From Actor Feuds To Alcoholism: Behind The Scenes Of Wonder Woman

She May Have Saved DC Comics

When Wonder Woman made her first debut as a comic book character, it was in direct response to the public’s negative reaction to Superman. Because Superman was released around the time of WWII, many (mostly unfounded) comparisons were made between Superman and the Nazis and facism.

DC thought that a female superhero would help add some balance to the highly violent, mostly male world of DC comics. In 1940, psychologist William Moulton Marston wrote an article in which he wrote that he saw “great educational potential” in comic books and he was thus approached by comics publisher Max Gaines, who enlisted Marston as an educational consultant.