This is fairly simple to explain: Liza is Lady Cop, the other two in her class are given the names Girl Cop and Female Cop, and the female officer that recommended her for the force is named Woman Cop. It's so disappointing that we'll never get to see this intricate worldbuilding and sublime writing past the one issue.
I just assumed that "lady cop" was a generic descriptor (she was a lady cop, not THE Lady Cop), but it was fun watching Guy Comic Book Presenter make much of it in his witty way.
Patriarchal pat Though he doesn't rob banks, he is often found openly taunting women in train carriages, sitting with his legs apart, or maliciously turning air conditioning up in offices.
Her doctoral thesis was on the application of a fist to your face. She knocked out the review board. Took them an hour to wake up and tell her that she'd passed.
I've noticed something in this comic: Lady Cop has no equipment. No radio, gun, nightstick, handcuffs, or anything else. No wonder she had to learn to fight with a hat, that's all she has. Who's in charge of the equipment at her precinct?
Slight correction: She has cuffs stored at the back of her belt at 6:40. Chris didn't show it, but she used them in the attempted rape scene. But other than that, she's on her own!
Back in the 70s, cops rolled with whatever gear they wanted. Some wielded .44 magnums. Some shotguns. Others .50 caliber machine guns. A few others just a simple judo outfit and nunchakus.
Some guy, who probably figured if she got beat up or sexually assaulted, that would put an end to all that "wimmen on the police force" nonsense! A lot of early female cops had to put up with an INCREDIBLE amount of hazing by the male officers they worked with and for.
@Logan Waltz But then people would just fuck with her for shits and giggles. The first time it's surprising, the second time the psycho is prepared and this does'nt end well.
Quick note on the first aid scene; her thought bubble says "The grocer has stopped breathing!". That does actually take priority over a stab wound - giving mouth to mouth is actually the correct thing to do there.
It's actually supposedly not a rip-off of Police Woman - but the original title was going to be Police Woman while in development and was changed when the Angie Dickinson series came out.
JamesBurrTV trash cans are actually known to stop explosions. That’s why trash cans were issued in all the trenches during WWII. It saved many lives back in the day.
Not necessarily. Not only is the trash can a little bit resistant, but on top of that the energy from the explosion tends to follow the path of least resistance, which would in fact be the open upside. The bottom might get pierced or detached because the grenade would reach it and its flat surface near the centre of the explosion would take a hard hit, but the sides? They're circular which would help distribute the force of the explosion, so they'd be the last to give in and turn into shrapnel. Of course throwing grenade in a trash can isn't an exact science (especially since there can be anything inside the can which can make the the explosion completely unpredictable), but most likely her call was the correct one.
I always thought The League of Women Voters sounded more like a superhero team or sports association than anything else. Just a little too grandiose-sounding for what it is.
The biggest flaw with the comic is that it simply ends too soon. In a lot of stories that address social issues, you start off showing the problem in action before the main character goes about solving it. Lady Cop, as a progressive comic about confronting sexism, does a lot of showing the casual sexim of people in the city, but ends before it can really challenge it. I'd like to think that if the story was allowed to continue, Lady Cop would have confronted things like the insecure boyfriend who wants her to quit, or the public's general attitude of seeing her as a strange novelty.
@6:03 yep. *This is playing out like all anime do.* 😃 *1)* girl is presented as a "badass". *2)* girl is sexually assaulted (possibly raped) for fanservice, but author acts like we're supposed to take this part of the story seriously. *3)* rinse and repeat steps 1 & 2 in every chapter, episode, &/or story arc until the series' end.
Speaking of opening themes, one that was really awesome (and that I had to look up again on YT) is the theme for Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors. * drools *
@@allluckyseven I have to admit, I never seen the show. I didn't get cable as a kid, so if it wasn't on the big three (ABC, NBC, and CBS) I wasn't able to watch. Although, I fell in love with the Jayce show/toyline when Toy Galaxy did a review of the toyline. Retroblasting channel did a huge retrospective on the show and toyline. In the final video, he admits that collecting the toys are a pain because there is no definitive source of complete sets of these toys since they had a lot of interchangeable parts, so he decides to break down all the items in the original leases of the toys. Definitely a must watch if you are into the show or toy line.
Are you sure this isnt Black Canary´s comic where Dinah Drake becomes a cop like her husband. But somehow DC didnt allow this move and just create Lady Cop because the comic has already done.
In that scene where she is in the Police Academy, the two other women look like twins with the exact same look on their faces. Their color is just slightly different.
Oh man, I found "Lady Cop" years ago at a convention in Boston! I instantly loved it because it's all the things I happen to love between 15 cents and 25 cents; it's misguided (like; already too-old Stan Lee writing Spiderman stories about drug addiction in the late '60's!), also the romance comic artists were ALWAYS the true craftsmen of the trade (they were obviously schooled artists rather than nerds who learned to draw from other comic books), and it's awkwardly sleazy in an era of "Death Wish", yet back when comics were still considered entertainment for children only! I live in NYC now and that was certainly the city that was "worse than Gotham" from the late '60's through the early '90's (from LSD to heroin to PCP to crack, and always vodka). We needed Lady Cop! Not L.A. Angie-fucking-Dickinson! Lady Cop was like a tiny broken mirror in a Barbie play set.
To be honest, contrary to you, i see that this comic has good background story,and case story, good drawing , good morale exposed, the weird thing is she calls “phd” in karate. I guess its unfortunate that many people just dont give the comic for good chance. I guess too many comics superhero at that time
Chris, you always makes me head straight to comicvine so I can read more about what you're showing on your videos. This John Rosenberger was an amazing artist. It's so sad that, although he drew quite a few comics, he didn't get to draw much of note. In superhero comics, at least. A couple Wonder Woman comics, one Brave and the Bold comic, one Supergirl comic and a few others, lesser known.
Lady Cop shows up years later as Chief of Police of Ivy Town in Gail Simone's run on ALL-NEW ATOM with Ryan Choi in the title role. I just realized that was 17 years ago-and Gail was very supportive of Tammy's and I's writing. Unfortunately, Marvel felt differently.
I just recently re-read Lady Cop. Didn't know you were going to cover it! It wasn't bad, but yeah, Kanigher was trying to hard to be a modern (70s-style) progressive in his twilight years. If he had stuck with a vengeance angle, or even a good mystery to solve, I think it would have been better. But at least Rosenberger's art was pretty enjoyable. I've seen a few other Rosenberger stories, and it's a shame he didn't get to draw more.
I remember seeing this on the newsstand. In the horrible Richard Speck murders - who murdered 8 nurses in one night - and the one nurse who survived hide under the bed
1:49 to 2:02 The reason for Lady Cops face being near the DC logo is probably because DC had the main characters faces on a lot of their books at the time. It was similar to how Marvel had the main character in the box at the top left for their books.
I watched a "Columbo" from '78 or '79 recently. He investigates this female lawyer, and in one scene talks to one of the male lawyers at the firm: "I don't know how you do it." "Do what?" "Work for a woman." The man then goes on to explain that, well, she's the best in the business and so forth... - Yeah, the 70s were a very different time. I think "Lady Cop" at least tried, and I respect it for that. I think it had potential.
this comic seems to be: "She's... doing her job as a police officer, *gasp*!" The sarcasm in this video was great. A bit of an odd assumption that the underage girl's boyfriend isn't also her age. Why would it have to be statutory rape? Isn't it more likely they're the same age?
Was an issue of Badger a contender for crappiest comic? It would be a shame to put people off discovering First Comics, to the extent that's even possible now. Even fans of John Ostrander might never read Grimjack.
At the 1:00 mark you mention that the cover scene doesn't take place within the issue. Then, at the 10:40 mark, the scene (albeit brief) does actually take place, with a panel that duplicates the cover, depicting a large man attacking Lady Cop with a chain..
Hat-based martial arts expert? Clearly we missed the part of her origin story where she travelled to Lidsville. Ah well, perhaps when they release the Lady Cop Year Zero series.
Don't blame Kannagher for being inspired to make his own version of Police Woman. If he didn't make Lady Cop, we wouldn't be getting Danger Street and scene transitions like Darkseid and Highfather hugging to Lady Cop's printer not working.
I honestly think that every lame golden age/silver age character can be made better with some better writing. Lady cop for example. Have her in a city that's rife with crime and corruption. She's got it bad. A relationship that's toxic but she doesn't even realize it, a dead-end job, nothing to show for it. Her two roommates are comparably living much fuller lives and working better jobs (what those are is up for decision) One day, they're murdered and Liza barely manages to escape joining them. A mix of fear for a returning killer and a desire to avenged her roommates' deaths leads her to join the police force. She's met by a system of corrupt officers that don't want to bring this woman into the force, but she works and trains harder than everyone else in the academy and rises to the top of her class. From there, you can have her facing criminals and trying to work around the deep rooted corruption. Stationed in menial police work, but still finding herself getting into deeper trouble since she's just so damn good at being a cop
And I thought Savage Dragon had a busy day his first day as a cop. This girl goes trought everything and she barely even get to walk a block before someone runs up to her. Like what?
There's a Marvel miniseries that covers the same basic territory, following a young woman patrol officer as she goes about her job. It's Cops: The Job, from 1992, and it's pretty good, and also pretty cheap to come by, with issues going for less than a dollar each.
I actually remember DC First Issue Special. It was a tryout series in the form of a latter-day DC Showcase, which in its time introduced a lot of the Silver Age heroes: Flash, Green Lantern, Atom, as well as quite a few lower-tier series like Challengers of the Unknown, Adam Strange, Rip Hunter, Metal Men, B'wana Beast, Hawk and Dove, the Inferior Five, and the Creeper.
I think the ice cream vendor was surprised to see a female patrol officer in what seems to be a pretty rough neighbourhood. At this time, they were usually assigned to nicer areas. The grocer... yeah, I think she made the right call. Brain damage sets in far faster than hypovolemic shock. But overall, this is pretty painful. And i definitely agree about her boyfriend. How insecure can you get?
Much like our host Chris, I'm not an EMT either. But it seems to me that giving chest compressions to someone with multiple stab wounds would just squeeze the blood out of them much faster, no?
The 80s manga series "You're Under Arrest" "Tank Police" "Bubblegum Crisis" "Gunsmith Cats" & "Dirty Pair" succeeded where this failed. Ultra violence sells.
And there were creating in those time more heroic versions of cops even with one that didn't got out or exist in comics "Super Cop" and instead they put Robo Cop but I don't know if this Super Cop exists in the Heroes Multiverse
Pretty sure I have said this kind of thing on some of your other videos, but what was progressive in the 70's may seem not very progressive today, but a lot of change came surprisingly late and took time. Not even a given that relevant laws you mention were the same back then.
This is fairly simple to explain: Liza is Lady Cop, the other two in her class are given the names Girl Cop and Female Cop, and the female officer that recommended her for the force is named Woman Cop. It's so disappointing that we'll never get to see this intricate worldbuilding and sublime writing past the one issue.
Police Lass and Pig Harlot were already taken.
Obviously one is Police girl and Lady Black Cop
I just assumed that "lady cop" was a generic descriptor (she was a lady cop, not THE Lady Cop), but it was fun watching Guy Comic Book Presenter make much of it in his witty way.
If the captain of the precinct is a woman she would be called matriarch cop.
I assume this is the same force where Flute Cop and Axe Cop work.
"Cool it! That girl's underage! Don't you realize you can have the book thrown at you?"
Lady Cop, I don't think that's the big problem here.
for real: "don't do that, it's wrong because you might get caught!"
"You! Don't commit murder with that firearm, don't you realize it's unregistered?"
@@darkartsdabbler2407 You can't steal that car, the taillight is out.
What's her arch enemy, man criminal?
Patriarchal pat
Though he doesn't rob banks, he is often found openly taunting women in train carriages, sitting with his legs apart, or maliciously turning air conditioning up in offices.
Such Evil Man!
Gentlemen Thug
Asmin Siza Boots Man is true main villian
Laddie Con
I'm awaiting a Lady Cop and Night Nurse crossover.
PhD in karate? I'm not even mad, that's amazing
Hey, that's all you really need in this life.
"So...what belt do you have?" "Belt? I have a Doctorate in Karate. Belts are for weak."
Her doctoral thesis was on the application of a fist to your face. She knocked out the review board. Took them an hour to wake up and tell her that she'd passed.
Lady cop: that's Dr. Officer. Lady cop to you, I didn't beat up my professor/Sifu just to be called lady.
Unfortunately, she misunderstood what "defending your thesis" means.
It was a damn bloodbath.
Very nice touch on keeping your shirt unbutton in honor of Lady Cop. It's the little things!
I've noticed something in this comic: Lady Cop has no equipment. No radio, gun, nightstick, handcuffs, or anything else. No wonder she had to learn to fight with a hat, that's all she has. Who's in charge of the equipment at her precinct?
Slight correction: She has cuffs stored at the back of her belt at 6:40. Chris didn't show it, but she used them in the attempted rape scene. But other than that, she's on her own!
lo1bo2 Ah, I see it now, my apologies.
Back in the 70s, cops rolled with whatever gear they wanted. Some wielded .44 magnums. Some shotguns. Others .50 caliber machine guns. A few others just a simple judo outfit and nunchakus.
She could remove her clothes and use them as weapons. We can hope
Anyway.
Some guy, who probably figured if she got beat up or sexually assaulted, that would put an end to all that "wimmen on the police force" nonsense!
A lot of early female cops had to put up with an INCREDIBLE amount of hazing by the male officers they worked with and for.
Can't wait for the gritty Lady Cop reboot
@Logan Waltz But then people would just fuck with her for shits and giggles. The first time it's surprising, the second time the psycho is prepared and this does'nt end well.
Quick note on the first aid scene; her thought bubble says "The grocer has stopped breathing!". That does actually take priority over a stab wound - giving mouth to mouth is actually the correct thing to do there.
I love the fact that you assumed your "younger viewers" already knew what VD was, but had to explain the pay phone.
"I'm *obviously* a hot cop" LOL that one got me good, course you are chris;) great vid as always
You’re kinda putting me off drawing my comic ‘Male Midwife’....!
OOF
Issue 2. Lady cop meets... Police Man!
What, what kind of name is police man, imagine if we referred to our law enforcement as Police men and police women
"That part's for dad when he's reading to the kids!" 🤣 That was hilarious!
"Now I'm not an EMT, I'm obviously a Hot Cop..."
Lol i nearly choked on my drink.
It's actually supposedly not a rip-off of Police Woman - but the original title was going to be Police Woman while in development and was changed when the Angie Dickinson series came out.
Wouldn't throwing a grenade into a trash can just turn it into a massive shrapnel bomb?
Hush, you.
How dare you apply real world physics.
JamesBurrTV trash cans are actually known to stop explosions. That’s why trash cans were issued in all the trenches during WWII. It saved many lives back in the day.
Not a Vibrainium - Nth Metal trash can !
Not necessarily. Not only is the trash can a little bit resistant, but on top of that the energy from the explosion tends to follow the path of least resistance, which would in fact be the open upside. The bottom might get pierced or detached because the grenade would reach it and its flat surface near the centre of the explosion would take a hard hit, but the sides? They're circular which would help distribute the force of the explosion, so they'd be the last to give in and turn into shrapnel. Of course throwing grenade in a trash can isn't an exact science (especially since there can be anything inside the can which can make the the explosion completely unpredictable), but most likely her call was the correct one.
Wow the art is really good, it’s walking the line between a Romance comic
and an EC horror/crime comic
The spinoff series "Lady voter" is also good.
RisingRedTide LOL
I always thought The League of Women Voters sounded more like a superhero team or sports association than anything else. Just a little too grandiose-sounding for what it is.
"That girl doesn't look underage!" That's what gets a lot of dudes in trouble with the law.
"Before I molest you, I'm going to need to see some ID."
The biggest flaw with the comic is that it simply ends too soon.
In a lot of stories that address social issues, you start off showing the problem in action before the main character goes about solving it. Lady Cop, as a progressive comic about confronting sexism, does a lot of showing the casual sexim of people in the city, but ends before it can really challenge it.
I'd like to think that if the story was allowed to continue, Lady Cop would have confronted things like the insecure boyfriend who wants her to quit, or the public's general attitude of seeing her as a strange novelty.
FrankLightheart Oh, you sweet summer child...
I am sold. You got a fan for life bud.
Why didn't we get a full run of Hal the Insecure Boyfriend?
Hat based martial arts? Ah you must mean hat-fu, taught to her by that legendary master of the style, Odd Job.
Kung Lao and Oddjob were her teachers in the art of hat fu.
@@Xehanort10 Well, at least she learned from the best.
12:32 Thank you for posting my artwork Chris, I truly appreciate it. I really enjoy your entertaining videos while I am painting.
Edward Dillon- Awesome piece you did!
@@qrissy3742 Thank you very kindly!
@6:03 yep. *This is playing out like all anime do.* 😃
*1)* girl is presented as a "badass".
*2)* girl is sexually assaulted (possibly raped) for fanservice, but author acts like we're supposed to take this part of the story seriously.
*3)* rinse and repeat steps 1 & 2 in every chapter, episode, &/or story arc until the series' end.
*coughs* Kill la Kill *cough*
"Sure thing......... LAAAADY COP?!?"
I recently found this channel and I gotta say I love it so much. So much workbyou put in. ❤
You have to review Spiral Zone! I loved the cartoon in the 80s (or at least the kick-ass opening theme), but never knew it was made into a comic book.
Speaking of opening themes, one that was really awesome (and that I had to look up again on YT) is the theme for Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors. * drools *
@@allluckyseven I have to admit, I never seen the show. I didn't get cable as a kid, so if it wasn't on the big three (ABC, NBC, and CBS) I wasn't able to watch. Although, I fell in love with the Jayce show/toyline when Toy Galaxy did a review of the toyline. Retroblasting channel did a huge retrospective on the show and toyline. In the final video, he admits that collecting the toys are a pain because there is no definitive source of complete sets of these toys since they had a lot of interchangeable parts, so he decides to break down all the items in the original leases of the toys. Definitely a must watch if you are into the show or toy line.
A very, very bad one.
What is Badger doing up there!?!?!?!
I was thinking the same thing. Badger is awesome!
Was the underaged girl really “sexy,” or just on trend with fashion? And where was it stated that her boyfriend was an adult? Maybe he was a kid too?
We may never know
Winston Heard Still statutory rape🤷♂️
@@DrewLSsix against whom?
@jason lewis Actually they could both be charged with statutory rape if they are both underage.
The street payphone was the place Clark Kent used to change into Superman
Lets give that grenade thing some credit; that's the captain america play but with the benefit of not blowing herself up!
Are you sure this isnt Black Canary´s comic where Dinah Drake becomes a cop like her husband. But somehow DC didnt allow this move and just create Lady Cop because the comic has already done.
In that scene where she is in the Police Academy, the two other women look like twins with the exact same look on their faces. Their color is just slightly different.
Oh man, I found "Lady Cop" years ago at a convention in Boston! I instantly loved it because it's all the things I happen to love between 15 cents and 25 cents; it's misguided (like; already too-old Stan Lee writing Spiderman stories about drug addiction in the late '60's!), also the romance comic artists were ALWAYS the true craftsmen of the trade (they were obviously schooled artists rather than nerds who learned to draw from other comic books), and it's awkwardly sleazy in an era of "Death Wish", yet back when comics were still considered entertainment for children only! I live in NYC now and that was certainly the city that was "worse than Gotham" from the late '60's through the early '90's (from LSD to heroin to PCP to crack, and always vodka). We needed Lady Cop! Not L.A. Angie-fucking-Dickinson! Lady Cop was like a tiny broken mirror in a Barbie play set.
I remember buying Lady Cop right off the stands. I liked the art and the story was-okay.
Looks hoaky and charming in that Silver Age way. I like the art though.
That grenade scene was fucking awesome though.
"Why would you do if i get stabbed in the toe? Rub my neck with aloe vera?"
Came here because of today’s livestream. Hilarious and informative video! 😂
" I kissed the sheriff but i did not snog the depute . "
Gerbil13 🤣
Lol
8:50 "No, I am not an EMT. I'm obviously a hot cop." ~~~ HOLY SHIET!!!
"Now I'm not an EMT. I'm obviously a hot cop."
Fun episode! Can't wait to see the other entries
To be honest, contrary to you, i see that this comic has good background story,and case story, good drawing , good morale exposed, the weird thing is she calls “phd” in karate. I guess its unfortunate that many people just dont give the comic for good chance. I guess too many comics superhero at that time
My mom was the first female officer for a small city in 1966. Her CB handle in 1975 was Sgt Pepper after Angie Dickinson.
Awesome comic review and brief history of women in the police force.
A couple of those thugs look like Charles Bronson. Lady Cop must be really strong.
Wow, amazing artist. His anatomy is one f'kn point.
"Now, I'm not an EMT, I'm obviously a hot cop..."
Chris, you always makes me head straight to comicvine so I can read more about what you're showing on your videos.
This John Rosenberger was an amazing artist. It's so sad that, although he drew quite a few comics, he didn't get to draw much of note. In superhero comics, at least. A couple Wonder Woman comics, one Brave and the Bold comic, one Supergirl comic and a few others, lesser known.
It was a little while before I noticed your shirt is unbuttoned xD xD
I like how Chris talks with a straight while wearing that outfit
I love love love this guy. I've never hit subscribe so quickly
Lady Cop shows up years later as Chief of Police of Ivy Town in Gail Simone's run on ALL-NEW ATOM with Ryan Choi in the title role. I just realized that was 17 years ago-and Gail was very supportive of Tammy's and I's writing.
Unfortunately, Marvel felt differently.
Wish I'd won that toilet paper. I could really use it right about now.
I just recently re-read Lady Cop. Didn't know you were going to cover it! It wasn't bad, but yeah, Kanigher was trying to hard to be a modern (70s-style) progressive in his twilight years. If he had stuck with a vengeance angle, or even a good mystery to solve, I think it would have been better. But at least Rosenberger's art was pretty enjoyable. I've seen a few other Rosenberger stories, and it's a shame he didn't get to draw more.
If somebody hasn't told you already, it's a beanie - it was very common among college underclassmen back in the early part of the 20th century.
I remember seeing this on the newsstand. In the horrible Richard Speck murders - who murdered 8 nurses in one night - and the one nurse who survived hide under the bed
1:49 to 2:02 The reason for Lady Cops face being near the DC logo is probably because DC had the main characters faces on a lot of their books at the time. It was similar to how Marvel had the main character in the box at the top left for their books.
"So you want Lady Cop to look heroic and proud on the cover?"
"No! God no!"
I watched a "Columbo" from '78 or '79 recently. He investigates this female lawyer, and in one scene talks to one of the male lawyers at the firm:
"I don't know how you do it."
"Do what?"
"Work for a woman."
The man then goes on to explain that, well, she's the best in the business and so forth... - Yeah, the 70s were a very different time. I think "Lady Cop" at least tried, and I respect it for that. I think it had potential.
I want “Hal the Insecure Boyfriend” as a card in magic the gathering
As usual a brilliant episode absolutely hilarious
Your sarcastic deadpan sense of humor hits on all levels! XD
The whole "head snapping towards the punch" is getting that still happens today. I throw my arms in the air every time it happens
this comic seems to be: "She's... doing her job as a police officer, *gasp*!" The sarcasm in this video was great. A bit of an odd assumption that the underage girl's boyfriend isn't also her age. Why would it have to be statutory rape? Isn't it more likely they're the same age?
2:03 isnt that Bill Finger? I mean, in the Super friends Wiki they use that picture in Bill Finger´s page
IIRC 1st issue special also the introduction of the Mikal Tomas Starman.
I love comics that are created to cash in on trends (Luke Cage/Iron Fist come to mind) wouldn’t mind seeing an episode dedicated to that trope
CruderQuotient1 Shang Chi was another character that cashed in on trends, but I still think he’s a great character even now.
And now Tom King is using this character in a new miniseries.
14:20 The term is actually SD Gundam, or Super-Deformed Gundam, reffering to the large head & teeny-tiny body
Never been this early before, nice!
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Was an issue of Badger a contender for crappiest comic? It would be a shame to put people off discovering First Comics, to the extent that's even possible now. Even fans of John Ostrander might never read Grimjack.
Honestly would love to see Lady Cop in the next Suicide Squad movie would be a really funny character to have in there
Oh my god when you had the buttons undone I laughed my ass off great episode. I seriously loved the art in this also
At the 1:00 mark you mention that the cover scene doesn't take place within the issue. Then, at the 10:40 mark, the scene (albeit brief) does actually take place, with a panel that duplicates the cover, depicting a large man attacking Lady Cop with a chain..
Hat-based martial arts expert? Clearly we missed the part of her origin story where she travelled to Lidsville. Ah well, perhaps when they release the Lady Cop Year Zero series.
Don't blame Kannagher for being inspired to make his own version of Police Woman. If he didn't make Lady Cop, we wouldn't be getting Danger Street and scene transitions like Darkseid and Highfather hugging to Lady Cop's printer not working.
I honestly think that every lame golden age/silver age character can be made better with some better writing.
Lady cop for example. Have her in a city that's rife with crime and corruption. She's got it bad. A relationship that's toxic but she doesn't even realize it, a dead-end job, nothing to show for it. Her two roommates are comparably living much fuller lives and working better jobs (what those are is up for decision)
One day, they're murdered and Liza barely manages to escape joining them. A mix of fear for a returning killer and a desire to avenged her roommates' deaths leads her to join the police force.
She's met by a system of corrupt officers that don't want to bring this woman into the force, but she works and trains harder than everyone else in the academy and rises to the top of her class.
From there, you can have her facing criminals and trying to work around the deep rooted corruption. Stationed in menial police work, but still finding herself getting into deeper trouble since she's just so damn good at being a cop
I really hope Lady Cop can cross over with Ms. Officer from the Lil' Wayne song.
Congrats to my brother Brad!
And I thought Savage Dragon had a busy day his first day as a cop. This girl goes trought everything and she barely even get to walk a block before someone runs up to her. Like what?
There's a Marvel miniseries that covers the same basic territory, following a young woman patrol officer as she goes about her job. It's Cops: The Job, from 1992, and it's pretty good, and also pretty cheap to come by, with issues going for less than a dollar each.
I actually remember DC First Issue Special. It was a tryout series in the form of a latter-day DC Showcase, which in its time introduced a lot of the Silver Age heroes: Flash, Green Lantern, Atom, as well as quite a few lower-tier series like Challengers of the Unknown, Adam Strange, Rip Hunter, Metal Men, B'wana Beast, Hawk and Dove, the Inferior Five, and the Creeper.
I think the ice cream vendor was surprised to see a female patrol officer in what seems to be a pretty rough neighbourhood. At this time, they were usually assigned to nicer areas. The grocer... yeah, I think she made the right call. Brain damage sets in far faster than hypovolemic shock. But overall, this is pretty painful. And i definitely agree about her boyfriend. How insecure can you get?
Much like our host Chris, I'm not an EMT either. But it seems to me that giving chest compressions to someone with multiple stab wounds would just squeeze the blood out of them much faster, no?
This could work if it went full parody like in Black Dynamite
Robert Canneker (spell check) looks like he got the idea for Lady Cop from his life on the mean streets with that slash mark on his face
Hmm cowboy boots and ace of spades cards...
Lemmy, is that you?
The 80s manga series "You're Under Arrest" "Tank Police" "Bubblegum Crisis" "Gunsmith Cats" & "Dirty Pair" succeeded where this failed. Ultra violence sells.
I think this book had some good ideas that just needed to be delivered a bit better
Spiderman/Hulk, you say? Now THAT is a comic i'd be interested in reading
Fif Gallag I reviewed it a few months ago in the episode titled Marvel Toilet Paper.
I love that she went to the beach on her break
Love your cap!
And there were creating in those time more heroic versions of cops even with one that didn't got out or exist in comics "Super Cop" and instead they put Robo Cop but I don't know if this Super Cop exists in the Heroes Multiverse
I'm looking forward to the Lady Cop Animated movie.
Pretty sure I have said this kind of thing on some of your other videos, but what was progressive in the 70's may seem not very progressive today, but a lot of change came surprisingly late and took time. Not even a given that relevant laws you mention were the same back then.
I'm kinda disappointed that her origin wasn't being bitten by a radioactive cop
Radioactive billy club.
2:03 That's not a picture of Robert Kanigar, that's a picture of Bill Finger, Co-Creator of Batman.
Hey man, been following your channel for a while, haven’t watched everything, but I just wanted to say what you do as a channel is pretty cool