Too late!

William Marston did, indeed, create Wonder Woman to be "Superman for girls." The character was to embody everything that Marston perceived as strong in woman, to be a role model.

Didn't really take too long for that to fall apart. One of the elements Marston installed was the notion that if a man chained WW's bracelets together, she would lose all her powers. (It was her kryptonite.) Pretty soon, WONDER WOMAN turned into a light bondage book.

What I found frustrating, tho, was that by the time I came to write and draw her adventures, after the rise of "Feminism," when one would have though a strong, self-possesed, self-motivated woman was a given, DC was still deliberately toning her down. The capper came when I was asked to do the DC Xmas card durning my tenure on Princess DIana's book. Previous years had given us Superman and Batman performing heroic, "super deeds," albeit with a Xmas theme. The sketch I was handed for Diana was her sitting under a tree with various animals gathered around her. Totally passive.

I balked, and refused to do the card. It went to someone else, so that image was the "official" Wonder Woman that year despite my protests.

"Yes! Wonder Woman should be a role model! As long as she stays in her place!"

The upcoming WONDER WOMAN movie has a female director, which is a plus --- but which also has the potential to be a minus. I recall when DC appointed a woman to edit a collection of their romance comics. She chose the stories for inclusion based on, well, the stories. Not the art. The analog here is using Wonder Woman to tell a story that misses the action hero core of her character.

We shall see!*

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* I will be watching the trailers waiting for that ONE LINE that will either win me over completely or sink the thing entirely.