BIG BARDA - MISTER MIRACLE #6 DC Comics 1972

Jack Kirby - giant in the field of comic art but not particularly famous for his sexy females. Of course he did have his moments, but not many people could have introduced a character like Lashina without a certain subtext being inferred. Kirby's biggest contribution to Boob War was of course Big Barda, and in Mister Miracle #6 we get both of them. Fighting. In mud. Okay, not in mud, but it's a nice image.

The story gets off to an odd start with the introduction of Funky Flashman and Houseroy, who appear to be a kind of prototype for The Simpsons' Monty Burns and Mr. Smithers. they have some nefarious scheme in store for Scott Free. But doesn't everyone?

Scott is playing bondage games as usual (I hope he remembered to give Oberon the safe word), and as always manages to fake out the little guy, while Barda entertains a be-bearded Funky in her dolls house. But after crushing his hand for calling her a cheap tart, she flounces off to take a bath.
Relaxing in her queen(of Apokolips)-size tub, Barda thinks back to the days when she had to share with the other girls. Is that a wistful look in her eye?
But her soak is interrupted by an alarm, and so climbing into her battle bikini she goes looking for trouble and encounters Mad Harriet of the Female Furies. Harriet is a kind of female version of The Creeper, only less sexy, and Barda makes short work of her.
But Mad Harriet is only the warm up, so while Scott is off playing more bondage games with Funky, Barda indulges in a little S&M with the lovely Lashina.
But tease that she is, Lashina vanishes just as Barda has her where she wants her.
Scott arrives too late to join in the fun, so Barda strokes his ego by pretending that it was him Lashy really wanted.
But Funky has pocketed Scott's mother box, which causes complications as it was this that the Furies were using as a homing beacon to attack our heroes. And so when they next attack in full force, they find themselves confronting not Scott and Barda but the appalling Funky, who in true Burns form, hurls his Smithers into their path to slow them down while he makes his escape.

Unusually, Barda doesn't wear her armour at all, this issue. Perhaps it was at the cleaners? Here's a picture of it anyway, from Mister Miracle #8, where we can see that she and the luscious Lashina have kissed and made up and the two are now playing domination games together, exerting their kinky will on hapless minions.