Wonder Woman is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character first appeared in All Star Comics#8 in October 1941 with her first feature in Sensation Comics #1 in January 1942. She has been depicted in both film and television by Cathy Lee Crosby, Lynda Carter, and in the DC Extended Universe films by Gal Gadot. She also appears in merchandise sold around the world, such as apparel, toys, dolls, jewelry, and video games.
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Wonder Woman is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character first appeared in All Star Comics#8 in October 1941 with her first feature in Sensation Comics #1 in January 1942. Wonder Woman was created by the American psychologist and writer William Moulton Marston, and artist Harry G. Peter. In her homeland, the island nation of Themyscira, her official title is Princess Diana. When blending into the society outside of her homeland,. she sometimes adopts her civilian identity Diana Prince. In the decades since her debut, Wonder Woman has gained a cast of enemies bent on eliminating the Amazon, including classic villains such as Ares, Cheetah, Doctor Poison, Circe, Doctor Psycho, and Giganta. She possesses an arsenal of magical items, including the Lasso of Truth, a pair of indestructible bracelets, a tiara which serves as a projectile, and, in older stories, a range of devices based on Amazon technology. In recent years, DC changed her background with the retcon that she is the daughter of Zeus and Hippolyta, jointly raised by her mother and her aunts Antiope and Menalippe. She has been depicted in both film and television by Cathy Lee Crosby, Lynda Carter, and in the DC Extended Universe films by Gal Gadot. She also appears in merchandise sold around the world, such as apparel, toys, dolls, jewelry, and video games. The Wonder Woman title has been published byDC Comics almost continuously except for a brief hiatus in 1986.
In an October 25, 1940, interview with the Family Circle magazine, Marston discussed the unfulfilled potential of the comic book medium. This article caught the attention of comics publisher Max Gaines, who hired Marston as an educational consultant for National Periodicals and All-American Publications, two of the companies that would merge to formDC Comics. 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\”. The character is an iconic figure in popular culture that has been adapted to various media. October 21 is Wonder Woman Day, commemorating the release of her first appearance in AllStar Comics#7. The comic book character has also regularly appeared in comic books featuring the superhero teams Justice Society and Justice League. In the 1990s, the character was depicted fighting Axis military forces as well as an assortment of colorful supervillains, although over time her stories came to place greater emphasis on characters, deities, and monsters from Greek mythology. She was also depicted rescuing herself from bondage, which defeated the \”damsels in distress\” trope that was common in comics during the 1940s. In 2000, the writer and artist George Perez gave her an athletic look and emphasized her Amazonian heritage. In 2002, she appeared in the film Wonder Woman: The First Born.
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