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3.0
When I was a little girl I wanted to be Wonder Woman. I regularly dressed up in my red and blue swimsuit, my mom's thigh-high (on me!) boots, and bedecked myself with paper wrist cuffs and tiara and put my jumprope to good use. I absolutely loved the 2017 movie, and I may or may not have my own Wonder Woman costume in my basement closet. Yes, I am a fan.
I was interested to learn more about the origins of the Wonder Woman character, and I was intrigued to find out that her creator, William Moulton Marston, had been heavily influenced by the strong feminists in his life. It was humorous to see how Wonder Woman has evolved since her 1941 comic book debut - from the "secretary" for the Justice League through the 1960s when she lost her powers and was a fashion designer (what???), to the present day when she is pretty much the most "Kick-A" superhero out there!
I loved all the pictures in this book showing the various adaptations of that awesome spangly costume. What I was less interested in were all the details about the many people who worked on the comic books over 75 years, and the particular twist each of them put on the character (and there were a lot of pages about this).
The text was very simplistic, extremely repetitive, and seemed geared toward about a fourth grader. So Ambassador of Truth is weak on the writing side. But the pictures alone were enough to earn it 3 stars.
I was interested to learn more about the origins of the Wonder Woman character, and I was intrigued to find out that her creator, William Moulton Marston, had been heavily influenced by the strong feminists in his life. It was humorous to see how Wonder Woman has evolved since her 1941 comic book debut - from the "secretary" for the Justice League through the 1960s when she lost her powers and was a fashion designer (what???), to the present day when she is pretty much the most "Kick-A" superhero out there!
I loved all the pictures in this book showing the various adaptations of that awesome spangly costume. What I was less interested in were all the details about the many people who worked on the comic books over 75 years, and the particular twist each of them put on the character (and there were a lot of pages about this).
The text was very simplistic, extremely repetitive, and seemed geared toward about a fourth grader. So Ambassador of Truth is weak on the writing side. But the pictures alone were enough to earn it 3 stars.
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