Wonder Woman
Born (or created, being brought to life from a statue like Galatea) on "Paradise Island" and raised among an all-female populace who both despise and are constantly interested in men, "Diana Prince" falls in love with a mortal man (Steve Trevor) who is plane-wrecked there, and mayhem ensues.
The creation of William Moulton Marston (and his wife Elizabeth) and loaded down with an intentionally heavy baggage of Freudian psychology, this DC Comics character (Wonder Woman #1 Summer 1942) has been running non-stop since the character first appeared in All Star Comics #8 in 1941.
[Above: Cliff Chiang artwork from Wonder Woman #1, November cover date, 2011 DC Comics.]
[Below: Art by Harry Peter, June 1942 issue of Sensation Comics from DC Comics. Click to enlarge.]
Wonder Woman art by Amanda Visell
Amanda Visell Word Press blog web site here. On her site there are photos of the image as it progressed through the stages to the finished painting.
Wonder Woman Trinity Covers
30 Second Wonder Woman Pilot snippet You Tube
Wonder Woman "not happening"
Overview of the debacle (at Entertainment Weekly) that seems to follow every Wonder Woman project since the success of the Lynda Carter TV show of the 1970s:
"At a time when every other comic-book hero in the universe seems to be getting a green light — even Thor, for Hera's sake! — Hollywood still hasn't figured out a way to make a Wonder Woman movie. Last month, there were reports that Ally McBeal creator David E. Kelley was pitching a Wonder Woman show to the networks. She's found a home on TV before, in the campy '70s Wonder Woman series, with Lynda Carter in the title role and a young Debra Winger as Wonder Woman's little sister, Wonder Girl. After the show went off the air, there was some movement to bring her to the screen in the 1980s. Larry Gordon (Die Hard, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider) was asked to produce at one point. ('"For a few weeks," he recalls.) But nothing ever came of it.
"She's a girl,'" says Whedon. '"Hollywood is still twitchy about that."
TV Pilot apparently shelved: read more on the main Wonder Woman page
A 30 second snippet from the pilot found its way onto You Tube [click below]
March 31, 2011
New TV Wonder Woman has costume changes
The Palacki costume now has red boots instead of blue. No white stars, though.
She looks angry.
NBC TV Wonder Woman Adrianne Palacki
[Below} Here's a You Tube fan-shot video of rehearsal scenes being filmed during production of the Palacki Wonder Woman TV Show. The suit looks better in motion:
March 18, 2011
Adrianne Palicki is new Wonder Woman
Costume is a fairly rational compromise between the "street cred" redo by Jim Lee, and the traditional Lynda Carter suit (which was based on the original 1941 Moulton and H. G. Peter design for DC Comics.)
NBC TV Wonder Woman show coming
March 18, 2011: Negatives are being written about the show (which is still shooting) though everyone seems to applaud the casting of the 6 foot tall Palicki.
"The costume is undoubtedly super-expensive and well-crafted, but in the still photo, it just looks like Halloween-ready knock-off worn with some liquid leggings. "
"...Wonder Woman has three identities - Diana Themyscira, a billionaire with her own business empire, fidgety, insecure assistant Diana Price, and of course, Wonder Woman. The script includes an ice-cream fueled pajama party, a "Single Ladies" musical cue, and the line "Big tits save lives!" as Diana approves the design for a Wonder Woman action figure. Ugh." Carina Adly MacKenzie at zap2it.com
TV Pilot show for NBC. According to Nikki Finke's Deadline Hollywood:
"In the reboot, from Warner Bros. TV, Wonder Woman/Diana Prince (Palicki) is a vigilante crime fighter in L.A. but also a successful corporate executive and a modern woman trying to balance all of the elements of her extraordinary life. Kelley is executive producing the project with long-time collaborator Bill D'Elia."
[Below: The Jim Lee redesign of the Wonder Woman Costume.]
Steve Rude Wonder Woman
See the Steve Rude Website for other images of Wonder Woman (among other characters, like Rude's indy comic's creation NEXUS.)
Jim Aparo Brave and the Bold #105
Wonder Woman in an all-white suite
View Wonder Woman - Batman team-up art by Jim Aparo at a larger size here.
Elseworlds Wonder Woman, circa 1998 (Art by Matt Haley and Tom Simmons)
See entire Wonder Woman and Big Barda page here.
Wonder Woman: Jim Lee and Frank Miller
Wonder Woman page from the July 2007 issue of Batman and Robin #5. "Men always make a mess of everything!"
New: January 2011 :
Frequent DC Comics artist Stanley "Artgerm" Lau reacts to the new redesign of Wonder Woman. Plus some history and observations on the premier female superheroine.
Wonder Woman gives Superman a lecture about the "ants" of earth. (Jim Lee art)
Superman, Wonder Woman and Plasticman - from Batman All Stars #5 - art by Jim Lee
Scott McDaniel drawn Wonder Woman From Countdown Arena #1
Scott McDaniel drawn Wonder Woman From Countdown Arena #1
Wonder Woman by Mark Bagley from Trinity #37, DC Comics
Wonder Woman AKA Wonder Girl by Mike Allred
Wonder Woman by Frank Miller from The Dark Knight Strikes Back
Wonder Woman drawn by Mike Sekowsky, 1970
(Also an interior page from Wonder Woman #191, DC Comics 1970)
Adam Hughes "Just Imagine Wonder Woman" 2001
"Just Imagine" Wonder Woman by Stan Lee and Jim Lee, 2001
Just Imagine Stan Lee's Wonder Woman, from DC Comics 2001, art by Jim Lee
[Below] Issue #1 of Wonder Woman, Summer 1942
Wonder Woman
Lynda Carter from the television program featured on the ABC and CBS network from 1975-1979
[Below:] The January 29, 1977 cover of TV GUIDE featuring Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman. View enlarged.
(Below: Actress Linda Day George as a nazi spy)
(Below) Lynda Carter with Debra Winger as "Wonder Girl"
This page last revised April 2012