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====Bronze Age outfit==== {{Multiple image | align = right | total_width = 330 | image1 = Wonder_Woman_historical_costume_retrospective_from_1974.jpg | caption1 = A retrospective of Wonder Woman's costume was offered in the volume 1, special 100-page issue #211, cover-dated April–May 1974, on page 52, which briefly illustrates the costume changes over the first 32 years of the character's history. Art by various artists. | image2 = Wonder Woman 1982 Costume Breastplate Change.jpg | caption2 = A significant change in the iconography of Wonder Woman's costume occurred in the special Wonder Woman story insert in ''DC Comics Presents'' #41. The eagle design on her breastplate was changed to a 'double-W' design. Art by [[Gene Colan]]. }} 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>
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