Question Woman occurs as DC Comics superheroine. Created by William Moulton Marston, she first appeared in All Star Comics #8 (December, 1941). She was one of a number one female superheroes & is however arguably a most famous.

Around virtually all adaptations, Question Woman is Princess Diana of the Amazon warrior tribe of Greek mythology. Diana, nonetheless, is the Roman title for the Greek goddess that this character is depending remove of; Artemis is her Greek title. A Amazon ambassador to a big globe, she possesses many superhuman abilities & gifts from either the Greek Gods, including a sorcerous lasso and bulletproof bracelets. She is besides the member of the a lot-star Justice League.

Marston designed Question Woman as a distinctly feminist character and several subsequent writers, especially victims of the 1980s and afterwards, keep around written her intrinsically.

Outside a comic book community, she is known for a popular, although typically camp, television adaptation which starred Lynda Carter and aired from 1975 until 1979. She has likewise been featured on the a lot-star animated series Super Friends in the 1970s and 80s and Justice League in the 2000s.

Her origin and her creator
William Moulton Marston was an educational adviser inside 1940 for Detective Comics, Inc. (currently called DC Comics). Marston saw that a DC line was filled by having images of extremely men like Green Lantern, Batman, and their flagship character Superman. Seeing whole these male heroes, Marston was left wondering how come there was non the female hero.

Max Gaines, then head of DC Comics, was intrigued per construct & told Marston that he can produce the female comic book hero—a Question Woman. Marston did that, utilizing the pen name that combined his own middle title by owning a middle title of Gaines: Charles Moulton. Marston reportedly developed a character of Question Woman by using his married woman Elizabeth (Sadie) Holloway Marston [http://www.bu.edu/law/history/marston.html]. A development of Question Woman was too influenced by his previous student Olive Byrne (who swallow Marston & Elizabeth inside the polyamorous relationship). [http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2004/04/04/wonder_working_power?mode=PF]

Marston was a developer of the systolic blood-pressure line 2 text, which led to the creation of the polygraph (lie detector). From either this function, Marston experienced been convinced that women were further honorable & dependable than men, & can operate sooner & further accurately. In a period of his life, Marston championed the induces of women of the day.

Inside the 1943 issue of The American Scholar, Marston said: Early days

Around December 1941, Wonder Woman processed her debut in All Star Comics #8. As punishment this exposure around the 2nd big merchandising comical in DC's line, she was featured inside Sensation Comics #1 (January 1942), and sise months late around her stand self-titled book (Summer 1942), making her a foremost extr-heroine to have her have comedian book. Until his passing around 1947, Dr. Marston wrote 100% of Question Woman's appearances. Artist H.G. Peter (previously best known for his Gibson Girl illustrations) drew the book, giving it a simplistic but identifiable "female" style that contrasted with other super-hero comic books of the day.

Armed sustaining her bulletproof bracelets, magic lasso, and her Amazonian training, Wonder Woman was a original of a hone woman from either the mind of her developer, Dr. Marston. She was beautiful, intelligent, heavy, however however possessed the easy side. At that instance, her powers come from either "Amazon concentration", non as a gift from either a gods.

Question Woman's "magic lasso" was purportedly forged from either a Magic Girdle of Aphrodite, which Queen Hippolyta (Wonder Woman's mother) was bequeathed by the Goddess. To produce a lasso, a god Hephaestus had borrowed a Olympian belt, flushed links from either either it, & forged the charming lasso from it. It was unbreakable, infinitely stretchy, & may produce 100% world health organization come encircled obey a commands of a wielder, virtually all notably to tell the truth.

Question Woman was aided per Holliday Girls (led per Rubenesque, sweets-addicted Etta Candy), who were the sorority that would serve Question Woman within the instance of emergency, or even contrariwise. Depending part in comedian Hugh Herbert, Etta was the just member of the Holliday Girls world health organization stood out, by owning her distinctive figure & propensity for saying "Woo-woo" day & night, and was - when Steve Trevor and Diana herself - the virtually all lasting character in the series.

Images of men putting women into bondage commonly appeared on the covers of Sensation Comics and Question Woman from either 1942 to 1947. Withinside Question Woman issue #3, these are Question Woman herself world health organization requires a dominant side, ligature more women higher, &, inside 1 memorable scene, dressing the two higher in deer outfits & chasing the babies through the woods, just to tie the babies higher late and display them in the platter. This subtle, however identifiable, intimate subtext to the book has been noted by comic book historians, world health organization use at times debated whether it was an outlet for Dr. Marston's have intimate fantasies (recent life history show that he was an inspiring practician of bondage); or even even whether it was intended (unconsciously or otherwise) to appeal to the underdeveloped gender of immature readers.

In a time period of this equivalent early period, Question Woman joined the Justice Society of America as its first female member. A Justice Society was a number 1 very-team, featured in All Star Comics,& days existence what it were, Question Woman, despite existence one of a virtually all mighty members, was a class action's secretary.

From either her origination, Question Woman was does'nt retired to good prevent malefactor, however to reform the babies. In the little isl& dispatch Paradise Island was Transformation Island, the rehabilitation complex created per Amazons to home and reform felon. The big conception inside his construct of Question Woman was one of "loving submission", where 1 would become sort to others & become uncoerced to surrender to the children away from agape. This hwhen typically existence parodied as male felon existence therefore enamored sustaining her beauty that it surrender to enjoy her company nonetheless briefly inside a few fashion.

After Marston

Around 1947, William Moulton Marston died, allowing Question Woman to become written by Robert Kanigher. Spell H.G. Peter however illustrated the stories, Question Woman became less of the feminist & supplementary of a traditional Our contries heroine. Peter remained on a title across #97, whilst the aged creative person was fired. Peter died before long later on.

Within down the road stories, her abilities expanded. Her earrings gave her air to inspire outer space, her "invisible plane" (originally the propellor even caused fighter that surfed prefer either the P-40 Warhawk or P-51 Mustang, however presently upgraded to the pitchy aircraft, given that era's level of aviation technology level of progress) was given an origin, her tiarthe was incurred to become an unbreakable boomerang, & a both-way carpus radio prefer Dick Tracy's was installed in one of her bracelets letting her to communicate using Paradise Island.

Dr. Wertham and the 1960s

Within 1954, Dr. Frederic Wertham wrote his controversial book Seduction of the Innocent, which expounded on his anti-comic book views, & is seen by several comic book historiographer when a demise of the Golden Age. Facing belike government censorship, a comic book industry established a Comics Code Authority. In a era of the Code, Question Woman there is no yearn spoke retired when a libber, & was left to moon on top Steve Trevor, & as period bore into the Silver Age, she besides fell for Merman & Birdman.

Question Woman had numerous changes through the mid-1950s and throughout the 1960s. Question Woman's origin was revamped, by owning her powers instead existence from either the combination of the Greek & Roman deities.

In the 1960s, regular scripter Robert Kanigher adapted gimmicks which had worked for Superman under the editorship of Mort Weisinger. When by having Superboy, Wonder Woman's "untold" career when a adolescent Wonder Girl was chronicled. So followed Questiin Baby, where the child Amazon princess within her star-spangled jumper went on unlikely escapade by having a genie she'd rescued from either an abandoned treasure chest. A next step for Kanigher was to team everthing ternary ages of Question Woman around what were labeled "Impossible Tales," sustaining her mother, Hippolyta joining in the dangerous undertaking when "Wonder Queen."

Writer Bob Haney - apparently unaware that Wonder Girl was non a separate character - involved her around his fresh team the Teen Titans, consisting of sidekicks Robin, Kid Flash, Aqualad, and, joining shortly thenceforth, Speedy. A select few years down the road, an origin was provided where Question Girl was revealed to exist as Donna Troy, an orphan that Question Woman redeemed & given extremely powers per Amazons' healing Purple Ray.

The Diana Prince/I Ching Era

At a prevent of the Sixties, Question Woman fell back her powers to remainside in "Man's World" like than accompany her fellow Amazons into an additional dimension and so it can "restore their magick."

At present the mod boutique owner, the powerless Diana Prince before long come under a wing of a Chinese wise man called We Ching. Under We Ching's counsel, Diana was trained to utilize her immune system as a weapon, learning martial arts and weapons skills, and proceeded to undertake intelligence officer-style escapade.

A freshly format of the comedian book was strongly influenced per Emma Peel era of the then-popular British spy series The Avengers. It likewise wore a select few similarities to the late TV series Kung Fu, with Diana existence an inexperient student to I personally Ching's master. Before long fallowing a "new" Question Woman began, a editors flushed a single-by-1 her modems to a superhero gloexist as, virtually all notably exterminate Steve Trevor (though the character would late be revived). the single exceptiin was a 1-on-person-to-person confrontation sustaining Catwoman.

This period of a comedian book has its supporters & its knocker. A bit of critics welcomed a vary from either camp very-heroics to sir thomas more good, "topical" storytelling in the wake up of the Batman TV series. Others felt that a comedian got abandoned its history. Plot line involved operative-style plots, also when a select few occult tales. Of these controversial handle showed Dianthe Prince brandishing a machine gun and firing at an airplane; contrary to a traditional depiction of Question Woman, the updated version of Diana Prince was non against killing sequentially to defend herself or even others.

A revised series attracted occasionally writers non commonly associated by using comedian books, virtually all notably science fiction author Samuel R. Delany, who wrote two issues.

This plot line lasted for ii years, sustaining Question Woman eventually existence restored to her powers & costume in the early '70s. Section of the credit for the revival of Question Woman as the superhero was due to a campaign where feminist Gloria Steinem - who was offended to watch the best known female superhero depowered - experienced a hand. A 1972 first issue of Steinem's Ms. Magazine featured Wonder Woman in her 1940s costume on the cover, and contained an essay in appreciation of the character. Ironically, a vary around format was originally an acknowledgement of the Women's liberation movement. A We Ching era, despite a arguing, would prove my point to resonate for a few years to came, two around the comedian book & in survive action adaptations of Question Woman a few yearsLate. A 1974 Cathy Lee Crosby telefilm, & a 2nd and third seasons of Lynda Carter's popular series (look at beneath), would borrow heavy from either a characterization of Diana Prince in the early Seventies.

As a consequence a link to of the "original" Question Woman to the comedian books, the major 2-biennial story arc consisted of the heroine's attempt to exist as readmitted to the Justice League of America, the organization she quit fallowing generating higher her powers. To prove her worthiness to rejoin a JLA, Question Woman voluntarily underwent Twelve "trials" (analagous to the Xii labors of Hercules), each of which was monitored secretly by the different member of the JLA.

Question Woman experienced barely won readmittance to the JLA whenever DC Comics ordered a second format vary. A popularity of the Question Woman TV series, which was at first placed in the period of World War II, resulted in DC setting a comedian book therein era too (this was processed conceivable due to DC Comics' multiverse concept, which established that a Seventies Questiin Woman & A Forties original version last 2 separate, eventually parallel, worlds: The Seventies version on "Earth-One", and the 1940s version on "Earth-Two"). While a TV series late changed its setting to a Seventies, the comedian book followed lawsuit.

Question Woman fought the series of "epic" battles through the 1970s and 1980s, until the character was flushed when you took Crisis on Infinite Earths in 1986. However a character wouldn't stay dead for yearn.

Post-Crisis

Post-Crisis, Question Woman was rebooted in 1987. Writer Greg Potter, who antecedently created the Jemm, Son of Saturn series for DC, was hired to rework the character. He spent many months behind a scenes working using editor Janice Race in freshly construct prior to existence joined by writer/artist George Pérez. Ceramicist dropped away from either writing a series fallowing issue #2, & Perez became a resole plotter sustaining facilitate from writer Len Wein, who wrote a series' finished dialogue.

Comic book fans & critics assume Perez's 60-issue redo one of a highlights of Question Woman's history. Pérez & Ceramicist gave her the pro-woman personality, & Perez's extensive search into Greek mythology gave more depth & verisimilitude to Question Woman's globe than within her former incarnation.

Inside her freshly incarnation, Question Woman was Dianthe, a princess & an envoy from either Paradise Island to Patriarch's globe (scroll through: human's globe). She possessed improbably stunning beauty, a gift from either the goddess Aphrodite. From either Athena, she received the gift of wisdom; from either Demeter, the power & nature and severity of the globe; from either Hestia, sisterhood with fire; & from either Artemis, the resonance by using beast & a inherent aptitude & artistry of a hunter. Eventually, from either a god Hermes, she received a gift of speed & the power of flight.

Question Woman did non keep her identity the secret, & she was non ab initio the "superheroine". Indeed, her character was within several ways that of the baby in the outdoors, inexperienced person & forswearing guile. Diana spoke simply authoritative Greek and had to see English when she arrived in America, rather than caring a language intuitively. However, Diana was trained as a warrior & got there is no remorse against applying fatal click whenever known as for. Across Pérez's tenure on a book, Diana dealt by using war, injustice, inequality, demise, & conflicts involving the Olympian Gods. A supporting characters of the comedian were altered too. For example, Steve Trevor was changed into an Air Force officer considerably older than Diana's apparent age, so sidestepping a traditional romance between them. Instead, Trevor became taking part using Ettthe Candy, world health organization herself became the matured officer of full standing & a big, however naturalistic physique. Diana's enemy The Cheetah became the woman world health organization may turn into a right & savage feline-humanoid animal world health organization can believably challenge Diana around combat.

Fallowing Pérez left a series, more writers & creative person tried to watch around his footsteps, by having variable degrees of profits. William Messner-Loebs wrote a character with all respect & a series sold swell, however a art portrayed the Amazon around lean outfits & sexualized poses, which drew criticism from either women's rightist. John Byrne later tried a "back to basics" approach sustaining mixed reviews, including the cycle sustaining Diana's mother Hippolyta when Question Woman. Phil Jimenez produced a do which was compared someway to Pérez's, particularly since Jimenez' art bears the striking resemblance to his.

Recently, the writing on the series was turned above to Greg Rucka, whose initial story arc exposed a book Question Woman experienced written which induced argument. A initial arc was good of political subtexts, however other recent plot line develop included a mythology aspect.

Infinite Crisis
Question Woman took the dark turn in the period of 2005, particularly in the final portion of the quatern a portion "Sacrifice" plot line, one of a major lead-ins to Infinite Crisis. Issue #219 of the current Question Woman title ("Sacrifice," A portion Four) ended by using Diana breaking a long-standing clean-does'nt-put to death code of DC superheroes by snapping Maxwell Lord's neck in order to break a villain's mental control on top Superman. (Watch The OMAC Project for more just about this plot line.) A ramifications of this action come required to resonate within new issues. & so far, her actions use resulted in the ending of her friendly relationship sustaining two Superman and Batman. A handle of #220 shows her existence arrested by constabulary; yet, there are no such event actually occurs inside a issue itself. A status of Question Woman amongst a more heroes is uncertain seeing when in the final places of OMAC Design, a Brother Eye satelite broadcasts footage of Question Woman murdering Maxwell Lord, preceded per word Slaying, to media outlets everthing on top the world.

Within Issue #221, Question Woman got to defend herself from either many OMACs who attacked her in her have personal. With repelled the assaulter, she was redeeming an hurt son to a hospital at the close of the issue & saw a broadcast of the damaging videos on the waiting room's television. She found number one-h& how else population viewing a footage reacted by having fear and horror; Brother Eye experienced managed to stamp out a faith the world experienced inside her. Ab initio of Infinite Crisis, Batman and Superman distrust her: a latter may single look at her as a coldblooded manslayer, the previous understands inside her an expression of the mentality that led many members of the League to decide to mindwipe their villains (& Batman himself).

This international relations and security network't a 1st period Question Woman has been shown "crossing the line". Around Mark Waid's mini-series Kingdom Come, Wonder Woman is likewise shown ingesting a life, albeit within battle & directly sequentially to save the life of an additional. Nevertheless, it should become noted that Kingdom Are will require place inside an surrogate reality, & is non canonical.

Graphic Novels
This todays series is collected within many graphic novels: God & Soul: Question Woman #1-7 Challenge Of The Gods: Question Woman #7-14 Beauty & a Animals: Question Woman #15-19 & Action Comics #600 A Contest: Question Woman #90-93 & #0 A Challenge of Artemis: Question Woman #94-100 2nd Genesis: Question Woman #101-105 Lifelines: Question Woman #106-112 Paradise Misused: Question Woman #164-170 & Wonder Woman Secret Files #2 Paradise Encountered: Question Woman #171-177 & Wonder Woman Secret Files #3 Down to Globe: Question Woman #195-200 Bitterly Competition: Question Woman #201-205

Specials & One-Shots
A Another time & New Story: The tale all about spousal abuse. A Hiketeia: Question Woman vs Batman. Question Woman: Spirit of Truth

Alternate Universes
Question Woman: Amazonia: by William Messner-Loebs. Placed inside an imagined Victorian-era England. '''Simply Believe Stan Lee's Question Woman

Wonder Woman Parodies/Homage

Question Woman has inspired a creation of many more comic book characters: have two pastiches of Question Woman like: Glory' is a warrior. In the normal globe, she goes per assumed name Gloria West. Invincible'''s War Woman

Wildcats member Zealot the Kherubim & a Finale warrior, Zealot is the previous Majestrix of the Finale & helped get their virtues and practices. She has lived for hundreds to thousands of years & has got numerous relationships sustaining each human being & aliens like. When failing to watch her use at times system under a Finale, she left their kin & it have hunted her since. Zealot has the close friendly relationship using Grifter though she is equally devoted to her sister, Learned person.

Promethea is the young girl whose father is flushed by a Christian mob around Alexandria inside 411 AD. She is taken inside h& per twin gods Thoth and Hermes world health organization tell her that in case she goes by using the children into the Immaterithe - a plane of being page to the imagination - she may there are no protracted become good a trifle girl, however a story residing everlastingly. Power Princess real name Zarda occurs as member of a superhero class action, the Squadron Supreme. Her character was originally developed as a thinly cloaked analogue of DC Comics' Question Woman, contradicting her origins, she was the indigene of Utopithe Isl& & was a peace ambassador and WWII superhero. Since a debut of Wonder's MAX title Supreme Power, rebooted the character, Zarda there are no hanker bears the sobriquet Power Princess or even acts prefer a superhero. She has alluded to similar origins to Hyperion, equivalent to the Marvel Universe's Attilan.

In other media

A number 1 attempt to translate Question Woman to the little screen was inside 1967, when a profits of the Batman television show led to the flurry of imitator series. Greenway Productions, a company behind the Batman indicate, produced the 4-&-the-half-microscopic Question Woman line 2 text reel starring Ellie Wood Walker as Diana Prince, Linda Harrison as Diana's Wonder Woman vary ego & Maudie Prickett as her mother. When sustaining Batman, the reel took a risible slant on the character. This pilot episode was never broadcast. Question Woman's number one broadcast appearance is as the guest within a Brady Kids cartoon in 1972, entitled "Beware of Gifts Bearing Greeks". (Question Girl, either Diana's immature sister or even the adolescent versiinside of Dianthe herself based in which comedian continuity is to become believed, experienced already appeared on television in a series of Teen Titans cartoon shorts, part of the Batman/Superman Hour cartoon show.) This was quickly followed per heroine's inclusion in the long going Superfriends cartoon series.

Her 2nd survive-action outing was the TV movie made in 1974, starring Cathy Lee Crosby as a blonde non-superpowered Amazon. This version owed little to a Question Woman comic book character todays at the period of screening, existence nigher indeed to the "I Ching period" abandoned per comedian book occasionally years prior to.

Though non successful at a number 1 attempt, network interest was such that inside a year an additional pilot was within production. Scripting duties were given to Stanley Ralph Ross, who'd worked on the original pilot reel, however this instance he was instructed to become other faithful to the mirthful book & produce the subtle "high comedy". A freshly TV series ran from (1976-1979), and starred Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman/Diana Prince & Lyle Waggoner as Steve Trevor, and is probably a better known version of the character. Understand Wonder Woman (television series) for details.

Question Woman was as well the team character in the various incarnations of the Very Friends animated series that aired on Saturday mornings throughout a 1970s and 1980s, and in the alive Justice League series on the Cartoon Network in the 2000s. the Justice League cartoons portray her as a young, emphatic warrior & hints she is attracted to Batman (virtually all belike avoiding a Superman attraction due to his relationship to Lois Lane). Her origins were besides rewritten for a indicate to help the promptly formation of the Justice League in the Threesome a share series premier "Secret Origins".

When you took a 1990s, there were many hearsay of the imaginable Question Woman feature at that instance, however nothing come of it. There are several world health organization sense Lynda Carter's portrayal has made it impossible for anyone suitable to exist as encountered to inherit the role (very much like studios until recently got spent many years forgoing profits shopping for a newly actor to succeed Christopher Reeve as Superman).

Inside 2005, a freshly Wonder Woman (movie) was announced with Joss Whedon, who has considerable case by owning female action heroes sustaining Buffy the Vampire Slayer, writing and directing. Whedon hwhen been quoted as saying his interpretation of the hero may non put on "star-spangled panties", raising concern that he can be planning to redesign a character somehow [http://www.comicbookmovie.com/news/articles/1779.asp], however he has too said that he might non run anything 'silly' by having a character. [http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1498869/03222005/story.jhtml] A film is scheduled for release inside 2007.

Question Woman too appeared in the Justice League Task Force Super Nintendo fighting game.

Scholarship
Sociologist Susan Hopkins within her text Girl Heroes, juxtaposes the image of Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman by owning Girl Power action heroines of the late 1990s.