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Diana Prince: Wonder Woman's Origin Story

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One of my favorite superheroes is Wonder Woman (also known as Diana Prince). Not only is she a modern day feminist, but she also continues to be the most well developed DC comic book character (in my biased opinion) to date. Wonder Woman’s origin story is extremely unique because it’s always changing. She’s seen as an amazon, a demigod, a princess, and a lump of clay in various adaptations. In the 1941 comic, Wonder Woman's birth takes us back to the classic origin stories from both Hellenic mythology and the Bible, and in every sense of the word, she is seen as gifted. In the 2011 comic however, she is the child of an affair between Hippolyta and Zeus, thus being seen as a demigod. In the 2017 film adaption, it was stated that she was molded

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