Out of personal interest and for my Master’s thesis, I’ve read a lot of the original 1940s Wonder Woman comic books. While reading some secondary sources, I came across an essay in The Ages of Wonder Woman: Essays on the Amazon Princess in Changing times, ed. Joseph J. Darowski, that discussed Wonder Woman during the…
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The Atom Bomb Baby: Atomic Culture in USA
The dropping of the atomic bomb known as Trinity on July 16th, 1945 ushered the world into the Atomic era. The Trinity bomb was dropped in New Mexico, USA as part of the Manhattan project. The Manhattan project was an American research and development project to create nuclear weapons during World War II. Ever since…
The Secret Stamp and American Patriotism during World War II
Foreword I read about the superhero, the Secret Stamp, while researching my Master’s thesis. The Secret Stamp featured in Captain America Comics which we know today simply as Captain America. I found the stories fascinating and intriguing but unfortunately they did not fit into my thesis. Therefore, I decided to write about the comic here so I hope…
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