Wonder Woman: A Pop-Up Book
date: label: date made
content: 1980
name: label: illustrator
content: Andru, Ross
label: illustrator
content: Giordano, Dick
label: maker
content: Random House, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: Wonder Woman: A Pop-Up Book is a children’s storybook featuring the DC Comics character Wonder Woman. The narrative follow the superhero's attempts to rescue a child kidnapped by the villainous Cheetah. Published in 1980 by Random House, the book’s paper engineering was done Ib Penick, with illustrations by Ross Andru and Dick Giordano.
label: Description
content: Wonder Woman is a superhero created in 1941 by noted psychologist William Moulton Marsten (as Charles Moulton) and artist Harry G. Peters. An Amazonian princess possessing incredible strength and armed with magical devices, the character has made a profound cultural impact as the best known and longest lasting female superhero.
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content: Moulton claimed Wonder Woman to be “psychological propaganda for a new type of woman” that he believed “should ... rule the world.” Introduced in DC Comics All-Star Comics #8, the character was an instant hit with readers, with early Wonder Woman stories featuring thrilling messages of female empowerment. The first, and for some time, only woman in All-Star Comics’ super team “The Justice Society of America,” the red, white and blue clad heroine soon helmed her own title, becoming one of the few characters to have survived continually from comic’s early “Golden Age” to the present.
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content: Wonder Woman continues to inspire generations with her powerful combination of compassion and might. In addition to her genre-defining comic book appearances, the character has become a multi-media juggernaut and a symbol for women’s rights across the globe.
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content: Appearing on scores of merchandise, the star-spangled superhero has been featured in video games, television and the big screen. In the 1970s television series ,“Wonder Woman” was portrayed by actress Lynda Carter, and in the 21st century Warner Bros. film series, she has bee
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Associated Place
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Comics
label: Subject
content: Wonder Woman
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2017.3021.037
label: nonaccession number
content: 2017.3021
label: catalog number
content: 2017.3021.037
objectType: label: Object Name
content: book
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 1/4 in x 6 3/4 in x 5/8 in; 23.495 cm x 17.145 cm x 1.5875 cm