Encyclopedia of Comic Book Heroes Volume 2 - Wonder Womanis a complete chronicle of the world and adventures
of one of the most beloved and enduring heroines in the history of comic books. A massive work of research.
written in a clear, lucid prose that crackles with excitement. this book explores every conceivable aspect
of the Wonder Woman legend. Its pages brim with enough pulse-pounding adventure and scholarly detail to thrill
the hearts of YVonder VVoman fans, pop culture enthusiasts, nostalgia buffs. feminist theoreticians, and general
readers everywhere.
Lurking within this volume are such archetypes of male chauvinism as Doctor Psycho. a "psychopathic madman" whose
all-consuming passion is "to enslave the women of the world;' as well as more conventional megalomaniacs like Egg
Fu the First, a crafty creation of the Red Chinese, possessing "the most baleful brain that has ever been steeped
in Oriental cunning for the sole purpose of annihilating the free world!" But none of them are a match for Wonder
Woman, the alluring Amazon princess who is "as lovely as Aphrodite, as wise as Athena, as fleet as Mercury, and
as strong as Hercules," Her adventures in a world fraught with such evils and dangers constitute a complex feminist
mythology of surprising beauty, richness, and imagination. Michael Fleisher has now restored that mythology to us,
in all its intricacy and depth. Look up "Cheetah" and find a meticulously detailed article on one of the most
treacherous villainesses in the history of fiction. Look up "Amazons" and find a compel ling entry that could as
well be a treatise on some exotic remote culture, complete with surveys of its history, laws, customs, myths, and
scientific achievements. The article on VVonder Woman herself, over fifty pages long, is the definitive biography
of the character. In it, Fleisher examines every aspect of the 'vVonder 'vVoman mythos, including its darker side.
reflected in its treatment of such psychologically charged topics as sadism, slavery, humiliation. and bondage.
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