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The Wonder Woman Chronicles (2000)

by William Moulton Marston(Favorite Author)

3.68 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1848565801 (ISBN13: 9781848565807)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

series

The Wonder Woman Chronicles

review 1: I wanted to get to know more about Wonder Woman, she was not one of the comics I read growing up, and really only knew of her from cartoons and the TV show. And as Viscini says, go back to the beginning. So I did. The main driver for picking this up is that I have a young daughter, so I want her interested in comics, but I also want her to have a base in strong female characters. This is a great introduction to her character in starting from the beginning and all of the traits you see in Wonder Woman and Diana Prince actually hold true in the TV show. It also shows a period in time in American history. Highlighting stereotypes, both good and bad. And how comics were leveraged in bolstering or supporting national pride and support for the fight against the Nazi's and Japane... morese. If these stories are to be believed, America's shores were besieged with spies hell bent on trying to destroy America from the inside.Even with the gender stereotypes, Wonder Woman stands out, and her alter ego Diana leverages her undervalued position to play into helping her. One character, Etta Candy, while also stereotyped as "fat", I have really grown to like her and her character. If they ever finally get to put a real Wonder Woman movie on the big screen, it would be great to see her character represented. Overall a great read from several perspectives. I can't wait to start the next one.
review 2: Haha, where to begin? First of all, I gave this four stars not because it's fantastically executed, but becauase of Marston's noble attempt at giving the comic world of the 1940's a strong female character. There have already been so much written about the bondage, the fat sidekick, the surreal Wonder Woman world, that I don't have much more to say other than I rather enjoyed the bondage and seeing an effective and happy fat sidekick. LOLBottom line, it's a really fun read, entertaining, surreal, and worth the time. less

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