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FIRST APPEARANCE OF THE SILVER SWAN - Wonder Woman #288 Page 9 Original Art
Artists: GENE COLAN (Penciller) , ROMEO TANGHAL (Inker)
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Description15" x 10" image area. Ink over graphite on Bristol board. Wonder Woman #288 Page 9 WONDER WOMAN VS. THE SILVER SWAN Original Art (DC, 1982). Gene Colan and Romeo Tanghal.Silver Swan, Helen Alexandros, makes her debut first appearance on this page, showing off her aerial prowess! The page also features Wonder Woman as she lassos a helicopter careening towards the city street below! The Silver Swan first appeared in 1982 in Wonder Woman (volume 1) #288, written by Roy Thomas and illustrated by Gene Colan. Since then, the character has undergone several updates as comic book continuities have evolved and shifted. Indeed, there have been three different Silver Swans since the character's debut, including Helen Alexandros, the original Silver Swan; Valerie Beaudry, the second Silver Swan, debuting in 1988 in Wonder Woman (volume 2) #15; and Vanessa Kapatelis, the third Silver Swan, debuting in 2001 in Wonder Woman (volume 2) #171. The backstories of all three characters are inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale The Ugly Duckling; similar to the tale's titular protagonist, Alexandros, Beaudry and Kapetelis all believe they are undesirable or unwanted, only to find themselves transformed into extraordinarily beautiful (and vengeful) super-powered women. Born to Leda Alexandros, Helen Alexandros is a bitter ballet dancer who, disgusted by being overlooked and cruelly treated because of her homely appearance, struck a bargain with Mars to have a beautiful face and body in return for destroying man's champion, Wonder Woman. Helen becomes the mystically-created alter ego Silver Swan in the Pre-Crisis universe. The plain-faced, skin-blemished Helen is a former ballerina who has been badly hurt by rejections due to her "ugly duckling" face. After one performance in an ancient temple in Greece, Helen cried out to the gods that she hated men. At that point, Mars appeared from Mount Olympus and revealed to Helena that she was a descendant on her mother’s side from Helen of Sparta, daughter of Zeus and Leda. When Mars asked if she was ready to accept her "heritage of blood", Helen agreed, and was transformed into the beautiful Silver Swan, with the powers of flight, great strength, and a "swan song" which could wreak destruction. Mars told the Swan that Helen would be able to change into her for an hour at a time, as long as she served him, and on the day that she destroyed Wonder Woman, she would become the Silver Swan forever. Social/Sharing |
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