Document Type
Review Essay
Abstract
[First paragraph]
Sure, we all know that one of the primary functions of comic books is to titillate the proto-patriarchal penises of 12-year-old boys. But might this all-American art form have more to offer women than wedgie-prone bikini bottoms and cleavage from the Planet of the Fembots? According to Lillian Robinson’s Wonder Women, the answer is “Yes, but ....” The “Yes” part comes primarily, and foundationally, through the original Wonder Woman comics of the 40s, which told a story that to this day remains almost unheard-of in comic books: the story of a fully-realized female protagonist. For Robinson, the biggest wonder the Wonder Woman comics of that time provide is that this female superhero actually gets to be a woman as well.
Repository Citation
Hernandez, Carlos. "On Lillian Robinson’s Wonder Women: Feminisms and Superheroes." Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture vol. 5, no. 4, 2005, pp. 1–4. https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/reconstruction/vol5/iss4/10
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