Salon.com > Jay Blotcher http://www.salon.com Mon, 28 May 2012 16:33:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 “Suffering Sappho!” http://www.salon.com/2000/12/13/wonder_woman_2/ http://www.salon.com/2000/12/13/wonder_woman_2/#comments Wed, 13 Dec 2000 20:05:00 +0000 http://www.salon.com/entertainment/feature/2000/12/13/wonder_woman Robert Downey Jr.'s pharmaceutical fall from grace had a delectable footnote: Found in his Palm Springs, Calif., drug pad was a Wonder Woman costume, apparently worn by a hastily departed female consort. What better proof of the longevity of a comic-book icon?

Wonder Woman debuted in All-Star Comics No. 8 in December 1941, but was inexplicably unable to prevent the Pearl Harbor invasion. Over the ensuing decades, this cartoon sexpot has excited adolescent minds -- both male and female -- in a way '50s pinup Betty Page never could.

And 2001 may be the biggest year yet for the babe in the star-spangled girdle. A new book, "Wonder Woman: The Complete History" by Les Daniels and Chip Kidd, is an oversize, art-heavy tome that reminds us that for sheer fetishism alone, comic books are as potent as Playboy. A Wonder Woman live-action film is under development by producer Joel Silver; Sandra Bullock and Mariah Carey have been mentioned as possible stars.

And now, a few months shy of her 60th anniversary, Wonder Woman has a new artist guiding her destiny at DC Comics: a devoted fan whom she inspired to escape a life in the slums.

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