A guide to the world of Wonder Woman includes seventy-five years of iconic characters, major story arcs, and key issues, along with information on locations, enemies, and allies.

When a cheetah exhibit opens at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., PRINCESS DIANA arrives to witness the event. At the grand opening, the rare cats suddenly escape, fleeing through a crowd of frightened zoogoers! DIANA quickly transforms into her secret identity, WONDER WOMAN, captures the cats and saves the day. But when the cheetahs continue their odd behavior, only one thing can explain it. The cat-like super-villain, CHEETAH, is on the loose!

Wonder Woman was created in the early 1940s as a paragon of female empowerment and beauty and her near eighty-year history has included seismic socio-cultural changes. In this book, Joan Ormrod analyses key moments in the superheroine's career and views them through the prism of the female body. This book explores how Wonder Woman's body has changed over the years as her mission has shifted from being an ambassador for peace and love to the greatest warrior in the DC transmedia universe, as she's reflected increasing technological sophistication, globalisation and women's changing roles and ambitions. Wonder Woman's physical form, Ormrod argues, is both an articulation of female potential and attempts to constrain it. Her body has always been an amalgamation of the feminine ideal in popular culture and wider socio-cultural debate, from Betty Grable to the 1960s 'mod' girl, to the Iron Maiden of the 1980s.

At 75, DC Comics's Amazonian princess is finally getting her own movie, and EW is celebrating with a gorgeously illustrated issue devoted entirely to Wonder Woman-from her groundbreaking girl-power comic book debut to the beloved 1970s TV show starring Lynda Carter to Gal Gadot's action-star spin on the first superheroine. Inside: The making of the new film Wonder Woman, with behind-the-scenes photos and interviews with stars Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Robin Wright and Connie Nielsen and director Patty Jenkins Lynda Carter talks about her pioneering TV role and the meaning of Wonder Woman The evolution of Wonder Woman's look, from prim skirts to go-go boots to modern-day armor The surprising story of Wonder Woman's creator-the man who dreamed up her Golden Lasso of Truth also invented the lie-detector test! Plus: The most memorable WW plots of all time

Go behind the scenes of the 70s television phenomenon, as Charlie's Angels goes Q Guide!

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