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[[Image:ARoss Wonder Woman.jpg|right|300px|thumb|''Wonder Woman'', by Alex Ross]]

[[Image:ARoss Wonder Woman.jpg|right|300px|thumb|''Wonder Woman'', by Alex Ross]]

'''Wonder Woman''' is a [[superhero]]ine.  She is a princess from [[myth]]ical Paradise Island, a [[pagan]] land with a society made up entirely of [[immortality|immortal]] Greek women.  She is suspected of being a [[lesbian]], as demonstrated by her expression "Suffering [[Sappho]]!"  She was created by William Moulton Marston, who invented the lie detector, which he represented in the comics as Wonder Woman's golden lasso.  Marston created the character because he wanted to make sure there was a female alternative to male superheroes, who he didn't think served as the proper role models for girl readers.

'''Wonder Woman''' is a [[superhero]]ine, the character owned by DC Comics.  Real name Diana, she is a princess from [[myth]]ical Themyscira, called also Paradise Island, a [[pagan]] land with a society made up entirely of [[immortality|immortal]] Greek women called Amazons.  She was suspected of being a [[lesbian]], as demonstrated by her expression "Suffering [[Sappho]]!" and several not-very-subtle innuendoes in the earlier comics. She was created by William Moulton Marston, who invented the lie detector, which he represented in the comics as Wonder Woman's golden lasso.  Marston created the character because he wanted to make sure there was a female alternative to male superheroes, who he didn't think served as the proper role models for girl readers.  Marston also had unusual thoughts about sexuality, including an interest in bondage, which may have informed Wonder Woman's characteristics.  Despite this, and her place as a modern {{feminist}} icon, Diana is an odd figure among modern superheroines, in that she is canonically a virgin.

 

Wonder Woman possesses great strength, speed and agility, and endurance, though unlikey [[Superman]] she is not bulletproof.  She can fly and has very keen senses.  Wonder Woman also has a pair of [[magic]] bracelets that allow her to deflect bullets, and a golden lasso that is effectively indestructible and forces anyone bound in it to tell her the truth.  Originally, each component of Wonder Woman's costume was the true source of her power--i.e., her boots granted her the speed of Hermes, the mythical Greek messenger god; this has since been rewritten so that the only powers not innate to her are her ability to deflect bullets and her lasso.

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