Editing Wonder Woman (section)

==Powers and abilities==
===Powers and training===
[[File:WonderWoman1970s.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Wonder Woman without special powers fighting crime as Diana Prince. Cover of ''Wonder Woman'' #189 (July 1970) by Mike Sekowsky.]]
Diana is depicted as a masterful athlete, acrobat, fighter and strategist, trained and experienced in many ancient and modern forms of armed and unarmed combat, including exclusive Amazonian martial arts. With her godlike abilities of incalculable superhuman strength, nigh-invulnerability, speed, flight, fast healing and semi-immortality, Diana's fighting prowess is enhanced. In some versions, her mother trained her, as Wonder Girl, for a future career as Wonder Woman. From the beginning, she is portrayed as highly skilled in using her Amazon bracelets to stop bullets and in wielding her golden lasso.<ref>''[[Ambush Bug: Year None]]'' #4 (December 2008)</ref> Batman once called her the "best melee fighter in the world".<ref>''Justice League of America'' (vol. 2) #13 (November 2007)</ref> The modern version of the character is known to use lethal force when she deems it necessary.<ref name=WW219>''Wonder Woman'' (vol. 2) #219 (September 2005)</ref> In the New 52 continuity, her superior combat skills are the result of her Amazon training, as well as receiving further training from Ares, the God of War, himself, since as early as her childhood.<ref name="Azzarello2"/> The Golden Age Wonder Woman also had education in advanced arts and sciences as well as psychology, emotions, and emotional intelligence, as did her Amazon sisters.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://qph.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-1e3a702785744b78d2c99d40c588ece5.webp |title=Diana! |access-date=June 25, 2021 |archive-date=March 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309033329/https://qph.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-1e3a702785744b78d2c99d40c588ece5.webp |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://qph.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-fd44ee6ab515846cc0488d139e8652c9.webp |title=Uh-Uh. Leave Me Out |access-date=June 25, 2021 |archive-date=March 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308062137/https://qph.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-fd44ee6ab515846cc0488d139e8652c9.webp |url-status=live }}</ref>

====Pre-''Crisis''====
The [[Golden Age of Comic Books|Golden Age]] [[Wonder Woman (Earth-Two)|Wonder Woman]] had strength that was comparable to the Golden Age Superman. Wonder Woman was capable of bench pressing 15,000 pounds even before she had received her bracelets, and later hoisted a 50,000-pound boulder above her head to inspire Amazons facing the test.<ref>{{cite comic| writer=Charles Moulton| artist= Harry G. Peter |title= Wonder Woman |issue= #13 | pages=3–5 | publisher= All American Comics| date=1945}}</ref> Even when her super strength was temporarily nullified, she still had enough mortal strength of an Amazon to break down a prison door to save Steve Trevor.<ref>''Sensation Comics'' #6 (June 1942)</ref> In one of her earliest appearances, she is shown running easily at {{convert|60|mph|abbr=on}}, and later jumps from a building{{clarify|date=May 2017}} and lands on [[Ball (foot)|the balls of her feet]].<ref>{{cite comic| writer=Charles Moulton | artist= [[Harry G. Peter]] |title= Sensation Comics|issue= #1 | pages=5–7 | publisher= All American Comics| date=1942}}</ref>

Her strength would be removed in accordance with "Aphrodite's Law" if she allowed her bracelets to be bound or chained by a male.<ref>{{cite journal | url=https://www.apa.org/monitor/2008/12/wonder-woman | title=Wonder Woman: A psychologist's creation| journal=[[Monitor on Psychology]]|publisher=[[American Psychological Association]]|location = Washington, D.C. | first=Nick|last=Joyce | date=December 2008|volume=39|issue=11| access-date=November 20, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108100232/https://www.apa.org/monitor/2008/12/wonder-woman | archive-date=November 8, 2020 | url-status=live | df=mdy-all }}</ref>

She also had an array of mental and psychic abilities, as corresponding to Marston's interest in parapsychology and metaphysics. Such an array included ESP, astral projection, telepathy (with or without the [[Mental Radio]]), mental control over the electricity in her body, the Amazonian ability to turn brain energy into muscle power, etc.<ref>{{cite comic| writer= Charles Moulton| artist= Harry G. Peter |title= Sensation Comics|issue= #46 | page=6 | publisher= J.R. Publishing Co| date=1945}}</ref> Wonder Woman first became immune to electric shocks after having her spirit stripped from her atoms by [[Dr. Psycho]]'s Electro Atomizer; it was also discovered that she was unable to send a mental radio message without her body.<ref>{{cite comic| writer=Charles Moulton| artist= Harry G. Peter| title= Wonder Woman |issue= #5 | pages=14–15 | publisher= J.R. Publishing Co| date=1943}}</ref>

''Wonder Woman'' #105 revealed that Diana was formed from clay by the Queen of the Amazons, given life and power by four of the [[Greek mythology|Greek]] and [[Roman mythology|Roman]] gods (otherwise known as the [[Greek pantheon|Olympian deities]]) as gifts, corresponding to her renowned epithet: "Beautiful as [[Aphrodite]], wise as [[Athena]], swifter than [[Hermes]], and stronger than [[Hercules]]", making her the strongest of the Amazons.<ref name="Wonder Woman (vol. 1) #105"/> Wonder Woman's Amazon training gave her limited [[telepathy]], profound scientific knowledge,<ref name="Wonder Woman (vol. 1) #105"/> and the ability to speak every language{{spaced ndash}}even [[caveman]]<ref name="Wonder Woman (vol. 1) #105"/> and Martian languages.<ref name="Wonder Woman (vol. 1) #115">''Wonder Woman'' #115 (July 1960)</ref>

Between 1966 and 1967, new powers were added, such as super breath.<ref>{{Cite book | first=Michael L. | last=Fleisher | title=The Encyclopedia of Comic Book Heroes, Volume 2: Wonder Woman | publisher=[[Macmillan Publishers]] | date=September 1976 | isbn=978-0-02-080080-4}}</ref>

In the [[Silver Age of Comic Books|Silver]] and [[Bronze Age of Comic Books|Bronze]] Ages of comics, Wonder Woman was able to further increase her strength. In times of great need, removing her bracelets would temporarily augment her power tenfold, but cause her to go [[Berserker|berserk]] in the process.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.amazonarchives.com/ww166.htm |title=Amazon Archives |publisher=Amazon Archives |access-date=December 14, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170112160815/http://www.amazonarchives.com/ww166.htm |archive-date=January 12, 2017  }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.amazonarchives.com/ww229.htm |title=Amazon Archives |publisher=Amazon Archives |access-date=December 14, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170126115624/http://www.amazonarchives.com/ww229.htm |archive-date=January 26, 2017  }}</ref>

====Post-''Crisis''====
In the Post-''Crisis'' universe, Wonder Woman receives her super powers as a blessing from [[Greek pantheon|Olympian deities]] just like the Silver Age version before, but with changes to some of her powers:<ref>''Wonder Woman'' (vol. 2) #1 (February 1987)</ref> She is considered one of the mightiest beings in the DC multiverse.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Imgur|title=imgur.com|url=https://imgur.com/HcbDoJy|access-date=July 5, 2021|website=Imgur|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Demeter]], the goddess of agriculture and fertility, blessed Diana with strength drawn from the Earth spirit [[Gaia (mythology)|Gaea]]... Stronger than [[Hercules]]... making her one of the physically strongest heroes in the DC Universe and the strongest female hero in the [[DC Universe]]. This strength has allowed her to even battle [[Superman]] and [[Supergirl]]. She has also held her own against Darkseid. However, now Diana is the daughter of Zeus, king of the Greek Gods, so it is unclear as to how much of her power and strength is a direct result of her divine heritage.<ref>{{cite news|url = https://entertainment.time.com/2013/12/04/and-the-new-wonder-woman-is/|title = And the New Wonder Woman Is...|magazine = [[Time (magazine)|Time]]|date = December 4, 2013|access-date = February 5, 2014|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140207212403/http://entertainment.time.com/2013/12/04/and-the-new-wonder-woman-is/|archive-date = February 7, 2014|url-status = live|df = mdy-all}}</ref> Her connection to the earth allows her to heal at an accelerated rate so long as she is in contact with the planet. In rare cases where she has been gravely injured, Diana showed the ability to physically merge with the earth, causing whatever injuries or poisons to be expelled from her body; such an act is considered sacred, and can only be used in extreme cases.<ref name="The DC Comics Encyclopedia">{{Cite book | editor-last=Dougall | editor-first=Alastair | title=The DC Comics Encyclopedia | publisher=[[Dorling Kindersley]] | year=2008 | isbn=978-0-7566-4119-1 | oclc=213309017}}</ref>
* [[Athena (DC Comics)|Pallas Athena]], the goddess of wisdom and war, granted Diana great wisdom, intelligence, and military prowess. Athena's gift has enabled Diana to master over a dozen languages (including those of alien origin), multiple complex crafts, sciences and philosophies, as well as leadership, military strategy, and armed and unarmed combat. More recently, Athena bound her own eyesight to Diana's, granting her increased empathy.<ref>{{Cite book | last=Johns | first=Geoff | author-link=Geoff Johns | title=Wonder Woman: Land of the Dead | date=February 2006 | publisher=Tandem Library | isbn=978-1-4177-5102-0}}</ref>
* [[Artemis (DC Comics)|Artemis]], goddess of the hunt, animals, and the Moon, graced Diana with the Eyes of the Hunter and unity with beasts, meaning Diana can communicate with all animals, including dinosaurs. The Eyes of the Hunter ability gives Diana a full range of enhanced senses, including telescopic vision and super hearing.
* [[Hestia]], goddess of hearth and home, granted Diana sisterhood with fire. This power has been shown to control the "Fires of Truth", which Diana wields through her lasso, making anyone bound by it unable to lie.<ref name="Beatty2003" /> This ability also grants her resistance to both normal and supernatural fire.
* [[Hermes (DC Comics)|Hermes]], the messenger god of speed, granted Diana superhuman speed and the ability to fly.<ref name="Beatty2003">{{Cite book | last=Beatty | first=Scott | title=Wonder Woman: The Ultimate Guide to the Amazon Princess | publisher=Dorling Kindersley | date=November 2003 | isbn=978-0-7894-9616-4 | url=https://archive.org/details/wonderwomanultim00beat }}</ref> She is capable of flying at speeds approaching half the speed of light.<ref name="The DC Comics Encyclopedia"/> She can react quickly enough to deflect bullets, lasers, and other projectiles with her virtually impenetrable bracelets. After the 2011 relaunch of the character, Wonder Woman does not naturally possess the power of flight. She gains it once she is hit by a feather thrown by Hermes.<ref name="Wonder Woman 2012">''Wonder Woman'' (vol. 4) #12 (September 2012)</ref><ref name="thanley.wordpress.com">{{cite web|last=Hanley|first=Tim|title=Wonder Woman #12 Review OR I Really Didn't See That Coming at All!!|url=http://thanley.wordpress.com/2012/08/16/wonder-woman-12-review-or-i-really-didnt-see-that-coming-at-all/|publisher=Straitened Circumstances|access-date=August 16, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120819024006/http://thanley.wordpress.com/2012/08/16/wonder-woman-12-review-or-i-really-didnt-see-that-coming-at-all/|archive-date=August 19, 2012|url-status=live|date=August 16, 2012}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=Wordpress is not 100% legible|date=February 2014}}
* [[Aphrodite (DC Comics)|Aphrodite]], goddess of love, bestowed Diana with stunning beauty, as well as a kind heart.

While not completely invulnerable, she is highly resistant to great amounts of concussive force and extreme temperatures. However, edged weapons or projectiles applied with sufficient force are able to pierce her skin.<ref name="The DC Comics Encyclopedia"/><ref>Jimenez, Phil et al. [https://books.google.com/books?id=81F5RWxOdaAC&q=gunfire ''The Essential Wonder Woman Encyclopedia'']. Published by Random House Digital, Inc. 2010, pp. 271, 116, 244 & 165.</ref>

She is able to [[Astral projection|astrally project]] herself into various lands of myth. Her physical body reacts to whatever happens to her on the mythical astral plane, leaving her body cut, bruised, or sometimes strengthened once her mind and body are reunited. She can apparently leave the planet through meditation and did this once to rescue Artemis while she was in [[Hell (DC Comics)|Hell]].<ref>''Wonder Woman'' (vol. 2) #56, 75, 77, 97 (July 1991&nbsp;– May 1995); ''Wonder Woman Special'' #1 (May 1992); ''[[Artemis of Bana-Mighdall#Requiem|Artemis: Requiem]]'' #1 (June 1996)</ref>

During the era following DC's [[New 52]] relaunch, Diana's abilities were expanded in ways that reflected the recent narrative revelations that she was the daughter of Zeus. This showed she could create a thunderous explosion or expel lightning when she clashed her bracelets together, along with the reveal that the bracelets served to constrain her full divine powers.<ref name="thanley.wordpress.com"/><ref name="Wonder Woman"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://comicbook.com/dc/2017/06/03/wonder-woman-movie-powers-abilities-dceu/|title=Wonder Woman's Movie Powers and Abilities Explained|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170619072640/http://comicbook.com/dc/2017/06/03/wonder-woman-movie-powers-abilities-dceu/|archive-date=June 19, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> After becoming God of War in same run, Diana takes on some of Ares's patron god abilities; in ''Superman/Wonder Woman'' #8 she demonstrates telepathic rapport with a soldier, explaining "I am War. I know all soldiers, and they know me."<ref>''Superman/Wonder Woman'' #8. DC Comics.</ref> These changes were never seen again following the [[DC Rebirth]] initiative, which relaunched ''Wonder Woman'' with a story called "The Lies" that said everything that happened in the New 52 ''Wonder Woman'' series had been an elaborate hoax.

[[File:Wonder Woman Vol 5 16.png|thumb|left|175px|Wonder Woman's revised look on the cover of ''Wonder Woman'' (vol. 5) #16 (April 2017). Art by Bilquis Evely and Romulo Fajardo Jr.]]

===Weapons and other abilities===
====Pre-''Crisis'' outfits====
At the time of her debut, Wonder Woman sported a red top with a golden eagle emblem, a white belt, blue star-spangled [[subligaculum]], and red and golden go-go boots. She originally wore a skirt; however according to Elizabeth Marston, "It was too hard to draw and would have been over her head most of the time."<ref name="Wonder Woman">{{Cite book | last1=Steinem | first1=Gloria | last2=Chesler | first2=Phyllis | last3=Feitler | first3=Bea | title=Wonder Woman | chapter=Origins preface | publisher=Holt, Rinehart and Winston | date=1972 | isbn=0-03-005376-5 | chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/wonderwoman00mars | url-access=registration | url=https://archive.org/details/wonderwoman00mars }}</ref> This outfit was entirely based on the American flag, because Wonder Woman was purely an American icon as she debuted during World War II.<ref name=Cronin26963>{{cite web|last=Cronin|first=Brian|title=Wonder Woman Throughout The Years|url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=26963|website=ComicBookResources.com|date=July 2010|access-date=September 17, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927210000/http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=26963|archive-date=September 27, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> Later in 1942, Wonder Woman's outfit received a slight change{{spaced ndash}}the culottes were converted entirely into skin-tight shorts and she wore sandals.<ref name=Cronin26963/> While earlier most of her back was exposed, during the imposition of the [[Comics Code Authority]] in the mid-1950s, Wonder Woman's outfit was rectified to make her back substantially covered, to comply with the Authority's rule of minimum exposure.<ref name=Cronin26963/> During [[Mike Sekowsky]]'s run in the late 1960s, Diana surrendered her powers and started using her own skills to fight crime. She wore a series of jumpsuits as her attire; the most popular of these was a white one.<ref name=Cronin26963/>

After Sekowsky's run ended in the early 1970s, Diana's roots were reverted to her old mythological ones and she wore a more modernized version of her original outfit, a predecessor to her "bathing suit" outfit.<ref name=Cronin26963/> Later, in 1976, her glowing white belt was turned into a yellow one.<ref name=Cronin26963/> For Series 3, artist Terry Dodson redrew her outfit as a strapless swimsuit.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://carolastrickland.com/comics/wwcentral/costume_indices/wwcost12.html| website=carolastrickland.com| title=Wonder Woman Costume| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170612062341/http://www.carolastrickland.com/comics/wwcentral/costume_indices/wwcost12.html| archive-date=June 12, 2017| url-status=live| df=mdy-all}}</ref>

A retrospective of Wonder Woman's costume changes was offered in Issue #211, cover-dated April–May 1974, on page 52 which details the changes in her costume from her 1) initial very briefly-lasting one with [[culottes]], or perhaps more specifically, a [[skort]], to 2) the "hot-pants" style costume which would last through the rest of the golden-age years and through much of the 1950s, to 3) the sandaled-look of the late 1950s to mid 1960s, to 4) her plain-clothes civilian look the character adopted during the timeframe of late 1968 to the end of 1972 when the character was without her superpowers, to 5) the slightly-modified-from-the-golden-age costume she returned to when her superpowers were restored in 1973.<ref>''Wonder Woman'' #211, page 52, (April–May 1974)</ref>

====Bronze Age outfit====
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It was late in the [[Bronze Age of Comic Books|Bronze Age]], however, when what is possibly the single-most-significant change in the iconography of Wonder Woman's costume occurred.  Various sources explain "[u]nder the leadership of Jenette Kahn, DC Comics' first female publisher",<ref name="Holub">{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/books/wonder-woman-costumes-evolution/?slide=6615941#6615941 |title=The evolution of Wonder Woman's costumes through the years |last=Holub |first=Christian |date=February 11, 2020 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=July 2, 2021 |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709185139/https://ew.com/books/wonder-woman-costumes-evolution/?slide=6615941#6615941 |url-status=live }}</ref> "something very special happened to the character. This super heroine was bestowed with her own logo…[that] became a distinguishing factor. The logo was easily identifiable"<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.wondercostumes.com/blog/costume-evolution-of-wonder-woman.html |title=The Costume Evolution of Wonder Woman |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |website=wondercostumes.com |access-date=July 2, 2021}}</ref> and was "an iconic chest emblem [that put her] on par with her crusading colleagues Batman and Superman."<ref name="Holub"/> The logo was a "stylized eagle that had been in place since 1941, replaced with a stacked double W"<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bookriot.com/wonder-womans-costumes/ |title=In Your Satin Tights, Fighting for Your Rights: A History of Wonder Woman's Costumes |last=Plummer |first=Jessica |date=January 6, 2021 |website=bookriot.com |access-date=July 2, 2021 |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709184646/https://bookriot.com/wonder-womans-costumes/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and "variations on the stacked 'WW' logo have been central to every costume since."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/alishagrauso/2016/03/22/the-history-of-wonder-womans-costume-evolution-as-an-infographic/?sh=186ab8714280 |title=The History Of Wonder Woman's Costume Evolution As An Infographic |last=Grauso |first=Alisha |date=March 22, 2016 |website=Forbes |access-date=July 2, 2020}}</ref>

In ''DC Comics Presents'' #41, (January 1982), on page 7 of the special Wonder Woman insert, a character identified as "Liz" on the previous page, who states that she is a representative of an organization called the Wonder Woman Foundation, explains "We've been promised full financial backing to promote equality for women everywhere, if we can use your name...and if you'll just wear this charming top from now on, instead of your old one!"<ref>''DC Comics Presents'' #41, special Wonder Woman insert, page 7, (January 1982). DC Comics.</ref>

Liz then gives Wonder Woman the new breastplate on which a 'double-W' design replaces the eagle design on the previous breastplate, the first time the breastplate's design had changed in the 40 years of the character's existence. Later on page 14, Queen Hippolyta advises her to "Wear the new halter for a time, at least, for the good it will do." Wonder Woman agrees by saying, "Wait! I just realized...you're right! The cause will make the 'W' stand not just for 'Wonder Woman'...but for women everywhere".<ref>''DC Comics Presents'' #41, special Wonder Woman insert, page 14, (January 1982). DC Comics.</ref>

====Post-''Crisis'' outfit====
After ''[[Crisis on Infinite Earths]]'', [[George Pérez]] rebooted the character in 1987. She wore an outfit similar to her 1970s one, but now with a larger glowing golden belt.<ref name=Cronin26963/> This outfit continued until [[William Messner-Loebs]]' run, which had Diana pass on the role of Wonder Woman to [[Artemis of Bana-Mighdall|Artemis]].<ref name=Cronin26963/> No longer Wonder Woman, Diana sported a new black biker-girl outfit designed by artist [[Mike Deodato Jr]].<ref name=Cronin26963/> After [[John Byrne (comics)|John Byrne]] took over writing and art duties, he redesigned the Wonder Woman outfit (Diana was reinstated as Wonder Woman at the end of Loebs' run) and joined the emblem and belt together.<ref name=Cronin26963/>

Her outfit was not given any prominent change until after the 2005–2006 "[[Infinite Crisis]]" storyline. Similar to her chestplate, her glowing belt was also shaped into a "W".<ref name=Cronin26963/> This outfit continued until issue #600{{spaced ndash}}[[J. Michael Straczynski]]'s run of Wonder Woman's altered timeline changed her outfit drastically. Her outfit was redesigned by [[Jim Lee]] and included a redesigned emblem, a golden and red top, black pants, and a later discontinued blue-black jacket.<ref name=Cronin26963/>

====''The New 52'' outfit====
Another major outfit change for Wonder Woman came about as part of DC Comics' 2011 relaunch of its entire line of publications, [[The New 52]]. The character's original one-piece outfit was restored, although the color combination of red and blue was changed to dark red and blue-black. Her chest-plate, belt and tiara were also changed from gold to a platinum or sterling silver color. Along with her sword, she now also uses a shield. She wears many accessories such as arm and neck jewelry styled as the "WW" motif. Her outfit is no longer made of fabric, as it now resembles a type of light, flexible body armor. Her boots are now a very dark blue rather than red. The design previously included black trousers, but they were removed and the one-piece look was restored during the time of publication.<ref>{{cite web|last=Polo|first=Susana|title=DC Inexplicably, Quietly Changes Wonder Woman's outfit... Again|date=July 13, 2011|url=http://www.themarysue.com/wonder-woman-1-cover-change/|publisher=The Mary Sue|access-date=July 13, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715221003/http://www.themarysue.com/wonder-woman-1-cover-change/|archive-date=July 15, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>

====''Wonder Woman'' (2017 film) outfit====
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Her tiara's signature star symbol is now an eight-pointed starburst. According to designer [[Lindy Hemming]] and director [[Patty Jenkins]], every design decision made for [[Themyscira (DC Comics)|Themyscira]] came down to the same question: "How would I want to live that's badass?"<ref name="themarysue.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.themarysue.com/wonder-woman-themyscira-image/ |title=New Wonder Woman Image; Patty Jenkins on Costumes |publisher=The Mary Sue |date=March 24, 2016 |access-date=December 14, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170126120648/http://www.themarysue.com/wonder-woman-themyscira-image/ |archive-date=January 26, 2017 |url-status=live  }}</ref> "To me, they shouldn't be dressed in armor like men. It should be different. It should be authentic and real ... and ''appealing'' to women." When asked about the decision to give the Amazons [[High-heeled footwear|heeled sandals]], Jenkins explained that they also have flats for fighting, adding "It's total [[wish-fulfillment]] ... I, as a woman, want Wonder Woman to be sexy, hot as hell, fight badass, and look great at the same time ... the same way men want Superman to have ridiculously huge pecs and an impractically big body. That makes them feel like the hero they want to be. And my hero, in my head, has really long legs."<ref name="ew.com">{{cite magazine |last=Sperling |first=Nicole |url=https://www.ew.com/article/2016/03/24/wonder-woman-first-look-gal-gadot-robin-wright-connie-nielsen |title=Wonder Woman: Gal Gadot, Robin Wright, Connie Nielsen first look |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=March 23, 2016 |access-date=December 14, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161127125635/http://www.ew.com/article/2016/03/24/wonder-woman-first-look-gal-gadot-robin-wright-connie-nielsen |archive-date=November 27, 2016 |url-status=live  }}</ref>

====Invisible Plane====
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[[File:Wonder Woman 311.jpg|thumb|left|175px|The Invisible Plane in ''[[Sensation Comics]]'' #1 (Jan. 1942); art by [[Ross Andru]] and [[Dick Giordano]]; design in this illustration closely resembles the [[Gloster Javelin]]]]

The Golden, Silver, and Bronze Age portrayals of Wonder Woman showed her using a silent and [[invisible plane]] that could be controlled by mental command<ref name="Sensation Comics #1">{{cite comic| writer=Charles Moulton| artist= Harry G. Peter |title= [[Sensation Comics]] #1 | page=10 | publisher= All American Comics| date=1942}}</ref> and fly at speeds up to {{convert|3000|mph|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite comic| writer=Charles Moulton| artist= Harry G. Peter|title= Sensation Comics|issue= 81 | page=5 | publisher= All American Comics| date=1947}}</ref> Its appearance has varied over time; originally it had a [[propeller]], while later it was drawn as a jet aircraft resembling a [[stealth aircraft]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Strickland|first=Carol A.|title=The Invisible Plane/Jet!|url=http://www.carolastrickland.com/comics/wwcentral/misc_indexes/jetindex/jet.html|publisher=Carol A. Strickland|access-date=December 20, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120710025248/http://www.carolastrickland.com/comics/wwcentral/misc_indexes/jetindex/jet.html|archive-date=July 10, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>

Shortly thereafter, Wonder Woman is shown being able to summon it with her tiara, have it hover by the War Department, and extend from it a rope ladder with which she could board it. She uses the plane to fly into outer space, and frequently transports [[Etta Candy]] and the Holliday Girls, [[Steve Trevor]], and others. During the 1950s, the plane becomes a jet, and is often shown swooping over Lt. Prince's office; she strips out of her uniform at super speed and bounds to the plane. Though the plane was depicted as semi-transparent for the reader's convenience, in-story dialogue indicated that it actually was completely invisible, or at least able to become so as the need arose.<ref>''DC Comics Presents...'' #41. DC Comics.</ref> Wonder Woman continued to use the Invisible Plane for super speed, outer space, and multi-dimensional transport up until the unpowered era of Diana Prince. When Wonder Woman resumed superpowered, costumed operations in 1973, she continued to use the jet as before, but did glide on air currents for short distances. At one point, Aphrodite granted the plane the power to fly faster than the speed of light for any interstellar voyages her champion might undertake.<ref>''Wonder Woman'' #261. DC Comics.</ref>

In post-''Crisis'' continuity, the Invisible Plane is tinkered by [[gremlin]]s and is reimagined as a sentient alien crystal named '''Dome''' that can transform into several vehicles, including an invisible plane. In ''Wonder Woman'' (vol. 2) #201, Dome sacrifices itself to stop a tsunami and is rendered inanimate.<ref>''Wonder Woman'' #312. DC Comics.</ref>

====Lasso of Truth====
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The ''Lasso of Truth'', or ''Lasso of Hestia'', was forged by [[Hephaestus]] from the golden girdle of Gaea.<ref name="Beatty2003" /> The original form of the Lasso in the Golden Age was called the Magic Lasso of Aphrodite. It compels all beings who come into contact with it to tell the absolute truth and is virtually indestructible;<ref name="Beatty2003" /> in ''[[Identity Crisis (DC Comics)|Identity Crisis]]'', [[Green Arrow]] mistakenly describes it as "the only lie detector designed by Zeus." The only times it has been broken were when Wonder Woman herself refused to accept the truth revealed by the lasso, such as when she confronted [[Rama Khan]] of Jarhanpur,<ref>''[[JLA (comic book)|JLA]]'' #62 (March 2002)</ref> and by [[Bizarro]] in [[Matt Wagner]]'s non-canonical ''[[Batman/Superman/Wonder Woman: Trinity]]''.<ref>{{Cite book | last=Wagner | first=Matt | author-link= Matt Wagner | title=Batman/Superman/Wonder Woman: Trinity | publisher=DC Comics | date=July 1, 2005 | isbn=978-1-4012-0187-6}}</ref> During the Golden Age, the original form of the Lasso had the power to force anyone caught to obey any command given them, even overriding the mind control of others; this was effective enough to defeat strong-willed beings like [[Captain Marvel (DC Comics)|Captain Marvel]].<ref>''War of the Gods'' #1 (September 1991). DC Comics.</ref>

====Bracelets of Submission====
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Diana's bulletproof bracelets were formed from the remnants of [[Athena]]'s legendary shield, the [[Aegis]], to be awarded to her champion. The shield was made from the indestructible hide of the great she-goat, [[Amalthea (mythology)|Amalthea]], who suckled Zeus as an infant. These forearm guards have thus far proven nigh-indestructible (the Omega Beams of Grail have proven able to shatter them), and are able to absorb the impact of incoming attacks, allowing Wonder Woman to deflect [[automatic firearm|automatic weapon]] fire and energy blasts.<ref>{{Cite book | last=Wallace | first=Dan | contribution=Wonder Woman's Magical Weapons | editor-last=Dougall | editor-first=Alastair | title=The DC Comics Encyclopedia | page=93 | publisher=Dorling Kindersley | location=New York City | year=2008 | isbn=978-0-7566-4119-1 | oclc=213309017}}</ref> Diana can slam the bracelets together to create a wave of concussive force capable of making strong beings like Superman's ears bleed.<ref name=WW219 /> Recently, she gained the ability to channel Zeus's lightning through her bracelets as well. Zeus explained to her that this power had been contained within the bracelets since their creation, because they were once part of the Aegis, and that he had only recently unlocked it for her use.<ref>''Wonder Woman'' (vol. 3) #39 (February 2010)</ref> After the 2011 relaunch of the character, it was revealed that Diana was the daughter of Zeus and Hippolyta<ref name="Clay">{{cite comic|writer=[[Brian Azzarello|Azzarello, Brian]]|penciller=[[Cliff Chiang|Chiang, Cliff]]|inker=Chiang, Cliff|story=Clay|title=Wonder Woman|volume=4|issue=#3|date=January 2012}}</ref> and that the bracelets are able to keep the powers she had inherited from Zeus in check.<ref name="Wonder Woman"/> In addition, Hephaestus has modified the bracelets to allow Wonder Woman the sorcerous ability to manifest a sword of grayish metal from each bracelet. Each sword, marked with a red star, takes shape from a flash of lightning, and when Wonder Woman is done with them, the swords disappear, supposedly, back into her bracelets. As such, she has produced other weapons from the bracelets in this way such as a bow that fires explosive arrows, spears and energy bolts among others.<ref>Azzarello, Brian (w), Chiang, Cliff (p), Chiang, Cliff (i). Wonder Woman (vol. 4) #15. DC Comics.</ref>

The inspiration to give Diana bracelets came from the pair of bracelets worn by Olive Byrne, creator William Moulton Marston's research assistant and lover.<ref name=Lepore/> "Wonder Woman and her sister Amazons have to wear heavy bracelets to remind them of what happens to a girl when she lets a man conquer her," quoted Marston in a 1942 interview. "The Amazons once surrendered to the charm of some handsom Greeks and what a mess they got themselves into. The Greeks put them in chains of the Hitler type, beat them, and made them work like horses in the fields. Aphrodite, goddess of love, finally freed these unhappy girls. But she laid down the rule ("Aphrodite's Law") that they must never surrender to a man for any reason. I know of no better advice to give modern day women than this rule that Aphrodite gave the Amazon girls."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://joshua.hamman.org/2009/04/wonder-woman-1942-interview-w-william-moulton-marston/|title=Wonder Woman 1942 interview w/ William Moulton Marston|date=April 7, 2009|access-date=August 9, 2018|archive-date=August 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180810042045/http://joshua.hamman.org/2009/04/wonder-woman-1942-interview-w-william-moulton-marston/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

====Other items====
[[File:Purple Ray origin.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Diana rescues [[Steve Trevor]] from the sea and frantically creates the Purple Ray to heal him.]]
During the Golden Age, Wonder Woman possessed a Purple Ray capable of healing even a fatal gunshot wound to the brain.<ref name="Sensation 50">{{cite comic| writer=Charles Moulton| artist= Harry G. Peter|title= Sensation Comics| issue= 50  | page=3 | publisher= All American Comics| date=1942}}</ref> She invented the ray herself to heal Steve Trevor from injuries he sustained when his plane was shot down and he was left adrift in the sea for days.<ref name="Sensation 50"/>

Diana occasionally uses additional weaponry in formal battle, such as ceremonial golden armour with golden wings, [[pteruges]], chestplate, and golden helmet in the shape of an eagle's head. She possesses a magical sword forged by [[Hephaestus]] that is sharp enough to cut the electrons off an atom.<ref name="Beatty2003"/> As early as the 1950s,<ref>{{Cite book | last=Kanigher | first=Robert | title=Showcase Presents: Wonder Woman, Vol. 1 | publisher=[[DC Comics]] | date=August 22, 2007 | isbn=978-1-4012-1373-2}}</ref> Wonder Woman's tiara has also been used as a razor-edged throwing weapon, returning to her like a boomerang.<ref name="Beatty2003"/> The tiara allows Wonder Woman to be invulnerable from telepathic attacks, as well as allowing her to telepathically contact people such as the Amazons back on Themyscira using the power of the red [[star ruby]] in its center.<ref name=WW219/> As a temporary inductee into the [[Star Sapphire (comics)|Star Sapphires]], Wonder Woman gained access to the violet power ring of love. This ring allowed her to alter her costume at will, create solid-light energy constructs, and reveal a person's true love to them. She was able to combine the energy with her lasso to enhance its ability.{{citation needed|date=November 2017}} She also possessed a [[Mental Radio]] that could let her receive messages from those in need.<ref name="Sensation Comics #1"/>