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Princess a.k.a. Jun a.k.a. Agatha June a.k.a. Kelly : Iago Maia / Bob Almond

Artists: Iago Maia (Penciller) , Bob Almond (Inker)

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Princess a.k.a. Jun a.k.a. Agatha June a.k.a. Kelly : Iago Maia / Bob Almond Comic Art

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Title:	Princess a.k.a. Jun a.k.a. Agatha June a.k.a. Kelly : Iago Maia / Bob Almond
Artist:	Iago Maia (Penciller)
Artist:	Bob Almond (Inker)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Commission
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	5,496
Likes on CAF:	4 5
Favorited on CAF:	3
Comments:	0
Added to Site:	10/3/2013
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Once upon a time (let's call it the early 1970s), there was an anime series entitled Science Ninja Team Gatchaman (Kagaku Ninjatai Gatchaman in the original Japanese) about a five-member team of young superheroes-slash-ninja who dressed in costumes representing various birds. When ported over to the English-speaking marketplace in 1978, this series -- in highly edited and rescripted form -- became known as Battle of the Planets. Years later, the series was again recrafted for the West as G-Force. Still later -- because Western packagers could never leave well enough alone -- the show was retooled once more, this time as Eagle Riders.

Confused already? Okay, good.

To make matters even more convoluted, all of the characters in the series were given different names (and often very different personalities) in each version. The lone female member of the core team, whose costume represented a swan, was called Jun in the original Japanese presentation. In Battle of the Planets, she became Princess. In G-Force, she was known as Agatha June. In Eagle Riders, her name was Kelly. In all iterations, her primary fighting tool was a yo-yo. (You did know that before it was marketed as a toy, the yo-yo was a Filipino weapon, yes?)

Still confused? I must be telling the story correctly, then.

I first discovered the program in the late '70s under the Battle of the Planets banner, so she's always going to be Princess to me. But if you want to call her Jun, or Agatha June, or even Kelly, I won't argue. Just don't call her anything but awesome.

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