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(#18) She Was the Justice Society of America's Secretary
The world is a very different place now than it was in the 1940s. Long before the Justice League was formed there was another super group at DC, the Justice Society of America. This team (at the time) consisted of Hawkman, Starman, Atom, Doctor Fate, Doctor Midnite, Spectre, Johnny Thunder, Sandman, and their loyal secretary... Wonder Woman.
She was often forced to stay behind on dangerous missions or they'd need "someone to be here for an urgent message." It was just as insultingly subservient a role as a it sounds, but at least nowadays, she's the only member of the original JSA lineup that has remained popular in the mainstream. Progress!
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(#14) Many Actresses Were Considered to Play Diana in the DC Film Universe
Jessica Biel, Kate Beckinsale, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Rachel Bilson, Mischa Barton, Eva Green, Christina Hendricks and Kristen Stewart were all reportedly considered for the role of Wonder Woman in the new DC Cinematic Universe.
Coincidentally enough, in 2005 Angelina Jolie was a candidate to star as Wonder Woman (in a film that never took off), then a decade later in 2015, she was briefly a contender to direct the Wonder Woman feature film that ended up being helmed by Patty Jenkins.
Source: Screen Crush
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(#4) She's Been Around for Over 70 Years
Wonder Woman was created back in 1941; her first comic was released right around the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Think about that. The character of Wonder Woman has endured for seven decades. She's been an Icon for women and women's rights since before Marvel was even founded, she predates Spider-Man by more than 20 years!
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(#15) She's Been a Leading Lady in the Animated World for Decades Now
It may have taken years to finally get a solo Wonder Woman movie going, but in the animated world, Wonder Woman has been a headliner for quite a while.
Since as early as 1972, she's been making appearances on other shows with her debut on The Brady Kids (Diana Prince shows up too!)
More importantly, she's been a core member of many animated teams on television (The Super Friends, Justice League, Justice League Unlimited, Young Justice) and in animated film (in seven Justice League movies to date, two Lego DC movies and a Superman/Batman animated film). She's appeared on others shows (Superman, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Lego Batman) and had her own solo animated film in 2009.
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(#2) She's Worthy of Wielding Thor's Hammer
Back in the '90s Marvel and DC decided to play nice and not only crossover the character so we could see what it was like for say Batman and Wolverine to team up, but went a step further and even combined them (Batman and Wolverine became Dark Claw). During this brief shared universe moment, Wonder Woman encountered Thor and his hammer, Mjolnir. Turns out that unlike so many other comic book heroes, Wonder Woman is worthy and can actually wield the Asgardian weapon.
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(#17) She and Superman Have Been an Item (in Some Continuities)
In the classic Wonder Woman mythos, her main squeeze is Steve Trevor, a pilot who crashes on the Amazonian island of Themyscira. More recently in the pages of DC comics, though, decades of fan-fiction have gotten canonical. That's right, Superman loves Wonder Woman.
After sharing a kiss in Justice League #12 it's not long until their officially a couple in Superman/Wonder Woman #3 (yep, they even have their own title together). They've been dubbing them the "Power Couple."
Before that, they hooked up many times in alternate continuities, notably in Frank Miller's hyperactive The Dark Knight Strikes Again and (it's implied) the Elseworlds epic Kingdom Come.
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