The Comics Canon

Episode 34 – The Wonder Woman Episode


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In this episode, Curt and Kevin prepare for the long-awaited Wonder Woman movie with a look at the comic-book origins of everyone's favorite Amazon, including her brief introduction in 1941's All-Star Comics #8 and her debut in the pages of her very own magazine, 1942's Wonder Woman #1, published by DC Comics! After that, it's on to a more contemporary take on the character's formative years, as writer and artist Jill Thompson presents us with a Princess Diana we haven't seen before — brash, bratty and a tad unsympathetic — in the Eisner Award-nominated 2016 graphic novel Wonder Woman: The True Amazon! Can the headstrong young Diana win the favor of indifferent stable girl Alethea? Can the powerful princess save injured American intelligence officer Steve Trevor and defeat a pretty unfortunate caricature of a Japanese spy? And most importantly, can the amazing Amazon pilot her invisible plane to that island paradise of pulp periodicals known as … The Comics Canon? Things Discussed in This Episode: • The lack of a definitive Wonder Woman story • The David E. Kelley Wonder Woman TV pilot • Kevin can't say "William Moulton Marston" • Wonder Woman #1: Not the most woke comic • Curt's controversial take on Themyscira • Sex and the single Amazon • Wonder Woman: Earth One • The 2-Way Stretch All-Nylon Girdle! • Magic Trixie • Brief Lives • Wonder Woman: Blood • The Secret History of Wonder Woman Join us in two weeks as we discuss the first two volumes of Bryan Lee O'Malley's Scott Pilgrim series! Until then, please rate us on iTunes, send us an email, or hit us up on Twitter or Facebook, and we may read your comments in an upcoming episode. And as always, thanks for listening!
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