tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post7759866213888639119..comments2024-03-25T05:26:47.764-04:00Comments on The Peerless Power of Comics!: Pam Grier, Your Dream Role Is Calling YouComicsfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10064955427593820783noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-85819807198557142992016-05-02T21:13:24.300-04:002016-05-02T21:13:24.300-04:00david, Kirby's Leila is a vital, strong charac...david, Kirby's Leila is a vital, strong character--but her focus is entirely on Sam, with no sign of her other priorities or her continued commitment to "the cause" that I can recall. She's even down with Cap and Falc as a team, and enthusiastically at that. Kirby apparently felt her strength as a supporting character for Sam was sufficient for the book.<br />Comicsfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10064955427593820783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-48659958582223849722016-05-02T09:43:14.346-04:002016-05-02T09:43:14.346-04:00Hmmmm, I liken your inclusion of the Leila panel (...Hmmmm, I liken your inclusion of the Leila panel (before reading your post..), to the more iconic Mary Jane appearance in ASM (the 'Face It Tiger, You Just Hit The Jackpot' panel..). <br /><br />It would be interesting (from the early Bronze Age standpoint) to contrast/compare the two and how they wove themselves as counterpoints to 'their men' in the title. <br /><br />All in all, I initially found Englehart's usage of her as the black revolt's mouthpiece intriguing as how it found it's way into Sam's head in his internal struggle between her and Cap.., later she diminished a bit to whininess and selfishness. <br /><br />I didn't read much of Kirby's tenure on the title (and after..) sufficiently to verify whether she developed past that and back to the heights Englehart developed her as being. I assume not.david_bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00218727673816200051noreply@blogger.com