Glory Storytime
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Aw yee, we're doing this.
For those who don't know, Glory was a Liefeld creation who was basically an edgier version of Wonder Woman. She's the offspring of Demeter, queen of the Amazons and Silverfall, demon lord of the Underworld. Like all things Liefeld, she was pretty crap. But like several other shitty Liefeld characters (Deadpool probably being the most popular one), someone else took the character, changed them around a bit, and made them into something cool.
First there was Alan Moore, who wrote a couple of issues for her, expanding on her mythology and giving her a human alter-ego, Gloria West. I have no idea if these were any good since I never read them. But, since it's Moore, I'm at least willing to give it the benefit of the doubt.
In 2011, Joe Keatinge wrote the story we're going to read today. This story retcons some of Glory's background, makes significant changes to Glory herself and adds in a dose of sci-fi, but it's not a complete reboot. All of her old adventures are still more or less canon (though depicted in a somewhat different light) and they even kept the old numbering, starting with issue #23.
If you want to know more, feel free to google or wiki her, but it's not necessary for enjoying this story.
That's enough introduction, so let's get started. I bring you Glory!
>>83846010
>an edgier version of Wonder Woman.
>Big Barda
>Xena
>Zealot
>Artemis
>Devastation
>Genocide
>Glory
It would seem there are a lot of those....
This guy's art is so weird, especially in this series it makes me think of a fetish webcomic or something
Nanaja is pretty hot, though. Would bang.
>>83846053
The story starts here.
As always, feel free to comment, discuss, or just bump the thread. A lively thread is a fun thread. Just please don't post any pictures, since I'll been all the room I can get.
>>83846052
This is Liefeld's edgy Wonder Woman though, that makes her *special*.
>>83846056
Nanaja is a treasure.
>>83846078
>been
need*
>>83846084
>>83846105
I should probably mention that while this comic isn't gore-porn on the level of Luther Strode (go read that if you haven't, it's great!), it still has quite a few gory scenes in it. Just a heads-up, in case that's not your thing.
>>83846512WHAT A TWEEEST!
>>83846527
>>83846647
The story ends here.
I'm going to take a quick break here. When I return, let's go and find out what happened in between.
This was one of the first comics I bought when I got back into comics a couple years ago and it was thanks to /co/ I even knew about it.
>Ladies of different body types
>Monsters of all shapes and sizes
>Over the top violence that knows its over the top
>The hero andvillain of the story being the same perseon
Just so good.
>>83846668
All right, I'm back! Let's get this thing on the road again!
>>83846798
It's pretty great, yeah.
>>83846010
Weird story. When I first read Glory, I got this weird feeling from Campbell's work that I couldn't quite place, especially when I went on to read some of Wet Moon in a /co/ storytime. The shortest way to explain it is it somehow didn't "feel" like a guy's art.
Flash forward a couple years and it turns out I was right.
>>83846853
Really not gonna get into that. I like the art, that's enough.
>>83846855
>>83846911
>this is awkward
>>83846457
>The History of the Red Panda has teeth
This comic is a treasure.
>>83846954
Meet Henry.
Henry is great.
>>83847122
I once described Glory to a friend as a "Less predictable Hulk".
They asked how that was possible.
>>83847128
>>83847142
You wouldn't like her when she's angry.
At least Hulk will probably stop smashing you if he doesn't think you're a threat.
>>83847211
It always creeped me out the juxtaposition of these REALLY fucked up looking monsters being generally polite and well spoken.
>>83847244
Glory's not that polite.
>>83847249
>>83847273
I wasn't talking about Glory.
>>83847293
I know. I was trying to make a joke.
>>83847294
>>83847669
Time to meetbest girl.
>>83847400
>This is a rescue mission
What did he mean by this?
Meme-ary aside, I'm serious. I've read this comic several times and I don't get why Riley was so important to them. I asked the creators, but Sophie said she honestly couldn't remember and Joe just said that the answer was in the book, just kinda hidden.
Any ideas from the /co/ crew?
>>83847693
The raptor claw. UNFFFFFF
>>83847693
>>83847699
Riley is the only one who can stop Glory if she goes full planet killer mode (in theory, anyway). The odd thing is that for some unspecified reason everyone in the comic seems to already be aware of this (see also Gloria's comment early on) except Riley herself. Also, nobody seems to have any clue HOW she's supposed to stop Glory, just that she can.
>>83847699
THE HEART OF THE CARDS!
>>83847778
Yeahand by not existing it changes the whole timeline but also gives her a better closure and maybe a better way to deal with things on the future
>>83847778
By the way, now that we've seen Glory's sister... For those who didn't notice it the first time, it might be worth taking another look at page 45 and 46.
>>83847879
"Malicious code" my ass.
>>83847910
>>83847923
Nanaja is cute. CUTE.
>>83847952
Nanaja is the best.
>>83847960
>>83847778
I mean I got that Riley is supposed to be the only one who can stop Glory, but WHY is she the only one?
Why does she dream Glory's life?
Just who/what the hell is Riley?
>>83847987
>>83847988
As far as I know none of that is ever explained.
>>83847974
>Glory's sweater
>>83848044
>Glory's face in the bottom right panel
She NASTY.
>>83848032
The sweater is great. Nanaja has a cute sweater as well, as we'll soon see.
>>83848044
>>83848063
She's hundreds of years old. At that point you're probably going to have to get nasty as all hell if you want things to stay interesting.
>>83848084
Nice bit of contrast between the two sisters here.
>>83848106
All right, so it's not actually a sweater. But it's still a cute t-shirt.
>>83848106
>Nanaja's toe sickle wrapped around one of her passed out harem's leg.
Something about that is ridiculously hot to me.
>>83848142
im so doing that req on the drawthread.
Gonna take another short break here, since it's closing in on dinnertime for me. Lucky for all of us I'm having yesterday's leftovers, so I don't actually have to leave the thread and start cooking.
>>83848157
Awww yeah! Looking forward to it.
>>83846535
Shoutouts to union aerospace corporation, the best finders of hell on the entire red planet
All right, here we go again.
>>83848768
>censor curse words
>leave the ultra violence
irked me at first but now, i couldn't give a damn
>>83848798
I get the feeling it's more of a stylistic choice than a censorship thing, but yeah it's a bit stupid.
>>83848804
>>83848837
Whoops, forgot my picture.
>>83848852
Glory's not the only one who can go monster mode.
>>83849019
Out of curiosity, how many pages are there?
>>83849024
The story is about 250 pages. There's also a bunch of artwork and stuff I might post afterwards. Haven't decided on taht yet.
>>83849027
My favorite scene, coming up.
>>83849066
Nanaja loev breakfast.
>>83846056
>This guy's art is so weird
>this guy
He's not a guy anymore.
Check your privilege, cis scum.
>>83849066
>this build up
yes cool bit
>>83849087
Violence can happen later, that breakfast is only gonna get cold.
>>83849172
>>83849194
>Glub Glub Glub
Such an eloquent guy.
>>83849213
>Sophie got bored and wanted to draw a dinosaur
>>83849214
You try forming coherent sentences with your jaw shattered, drowning in your own blood.
>>83849225
>>83849232
Gotta meet that monster quota.
>>83849087
I bought these trades at RICC last year, and I did enjoy them. This page specifically, with all the "Yeah! LET'S FUCK HIM UP!" buildup to immediately to "FUCK YEAH I'LL HAVE SOME WAFFLES" made me put the book down and laugh for a solid minute.
That is good humor.
>>83849276Nanaja's face.
>>83849293
>That's the funniest shit I ever seen!
>>83849443
Dun dun dunnn!
I love how their private moments are in different art styles.
>>83849505
Yeah, it's a nice touch.
>>83849506
I often wonder if this series was supposed to go on a little longer. There's a lot of unanswered questions.
At the same I feel it tells its story enough that anything else said would be just info dumping.
I wonder why it closed out when it did tho, was it sales? I kinda get the impression Sophie and Joe had a falling out.
>>83849560
Hail, hail, the gang's all here!
Don't worry if you can't name all of them, a handy guide is coming up.
And we now have OC because of this storytime:
>>83849530
>>83849575
I have no idea if it was always planned to end like it did or if it was cut off for some reason, but yeah it does feel like it's shorter than it was meant to be.
>>83849596
>>83849613
I love it!
>>83849681
I can't figure out who she boned here.
>>83849066
>>83849087
Something that i loved a lot was how baity and switchy this bit felt, i feels like shit's about to go down in a fiery bloody pulp and suddenly
family breakfast
>>83849613
>>83849666
Welp i couldn't ignore best girl
and the fact i'm having fun re-reading this during breakfast, thanks again OP.
>>83849694
As promised.
>>83849716
Battlestone.
>>83849741
No problem, I'm glad you're enjoying it.
>>83849796
>All dem Image characters being as 90's as possible
God damn this book is wonderful
>>83849875
BADROCK!
MY DUDE!
>>83849908
NO!
>>83849929
Can't have some extra steal the main character's thunder! :^)
>>83849944
>you're unhappy with the plan
>this means you should start attacking your allies in the middle of the fight
Supreme's a jerk.
>>83850010
Uh oh, we've seen this scene before...
>>83849817
There's that goddamn giant baby again.
I think Sophie must have just loved the thing because it just KEPT SHOWING UP!
>>83850010
>Press F to show respect
>>83850027
Four armed giant ass baby whooper
MVP
MVP
MVP
>>83850027
>>83850083
I think Thule, or one of the planets conquered by Thule, simply has a whole race of giant baby monsters.
>>83850042
Hold on to your butts.
>>83850069
F
>>83850100
GLORY SMASH
>>83850139
>>83850120
Unf i love how technorganic she looks.
>>83850246
>that expression
Awwwww
>>83850246
So I guess Glory's anger defines how SWOL she be.
>>83850246I think this might be the "clue" about why Riley's death is so effective in snapping Glory out of her berserker rage: She reminds her of Emilie.
It feels a bit too simplistic and it doesn't explain the dreams, but it's the only thing I can think of.
>>83850309
I like how Glory's physical state reflects her emotional state. In flashbacks, before her whole war against Silverfall, she looked like an amazon. After the war she looks even bigger and beefier. When she's mad, she goes full hulk mode. And here she's feeling like absolute shit, and she's a lot smaller and her giant muscles are almost gone.
>>83850444
>That damn baby
>>83850457
This feels a bit like critique on how death is handled in cape comics in general, but I might be reading into it too much.
>>83850487
It kinda is, nowadays anyway like
I know you're death and you could return any moment but still, death should matter.
And glory does in emotional penance.
>>83850548
Woops, image limit reached. Hold on, I'll make a new thread for the last bit.
>>83850548
That perfectly precious puppet panel.
>>83850588
I love when they do the zany "remember when comics were like this weekly" bit
Part 2: >>83850629
bumping for the benefit of others
thanks for the storytime op
bumpin for other readers
>>83846084
Look how cute she was before the roids
Bump for storytime. Thanks, OP.
