It looked more like some Russian spy than Diana. She wore a leather bra paired with matching biker shorts, as well as a jacket. Diana's hair was cut shorter, the colors of her outfit were more drab, and her clothes were simultaneously more revealing and bizarre. This forced Diana to take on a new look, and it's one we're glad did not stick around. Wonder Woman was forced to relinquish her title and outfit to fellow Amazon Artemis after a new contest was held to determine who should bear the superhero name. That's why, like Batman and Superman, Wonder Woman got a questionable makeover during this period that has certainly been remembered, albeit not fondly. So, someone like Wonder Woman as we knew her, clothed in the colors of the American flag and standing up for all that was good, wasn't considered cool. This is how the interiors showed the costume with the straight-across bodice.The '90s were an interesting time in comics, with the stories trying to reflect the discontent that the decade as a whole was known for. Note the shaped bodices, but also note the complicated lacing of the sandals. Was this due to the Code? If so, why not on the covers?Īt the left is a cover. Oh, not on the covers for some odd reason (the code specified that all these rules were supposed to apply to covers as well), but on the interior of the stories the bodice started to run straight across. Among other things, the code stated:ġ) Nudity in any form is prohibited, as is indecent or undue exposure.Ģ) Suggestive and salacious illustration or suggestive posture is unacceptable.ģ) All characters shall be depicted in dress reasonably acceptable to society.Ĥ) Females shall be drawn realistically without exaggeration of any physical qualities.Ī funny thing happened with Wondie's costume: the bodice changed. Okay, along about 1956 the Comics Code came into being. Note the open-toed design.Īnother way to tie the sandals. Anyone want to double-check me on that?Ī nice back shot. This seems to be the only cover to show the yellow sandals (we're not talking interiors here), and the first WW cover anywhere to show her in sandals. But those nice guys down at "Books Do Furnish a Room" in Durham (just around the corner from Dook's East Campus go buy something from them) let me peruse a book set that contains all covers for WW, CC and A-S. (This is a cover shot the shoes weren't like this on the interior.) I've been told that Comics Cavalcade went in for the yellow sandals a lot, but I have no issues of that title. Here's an interesting turn: a cute little bow top and front, and the sandal is open enough to see Diana's toes. The only question was: what would they look like? For the most part, there was a straight-across loop at top and bottom with one crossover between, and then slippers on the feet. Woo woo!Ĭollection is spotty or I'd give you a definite date, but somewhere in here someone decided that a good Amazon wore sandals. and then we get those awful (but distinctive) duck-billed boots! Say hi to Etta and the Holliday Girls as they fly by. while here we get a seam and no white stripe. The only question now was: what the heck was she wearing on her feet? On the left we see loose-topped boots with front white stripe. Now, I wonder why she's wearing Air Force blue, especially since the Air Force wasn't around at that time.īy September 1941 WW was wearing tight walking shorts that she'd stay with for over a decade. Anyway, Diana Prince joined the "regular" Army, if I may call it that to differentiate it from the medical corps. Hey, you should have seen this before I sharpened it. Cowboys (and girls) played an important part in the Golden Age WW run, and this depiction shows us that her lasso is right out of a good Western. Also of interest in this picture is the way the lasso is drawn: like rope. You've got the loose tops, the tight tops (like here), and the duck bill tops during this early period, with front stripe an option and color of top stripe also optional. We'd be getting a few variations on the boots for a while. Note the yellow stripe at the top of the boots. His little toesies are really clutching the top of the white belt. I think the culottes looked cuul since they could appear a skirt at times and yet function as shorts, but they started to be drawn as loose shorts. Princess Diana originally bought the identity of an Army nurse, Diana Prince. (No skirts for action heroes!) (Hear me roar!) Marston vetoed a skirt for Our Girl, since the skirt would obviously be up around her shoulders if she got into any action at all. Here's how Wondie burst onto the scene back in All-Star #8 and Sensation Comics #1.
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