Wonder Woman Unbound (49 page)

“
Fraulein Grabel, you are a woman of great …
” “Fausta: The Nazi Wonder Woman,” in
Wonder Woman: The Complete First Season.

“
Women are the wave of the future …
” “The New Original Wonder Woman,” in
Wonder Woman: The Complete First Season.

“
S
TEVE:
She is a wonder. Strong and fearless …
” “Last of the Two-Dollar Bills,” in
Wonder Woman: The Complete First Season.

“
We needed a large woman, a statuesque …
” Douglas Cramer, interviewed in “Beauty, Brawn, and Bulletproof Bracelets: A Wonder Woman Retrospective,” in
Wonder Woman: The Complete First Season.

10. The Mundane Modern Age

Comics from the Modern Age are collected by story line, with the vast majority of them currently out of print. The early years of the Pérez era were collected in four volumes, now out of print, and subsequent stories were collected sporadically. Only the newest arcs and bestselling titles remain available for any character, and there are few for Wonder Woman.

In 1970, its average monthly circulation …
Chris Tolworthy, “Marvel and DC Sales Figures,”
www.zak-site.com/Great-American-Novel/comic
_sales.html.

The George Pérez Era

Wonder Woman was hit by the Anti-Monitor’s antimatter blast …
Crisis on Infinite Earths
#12 (March 1986).

Knowing the book was having trouble …
George Pérez, introduction to
Wonder Woman Volume One: Gods and Mortals
(New York: DC Comics, 2004).

“
strong … brave … compassionate …
”
Wonder Woman
#1 (February 1987).

“chosen race—born to lead humanity …
” Ibid.

“
open yourself to fair Artemis …
” Ibid.

they became part of the world again …
Wonder Woman
#22 (November 1988).

Myndi Mayer died of a drug overdose …
Wonder Woman
#20 (September 1988).

Vanessa’s cheery friend Lucy Spears committed suicide …
Wonder Woman
#46 (September 1990).

Vanessa was concerned her boyfriend wouldn’t like her …
Wonder Woman
#16 (May 1988).

made Etta Candy feel sensitive about her weight …
Wonder Woman
#15 (April 1988).

Background Player

She became a space pirate …
Starting in
Wonder Woman
#69 (December 1992).

got a job at the Mexican fast food restaurant …
Wonder Woman
#73 (April 1993).

John Byrne took over as writer and artist …
Wonder Woman
#101 (September 1995).

even killed her for a few issues …
Starting in
Wonder Woman
#127 (November 1997).

Batman had eighty-four titles listed and …
DC Comics,
DC Entertainment Essential Graphic Novels and Chronology 2013
(New York: DC Comics, 2013), 97–104.

Wonder Woman died twice …
War of the Gods
#3 (November 1991); and
Wonder Woman
#127.

lost the title of Wonder Woman …
Starting in
Wonder Woman
#92 (December 1994).

The Fridged Women of DC Comics

they eventually got married …
Superman: The Wedding Album
(December 1996).

she was shot while embedded with troops …
Adventures of Superman
#631 (October 2004).

First coined by Gail Simone …
See the website Women in Refrigerators,
www.lby3.com/wir/
.

One of the most famous fridgings involved Barbara Gordon …
Batman: The Killing Joke
(1988).

“
I may never be as good as he is, but Kal …
”
Crisis on Infinite Earths
#7 (October 1985).

Steph was promoted when the current Robin …
Robin
#126 (July 2004).

brutally tortured and killed by Black Mask …
Batman
#633 (December 2004).

The second issue revealed that years before …
Identity Crisis
#2 (September 2004).

The culprit was actually Jean Loring …
Identity Crisis
#7 (February 2005).

So Wonder Woman snapped his neck …
Wonder Woman
#219 (September 2005).

Conclusion

S
PIDER
-M
AN AND
B
ARACK
O
BAMA
…
http://splashpage.mtv.com/2009/02/02/spider-man-and-barack-obama-comic-book-team-up-hits-fifth-printing/
.

T
HE
A
VENGERS
S
HATTERS
B
OX
O
FFICE
R
ECORDS
…
www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/the-avengers-shatters-box-office-records-for-opening-weekend-20120507
.

W
ONDER
W
OMAN
’S N
EW
H
AIRDO
C
AUSES A
S
TIR
…
http://web.kitsapsun.com/redesign/2003-04-09/nationworld/118111.shtml
.

J
OSS
W
HEDON
D
ISCUSSES
H
IS
D
EFUNCT
“W
ONDER
W
OMAN
” M
OVIE
…
www.screenrant.com/joss-whedon-wonder-woman-sandy-139177/
.

W
ONDER
W
OMAN
F
INALLY
G
ETS A
P
AIR OF
P
ANTS
…
www.disgrasian.com/2010/06/wonder-woman-finally-gets-a-pair-of-pants/
.

DC R
EVEALS
S
UPERMAN
’S N
EW
L
EADING
L
ADY
…
A
ND
I
T’S A
D
OOZY
…
http://shelf-life.ew.com/2012/08/22/justice-league-12-exclusive/
.

On
The Big Bang Theory
…
“The Wheaton Recurrence,”
The Big Bang Theory,
season 3, episode 19.

On
30 Rock,
Liz Lemon sang part …
“Lee Marvin vs. Derek Jeter,”
30 Rock,
season 4, episode 17.

On
The Simpsons,
Homer mentioned that …
“Three Men and a Comic Book,”
The Simpsons,
season 2, episode 21.

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