this character broke the superhero glass
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will explore the secret origin of Wonder
Woman
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more great content often thought of as
the female answer to Superman Wonder
Woman certainly can give the Man of
Steel a run for his money in terms of
superpowers but she’s far from a
duplicate of Superman with a backstory
that’s quite interesting and unique bill
we love you truly for nobody and I say
this with all the compassion and truth
in my heart nobody will ever publish
this Wonder Woman was the brainchild of
William Moulton Marston a psychologist
who wrote Wonder Woman’s adventures
under the name of Charles Moulton he is
often identified as the inventor of the
lie detector but this is only partially
true Marston did invent the systolic
blood pressure test and he theorized
that blood pressure rose when people
lied this was a crucial component of the
first polygraph created by John Augustus
Larsen with input from Marston Marston
was also a champion of women’s rights
believing they were in many ways
superior to men he also led a highly
unconventional life raising a family
with both his wife and his lover and
with children from each relationship the
psychologist also held some interesting
beliefs about dominance and Submission
believing that submission was something
women enjoyed in spite of their
superiority to men which likely explains
why Wonder Woman so often found herself
bound in many of her earliest adventures
dr. Marston Wonder Woman has drawn
criticism for being full of depictions
of bondage homosexuality and other sex
perversions would you say that’s a fair
assessment of your work Marsten situated
Wonder Woman’s roots in Greek and Roman
mythology in her origin Ares the God of
War planned for men to rule the world by
force Aphrodite the goddess of love said
her women would rule by love
she created a race of powerful women
known as the Amazons to accomplish this
to their ruler Hippolyta
she gave a magic girdle which made them
unconquered bull unfortunately Hercules
stole that girdle and the Amazons were
put in Chains by their male captors
Hippolyta begged Aphrodite to forgive
her and to help them the goddess did so
with the condition that the Amazons wear
their wristbands always to remind them
of when they had been subjugated by men
taking the magic girdle the Amazons fled
to Paradise Island hid
away from the outside world on the
island hipolito longed for a child
sculpting one from clay she prayed for
Aphrodite to grant it life and the
goddess acquiesced thus was born
Princess Diana who grew up among the
adil ik pleasures of Paradise Island one
day in the 1940s an American pilot
crashed upon Paradise Island
Diana rescued him intended to his wounds
Queen Hippolyta feared her daughter was
falling for Steve Trevor the handsome
pilot the first man ever on Paradise
Island when she consulted with the
goddesses she was told that someone must
take Trevor back to the outside world
and to stay to help fight the evil there
a competition was held to determine who
would win this right
Diana entered masked and handily beat
all the other Amazons even at the
dangerous game of bullets and bracelets
thus she was chosen to leave Paradise
Island and start a career as Wonder
Woman
when Wonder Woman returned Steve to the
outside world which she did by flying an
invisible plane by the way she realized
she would need a civilian identity
fortunately Steve’s nurse Diana Prince
was practically a dead ringer for the
princess and she longed to leave America
to be reunited with her fiance in
another country Wonder Woman arranged to
take Diana Prince’s identity as her own
Anna media sensation
Wonder Woman quickly joined Superman and
Batman as one of DC’s big three super
heroes within months she became part of
the Justice Society of America although
she was considered their secretary
rather than a full member she also
received a gift from her mother a magic
la soo which would compel people to obey
and tell the truth
in some ways it was like a lie detector
which we already know Marsden helped
create Wonder Woman was one of the few
superheroes to continue to be published
after the Golden Age of comics ended in
the late 1940s as time went on her
origin was altered somewhat while on
Paradise Island
she had adventures as a young princess
which demonstrated her remarkable skill
she even started wearing the costume she
would eventually wear as Wonder Woman
long before she made her way to Mann’s
world in this retelling Hippolyta is
instructed to choose paradise islands
mightiest warrior before Steve Trevor
shows up when he does Wonder Woman
readily rescues him and keeps him from
setting foot on Paradise Island over the
years the mythology of the island had
changed in this version if a man set
foot on their Island the Amazons would
lose their powers having saved both the
pilot and her sisters
Wonder Woman leaves for man’s world with
Steve by the late 1960s Wonder Woman’s
sails had slumped terrib–
and the stories lacked spark hoping to
jumpstart the series it was decided that
Paradise Island would have to disappear
into another dimension if Dianna chose
to remain behind she would lose all her
powers for a few years the new Wonder
Woman featured Diana using nothing but
martial arts skills learned from a man
named each Inge dressed in mod fashions
and seemingly modeled after Emma Peel of
the Avengers TV series it was certainly
a change of pace for Wonder Woman but
readers missed the old amazing Amazon
after her appearance on the cover of MS
magazine number one confirmed her new
status as an icon of the modern woman
Diana’s powers and costume were restored
in 1973 and she soon became the star of
a popular TV series as well after the
landmark crisis on Infinite Earths DC
decided to give Wonder Woman a major
revamp superstar artist George Perez
took the reins giving Diana a majestic
makeover and emphasizing the characters
Greek mythological background and
Perez’s retelling the Amazons were born
out of the souls of women cut short who
await rebirth and Gaia’s womb one soul
was left behind for a had a special
destiny this soul of course eventually
brought Diana to life and the island
where half of the Amazons lived was now
called femme Asiri rather than Paradise
Island but once again when the gods told
the Amazons that they must send a
champion to fight the evil which Ares
has unleashed on earth it was once again
Diana who was chosen pairs as
reimagining was a huge hit and Wonder
Woman was back on top both creatively
and popularly but more changes were
still to come for example as part of
DC’s company-wide new 52 relaunch in
2011 Diana’s origin was revised so that
she was no longer a statue brought to
life rather she was one of his oozes
many children and therefore a demigod
herself and at one point she even became
the God of War which may seem a little
wacky but in this version Ares had
actually trained Diana as a child to
eventually replace him more recently the
DC rebirth even took bits and pieces of
Diana’s various past lives and
synthesized a new one for her in the
course of this there were some
significant changes to her origin for
example Diana was given her superpowers
by the gods of Olympus only after she
arrived in man’s world in addition the
Amazons were described as the daughters
of Harmonia and Ares and the Messiah was
host in another dimension which could
only be accessed through a special
portal that resembled a tree more
importantly the Amazons were created by
the gods to keep
watch over Aires he had been driven mad
by war lust his lover Aphrodite
bound him with love which restored his
sanity but he had to remain in a prison
beneath the massara to keep the world
safe from the ravages of unbridled war
and when his sons found their way to his
prison to release him or kill him Diana
had to stop them she did so by likewise
binding them with unconditional love
thus saving the world Wonder Woman is
one of the most recognizable superheroes
in the world and as such has been
featured in numerous screen adaptations
in addition to her popular 1970s TV
series she has been a blockbuster
success in big screen film projects and
in numerous animated series and films
Wonder Woman remains a symbol of hope
and of equality for millions the world
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out these other great clips from
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ceiling improved saving the world wasn’t
just a man’s job
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we
will explore the secret origin of Wonder
Woman
before we begin we publish new videos
every day so be sure to subscribe for
more great content often thought of as
the female answer to Superman Wonder
Woman certainly can give the Man of
Steel a run for his money in terms of
superpowers but she’s far from a
duplicate of Superman with a backstory
that’s quite interesting and unique bill
we love you truly for nobody and I say
this with all the compassion and truth
in my heart nobody will ever publish
this Wonder Woman was the brainchild of
William Moulton Marston a psychologist
who wrote Wonder Woman’s adventures
under the name of Charles Moulton he is
often identified as the inventor of the
lie detector but this is only partially
true Marston did invent the systolic
blood pressure test and he theorized
that blood pressure rose when people
lied this was a crucial component of the
first polygraph created by John Augustus
Larsen with input from Marston Marston
was also a champion of women’s rights
believing they were in many ways
superior to men he also led a highly
unconventional life raising a family
with both his wife and his lover and
with children from each relationship the
psychologist also held some interesting
beliefs about dominance and Submission
believing that submission was something
women enjoyed in spite of their
superiority to men which likely explains
why Wonder Woman so often found herself
bound in many of her earliest adventures
dr. Marston Wonder Woman has drawn
criticism for being full of depictions
of bondage homosexuality and other sex
perversions would you say that’s a fair
assessment of your work Marsten situated
Wonder Woman’s roots in Greek and Roman
mythology in her origin Ares the God of
War planned for men to rule the world by
force Aphrodite the goddess of love said
her women would rule by love
she created a race of powerful women
known as the Amazons to accomplish this
to their ruler Hippolyta
she gave a magic girdle which made them
unconquered bull unfortunately Hercules
stole that girdle and the Amazons were
put in Chains by their male captors
Hippolyta begged Aphrodite to forgive
her and to help them the goddess did so
with the condition that the Amazons wear
their wristbands always to remind them
of when they had been subjugated by men
taking the magic girdle the Amazons fled
to Paradise Island hid
away from the outside world on the
island hipolito longed for a child
sculpting one from clay she prayed for
Aphrodite to grant it life and the
goddess acquiesced thus was born
Princess Diana who grew up among the
adil ik pleasures of Paradise Island one
day in the 1940s an American pilot
crashed upon Paradise Island
Diana rescued him intended to his wounds
Queen Hippolyta feared her daughter was
falling for Steve Trevor the handsome
pilot the first man ever on Paradise
Island when she consulted with the
goddesses she was told that someone must
take Trevor back to the outside world
and to stay to help fight the evil there
a competition was held to determine who
would win this right
Diana entered masked and handily beat
all the other Amazons even at the
dangerous game of bullets and bracelets
thus she was chosen to leave Paradise
Island and start a career as Wonder
Woman
when Wonder Woman returned Steve to the
outside world which she did by flying an
invisible plane by the way she realized
she would need a civilian identity
fortunately Steve’s nurse Diana Prince
was practically a dead ringer for the
princess and she longed to leave America
to be reunited with her fiance in
another country Wonder Woman arranged to
take Diana Prince’s identity as her own
Anna media sensation
Wonder Woman quickly joined Superman and
Batman as one of DC’s big three super
heroes within months she became part of
the Justice Society of America although
she was considered their secretary
rather than a full member she also
received a gift from her mother a magic
la soo which would compel people to obey
and tell the truth
in some ways it was like a lie detector
which we already know Marsden helped
create Wonder Woman was one of the few
superheroes to continue to be published
after the Golden Age of comics ended in
the late 1940s as time went on her
origin was altered somewhat while on
Paradise Island
she had adventures as a young princess
which demonstrated her remarkable skill
she even started wearing the costume she
would eventually wear as Wonder Woman
long before she made her way to Mann’s
world in this retelling Hippolyta is
instructed to choose paradise islands
mightiest warrior before Steve Trevor
shows up when he does Wonder Woman
readily rescues him and keeps him from
setting foot on Paradise Island over the
years the mythology of the island had
changed in this version if a man set
foot on their Island the Amazons would
lose their powers having saved both the
pilot and her sisters
Wonder Woman leaves for man’s world with
Steve by the late 1960s Wonder Woman’s
sails had slumped terrib–
and the stories lacked spark hoping to
jumpstart the series it was decided that
Paradise Island would have to disappear
into another dimension if Dianna chose
to remain behind she would lose all her
powers for a few years the new Wonder
Woman featured Diana using nothing but
martial arts skills learned from a man
named each Inge dressed in mod fashions
and seemingly modeled after Emma Peel of
the Avengers TV series it was certainly
a change of pace for Wonder Woman but
readers missed the old amazing Amazon
after her appearance on the cover of MS
magazine number one confirmed her new
status as an icon of the modern woman
Diana’s powers and costume were restored
in 1973 and she soon became the star of
a popular TV series as well after the
landmark crisis on Infinite Earths DC
decided to give Wonder Woman a major
revamp superstar artist George Perez
took the reins giving Diana a majestic
makeover and emphasizing the characters
Greek mythological background and
Perez’s retelling the Amazons were born
out of the souls of women cut short who
await rebirth and Gaia’s womb one soul
was left behind for a had a special
destiny this soul of course eventually
brought Diana to life and the island
where half of the Amazons lived was now
called femme Asiri rather than Paradise
Island but once again when the gods told
the Amazons that they must send a
champion to fight the evil which Ares
has unleashed on earth it was once again
Diana who was chosen pairs as
reimagining was a huge hit and Wonder
Woman was back on top both creatively
and popularly but more changes were
still to come for example as part of
DC’s company-wide new 52 relaunch in
2011 Diana’s origin was revised so that
she was no longer a statue brought to
life rather she was one of his oozes
many children and therefore a demigod
herself and at one point she even became
the God of War which may seem a little
wacky but in this version Ares had
actually trained Diana as a child to
eventually replace him more recently the
DC rebirth even took bits and pieces of
Diana’s various past lives and
synthesized a new one for her in the
course of this there were some
significant changes to her origin for
example Diana was given her superpowers
by the gods of Olympus only after she
arrived in man’s world in addition the
Amazons were described as the daughters
of Harmonia and Ares and the Messiah was
host in another dimension which could
only be accessed through a special
portal that resembled a tree more
importantly the Amazons were created by
the gods to keep
watch over Aires he had been driven mad
by war lust his lover Aphrodite
bound him with love which restored his
sanity but he had to remain in a prison
beneath the massara to keep the world
safe from the ravages of unbridled war
and when his sons found their way to his
prison to release him or kill him Diana
had to stop them she did so by likewise
binding them with unconditional love
thus saving the world Wonder Woman is
one of the most recognizable superheroes
in the world and as such has been
featured in numerous screen adaptations
in addition to her popular 1970s TV
series she has been a blockbuster
success in big screen film projects and
in numerous animated series and films
Wonder Woman remains a symbol of hope
and of equality for millions the world
over do you agree with our picks check
out these other great clips from
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