The film adapts Marston's origin: Diana raised among the Amazons on Themyscira, the pilot Steve Trevor crashing off its shore, and her leaving to fight in a world war. The character first appeared in All Star Comics #8 (1941).
Comic· 1942· Fantasy
Wonder Woman
by William Moulton Marston, H. G. Peter
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- Greek mythology
Wonder Woman is built from Greek myth: Diana is a princess of the Amazons, daughter of Queen Hippolyta, given her gifts by the Olympian gods, and her early stories set her against Ares and Greek monsters.