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25 things you didn’t know about Wonder Woman

By Sarah Crocker

GAL GADOT as Wonder Woman in Warner Bros. Pictures’ action adventure “WONDER WOMAN 1984,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Clay Enos/ ™ & © DC Comics. © 2020 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.
GAL GADOT as Wonder Woman in Warner Bros. Pictures’ action adventure “WONDER WOMAN 1984,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Clay Enos/ ™ & © DC Comics. © 2020 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved. /
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(L-r) GAL GADOT as Wonder Woman and CHRIS PINE as Steve Trevor in Warner Bros. Pictures’ action adventure “WONDER WOMAN 1984,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures/ ™ & © DC Comics. © 2020 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.
(L-r) GAL GADOT as Wonder Woman and CHRIS PINE as Steve Trevor in Warner Bros. Pictures’ action adventure “WONDER WOMAN 1984,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures/ ™ & © DC Comics. © 2020 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved. /

19. Wonder Woman is a founding member of the JLA

Strange as it may seem, the Justice League of America didn’t make its first appearance until The Brave and the Bold #28, published in February 1960. Since then, however, the JLA (also known simply as the Justice League) has been the DC Comics answer to Marvel’s Avengers. The JLA quickly got their own title and became one of DC’s most popular comics for years to come.

The original lineup of the JLA consisted of seven superheroes: Batman, Superman, the Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter, the Flash, Aquaman, and Wonder Woman. Unlike some other superhero team ups, practically all of the characters that founded the Justice League have remained wildly popular today.

As you have likely noticed, however, Wonder Woman is the only female on the original roster. Others would eventually join her, including Black Canary, Hawkgirl, Zatanna, Green Lantern Jessica Cruz, Supergirl, and Big Barda. Still, for many years and numerous storylines, Wonder Woman was the token female superhero on the team.

So, hey, did the New 52 event do anything to alleviate this issue? Alas, not really. The team added Cyborg instead of Martian Manhunter, but Wonder Woman was yet again left as the sole woman on the first team. Now, it’s not as if she can’t work alongside men just fine – years of comics have proven that over and over – but it would be nice to see at least another representative for her gender.

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