Wonder Woman Proves Boys Can Want To Be Female Superheroes, Too
Warning: contains spoilers for Sensational Wonder Woman Special #1!
DC's Wonder Woman is arguably the most famous female superhero in all of comics and a clear role model for women everywhere, but the company revealed she can also be a superhero and a role model to men. The famed Amazon warrior has enjoyed steady popularity ever since her debut in 1940, and the DCEU's two Wonder Woman film brought the character to the big screen for the first time beginning in 2016. Sensational Wonder Woman Special #1 reveals the character is idolized by both young men and women — but the former risk relentless ridicule and bullying.
The popularity of Superman, Batman, and even Captain America waned in the immediate aftermath of World War II. With Hitler dead, the Nazi regime extinguished and Imperial Japan defeated, there was seemingly no longer a need for superheroes, and as such comics pivoted to horror, crime and western subject matter. Most superhero books ceased publishing, but Wonder Woman remained (DC was contractually obligated to publish Wonder Woman material on a regular basis lest they lose the rights to the character).
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As a result, Wonder Woman was a constant during the tumultuous 50s and 60s, but by then superheroes had returned to the mainstream. While men had dozens of heroes to emulate, women had very few, and only one on the popularity level as Superman. But in Sensational Wonder Woman Special #1, DC shows that men can idolize Diana as well; a boy named Will puts on a Wonder Woman outfit during a Superhero day, but is immediately bullied by other boys wearing Green Lantern and Robin costumes.«Wonder Woman? Seriously? You aren't even tough enough to be a
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