

1942) Wonder Woman leaves Paradise Island with Steve Trevor in her favorite mode of transportation, the invisible jet, a “transparent plane” that she can summon with her telepathic tiara. Picking up where the readers left off, in "Sensation Comics" No. (DC Entertainment) Leading ladyĪfter her introduction, Wonder Woman was featured on every cover as the lead story in her "Sensation Comics" run. Against her mother’s wishes, Diana secretly enters the competition and wins.ĭespite being her debut comic, Wonder Woman wasn’t the star of the show but rather a short story among a collection of comic-book tales. The Amazons create a tournament and the victor will help Trevor back to America. Trevor must be returned to the world of men but in order to do so, he’ll need an escort. After quickly falling in love with the unconscious man, the young princess learns the history of her people from her mother, Queen Hippolyte. Her short origin story centers on Diana’s discovery of the injured Steve Trevor, whose plane had crashed on Paradise Island, the home of the Amazons.

The hero was introduced to readers with the description, "As lovely as Aphrodite - as wise as Athena - with the speed of Mercury and the strength of Hercules - she is known only as Wonder Woman." Peter, Wonder Woman’s first comic-book appearance was in the pages of "All Star Comics" No. Here is a look back at Wonder Woman’s journey so far.Ĭreated by William Moulton Marston, Elizabeth Holloway Marston and artist H.G. That’s not to say the character hasn’t been keeping busy. From fighting Nazis to running a clothing boutique and even ascending to become an Olympian god, various incarnations and interpretations of Diana of Themyscira have appeared in comic panels and on television since her debut.īut unlike her male peers, Wonder Woman has never even been seen on the big screen until recently. She doesn’t always have superpowers and she isn’t always called Wonder Woman.
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Then it took her 35 years until she was the lead in her own TV show. It has taken over 75 years for Wonder Woman to be the lead in her own live-action movie.įirst introduced in a short comic story in 1941, it took less than a year for the Amazonian princess to become the first female superhero to land her own solo comic-book series.
