Let's see how much of a Wonder Woman fan you really are! Here are One Dozen Wonder Woman Facts!
1. Wondie's creator was a man named William Moulton Marston, a psychologist and inventor of the systolic blood pressure test. He used this test in the creation of The Lie Detector. His tests showed him that women were more emotionally controlled and more honest than men. Will had been an Educational Consultant for All-American Publications. This led to his partnership with DC Comics and-with input from his wife-the creation of Wonder Woman in 1941.
2. It is assumed Marston's invention of the Lie Detector inspired Wonder Woman's signature weapon, The Lasso of Truth. The concept of a Lasso being her weapon of choice was part of early Wonder Woman stories featuring the element of bondage. Not dirty bondage, just submissive. Wonder Woman would become powerless when bound by a man as a symbol of female imprisonment.
3. Wonder Woman's initial origin was that her mother Hippolyta-Queen of The Amazons-molded Diana from clay and the clay child was given life by the Gods. This origin was devoid of male involvement in child birth. Likely on purpose. In 2011, Wonder Woman's new origin stated she was the daughter of Zeus and Hippolyta, a symbol of unison between The Amazons and The Greek Pantheon. Wonder Woman had been made a Demigod by that change and went on to become The Goddess of War, deemed by Ares himself.
4. Wonder Woman and The Amazon's home island has gone by two names: Themyscira and Paradise Island. The island is undetectable by modern technology.
5. Out of all of the founding members of The Justice League, Wonder Woman is the most comfortable with killing her enemies.
6. In the late 1960's, Wonder Woman had surrendered her superpowers in exchange for staying in the US rather than joining The Amazons in another dimension. Under the name "Diana Prince" she learned martial arts and trained in weaponry to continue fighting crime without her powers.
7. Through her love interest U.S. Agent Steve Trevor, Diana Prince had become a nurse for the U.S. Army. Decades later she would take on a more serious role as an secret agent for the U.S. government. The creation of this alter ego was due in part to a 1974 TV movie "Wonder Woman" starring Cathy Lee Crosby as a primarily human Wonder Woman. The concept was reused in the more popular 1977 "Wonder Woman" TV show where Linda Carter (as Wonder Woman) would switch between her two identities by twirling around. The twirl would be added to comics thereafter.
8. There have been several instances of Wonder Woman being the love interest of Superman. First in 1996's "Kingdom Come" by Mark Waid. In that story an elderly and widowed Superman relies on Wonder Woman as his partner in leading a new Justice League, their relationship develops and they get married and have a child. Again in Frank Millar's "The Dark Knight Strikes Again" in 2001, another alternate future shows that Superman and Wonder Woman have a sexual relationship and a child (half Amazonian, half Kryptonian) named Lara. In 2003's "Superman: Red Son" by Mark Millar, Wonder Woman fell in love with a version of Superman raised in Russia. Finally in 2011's "Justice League" series by Geoff Johns it's established that Superman and Wonder Woman are an item. Coincidentally, Wonder Woman and Batman had a brief relationship in the DC Animated Universe.
9. Wonder Woman's first sidekick Donna Troy/Wonder Girl has had several origin stories with the first being that she was a human orphan given the powers of Wonder Woman. The second Wonder Girl was Cassandra Sandsmark, another daughter of Zeus. Both Wonder Girls have been members of The Teen Titans, but before them the name "Wonder Girl" was used as the title to stories about Diana when she was a child on Themyscira.
10. Wonder Woman's bottoms have been a topic of debate. In 2011, DC Comics advertised Wonder Woman's new outfit featuring pants. However, upon release of the new comics featuring Wonder Woman all art of her in pants had been edited to have the traditional underwear instead. This was done by DC Comics in attempt to win over progressive readers without changing the outfit of the character that they become accustomed to. This was met with expected backlash by the fans.
11. In the early 1990's writer Bill Loebs wrote a Wonder Woman story where she seeks employment at a fast food place called Taco Wiz. Basically DC's Taco Bell. She ended up taking this embarrassing job too seriously and could make tacos so quickly she opened a charity at Taco Wiz to feed the homeless. With a superhero working for the company, Taco Wiz became much more successful and had more charities for their communities. Other superheroes like The Flash and The Martian Manhunter would also visit these charities, making Wonder Woman's career as a fast food employee the peak of Taco Wiz's success in the DC Universe.
12. In "Marvel vs DC" Wonder Woman was worthy enough to pick up Thor's hammer Mjolnir. She surrendered the hammer to have a fair fight with Storm and subsequently lost the fight.
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2. It is assumed Marston's invention of the Lie Detector inspired Wonder Woman's signature weapon, The Lasso of Truth. The concept of a Lasso being her weapon of choice was part of early Wonder Woman stories featuring the element of bondage. Not dirty bondage, just submissive. Wonder Woman would become powerless when bound by a man as a symbol of female imprisonment.
3. Wonder Woman's initial origin was that her mother Hippolyta-Queen of The Amazons-molded Diana from clay and the clay child was given life by the Gods. This origin was devoid of male involvement in child birth. Likely on purpose. In 2011, Wonder Woman's new origin stated she was the daughter of Zeus and Hippolyta, a symbol of unison between The Amazons and The Greek Pantheon. Wonder Woman had been made a Demigod by that change and went on to become The Goddess of War, deemed by Ares himself.
4. Wonder Woman and The Amazon's home island has gone by two names: Themyscira and Paradise Island. The island is undetectable by modern technology.
5. Out of all of the founding members of The Justice League, Wonder Woman is the most comfortable with killing her enemies.
6. In the late 1960's, Wonder Woman had surrendered her superpowers in exchange for staying in the US rather than joining The Amazons in another dimension. Under the name "Diana Prince" she learned martial arts and trained in weaponry to continue fighting crime without her powers.
7. Through her love interest U.S. Agent Steve Trevor, Diana Prince had become a nurse for the U.S. Army. Decades later she would take on a more serious role as an secret agent for the U.S. government. The creation of this alter ego was due in part to a 1974 TV movie "Wonder Woman" starring Cathy Lee Crosby as a primarily human Wonder Woman. The concept was reused in the more popular 1977 "Wonder Woman" TV show where Linda Carter (as Wonder Woman) would switch between her two identities by twirling around. The twirl would be added to comics thereafter.
8. There have been several instances of Wonder Woman being the love interest of Superman. First in 1996's "Kingdom Come" by Mark Waid. In that story an elderly and widowed Superman relies on Wonder Woman as his partner in leading a new Justice League, their relationship develops and they get married and have a child. Again in Frank Millar's "The Dark Knight Strikes Again" in 2001, another alternate future shows that Superman and Wonder Woman have a sexual relationship and a child (half Amazonian, half Kryptonian) named Lara. In 2003's "Superman: Red Son" by Mark Millar, Wonder Woman fell in love with a version of Superman raised in Russia. Finally in 2011's "Justice League" series by Geoff Johns it's established that Superman and Wonder Woman are an item. Coincidentally, Wonder Woman and Batman had a brief relationship in the DC Animated Universe.
9. Wonder Woman's first sidekick Donna Troy/Wonder Girl has had several origin stories with the first being that she was a human orphan given the powers of Wonder Woman. The second Wonder Girl was Cassandra Sandsmark, another daughter of Zeus. Both Wonder Girls have been members of The Teen Titans, but before them the name "Wonder Girl" was used as the title to stories about Diana when she was a child on Themyscira.
10. Wonder Woman's bottoms have been a topic of debate. In 2011, DC Comics advertised Wonder Woman's new outfit featuring pants. However, upon release of the new comics featuring Wonder Woman all art of her in pants had been edited to have the traditional underwear instead. This was done by DC Comics in attempt to win over progressive readers without changing the outfit of the character that they become accustomed to. This was met with expected backlash by the fans.
11. In the early 1990's writer Bill Loebs wrote a Wonder Woman story where she seeks employment at a fast food place called Taco Wiz. Basically DC's Taco Bell. She ended up taking this embarrassing job too seriously and could make tacos so quickly she opened a charity at Taco Wiz to feed the homeless. With a superhero working for the company, Taco Wiz became much more successful and had more charities for their communities. Other superheroes like The Flash and The Martian Manhunter would also visit these charities, making Wonder Woman's career as a fast food employee the peak of Taco Wiz's success in the DC Universe.
12. In "Marvel vs DC" Wonder Woman was worthy enough to pick up Thor's hammer Mjolnir. She surrendered the hammer to have a fair fight with Storm and subsequently lost the fight.
Thanks for reading!
What's your favorite Wonder Woman's weapon? Her invisible plane? Her flying Tiara? Her charm? Comment below!
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