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Wonder Woman waited seventy-six years for a film of her own. This book asks why, and what's changed since, following the superheroine through comics, cinema, TV and games.
It's less a head count than a question of terms: what powers she's allowed, how she's drawn and dressed, and who she's for. Along the way there are short detours on the superhero landing, the word 'girl', and why so many comic heroines have red hair.
Wonder Woman waited seventy-six years for a film of her own. This book asks why, and what's changed since, following the superheroine through comics, cinema, TV and games.
It's less a head count than a question of terms: what powers she's allowed, how she's drawn and dressed, and who she's for. Along the way there are short detours on the superhero landing, the word 'girl', and why so many comic heroines have red hair.