Okay, I’m going to go ahead and get Talia Al Ghul out of the way, as there’s probably no list of comic babes out there that doesn’t list her! Saying Talia is on your list of Comic Book Babes is a remark that is usually answered with a resounding “duh”.
First exposure to Talia was in the oversize Treasury Edition of Batman (and you all know which one I’m talking about…that awe-inspiring classic cover featuring Batman screaming in anguish over the fallen figure of Robin, with a very lackadaisy Talia in the background.)
…Who WAS this gorgeous mystery girl, and why did she have it “on” for Bats?
In later issues I would find her to be just as ruthless (even moreso, actually) than her father Ras Al Ghul. She had all the fire and drive as her father, but none of the finesse, generally just ass-kicking her way to her goals.
In fact, that’s one of the major differences in the Neal Adams Talia and subsequent depictions of her as drawn by folks like Dick Giordano or Irv Novick – Neal always drew her kind of naïve and spacey looking, while the other artists drew her as the threat she actually was! And who can ever forget that backside featured on the cover of Batman #330?
First Appearance: Detective Comics #411 by Denny O Neill and Bob Brown with Dick Giordano
Favorite Artists:
Neal Adams
Irv Novick
Dick Giordano (The DC Comics go-to man!)
