As a child, I always wanted to wear the recognizable red, white, and blue costume of a famous heroine. I wanted to put on the tiara with the silver metal bracelets and run around, playing with a string that I would call my “lasso of truth” and immediately claim that I was invincible. I, like many other girls, wanted to become the comic book heroine known as Wonder Woman. Wonder Woman is a remarkably recognizable figure. It was created in 1941 by a psychologist named William Moulton Marston or Charles Moulton as a pseudonym (who studied the psychological effects of mass media and developer of the lie detector test). Wonder Woman is known as Princess Diana, the Amazon warrior of Themyscira. She gained her powers when military officer Steve Trevor landed on the island and she won the title to bring him back to the United States. It is noted in all of her depictions that Wonder Woman acts as an ambassador to Themyscira, wearing the colors of the American flag as a pledge to protect democracy and adopt America as her new homeland. Significantly, Wonder Woman is the first female hero created in the comic book world. Not only does he represent America, but he is recognizable as an icon through his representations that originate from his origins. For example, this heroine is a veteran of World War II, is modeled on feminism, and is seen as a sexual icon. Originally intended to bring a female audience into the world of comics, it looks to bring artistic and narrative elements that seem to please all viewers. The first depiction of the heroine had debuted in 1941 in All Stars Comic #8, during which the first release of all comics (such as Superman and Batman) was known as Golden......middle of paper... ...United States: Triage Entertainment, 2004. DVD.Emad, Mitra C. “Reading The Body of Wonder Woman: Mythologies of Gender and Nation.” The Journal of Popular Culture (2006), 954-976. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1540-5931.2006.00329.x/abstract (accessed 18 October 2011). Bellafaire, Judith A. “The Women's Army Corps: A Commemoration of World War II” Series,” Central of Military History, last modified February 17, 2005, http://www.history.army.mil/brochures/wac/wac. htm (accessed 24 October 2011). Dunne, Mary Jane. The representation of women in comics, from the post-World War II period to the radical 1960s. McNair Online Journal (2009).http://www.mcnair-program.pdx.edu/MaryjaneDunne_Journal%20Aritcle.pdf (accessed October 18, 2011)"An Amazonian princess is reborn." Animation magazine 23, no. 3 (March 2009): 18-19. Art Full Text, WilsonWeb (accessed October 25, 2011).