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Publication History Of Wonder Woman
The fictional DC Comics character Wonder Woman was created by William Moulton Marston. She was first introduced in Introducing Wonder Woman, ''All Star Comics'' #8 (December 1941), then appeared in ''Sensation Comics'' #1 (January 1942), Six months later, she appeared in Wonder Woman (comic book), her own comic book series (summer 1942). Since her debut, five regular series of ''Wonder Woman'' have been published, the fifth launched in June 2016 as part of ''DC Rebirth''. The Golden Age Wonder Woman was introduced in Introducing Wonder Woman, ''All Star Comics'' #8 (December 1941), during the era known to comics historians as the "Golden Age of Comic Books". Following this debut, she was featured in ''Sensation Comics'' #1 (January 1942), and six months later appeared in her own comic book series (Summer 1942). Wonder Woman took her place beside the extant superheroines or antiheroines Fantomah, the Black Widow (Claire Voyant), Black Widow, the Invisible Scarlet O'Neil, and Canada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DC Comics
DC Comics, Inc. (doing business as DC) is an American comic book publisher and the flagship unit of DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies, with their first comic under the DC banner being published in 1937. The majority of its publications take place within the fictional DC Universe and feature numerous culturally iconic heroic characters, such as Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Aquaman, Green Lantern, and Cyborg. It is widely known for some of the most famous and recognizable teams including the Justice League, the Justice Society of America, the Suicide Squad, and the Teen Titans. The universe also features a large number of well-known supervillains such as the Joker, Lex Luthor, the Cheetah, the Reverse-Flash, Black Manta, Sinestro, and Darkseid. The company has published non-DC Universe-related material, including ''Watchmen'', '' V for Vendetta'', '' Fables'' and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joye Hummel
Joye Evelyn Hummel (April 4, 1924April 5, 2021) was an American comic book author. She is noted for ghost-writing more than 70 "Wonder Woman" stories between 1944 and 1947. Hummel was 19 years old when she began as a typist for the comic. She went on to write its scripts after William Moulton Marston fell ill, and stopped authoring the comics in the same year as his death three years later. Her contributions only became well-known in 2014 after she was interviewed for ''The Secret History of Wonder Woman''. Early life Hummel was born on Long Island on April 4, 1924. Her parents were managers of a grocery store chain, and she was their only child. She attended high school in Freeport, New York, before studying at Middlebury College. After one year, she dropped out of college, intending to keep her mother company after her parents divorced. Career Hummel attended the Katharine Gibbs secretarial school in Manhattan, graduating shortly after March 1944. There, she excelled i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Themyscira (DC Comics)
Themyscira () is a fictional unitary sovereign city-state and archipelagic island nation appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Previously known as Paradise Island and the Amazon Isles, it first appeared in ''All Star Comics'' #8 (December 1941). Themyscira is a segregated nation of women governed by '' Aphrodite's Law'', which declared that the Amazons would be immortal as long as no man sets foot on their island. Men are banned from Themyscira under penalty of death. Themyscira's location is undisclosed; as a security measure, the island can shift its location over both land and time, remains undetectable from the perspective of any outside observer, and as soon as anyone leaves the island, they forget its location.''Wonder Woman'' (vol. 2) #104 Themyscira is the theocracy and capital city that serves as the Amazonians' government and place of origin for Wonder Woman. The name for the entire archipelago became "The Paradise Islands", when the city wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
