Psychologist, author, and inventor William Moulton Marston was an outspoken feminist, polyamorist, and believer in female superiority. He was also a fan of comic books, but felt the medium was not living up to its potential. He wanted to create his own superhero that fought with love rather than violence, and his wife Elizabeth, also a psychologist, said the hero should be a woman. Wonder Woman - originally named "Suprema, the Wonder Woman" - was inspired by the unconventional, liberated women of the time, such as birth control activist Margaret Sanger. The character's appearance and signature bracelets were inspired by Sanger's niece Olive Byrne, who lived with the Marstons in a polyamorous relationship. Marston envisioned Wonder Woman as a symbol of female strength in a male-dominated landscape, explaining "A male hero, at best, lacks the qualities of maternal love and tenderness which are as essential to a normal child as the breath of life... it's sissified, according to exclusively masculine rules, to be tender, loving, affectionate, and alluring... not even girls want to be girls so long as our feminine archetype lacks force, strength, and power... Women's strong qualities have become despised because of their weakness. The obvious remedy is to create a feminine character with all the strength of Superman plus all the allure of a good and beautiful woman." Wonder Woman debuted in All-Star Comics #8 (Dec. 1941).

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