Wonder Woman's Amazonian training helped to develop a wide range of extraordinary skills in tactics, hunting, and combat. The character has changed in depiction over the decades, including briefly losing her powers entirely in the 1970s by the 1980s, artist George Perez gave her a muscular look and emphasized her Amazonian heritage. In recent years, DC changed her background with the revelation that she is the daughter of Zeus and Hippolyta, jointly raised by her mother and her aunts Antiope and Menalippe. Wonder Woman's origin story relates that she was sculpted from clay by her mother Queen Hippolyta and given life by Aphrodite, along with superhuman powers as gifts by the Greek gods. A symbol of equality, power, and truth, her natural confidence and unmistakable intelligence made her unequaled.

Marston's wife, Elizabeth, and their life partner, Olive Byrne, are credited as being his inspiration for the character's appearance.Marston's comics featured his ideas on DISC theory, and the character drew a great deal of inspiration from early feminists, and especially from birth control pioneer Margaret Sanger in particular, her piece 'Woman and the New Race'.Īs the world's first and foremost female superhero, Wonder Woman at once embodies the unrivaled force and supreme grace of a born warrior, and the genuine compassion and understanding of a true humanitarian. Wonder Woman was created by the American psychologist and writer William Moulton Marston (pen name: Charles Moulton), and artist Harry G.

The character is also referred to by such epithets as the 'Amazing Amazon', the 'Spirit of Truth','Themyscira's Champion', the 'God-Killer', and the 'Goddess of Love and War' she has been described in numerous comic issues as 'beautiful as Aphrodite, wise as Athena, stronger than Hercules, and swifter than Hermes'. When blending into the society outside of her homeland, she adopts her civilian identity Diana Prince.

In her homeland, the island nation of Themyscira, her official title is Princess Diana of Themyscira, Daughter of Hippolyta. The Wonder Woman title has been published by DC Comics almost continuously except for a brief hiatus in 1986. The character first appeared in All Star Comics #8 in December 1941 with her first feature in Sensation Comics #1, January 1942. The character is a founding member of the Justice League, and an ambassador of the Amazon people. Wonder Woman is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

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