A DESPOP TUESDAYS birthday tribute to MARV WOLFMAN… Donna Troy will always be Wonder Girl to me, and I think that above everyone, we have Marv Wolfman to thank for creating one of the most charismatic heroes in the DC Universe. Donna’s background is notoriously difficult to reconcile and she’s been the victim of countless and often pointless retcons. But at her core, she’ll always be WG and it was Wolfman who first gave her an explainable background — in 1969’s Teen Titans #22, with artists Gil Kane and Nick Cardy — and then later gave her a distinct personality and style in The New Teen Titans, with George Perez. Wolfman, who turns 79, spoke to me once about Wonder Girl’s central role in the New Teen Titans and it’s definitely worth a read. But in the meantime, dig Des Taylor’s DESPOP TUESDAYS Wonder Girl gallery, as well as 13 of his fave panels, pages and covers from over the years, by artists like Perez, Cardy, Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez, Tom Grummett (colored by our pal Rich Seetoo), John Byrne, Dick Giordano and more. “Growing up, I was obsessed with Donna Troy from the Teen Titans,” sez Des. “That tight red suit — it’s like it was designed by Zeus himself to distract mere mortals. Donna appears on any panel, and suddenly, Wonder Woman looks like the understudy. She’s not just hot—she’s powerful and commanding and somehow made leading the Titans look sexier. Also, the tension between her and Nightwing kept me picking up that title every month.” Great Hera! — — Want more DESPOP TUESDAYS? Come back next week! Want a commission? Buy prints? Buy Des’ comics? Check out his Despop Art website! — MORE — V-E DAY at 80: Saluting CAPTAIN AMERICA. Click here. — PARKER, BRUH: More Game Than HASBRO. Click here. — DES TAYLOR is the man behind creator-owned comic properties Scarlett Couture, The Vesha Valentine Story, The Trouble With Katie Rogers and a new property in the works The Blue Lotus Strikes. His client list includes DC Comics, La Perla, FHM, Cosmopolitan, Universal Music, ITV Studios America and many more. When he’s not working on his own properties or churning out commissions, Des spends his spare time… working some more, hating Arsenal and raising his two baby daughters, Scarlett and...