Wonder Woman No. 288
date: label: date made
content: 1982
name: label: Writer
content: Thomas, Roy
label: maker
content: D. C. Comics, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: <i>Wonder Woman No. 288 </i> features the story "Swan Song," wirtten by Roy Thomas and pencilled by Gene Colan. Colan's cover depicts Wonder Woman battling an array of armed gangsters.
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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 been depicted by actress Gal Godot.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
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
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content: Popular Entertainment
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2017.3021.042
label: nonaccession number
content: 2017.3021
label: catalog number
content: 2017.3021.042
objectType: label: Object Name
content: comic book
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
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content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 1/4 in x 6 3/4 in; 26.035 cm x 17.145 cm