Contest: ENTER SF&F Avatar Contest: Sidekicks

[dahj]

Just out of curiosity, what was the timeframe for this? I've never heard of the character before this thread, but of course the first thing that struck me is the similarity of the name to TNG's Deanna Troi, so I just wondered if there was any kind of homage or anything going on?

Donna Troy debuted well before Deanna as @Kai "the spy" mentioned, but I doubt Deanna was named after her.
Troi (and Riker) were a new version of Ilia (and Decker) from TMP, and since Ilium is another name for Troy (the ancient Greek city), I think that's where her last name came from, it was Gene "homaging" his own work really...

 

[Avro Arrow]

To be more specific than in my previous post, Wonder Girl's backstory and secret identity name of Donna Troy was established by writer Marv Wolfman (who would keep writing the chracter in Titans books up into the 90s) and artist Gil Kane in "Teen Titans" #22 from 1969. I doubt there was any homage involved, as the characters don't have that much in common.

Donna Troy debuted well before Deanna as @Kai "the spy" mentioned, but I doubt Deanna was named after her.
Troi (and Riker) were a new version of Ilia (and Decker) from TMP, and since Ilium is another name for Troy (the ancient Greek city), I think that's where her last name came from, it was Gene "homaging" his own work really...

Thank you to both of you! I had just wondered if perhaps the “Titans” writers/editors were TNG fans, but I guess “1969” rules that out quite definitively!

 

[JD]

I didn't realize Donna Troy had been around that long, I thought she was introduce after Crisis on Infinite Earths.

 

[tharpdevenport]

EDIT: I forgot I was in SF&F -- disregard entry!


A Festus for the rest'a us:

 

[Kai "the spy"]

This thread might need a *bump*.

 

[JD]

Sorry, work has been crazy, and I completely forgot about this. I guess it's time to star the poll.
Can I copy and paste everyone's entries into the other thread or do I need to save them all to my Photobucket account first?

 

[Kai "the spy"]

You should be able to copy and paste the images directly.

 

[auntiehill]

@JD : I have nothing but time on my hands. I'll do it for you, if you want.

 

[JD]

Sure, that's fine with me.

 

[auntiehill]

Okey doke. I'll get to it.

eta: poll is here.