History ComicBook / Glory

Glory is a superhero that was created by Creator/RobLiefeld for Creator/ImageComics in 1993. She first appeared in ''ComicBook/{{Youngblood}} Strikefile'' #1 and later went on to star in her own series, as well as several crossover mini-series with Avengelyne.

* {{Expy}}: In flashbacks, Glory appears to be an expy of ComicBook/WonderWoman, [[spoiler:making Emilie an expy of Etta Candy]].

* {{Transgender}}: Wanda Beerboy does almost nothing but complain about being born a girl, which leads to the conclusion that Wanda is actually a pre-op trans man.

* AffectionateParody: The "Temptation Comics" segments vary from loving homages to parodies of the early Franchise/WonderWoman stories by William Moulton Marston which remove any subtext regarding the bondage themes Marston worked with.

* BiTheWay: Glory is happy with male and female lovers. [[spoiler:And, in fact, the first person Glory loved was a woman named Emilie.]]

Even after moving from Image Comics to Awesome Comics, Glory never caught on and was eventually cancelled. Then, in 1999, after Creator/AlanMoore was done rebooting ComicBook/{{Supreme}} and writing ''Comic/YoungbloodJudgmentDay'' (which erased a lot of the '90s "dark and edginess"), he began writing a reboot of Glory. Now, Glory took on the identity of a human waitress by the name of Gloria West. Unfortunately, only one issue (#0) was published before Awesome Comics shut down. Two more issues were published by Creator/AvatarPress in 2001 under the name ''Creator/AlanMoore's Glory''.

* FourGirlEnsemble: The Danger Damsels seen in the second issue, comprising of Wanda Beerboy (OneOfTheGuys), Athena Bright (TheSmartGuy), Precious Darling (SpoiledSweet DaddysGirl), and Lotta Scoops (BigEater). They're a parody of the Holliday College sorority girls who used to help out Wonder Woman during the Golden Age. Lotta seems to be a direct AlternateCompanyEquivalent of Etta Candy, albeit a skinny one.

* AffectionateParody: The "Temptation Comics" segments vary from loving homages to parodies of the early WonderWoman stories by William Moulton Marston which remove any subtext regarding the bondage themes Marston worked with.

* AlternateCompanyEquivalent: Moore's run made Glory an even more blatant WonderWoman copy by introducing characters based off the GoldenAge Wonder Woman stories. The Danger Damsels are counterparts of the Holliday College girls, Madame Melissa Von Manacle is a Paula Von Gunther counterpart, and Glory's boyfriend Trevor is a blatant Steve Trevor copy.

-->''Am I '''ready'''? I've spent '''centuries''' waiting for this. I'm '''ready''' for '''anything'''.''\\
-- Gloriana Demeter

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[[caption-width-right:350:Alan Moore's Glory]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Joe Keatinge's Glory]]

* {{Retcon}}: In Liefeld's Glory, Glory's people were literally Amazons and Demons. Here, they are alien races that influenced angels and demons, but specifically come from a world called "Thule."
** The series also retcons Moore's Glory, by having "Gloria West" be a real person that was briefly taken over by Glory.
* SequelHook: The series ends with one for a reimagining of the Liefeld character "Prophet" (another series that was rebooted in 2012, written by Brandon Graham).

* {{Transsexual}}: Wanda Beerboy does almost nothing but complain about being born a girl, which leads to the conclusion that Wanda is actually a pre-op trans man.

And that was pretty much the end of Glory until 2012 when Joe Keatinge and Sophie Campbell took everything that had come before and remade it into something awesome.

* AmazonianBeauty: Glory is reimagined is much, ''much'' more muscular and covered with scars. It's implied that the older she got, the more she let her demon side out; during World War II, she still looked relatively human. In present day, she towers over everyone.
** Ironically, with the increase in musculature, Glory no longer has the MostCommonSuperpower. (In fact, aside from Glory, most characters have realistic builds.)

* BigBeautifulWoman: Sophie Campbell redesigns some of the female Youngblood members in #32 and #33 with curvier, plump bodies. The two most prominent ones are Psilence and Stasis.

And that was pretty much the end of Glory until 2012 when Joe Keatinge and Ross Campbell took everything that had come before and remade it into something awesome.

That was nearly a hundred years ago. Now, Glory has been missing for a long time. Now, a young woman named Riley Barnes, who has been having dreams of Glory since childhood, has gone looking for her. Finally, with the help of a woman named [[MythologyGag Gloria West]], she finds Glory...who has been beaten within an inch of her life. Gloria tells her that something really, really bad did this to her...and their coming back.

* ChaoticNeutral: Nanaja, with a dash of AxCrazy. She only fights on Glory's side because she hates her father more.

* UglyCute: Henry, who is a giant demon-thing, but also lovely and nice and likes taking pictures with old cameras.

Glory is a superhero that was created by Creator/RobLiefeld for Creator/ImageComics in 1993. She first appeared in ''ComicBook/Youngblood Strikefile'' #1 and later went on to star in her own series, as well as several crossover mini-series with Avengelyne.

''Glory'' Vol. 1, Rob Liefeld's version, consisted on 21 issues. Although Liefeld created the character, the series was mainly written by Jo Duffy and penciled by Mike Deodato, Jr. In it, Glory was Gloriana Demeter, the daughter of Lady Demeter of the Amazons and Lord Silverfall, a demon of the Underworld. Glory struggled with both her Amazonian side and her Demon side, eventually moving to Earth to fight in World War II along with ComicBook/Supreme.

Even after moving from Image Comics to Awesome Comics, Glory never caught on and was eventually cancelled. Then, in 1999, after Creator/AlanMoore was done rebooting ComicBook/Supreme and writing ''Comic/YoungbloodJudgmentDay'' (which erased a lot of the '90s "dark and edginess"), he began writing a reboot of Glory. Now, Glory took on the identity of a human waitress by the name of Gloria West. Unfortunately, only one issue (#0) was published before Awesome Comics shut down. Two more issues were published by Creator/AvatarPress in 2001 under the name ''Creator/AlanMoore's Glory''.

* ArcWords: ''I'm ready for anything.''

Even after moving from Image Comics to Awesome Comics, Glory never caught on and was eventually cancelled. Then, in 1999, after Alan Moore was done rebooting Supreme and writing ''Youngblood: Judgment Day'' (which erased a lot of the Nineties Dark and Edginess), he began writing a reboot of Glory. Now, Glory took on the identity of a human waitress by the name of Gloria West. Unfortunately, only one issue (#0) was published before Awesome Comics shut down. Two more issues were published by Creator/AvatarPress in 2001 under the name ''Alan Moore's Glory''.

* SpiritualSuccessor: It certainly looks like this is where Moore first got the idea and themes for ComicBook/Promethea (blending mythology, adventure, and romance).