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hatred of men welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we’ll explore the comic book
origins of Princess Diana otherwise
known as Wonder Woman as with most comic
book characters there are often
reimagining and different versions to a
character’s past we have chosen to
primarily follow the storyline that
unfolded in 1941 s all-star comics
number 8 and was expanded on in Wonder
Woman number one growing up on an
isolated and hidden Paradise Island
later renamed the mascara diana was once
a great warrior princess of the Amazons
this mythical tribe once parted from
Greece due to the evil deeds of mankind
and in turn the gods created a magical
barrier to prevent men from stepping
foot there unlike the other Amazons
Diana wasn’t born instead she was formed
from clay by her mother and brought to
life by the Olympian gods while all the
Amazons were made physically and
mentally superior to men diana was the
greatest of her kind and was endowed
with special mental powers everything
changed for the Amazonian warrior
princess when a United States
intelligence officer named Steve Trevor
crash-landed near her secret island home
finding the injured officer Diana tended
to his wounds with her magical purple
ray before falling in love with her
patient soon
Diana learned of the second world war
that was overwhelming the rest of the
world she informed the goddess aphrodite
who then declared that an Amazon warrior
would be chosen to travel to man’s world
to become a champion against the Nazis
and other forces of evil to decide who
would carry out this mission a
tournament was held diana was forbidden
by her mother to enter but chose to hide
her identity in order to participate in
secret after winning the event she
revealed herself and was given many new
powers as well as a new superhero
identity Wonder Woman as is the custom
our emissary will dawn the colors of the
foreign nation as a sign of respect as
Wonder Woman she was able to draw upon
the blessings of the gods and this
increased her already considerable
strength immune
and speed it also gave her the power to
tame and communicate with beasts she was
likewise provided with several magical
tools including her indestructible
bracelets of victory
her royal tiara which could be thrown
like a boomerang a lasso of truth this
lasso was designed to bypass the
untrustworthy nature of man you cannot
resist its powers and an invisible
airplane that could be controlled
telepathically while departing to return
the American officer to his home she
stumbled upon a Japanese pilot using her
lasso of truth she captured the spy and
helped Trevor uncover his military
secrets as a result Trevor was promoted
for sharing the information he learned
little did he know Wonder Woman remained
with him in disguise as a nurse
undercover Wonder Woman was able to
listen in on intelligence discussions
which told her where she was needed next
and soon she became Trevor’s assistant
in the War Department at that time he
began to suspect and eventually
discovered that lieutenant Prince and
Wonder Woman were one and the same
however she was unable to pursue a
personal relationship with him as
Aphrodite had threatened to remove her
powers if she allowed herself to be
bound to a male as the Wonder Woman
comic series was originally created at
the dawn of World War two the character
has since been reinvented and modernized
several times and has come to deal with
present-day issues Wonder Woman has
likewise become a prominent member of
the Justice League and has appeared in a
variety of media these included the
1970s Wonder Woman TV series the Justice
League cartoon show and her own animated
film
no matter where her adventures take her
Wonder Woman remains the most
recognizable and powerful female
superhero ever created
sexual equality to a world torn by the
hatred of men welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we’ll explore the comic book
origins of Princess Diana otherwise
known as Wonder Woman as with most comic
book characters there are often
reimagining and different versions to a
character’s past we have chosen to
primarily follow the storyline that
unfolded in 1941 s all-star comics
number 8 and was expanded on in Wonder
Woman number one growing up on an
isolated and hidden Paradise Island
later renamed the mascara diana was once
a great warrior princess of the Amazons
this mythical tribe once parted from
Greece due to the evil deeds of mankind
and in turn the gods created a magical
barrier to prevent men from stepping
foot there unlike the other Amazons
Diana wasn’t born instead she was formed
from clay by her mother and brought to
life by the Olympian gods while all the
Amazons were made physically and
mentally superior to men diana was the
greatest of her kind and was endowed
with special mental powers everything
changed for the Amazonian warrior
princess when a United States
intelligence officer named Steve Trevor
crash-landed near her secret island home
finding the injured officer Diana tended
to his wounds with her magical purple
ray before falling in love with her
patient soon
Diana learned of the second world war
that was overwhelming the rest of the
world she informed the goddess aphrodite
who then declared that an Amazon warrior
would be chosen to travel to man’s world
to become a champion against the Nazis
and other forces of evil to decide who
would carry out this mission a
tournament was held diana was forbidden
by her mother to enter but chose to hide
her identity in order to participate in
secret after winning the event she
revealed herself and was given many new
powers as well as a new superhero
identity Wonder Woman as is the custom
our emissary will dawn the colors of the
foreign nation as a sign of respect as
Wonder Woman she was able to draw upon
the blessings of the gods and this
increased her already considerable
strength immune
and speed it also gave her the power to
tame and communicate with beasts she was
likewise provided with several magical
tools including her indestructible
bracelets of victory
her royal tiara which could be thrown
like a boomerang a lasso of truth this
lasso was designed to bypass the
untrustworthy nature of man you cannot
resist its powers and an invisible
airplane that could be controlled
telepathically while departing to return
the American officer to his home she
stumbled upon a Japanese pilot using her
lasso of truth she captured the spy and
helped Trevor uncover his military
secrets as a result Trevor was promoted
for sharing the information he learned
little did he know Wonder Woman remained
with him in disguise as a nurse
undercover Wonder Woman was able to
listen in on intelligence discussions
which told her where she was needed next
and soon she became Trevor’s assistant
in the War Department at that time he
began to suspect and eventually
discovered that lieutenant Prince and
Wonder Woman were one and the same
however she was unable to pursue a
personal relationship with him as
Aphrodite had threatened to remove her
powers if she allowed herself to be
bound to a male as the Wonder Woman
comic series was originally created at
the dawn of World War two the character
has since been reinvented and modernized
several times and has come to deal with
present-day issues Wonder Woman has
likewise become a prominent member of
the Justice League and has appeared in a
variety of media these included the
1970s Wonder Woman TV series the Justice
League cartoon show and her own animated
film
no matter where her adventures take her
Wonder Woman remains the most
recognizable and powerful female
superhero ever created
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