Q 01/05

Wonder Woman made her first appearance in October 1941 in which comic book?

A) All Star Comics #8

B) Action Comics #1

C) Flash Comics #1

D) Detective Comics #27

Answer · why

A) All Star Comics #8

All Star Comics #8 tucked her first story in as a backup feature behind the title's regular heroes; DC now marks its release date, October 21, as Wond...

Q 02/05

Under what pen name did Wonder Woman's creator write the comic?

A) Charles Peter

B) Charles Moulton

C) Peter Moulton

D) William Charles

Answer · why

B) Charles Moulton

Charles Moulton stitched together two middle names: Charles from his publisher and Moulton from his own, William Moulton Marston.

Q 03/05

Wonder Woman's creator is also credited with helping invent an early version of which device?

A) The metal detector

B) The breathalyzer

C) The polygraph

D) The pacemaker

Answer · why

C) The polygraph

The polygraph grew from Marston's Harvard experiments on whether systolic blood pressure rises when a person lies; his test became one component of th...

Q 04/05

Who reportedly told Marston 'Fine, but make her a woman' when he pitched a new superhero?

A) Activist Margaret Sanger

B) Editor Sheldon Mayer

C) Artist Harry G. Peter

D) His wife Elizabeth

Answer · why

D) His wife Elizabeth

His wife Elizabeth, who held degrees in law and psychology, is credited with the line; she was also the household's wage earner, as assistant to the c...

Q 05/05

In her original Golden Age origin, what was Diana sculpted from before being given life?

A) Marble

B) Sea foam

C) Olive wood

D) Clay

Answer · why

D) Clay

Clay was her mother's medium: longing for a child, the Amazon queen sculpted a girl and the goddess Aphrodite brought the statue to life, so Diana was...