Formal Analysis of Iconic Images: Wonder Woman

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As a little girl, I have always wanted to wield the red, white and blue recognizable costume of a famous heroine. I wanted to wear the tiara with silver metal bracelets and run around, playing with a rope that I would call my “lasso of truth” and immediately state that I was invincible. I, like many other girls, wanted to become the comic book heroine known as Wonder Woman. Wonder Woman is a figure that is considerable recognizable. She was created in 1941 by a psychologist named William Moulton Marston or Charles Moulton as his pen name (who studied the psychological effects of mass media and the developer of the lie-detector test) . Wonder Woman is known as Princess Diana, the Amazonian warrior from Themyscira . She acquired her powers when Military officer Steve Trevor landed on the island and she had won the title to return him back to the United States . It is noted in all representations of her, that Wonder Woman acts as an ambassador to Themyscira, wearing the colors of the American flag as a pledge to protect Democracy and adopt America as her new homeland . Significantly, Wonder Woman is the first female hero created in the comic book world . Not only does she represents America, she is recognizable iconic through her representations that originated from her origins. For example, this heroine is World War II Veteran, is modeled after feminism and is seen as a sexual icon. Originally intended to bring in a female audience into the comic book world, she seems to bring artist and narrative elements that seems to satisfy all spectators. The first depiction of the heroine had been debuted in 1941 in All Stars Comic #8, during which the first launch of all comics (Such of Superman and Batman) had been known as the Golden ... ... middle of paper ... ...ited States: Triage Entertainment, 2004. DVD. Emad, Mitra C. “Reading Wonder Woman's Body: Mythologies of Gender and Nation”. The Journal of Popular Culture (2006), 954-976. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1540-5931.2006.00329.x/abstract (accessed October 18, 2011). Bellafaire, Judith A. “The Women’s Army Corps: A Commemoration of World War II Series,” Central of Military History, last modified February 17, 2005, http://www.history.army.mil/brochures/wac/wac.htm (accessed October 24, 2011). Dunne, MaryJane. The Representation of Women in Comic Books, Post WWII through the Radical 60's. McNair Online Journal (2009). http://www.mcnair-program.pdx.edu/MaryjaneDunne_Journal%20Aritcle.pdf (accessed October 18, 2011) "An Amazon Princess Is Reborn." Animation Magazine 23, no. 3 (March 2009): 18-19. Art Full Text, WilsonWeb (accessed October 25, 2011).

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