Chapter 318: Wonder Woman(1/2)
"Extra number, extra number!"
"Tonight at seven o'clock, CBS Radio will broadcast the TV series "One Day in New York" live on the TV..."
Early morning, Times Square.
Spring in New York is very warm. Although it is close to winter, it is not cold at all.
Starting from March, the temperature will gradually rise, accompanied by lingering rain.
The square shrouded in humidity.
In the queue to receive free relief, people wrapped in old coats kept moving forward in the streets filled with puddles.
The winding queue has no end in sight, but the expressions on most people's faces are mainly numb.
Although a new president has been elected, their lives do not seem to have changed significantly.
In 1883, the Metropolitan Opera House in New York was moved to the corner of Broadway and 40th Street, which led to the vigorous development of theaters and restaurants. The rise of film art in 1920 painted a rainbow scene for this place, and then fell into decline after the stock market crash in 1929.
The abyss of depression.
The advent of the Great Recession caused a change in the atmosphere of Times Square.
Today, the entire square is filled with an atmosphere of chaos and corruption.
Pornographic performance venues can be seen everywhere near the street entrance. Women in gorgeous clothes pass by and chuckle. They are the dancers here. In the distance, the cinema is showing erotic movies 24 hours a day, and there are shops selling cheap tourist souvenirs.
, hung with a variety of New York-related landmark items to attract business from out-of-town tourists.
On both sides of the street, newsboys passed by the queue waving copies of Courier World. When they heard the slogans shouted by the newsboys, the expressions in the eyes of the people queuing up in the queue changed slightly.
"TV series, what is that?"
For people in this era, TV dramas are still an unheard of concept.
"What is a television?"
Despite the hard work of Colin and RCA, many people are still unaware of the existence of television.
Just like a few decades ago, no one knew about radio.
"Give me a newspaper."
At the edge of the square, he reached out from his car to stop the newsboy. The pedestrian took out a two-cent coin from his pocket and handed it to him, and then asked with a curious look on his face.
"Child, what is the TV series?"
Taking the change and handing a folded newspaper to the other party, the newsboy pulled the rope on his body and replied: "It's a program played on the TV. It is said to be the same program as CBS radio, movies and radio dramas, but it's just
Play it on your TV..."
"The TV, that means you can't see it anymore."
After hearing the newsboy's reply, the pedestrian couldn't help but shook his head in disappointment.
He couldn't afford a TV set. It was said that the price of one TV set was enough to buy several radios.
After muttering something in his mouth, the pedestrian put away his curiosity about the TV series and returned his attention to the newspaper in his hand.
Although he couldn't watch the TV series, he at least still had the comic strips in "The Courier World" to read.
"Sir, if you want to watch the TV series mentioned in The Courier World, you may come to Times Square later."
Hearing the sighs of the guests in the car, the newsboy grabbed the rope on his body, lowered his voice and told the other party the news he had received in a mysterious tone.
"It is said that Mr. Colin Looper specially prepared a TV set for those who could not watch the TV series, and broadcast it live in Times Square."
"Thank you, kid."
After hearing the news told by the newsboy, the pedestrians in the car couldn't help but show surprise on their faces, and took out another coin from their pockets as the newsboy's reward.
"Night?"
Watching the newsboy leave, the pedestrian murmured something in his mouth, and then returned his gaze to the newspaper in his hand.
However, when he flipped through the Courier World newspaper in his hand, the expression on the passerby's face suddenly became a little weird.
Originally, on the next page of the newspaper, the news about the live broadcast of the TV series in Times Square was clearly reported, and even the special trailer of the TV series was placed on it. In other words, the so-called secret from the newsboy's mouth, in fact, as long as you read it a little
Readers of Courier World know it all.
Although he felt a little ridiculous in his heart, it was impossible for the man to pursue him for a mere one-cent coin.
He shook his head helplessly and continued to flip through the newspaper in his hand. After this period of development, "The Courier World" has become a newspaper that most New Yorkers read, and one of the important reasons why they are willing to buy the newspaper is
The above "Superman" serialization.
As the story of Superman continues to develop, today's readers have a full understanding of this superhero.
This is certainly a good thing, as it means that the image of Superman is becoming more and more popular, but at the same time, it also creates a certain degree of problems.
That is, readers are no longer satisfied with simple Superman stories, they want to see more things related to Superman.
In order to satisfy this point, Colin also began to expand the Superman world.
And Wonder Woman (Wonder Woman) was born under this situation. As the third superhero to appear in the comic series, she is also the first female superhero.
The appearance of Wonder Woman naturally attracted strong curiosity from readers.
The first plot in this story is about the sudden appearance of a woman with magical powers in Metropolis. She calls herself Wonder Woman Diana. She is the princess of the Amazon. The purpose of coming here is
To defeat Ares, the god of war, and to come out for peace.
Wonder Woman is the first female superhero with the main theme in the history of comics. She is an important milestone in the history of American comics and has become a representative figure of female superheroes.
But if you delve deeper into the history of the birth of this female superhero, you will find that the birth of this character is actually filled with various erotic elements.
This is directly related to the original designer of the character Wonder Woman.
The author of Wonder Woman, Professor William Moulton Marston, was a professor of psychology and the inventor of the lie detector. He once taught at Harvard, but was later dismissed due to problems with his private life.
It is precisely based on this that the first "Wonder Woman" comics were full of a lot of bondage, whipping and other elements similar to SM culture. This resulted in the books circulating on the market about Wonder Woman being accused of being unhealthy and being criticized in large numbers.
Destroy.
But Professor Marston's attitude towards this is "resolute and will not change".
Those symbols that are "perverted and disgusting" in the eyes of others are the most beautiful love in his eyes.
As for the reason, it is because it is related to his own love experience. In addition to being the inventor of the lie detector and a doctor of psychology, he is also a BDSM enthusiast with two long-term partners.
That's right, two of them, one is his real wife Elizabeth.
The other was Oliver, his student when he was teaching at the university.
It can be seen from this that the prototype of Wonder Woman's representative weapon, the Lasso of Mantra, is actually self-evident.
Of course, the Wonder Woman who appears in Colin's writing is naturally not the explicit superhero full of suggestive elements originally designed by Marston. Her image is closer to the Wonder Woman that will be known to the public in later generations.
Face, a simple and inexperienced Amazon princess who came to the metropolis from the paradise island of Amazon.
As a comic that focuses on Superman, the birth of a female superhero naturally attracted a lot of curiosity from readers.
In the story of Diana's first appearance, Wonder Woman also came into contact with Superman for the first time. The scene where the two superheroes fought was called a classic in the history of superhero comics by later readers.
It is a milestone in the history of American comics.
Although, in fact, in terms of story, this battle is not complicated. It is just that Superman discovered Wonder Woman in Metropolis and fought with Decai, a subordinate sent by Ares. When Diana easily defeated the opponent, she discovered that
Superman mistook the opponent for Ares and attacked him.
During the battle, the twelve gods from Olympus bestowed different talents on Diana, making her debut.
Even when readers saw these powerful talents, they were worried for a while whether Superman would be defeated by the newly debuted Wonder Woman.
Of course, as a result, it is impossible for such a thing to happen.
At the end of this comic, Superman told the truth under the lasso of Wonder Woman's mantra. When Diana found out that she had misunderstood Superman, she immediately stopped her attack and confided in him that she had come to the world.
The city's true purpose is to find and defeat Ares.
The God of War who is hiding in the world is trying to start a new war on the earth, and the purpose of Wonder Woman appearing here is to organize Ares's conspiracy, but the other party is hidden too deep and cannot be discovered at all.
Superman: "I happen to know a man who is the world's greatest detective."
Hearing this, Superman smiled and said to Wonder Woman.
"Superman, Wonder Woman, and Batman will act together!"
In Times Square, watching the serialization of the last scene of "The Courier World", readers could not help but breathe a little faster.
He couldn't wait to see the scene of the three superheroes meeting, but when he flipped the newspaper in his hand, he realized that this was the last chapter of the story.
Similar scenes can be seen everywhere in the streets of New York City.
Wonder Woman, a new superhero, has attracted a lot of attention and discussion since her debut.
The vast majority of readers still approve of the emergence of female superheroes. After all, the Wonder Woman created by Colin is not as radical as the original version, and naturally will not receive such strong opposition. Although, there are some readers who are not too
I like the appearance of female superheroes, but I am more attracted by the image of Diana herself.
In this era, aside from some colorful comics, there are very few positive comic stories focusing on women. Especially because of the identity of a superhero, the character of Wonder Woman has won the attention of many readers as soon as it was launched.
Love. Especially among women. Although there are many female readers of "Superman", they are still a relatively small number compared to the entire readership group.
To be continued...