Wonder Woman Unbound (47 page)

Thor, the Norse god …
First appeared in
Journey into Mystery
#83 (August 1962), created by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, and Jack Kirby.

Daredevil, a blind man …
First appeared in
Daredevil
#1 (April 1964), created by Stan Lee and Bill Everett.

“
ranked Spider-Man and the Hulk alongside …
” Bradford W. Wright,
Comic Book Nation: The Transformation of Youth Culture in America
(Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001), 223.

The Bronze Age

As always, see
Superhero: The Secret Origin of a Genre
by Peter Coogan,
Men of Tomorrow: Geeks, Gangsters and the Birth of the Comic Book
by Gerard Jones, and
Comic Book Nation: The Transformation of Youth Culture in America
by Bradford Wright for discussion of the emergence of this age, and any comics history book that discusses this period. For changes to Batman, see Les Daniels’s
Batman: The Complete History
and Will Brooker’s
Batman Unmasked.

Marvel ultimately surpassed DC in total sales …
See Chris Tolworthy, “Marvel and DC Sales Figures,” Enter the Story,
www.zak-site.com/Great-American-Novel/comic_sales.html
.

“
I been readin’ about you …
”
Green Lantern/Green Arrow
#76 (April 1970).

“
My ward is a JUNKIE” …
Green Lantern/Green Arrow
#85 (August/September 1971).

The End of Wonder Woman

“
I didn’t see how a kid, male or female …
” Mike Sekowksy, quoted in Daniels,
Wonder Woman,
125.

“
Girls! If you dig romance, and we know …
” This ad appeared in
Superman’s Girl Friend Lois Lane
#92 (May 1969), along with several other series.

Steve went on a secret mission to infiltrate …
Wonder Woman
#179 (November/December 1968).

“For ten thousand years, we have …
” Ibid.

“
I love you, mother … you and my …
” Ibid.

Steve’s arrest for murder …
Wonder Woman
#178 (September/October 1968).

“
She’s so much more than what I thought …
” Ibid.

Diana saw an old, blind man being attacked …
Wonder Woman
#179 (November/December 1968).

“
I’ve lost everything! Without family …
”
Wonder Woman
#180 (January/February 1969).

8. Doin’ It for Themselves

“
films of the late 1960s and early …
” Benshoff and Griffin,
America on Film,
276.

female lead characters wanted some control …
Linda K. Christian-Smith, “Gender, Popular Culture, and Curriculum: Adolescent Romance Novels as Gender Text,”
Curriculum Inquiry
17, no. 4 (Winter 1987): 389–390.

letter columns and editorials in pulp magazines …
Justine Larbalestier,
Battle of the Sexes in Science Fiction
(Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, 2002), 106.

one of the most popular subgenres …
Ibid., 148–149.

made Sue the most powerful member …
See Laura Mattoon D’Amore, “Invisible Girl’s Quest for Visibility: Early Second Wave Feminism and the Comic Book Superheroine,”
Americana: The Journal of American Popular Culture
7, no. 2 (Fall 2008),
www.americanpopularculture.com/journal/articles/fall_2008/d’amore.htm
.

“
Face it, Tiger … you just hit the jackpot” …
Amazing Spider-Man
#42 (November 1966)

Diana Prince as the New Wonder Woman

“
I’m no more than an ordinary mortal …
”
Justice League of America
#69 (February 1969).

“
As Don Rickles might say, ‘YOU DUMMY!’
” …
Justice League of America
#72 (June 1969).

“
Then—there is fury …
”
Wonder Woman
#180 (January/February 1969).

strafing Chinese fighter jets …
Wonder Woman
#189 (July/August 1970).

killed at least twenty men …
Wonder Woman
#190 (September/October 1970).

shot down the enemy’s airships …
Wonder Woman
#192 (January/February 1971).

“
Happiness for any healthy, red-blooded …
”
Wonder Woman
#182 (May/June 1969).

“
Imagine me in the same room …
” Ibid.

“
on her quest for a new self …
” Janice Radway,
Reading the Romance: Women, Patriarchy, and Popular Literature
(Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1991), 138.

“
a passive, expectant, trembling creature …
” Ibid., 145.

“
I’m becoming fond of Tim …
”
Wonder Woman
#181 (March/April 1969).

“
in the few hours since we met …
”
Wonder Woman
#182 (May/June 1969).

Patrick McGuire, a pilot …
Wonder Woman
#187 (March/April 1970) through
Wonder Woman
#189 (July/August 1970).

Ranagor, leader of the rebels …
Wonder Woman
#190 (September/October 1970) through
Wonder Woman
#192 (January/February 1971).

Baron Anatole Karoli …
Wonder Woman
#196 (September/October 1971).

Jonny Double, a private detective …
Wonder Woman
#199 (March/April 1972) through
Wonder Woman
#202 (September/October 1972).

Diana almost kissed Superman …
World’s Finest
#204 (August 1971).

“
You lied to me! You said …
”
Wonder Woman
#182 (May/June 1969).

“
Diana (Wonder Woman) Prince, hurt …
”
Wonder Woman
#183 (July/August 1969).

“
Karate … judo … kung fu …
”
Wonder Woman
#181 (March/April 1969).

“
Still, Ching fights better even …
” Ibid.

“
I tried to tell you, Diana, I could …
”
Wonder Woman
#186 (January/February 1970).

“
You can’t pay less than minimum …
”
Wonder Woman
#203 (November/December 1972).

“
I’m for equal wages, too! But I’m …
” Ibid.

“
Perhaps I’m incompetent and unsure …
” Ibid.

“
Now I feel I’ve really accomplished …
” Ibid.

Lois Lane

Lois had won the Pulitzer Prize …
Superman’s Girl Friend Lois Lane
#80 (January 1968).

“You’ve ignored me, hurt me …
” Ibid.

“
You’ve had me on the string for years …
”
Superman’s Girl Friend Lois Lane
#90 (February 1969).

transform herself into a black woman …
Superman’s Girl Friend Lois Lane
#106 (November 1970).

“
It’s you who are blind! My heart …
”
Superman’s Girl Friend Lois Lane
#110 (May 1971).

“
Por dios, señorita! We all want to …
”
Superman’s Girl Friend Lois Lane
#111 (July 1971).

“
You don’t want to be down-graded …
”
Superman’s Girl Friend Lois Lane
#114 (September 1971).

“
Now that my sister’s gone, I’m going to live …
”
Superman’s Girl Friend Lois Lane
#121 (April 1972).

“
You’re only being twice as stupid!” …
Superman’s Girl Friend Lois Lane
#122 (May 1972).

“
Be a good girl … oooo! Sometimes he is …
”
Superman’s Girl Friend Lois Lane
#127 (October 1972).

“
I’m tired of your super-interfering …
”
Superman’s Girl Friend Lois Lane
#129 (February 1973).

“
I-I’m sorry, Diana! But Superman’s …
”
Superman’s Girl Friend Lois Lane
#93 (July 1969).

Batgirl

“
Everybody thinks of me as a ‘Plain Jane’ …
”
Detective Comics
#363 (May 1967).

“
Holy interference! She’s ruining …
”
Detective Comics
#359 (January 1967).

“
That suits me fine! Nabbing crooks …
”
Batman
#197 (December 1967).

“
I’ll welcome her aid, Commissioner …
”
Detective Comics
#359 (January 1967).

“
Batgirl sure is tops in my book!” …
Ibid.

she’d actually infiltrated the organization …
Batman
#214 (August 1969).

“
My vanity betrayed me!” …
Detective Comics
#371 (January 1968).