For almost eighty years, Wonder Woman has been fighting evil on the page, TV, and the silver screen. She's forged an enduring legacy and has inspired countless numbers of fans. Sent to Man's World to teach the ways of the Amazons, Diana has become one of the most important heroes in the DC Universe and is considered an equal of Superman and Batman. A key member of the Justice League and leader of the Justice League Dark, Wonder Woman is one of the most stalwart heroes of them all.
Of course, as with any character who has been around for a very long time, she's gone through a lot of changes along the way and sometimes not everything about her makes sense. This list is gong to take a look at some of those things.
10 How She Could Lose Her Powers
So, for a long time, like many powerful superheroes, Wonder Woman had a weakness that took away her powers, something her enemies could use against her. It wasn't something like Kryptonite. It was being tied up.
Now, the early Wonder Woman comics were a psychosexual wonderland of subtext from writer William Moulton Marston, but it's always been weird that being tied up took away Wonder Woman's powers.
9 She Preaches Peace... By Punching People
So, Diana of Themyscira wins a contest among her people and is sent to Man's World to teach humanity about peace and kindness and living in harmony and such. However, she's also given all kinds of weapons and armor. Oh, and the Amazons are actually super-skilled warriors, and Diana is the best of them. She also spends most of her time punching people.
Wonder Woman is awfully violent for someone who is supposed to be teaching the world about peace. Now, a comic about someone talking about peace all the time would be boring, but it just feels weird that Wonder Woman preaches about peace while also whupping everybody.
8 For Some Reason, She Allowed Herself To Be A Secretary
Back in the day, things weren't as enlightened as they are today. People erroneously thought that men had their place, and women had theirs. During Wonder Woman's early days, both in the Justice Society in the Golden Age and the Justice League in the Silver Age, Wonder Woman was the teams' secretary.
She was one of the strongest beings in the DC Universe but trained to fight by immortal Amazon warriors, as a secretary. The weird part is during her time in the JSA, Black Canary was also a member, and no one ever asked her to be a secretary. Maybe Diana liked to type?
7 Any Time She Felt Bad For Killing People
The vast majority of superheroes have a thing against killing. Most of the time, they are happy to put the bad guys away and let them be punished. Most of the time, this is the right thing to do, but sometimes it's kind of ridiculous. Wonder Woman, having been raised in a warrior society, was taught that sometimes killing was necessary and has killed on more than one occasion.
Diana only kills when there are no other options, and leaving the person alive would cause greater damage. Her fellow heroes will guilt trip her over it, and she'll even feel bad, but that doesn't make any sense. Not to say she should feel good about it, but she only kills when all other options have been exhausted and only when it's the worst type of person. Batman could learn a thing or two from her.
6 Her Dating Superman In The New 52
During the New 52, Superman and Wonder Woman started a romantic relationship, and on paper, it seems like they are perfect for each other. They're two of the biggest heroes around, have similar powers and color schemes... and that's it. The characters actually have nothing in common, at least beyond their jobs.
Little kids think that they belong together, but adults, especially ones that are being paid to write comics, should know better. The only time it's okay for them to end up together is Kingdom Come, but that only works because Lois is dead.
5 The Lasso Of Truth
The Lasso Of Truth is one of the biggest symbols associated with Wonder Woman. Even people who barely know about the character know the Lasso Of Truth. It's the most iconic part of her arsenal. It also makes exactly no sense for her to have it.
William Moulton Marston would go on to create the lie detector, so him giving the character one sort of makes sense from that perspective, but going by her origin, why does she need to be able to make people tell the truth? What good does it do? Sure, having an unbreakable rope is useful, but does it need to make people tell the truth? It doesn't make any sense at all.
4 Why She Didn't End Up With Aquaman
Grant Morrison's JLA run was the best modern depiction of the team and easily one of the best ever. Even though most of the members of the team had their books, Morrison still did interesting things with them. One of the things he teased in the book was a relationship between Wonder Woman and Aquaman.
It makes a lot of sense why they'd be attracted to each other- both of them are royalty and understand the burdens of the crown, and they are both fierce warriors who know that sometimes justice has to be served in extreme ways. It makes a lot more sense than the later pairing of Superman and Wonder Woman.
3 Her Costume
Wonder Women comes from a long line of Amazonian warriors. She was trained in their combat arts from an early age and is known to carry all kinds of weapons. She tries to be ready to fight even the worst threats at all times. So, does wearing what is basically a one-piece swimsuit make a lot of sense?
Sure, Wonder Woman is pretty impervious to most harm, but she frequently goes up against all kinds of threats who can hurt even her. It would make sense for her to wear some kind of armor and have a costume with a little more coverage. In recent years, her costume has started to look more like armor, but it still doesn't feel like something a serious warrior would wear.
2 Why Hippolyta Lied To Her
For years, Wonder Woman's origin was that she was created from magic clay by her mother Hippolyta, but a recent retcon changed all of that. It was revealed that like many characters from Greek mythology, Diana's father was Zeus. This made Diana into a demi-god and put her at odds with Hera for a time.
So, why exactly did Hippolyta lie to her? Sure, maybe don't tell everybody, but at least let Diana know seeing as how it put her in danger.
1 The Invisible Plane/Jet
Wonder Woman hasn't always been able to fly. In the 50s, she gained the ability to glide on air currents, but she wouldn't gain actual flight powers until 1985 and her post-Crisis debut. Before this, she would get around in her Invisible Plane (or Jet depending on when the story took place).
Now, the vehicle is pretty great because of its stealthiness, but Wonder Woman's Invisible Plane/Jet only had an invisible fuselage. The pilot was still visible, though. It looked like she was sitting in the air. It was kind of ridiculous.