It's a GIRL!!!!

Wonder Woman Trivial Information:

Real name: Diana

Occupation: Ambassador, teacher, super-hero

Base of Operations: New York City and Themyscira

Marital Status: Single

Height: 5' 11"

Weight: 140

Eyes: Blue

Hair: Black

First Appearance: (historical) ALL STAR COMICS #8 (Winter, 1941)

Powers: super strength, stamina, agility, magic lasso, invisible plane, bullet proof bracelets.

History: Amazonian princess who leaves Paradise Island to fight for right in man's world.

Wonder Woman is Princess Diana of the Amazon warrior tribe of Greek mythology, "Diana" being the Roman name for the Greek goddess Artemis on whom the character is based.

The Amazon ambassador to the larger world, Diana was awarded several gifts by the Olympian gods, including the Lasso of Truth (created from the Golden Girdle of Gaea) and indestructible silver bracelets (formed from the shield Aegis).

For several years she was described in the splash page of each story, as "beautiful as Aphrodite, wise as Athena, swifter than Mercury and stronger than Hercules."

On television, Wonder Woman lost her powers if her belt was removed. This was not true in the comics.

Wonder Woman was introduced in All Star Comics (issue #8; Dec 1941), the second bestselling comic in DC's line. Following this auspicious debut, she was featured in Sensation Comics #1 (January 1942), and six months later appeared in her own book (Summer 1942).

Amazons live a long time, but did Wonder Woman ever tell her age? Well, in the first episode on CBS, "The Return of Wonder Woman", she told Steve Trevor that she would be 2,527 years old on her next birthday.

In the comics, amazon bracelets were made of Amazonium. On television, they were made of Feminum.

In the comics, Diana would spin her lasso around herself to change into Wonder Woman. On the television show, she would simply spin (herself). They also added the "exploding circle of light" around her in the 3rd regular episode titled "Beauty on Parade". Before that, her "Diana" clothes seemed to dissolve off first, then her Wonder Woman costume would materialize giving the impression of brief nudity. That was considered to be a bit too much for prime time television in 1976!

In the comics, Steve Trevor had blonde hair but during the time that Lyle Waggoner (who had dark hair) was on television, they darkened the comic book charachter's hair too!

Her origin and creator:
In 1940, William Moulton Marston was an educational consultant for Detective Comics Inc (now DC Comics). Judging that the DC line was dominated by übermensch characters such as the Green Lantern, Batman and its flagship character, Superman, Marston decided to create a superheroine to serve as a female role model of sorts.

A core component in Marston's conception of Wonder Woman was "loving submission," in which kindness to others would result in willing submission derived from agape. This concept has resulted in parodies of the character in which male criminals are so enamored with the heroine's beauty that they surrender solely to enjoy her company.

Marston was also the creator of a systolic blood-pressure measuring apparatus, which was crucial to the development of the polygraph (lie detector). Marston's experience with polygraphs convinced him that women were more honest and reliable than men, and could work more efficiently.

In a 1943 issue of The American Scholar, Marston wrote:
"Not even girls want to be girls so long as our feminine archetype lacks force, strength, and power. Not wanting to be girls, they don't want to be tender, submissive, peace-loving as good women are. Women's strong qualities have become despised because of their weakness. The obvious remedy is to create a feminine character with all the strength of Superman plus all the allure of a good and beautiful woman."

Current DC Comics continuity has the adventures of Wonder Woman in World War II has being of that of her mother Hippolyta going back in time. Hippolyta joined the Justice Society and became known to the world as the first Wonder Woman. Diana the current Wonder Woman won the right to come to man's world by winning a contest on Paradise Island to see who would go, against her mother's wishes.

Allies: Justice League, Artemis/Wonder Woman II - An Amazon from a rival tribe who replaced Diana for a time as Wonder Woman, Donna Troy (Wonder Girl) Wonder Girl II...


It's quite eerie and a bit creepy how similar we are!!!!!!!!!!

*snickering*...