Joye Hummel, first woman hired to write Wonder Woman comics, dies at 97
By Harrison Smith The Washington Post,Updated April 9, 2021, 4:39 p.m.
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In March 1944, shortly before Joye Hummel graduated from the Katharine Gibbs secretarial school in Manhattan, she was invited to meet with one of her instructors, a charismatic psychologist who had been impressed by her essays on a take-home test.
Over tea at the Harvard Club, professor William Moulton Marston offered her a job - not in the classroom or psych lab, but in the office of his 43rd Street art studio. He wanted Ms. Hummel to help him write scripts for Wonder Woman, the Amazonian superhero he had created three years earlier and endowed with a magic lasso, indestructible bracelets, an eye-catching red bustier and a feminist sensibility.
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Superman First Appearance in Action Comics #1 Sells for Record $3.25 Million
Batman #1 sold for $2 million, the Man of Steel has outgained the Dark Knight Detective as a copy of
Action Comics #1 was sold for a record $3.25 million in a private sale. ComicConnect announced the news revealing that this copy of the first appearance of Superman and Lois Lane was given an 8.5 grade (out of 10) by Certified Guaranty Company (aka CGC). In a separate release CGC noted that only 41 examples of
Actions Comics #1 exist using their Universal grade, with only two copies carrying a better grade than the $3.25 million 8.5 version (a 9.0 graded edition previously sold for $3.2 million back in 2014).
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DC & WB Launch Wonder Woman 80th Anniversary Campaign
DC & WB launch Wonder Woman 80th anniversary campaign
In honor of the iconic heroine’s 80-year-legacy and to celebrate International Women’s Day, DC, Warner Bros. Global Brands and Experiences and WarnerMedia have launched the “Believe in Wonder” campaign to illuminate Wonder Woman’s timeless and relevant message of hope and empowerment with new content, collectibles and more! Film star Gal Gadot took to Twitter to kick the celebration off with a special retro-style video from her latest work as the Amazonian,
Wonder Woman 1984, which can be viewed below!
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