Chapter 318 Wonder Woman (1/2)

"Extra, Extra!"

"Tonight at 7 o'clock, CBS will broadcast the TV series "One Day in New York" live on TV..."

Early morning, Times Square.

The spring in New York is very warm. Although it is connected to winter, it is not cold at all.

Starting from March, the temperature will gradually rise, accompanied by lingering rain,

The square is shrouded in humidity.

In the queue for free relief, people wrapped in old coats continue to move forward in the streets full of puddles.

The winding queue is endless, but the expressions on most people's faces are mainly numb.

Although a new president has been replaced, their lives do not seem to have changed significantly.

In 1883, the Metropolitan Opera House in New York moved to the intersection 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 of glory for this place, and then fell into a depression after the stock market crashed in 1929.

The advent of the Great Depression has changed the atmosphere of Times Square.

Nowadays, the whole square is filled with an atmosphere of chaos and corruption.

Pornographic performance venues can be seen everywhere near the street corners. Women dressed in gorgeous clothes pass by the team and laugh softly. They are the dancers here. In the distance, the cinema shows erotic movies 24 hours a day. In the shops selling cheap tourist souvenirs, all kinds of landmark items related to New York are hung to attract foreign tourists.

On both sides of the street, newsboys waved the "Courier World" in their hands and passed by the team. Hearing the slogans shouted by the newsboys, the expressions of the people in the queue in the team changed slightly.

"TV series, what is that?"

For the people of this era, TV series are still an unheard-of concept.

"What is a TV set?"

Despite the hard promotion of Colin and the American Radio Corporation, there are still many people who don't know the existence of TV sets.

Just like decades ago, no one knew about radio.

"Give me a newspaper."

At the edge of the square, a pedestrian reached out from the car to stop the newsboy. He took out a two-cent coin from his pocket and handed it to him, and then asked with curiosity.

"Kid, what is a TV show?"

After taking the change and handing a folded newspaper to the other party, the newspaper boy pulled the rope on his body and replied: "It's a program played on TV. It is said that it is a program played by CBS radio, movies, and radio dramas, but it is played on TV..."

"TV, which means you can't watch it."

Hearing the newspaper boy's reply, the pedestrian couldn't help but shook his head in disappointment.

A TV is not something he can afford. It is said that the price of buying a TV is enough to buy several radios.

Mumbling something in his mouth, the pedestrian put away his curiosity about the TV show and put his attention back on the newspaper in his hand.

Although he can't watch the TV show, he at least has the serialized comics in the "Messenger World" to read.

"Sir, if you want to watch the TV show mentioned in the "Messenger World", maybe you can come to Times Square later to have a look."

Hearing the sigh of the passenger in the car, the newspaper boy 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 Luper specially prepared a TV for those who cannot watch the TV series, and broadcast it live in Times Square."

"Thank you, kid."

Hearing the news told by the newsboy, the pedestrian in the car couldn't help showing a surprised expression on his face, and took out another coin from his pocket as a reward for the newsboy.

"In the evening?"

Watching the newsboy's back as he left, the pedestrian murmured, and then put his eyes back on the newspaper in his hand.

However, flipping through the "Courier World" in his hand, the expression on the pedestrian's face suddenly became a little weird.

Originally, the news of the TV series live broadcast in Times Square was clearly reported on the next page of the newspaper, and even the special trailer of the TV series was placed on it, which means that the so-called secrets in the mouth of the newsboy are actually known to readers who just flipped through the "Courier World".

Although it was a bit absurd in his heart, the man would not chase him again for a mere one-cent coin.

He shook his head helplessly and continued to flip the newspaper in his hand. After this period of development, the "Courier World" has become a newspaper that most New Yorkers will read, and one of the important reasons why they are willing to buy newspapers is the "Superman" series on it.

As the story of Superman continues to develop, today's readers have a full understanding of this superhero.

This is certainly a good thing, representing that the image of Superman is becoming more and more popular, but at the same time, on the other hand, it has also caused 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 meet this, Colin also began to expand the Superman world.

And Wonderwoman was born under this situation. As the third superhero to appear in the serialized comics, she is also the first female superhero.

The appearance of Wonder Woman naturally attracted readers' strong curiosity.

The first story in this story is about a woman with magical powers who suddenly appeared in Metropolis. She called herself Wonder Woman Diana, the princess of Amazon, and came here to defeat the god of war Ares and come out for peace.

Wonder Woman is the first mainstream female superhero in the history of comics. She is an important milestone in the history of American comics and has become a representative of female superheroes.

But if you delve into the history of the birth of this female superhero, you will find that the birth of this character is actually full of various erotic elements.

This is directly related to the original designer of the Wonder Woman character.

The author of Wonder Woman, Professor William Moulton Marston, is a professor of psychology and the inventor of the lie detector. He taught at Harvard, but was later dismissed because of his private life.

It is precisely based on this that the first "Wonder Woman" comics are full of elements similar to SM culture such as binding and whipping. This has caused the Wonder Woman books circulating on the market to be accused of being unhealthy and burned in large quantities.

But Professor Marston's attitude towards this is "firmly unchangeable".

Those symbols of "perversion and disgust" in the eyes of others are the most beautiful love in his eyes.

As for the reason, 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.

Yes, two, one is his legal wife, Elizabeth Yin.

The other is Oliver, a student during his university teaching period.

From this, it can be seen that the prototype of Wonder Woman's representative weapon, the Lasso of Truth, is actually self-evident.

Of course, the Wonder Woman who appeared in Colin is naturally not the explicit superhero full of various suggestive elements designed by Marston at the beginning. Her image is closer to the face of the Wonder Woman known to the public in later generations, an Amazon princess who came to the metropolis from the Amazon Paradise Island and was simple and ignorant of the world.

As a comic book based 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, and the scene of the two superheroes fighting 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 the story, this battle is not complicated. It is just that Superman found Wonder Woman in Metropolis and fought with Dekai, a subordinate sent by Ares. When Diana easily defeated her opponent, she found Superman and mistakenly thought that the opponent was Ares and attacked.

During the battle, the twelve gods from Olympus gave Diana different talents, which also appeared for the first time.

Even when readers saw these powerful talents, they were a little worried whether Superman would be defeated by the new Wonder Woman.

Of course, in the end, such a thing would naturally not happen.

At the end of this comic, Superman told the truth under Wonder Woman's Lasso of Truth. When Diana found out that she had misunderstood Superman, she immediately stopped her attack and told him the real purpose of coming to Metropolis, in order to find and defeat Ares.

This hidden god of war tried to start a new war on Earth, and Wonder Woman's purpose of appearing here was to organize Ares' conspiracy, but the other party was too hidden to be discovered.

Superman: "I happen to know someone who is the greatest detective in the world."

Hearing this, Superman smiled and said to Wonder Woman.

"Superman, Wonder Woman, and Batman will act together!"

In Times Square, watching the last scene of the "Messenger World", the reader's breathing was a little faster.

He was a little impatient to see the scene of the three superheroes meeting, but when he flipped the newspaper in his hand, he found that this was the last chapter of the story.

Similar scenes can be seen everywhere in the streets and alleys of New York City.

Wonder Woman, the new superhero, attracted a lot of attention and discussion as soon as she appeared.

The vast majority of readers still give positive comments on the emergence of female superheroes. After all, the Wonder Woman created by Colin is not as radical as the original version, so it will not be so strongly opposed. Although some readers do not like the emergence of female superheroes, they are more attracted by the image of Diana itself.

In this era, apart from some comics with colors, there are few positive comic stories with women as the main characters. Especially as a superhero, the Wonder Woman character has won the love of many readers as soon as it was launched. Especially in terms of women, although there are many female readers of "Superman", they are still relatively few compared to the entire reader group.

After all, it is difficult for a story with a superhero as the background and a male as the protagonist to attract the love of female readers.

More women still prefer the story development in radio soap operas.

And the remaining female readers, rather than liking Superman, actually like Colin's portrayal of Louise, one of the few female characters in the serialization.

In this era, the status of women is far less high than that of later generations.

However, the appearance of Wonder Woman obviously brought different meanings. Compared with Lois, who was a supporting role of Superman, an independent female superhero like Diana attracted more attention from women.

Even because of the appearance of Wonder Woman, some women who did not pay attention to the serialization of "Messenger World" or were not comic readers, opened the newspaper for the first time.

Even some girls, under the guidance of their mothers, saw the figure of Wonder Woman in "Messenger World" and were told that girls could become superheroes when they grow up. It is not only men like Superman who can save the world, but women can do it too.

Of course, the most direct performance of Wonder Woman for "Messenger World" is to promote the sales growth of newspapers.

Judging from the growth rate of the word "Faith", Colin also confirmed the significance of arranging this role to appear, which was obviously successful.

However, at present, Colin is more concerned about the TV series that will be broadcast that night than the impact of Wonder Woman on society.

Although, in the TV studio of CBS Radio.

He had already watched the actors' rehearsal, and he was still a little uneasy about the upcoming live broadcast.

After all, the success of the TV series is related to the development of the TV market.

In the afternoon, in the center of Times Square.

As reported by the Courier World, the staff arranged by Colin placed the TV on the prepared table, and a total of ten TVs were placed in the square to ensure that people passing by Times Square could see the live broadcast of the TV series from all angles.

In order to maximize the effect of the TV series, Colin also arranged TVs to broadcast live not only in Times Square, but also in other important places in New York City.

This approach certainly led to a large amount of financial expenditure, but considering the TV ownership rate of most New York families, he had to use such a time-consuming and laborious method to allow more people to watch the live broadcast of the TV series. If it were not for the artificial blowing, the maximum screen of the TV produced by the factory at this time could only reach 12 inches, and Colin even planned to directly manufacture a huge TV and put it in Times Square for live broadcast.

Of course, considering what might happen, Colin also arranged special guards around each live TV to ensure the safety of the TV itself.

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