Regardless, it was surely a disappointed for the feminists who were excited about Wonder Woman’s return. One would hope that this was a bad joke rather than a vindictive jab, but we don’t know Kanigher’s intentions. and Woolfolk, murdering the editor of a woman’s magazine whose name was a thinly veiled analogue for Woolfolk. Here, in our penultimate preview panel, is how Kanigher addressed Woolfolk’s departure on the first page of Wonder Woman #204 in January 1973: Robert Kanigher, chronicler of Wonder Woman’s Silver Age adventures, was back on the title, and Dorothy Woolfolk was gone. However, by the time Wonder Woman came back there was a change of plans. One of things they were most excited about was that Wonder Woman would be helmed by a female editor, Dorothy Woolfolk. They put Wonder Woman on the first cover of Ms., and released a book that collected several of Wonder Woman’s Golden Age stories. When DC announced that Wonder Woman would return to her Amazon roots, Steinem and her friends were quite enthusiastic. These changes didn’t go over very well with many women involved in the burgeoning women’s liberation movement who grew up reading Wonder Woman, especially Gloria Steinem and her cohorts at Ms. In the last two weeks, we’ve looked at Wonder Woman’s bizarre mod era. Every Monday until Wonder Woman Unbound: The Curious History of the World’s Most Famous Heroine comes out this April, we’re taking a look at a comic panel that captures a key moment in Wonder Woman’s history and highlights an important point from each chapter.
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