The Secret History of Wonder Woman

The Secret History of Wonder Woman
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Publisher : Vintage
Total Pages : 449
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ISBN-10 : 9780385354059
ISBN-13 : 0385354053
Rating : 4/5 (59 Downloads)

Synopsis The Secret History of Wonder Woman by : Jill Lepore

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Within the origin of one of the world’s most iconic superheroes hides a fascinating family story—and a crucial history of feminism in the twentieth-century. “Everything you might want in a page-turner…skeletons in the closet, a believe-it-or-not weirdness in its biographical details, and something else that secretly powers even the most “serious” feminist history—fun.” —Entertainment Weekly The Secret History of Wonder Woman is a tour de force of intellectual and cultural history. Wonder Woman, Jill Lepore argues, is the missing link in the history of the struggle for women’s rights—a chain of events that begins with the women’s suffrage campaigns of the early 1900s and ends with the troubled place of feminism a century later. Lepore, a Harvard historian and New Yorker staff writer, has uncovered an astonishing trove of documents, including the never-before-seen private papers of Wonder Woman’s creator, William Moulton Marston. The Marston family story is a tale of drama, intrigue, and irony. In the 1920s, Marston and his wife brought into their home Olive Byrne, the niece of Margaret Sanger, one of the most influential feminists of the twentieth century. Even while celebrating conventional family life in a regular column that Marston and Byrne wrote for Family Circle, they themselves pursued lives of extraordinary nonconformity. Marston, internationally known as an expert on truth—he invented the lie detector test—lived a life of secrets, only to spill them on the pages of Wonder Woman. Includes a new afterword with fresh revelations based on never before seen letters and photographs from the Marston family’s papers, and 161 illustrations and 16 pages in full color.

Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons (2021-) #1

Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons (2021-) #1
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Publisher : DC Black Label
Total Pages : 76
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ISBN-10 : PKEY:T1873100015001
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (01 Downloads)

Synopsis Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons (2021-) #1 by : Kelly Sue DeConnick

The wait is over, and the entire story of the Amazons can finally be told! Millennia ago, Queen Hera and the goddesses of the Olympian pantheon grew greatly dissatisfied with their male counterparts…and far from their sight, they put a plan into action. A new society was born, one never before seen on Earth, capable of wondrous and terrible things…but their existence could not stay secret for long. When a despairing woman named Hippolyta crossed the Amazons’ path, a series of events was set in motion that would lead to an outright war in heaven-and the creation of the Earth’s greatest guardian! Legendary talents Kelly Sue DeConnick and Phil Jimenez unleash a reading experience the likes of which you’ve never seen, with unbelievably sumptuous art and a story that will haunt you-with subsequent issues featuring art by modern masters Gene Ha and Nicola Scott! One of the most unforgettable DC tales of all time begins here!

Wonder Woman Classic: I Am Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman Classic: I Am Wonder Woman
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Publisher : Harper Collins
Total Pages : 38
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ISBN-10 : 9780062235527
ISBN-13 : 0062235524
Rating : 4/5 (27 Downloads)

Synopsis Wonder Woman Classic: I Am Wonder Woman by : Erin K. Stein

Kids who love action-packed stories will be excited to see Wonder Woman fighting for justice in this I Can Read book. Meet Diana, Princess of the Amazons, and discover how she becomes the amazing Wonder Woman! Full of super hero action, Wonder Woman Classic: I Am Wonder Woman is a Level Two I Can Read book, geared for kids who read on their own but still need a little help.

Wonder Woman Vol. 2: Year One

Wonder Woman Vol. 2: Year One
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Publisher : DC Comics
Total Pages : 170
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ISBN-10 : 9781401277772
ISBN-13 : 1401277772
Rating : 4/5 (72 Downloads)

Synopsis Wonder Woman Vol. 2: Year One by : Various

A part of DC Rebirth! New York Times best-selling writer Greg Rucka continues his return to WONDER WOMAN! The team of Rucka and artist Nicola Scott weave the definitive and shocking tale of Diana's first year as Earth's protector. Paradise has been breached, Ares stirs, and the Amazons must answer with a champion of their own...one who is willing to sacrifice her home amongst her sisters to save a world she has never seen. Wonder Woman's journey begins in this epic origin story! Collects WONDER WOMAN #2, #4, #6, #8, #10, #12, #14. Rebirth honors the richest history in comics, while continuing to look towards the future. These are the most innovative and modern stories featuring the world's greatest superheroes, told by some of the finest storytellers in the business. Honoring the past, protecting our present and looking towards the future. This is the next chapter in the ongoing saga of the DC Universe. The legacy continues.

The Legend of Wonder Woman Vol. 1: Origins

The Legend of Wonder Woman Vol. 1: Origins
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Publisher : DC Comics
Total Pages : 292
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ISBN-10 : 9781401275624
ISBN-13 : 1401275621
Rating : 4/5 (24 Downloads)

Synopsis The Legend of Wonder Woman Vol. 1: Origins by : Various

THE BEGINNING OF A LEGEND!On the hidden island of Themyscira, the Amazons, led by Queen Hippolyta, live in a kingdom of peace, protected by the gods. But the balance is upset when Hippolyta is granted what no immortal may have: a child, given life from the clay of the island. She is the princess Diana, who alone can sense the evil that is infesting the Amazon’s home.But when a man from the outside world is brought to Themyscira as part of a conspiracy to overthrow its queen, Diana will risk everything to save his innocent life…and lose everything in the process. Soon, the Amazon princess finds herself in a world she never knew existed-America, a land of untold wonders that also finds itself threatened by a great war abroad. In order to get back home, Diana and her new friends Steve Trevor and Etta Candy must head into the war zone and find the Nazi agent known as the Duke of Deception, who wields a powerful artifact that belongs to Hippolyta. And in order to defeat this powerful enemy, the princess of peace must become the hero she was meant to be. She must become Wonder Woman!With gorgeous art, a period setting and contemporary flair, writer/artist Renae De Liz (THE LAST UNICORN), with help from artist Ray Dillon (NOBLE CAUSES), stunningly retells the origin of the greatest superheroine the world has ever known! Collects THE LEGEND OF WONDER WOMAN #1-9.

Wonder Woman: Tempest Tossed

Wonder Woman: Tempest Tossed
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Publisher : DC Comics
Total Pages : 212
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ISBN-10 : 9781779505279
ISBN-13 : 1779505272
Rating : 4/5 (79 Downloads)

Synopsis Wonder Woman: Tempest Tossed by : Laurie Halse Anderson

Princess Diana of Themyscira believes that her 16th birthday will be one of new beginnings-namely, acceptance into the warrior tribe of the Amazons. But her birthday celebrations are cut short when rafts carrying refugees break through the barrier that separates her island home from the outside world. When Diana defies the Amazons to try to bring the outsiders to safety, she finds herself swept away by the stormy sea. Cut off from everything she's ever known, Diana herself becomes a refugee in an unfamiliar land. Now Diana must survive in the world beyond Themyscira for the first time-a world that is filled with danger and injustice unlike anything she's ever experienced. With new battles to be fought and new friends to be made, she must redefine what it means to belong, to be an Amazon, and to make a difference. From New York Times bestselling author Laurie Halse Anderson (Speak) and acclaimed artist Leila del Duca (Shutter), Wonder Woman: Tempest Tossed is a story about growing into your strength, fighting for justice, and finding home.

Wonder Woman Unbound

Wonder Woman Unbound
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Publisher : Chicago Review Press
Total Pages : 338
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781613749098
ISBN-13 : 1613749090
Rating : 4/5 (98 Downloads)

Synopsis Wonder Woman Unbound by : Tim Hanley

“I’ve never seen more information about Wonder Woman than in Wonder Woman Unbound. Tim Hanley tells us everything we’ve never asked about Wonder Woman, . . . from her mythic Golden Age origins through her dismal Silver Age years as a lovesick romance comic character, and worse yet, when she lost her costume and powers in the late 1960s. Our favorite Amazon’s saga becomes upbeat again with the 1970s advent of Gloria Steinem and Ms. magazine, and Lynda Carter’s unforgettable portrayal of her on television. And it’s all told with a dollop of humor!” —Trina Robbins, author of Pretty in Ink With her golden lasso and her bullet-deflecting bracelets, Wonder Woman is a beloved icon of female strength in a world of male superheroes. But this close look at her history portrays a complicated heroine who is more than just a female Superman. Tim Hanley explores Wonder Woman’s lost history, delving into her comic book and its spin-offs as well as the motivations of her creators, to showcase the peculiar journey of a twentieth-century icon—from the 1940s, when her comics advocated female superiority but were also colored by bondage imagery and hidden lesbian leanings, to her resurgence as a feminist symbol in the 1970s and beyond. Tim Hanley is a comic book historian. His blog, Straitened Circumstances, discusses Wonder Woman and women in comics, and his column “Gendercrunching” runs monthly on Bleeding Cool. He lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Wonder Woman (2011- ) #1

Wonder Woman (2011- ) #1
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Publisher : DC
Total Pages : 28
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ISBN-10 : PKEY:T1054800015001
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (01 Downloads)

Synopsis Wonder Woman (2011- ) #1 by : Brian Azzarello

The Gods walk among us. To them, our lives are playthings. Only one woman would dare to protect humanity from the wrath of such strange and powerful forces. But is she one of us--or one of them? WONDER WOMAN begins anew under the creative team of Brian Azzarello and Cliff Chiang!

Wonder Woman Book 2: Ares Rising

Wonder Woman Book 2: Ares Rising
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Publisher : DC Comics
Total Pages : 336
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ISBN-10 : 9781779512437
ISBN-13 : 1779512430
Rating : 4/5 (37 Downloads)

Synopsis Wonder Woman Book 2: Ares Rising by : William Messner-Loebs

In these tales from the 1990s, Wonder Woman battles to protect humanity from threats like the reborn god of war, Ares, while helping her allies and friends to find their own paths to peace. Along the way, Wonder Woman collides with Boston mobsters and enlists the help of Superman to discover what calamity has befallen her home of Themyscira! Collects Wonder Woman #77-89 and DC Retroactive: Wonder Woman ’90s #1.

Wonder Woman: An Origin Story

Wonder Woman: An Origin Story
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Publisher : Raintree
Total Pages : 49
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781782024866
ISBN-13 : 1782024867
Rating : 4/5 (66 Downloads)

Synopsis Wonder Woman: An Origin Story by : John Sazaklis

She was once a young princess on the secret island inhabited by warrior women known as the Amazons...but she left her homeland--and her royal birthright--behind to become a protector for the entire planet of Earth: Wonder Woman! Follow young Diana's incredible transformation from princess to super hero in this action-packed chapter book for early readers featuring colorful illustrations by DC Comics artists.