.--------------------
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