Circus Tricks - Act 1 - Marvel: Earth-USB Saga (Part 25)

[rufusluciusivan]

Roxy Rocket and Calendar Girl were probably the two best new villains from The New Batman Adventures. Both had great designs and would work well in this series. And yes, the less exaggerated version of Roxy looks better for the purpose of this story.

Ah, yes. Calendar Gril. I recall the end of her episode - the reveal she's actually still beautiful but can't see it anymore - left quite an impact on me when I watched the show as a kid.

Plus Calendar Girl indeed sounds like a perfect candidate for a DC USB story... Food for thought...

The version you read about is Madame Ringleader, AKA Pascale Tiboldt. She is the niece of the original Ringmaster, and therefore the cousin of the Ringmistress. Also a potentially good villainess, though she doesn't have the hypnotic hat.

Yes, that's the one I saw. Family trees in comicbook universes are wild...

I guess you could say the Earth-USB version of the Ringmistress is a composite character who combines some aspects the Ringmistress and some of the Ringleader into the same character.

That's about right with canon, I think. Powerful or strong-willed heroes can resist the Ringmaster's hat, but normal humans don't stand a chance. One of the early Marvel stories from the 1960s had Spider-Man hypnotized by the Ringmaster, so clearly even the Spider-Family is susceptible to its effects.

Yes, that's how I interpret it. Though I also interpret it has one glaring flaw: It only works if the person looks at it.

[tirepanted3]

Plus Calendar Girl indeed sounds like a perfect candidate for a DC USB story... Food for thought...

She certainly does... Her design recalls that of Madame Masque. Pity she apparently never made any appearances in Batman media outside of that one TNBA episode.

Yes, that's how I interpret it. Though I also interpret it has one glaring flaw: It only works if the person looks at it.

Yes, that sounds right. And it also obviously won't work on people who can't see it (in that original story, Ringmaster is defeated by Daredevil, who is blind and thus unaffected by the hypnosis.) It's an effective weapon, but has its downsides.