Did she ever have a no kill code?

[Lex Luthor]

I know that all the heroes had no problem killing in the golden age but then batman and superman developed a no kill code but i cant recall the same for Diana

[marhawkman]

I don't think so. She's compassionate, but I don't think it was ever an actual rule.

[AmiMizuno]

No she didn't kill. I haven't read all of the golden age but she didn't kill and if she did it wasn't often

[RealWonderman]

No, she never did as far as I know.

"We have a saying, my people. 'Don’t kill if you can wound, don’t wound if you can subdue, don’t subdue if you can pacify, and don’t raise your hand at all until you’ve first extended it.'

Fight with honor, but fight to win.

[smartprof]

The television Wonder Woman sank a Nazi U-boat in the pilot episode.

[SiegePerilous02]

I believe in the Golden Age, Aphrodite forbade them from killing.

Somewhere along the line, she switched with Batman on the whole no killing thing.

[Lex Luthor]

I believe in the Golden Age, Aphrodite forbade them from killing.

Somewhere along the line, she switched with Batman on the whole no killing thing.

Remember her killing in golden age

[SiegePerilous02]

Remember her killing in golden age

It's possible she did, but I can't remember any specific examples off hand.

[Pinsir]

Sensation Comics #20



Sensation Comics #21



Wonder Woman Vol 1 #22

[SiegePerilous02]

^Guess Aphrodite's law works on a case by case basis...

[SeanT]

Pre-Crisis, she was forbidden from killing by Aphrodite's law. Of course, it did happen from time-to-time-- although i think in those examples above, two are accidental and one is unintentional.

I can only think of two times she killed people on purpose. Once in a Comic Cavalcade story where she throws plane against a cliff, and WW #251, where she kills Warhead and his henchmen. Exceptions to the rule, I guess.

[Pinsir]

Pre-Crisis, she was forbidden from killing by Aphrodite's law. Of course, it did happen from time-to-time-- although i think in those examples above, two are accidental and one is unintentional.

I can only think of two times she killed people on purpose. Once in a Comic Cavalcade story where she throws plane against a cliff, and WW #251, where she kills Warhead and his henchmen. Exceptions to the rule, I guess.

Wonder Woman blowing up vehicles is actually a pretty common theme too;



From Wonder Woman Vol 1 #189 (1970)



From Wonder Woman Vol 1 #192 (1971)

There may be an argument that since no bodies are shown, Wonder Woman (or Diana Prince in this situation...) is not actually killing folks, but it does look like she is.

[Pinsir]

Also I do have a few panels where she does explicitly mention having a rule against killing;



From Sensation Comics #60 (1946)



From Sensation Comics #26 (1944)

[SeanT]

Oh yeah, she forgot about it during the Diana Prince era. It depended on the writer. But later on her code was so strong it prevented her from killing any life at all. In #264 she takes time to separate real rhea birds from mechanical ones with bombs so as to prevent needless killing. And she gets pretty emotional when Artemis the skeletal warrior kills an eagle (#302?).

Bottom line-- she had a code right from the beginning, but of course, over a 40 year period, there are going to be exceptions.

[ekrolo2]

Interesting to see she does have one, I always had the impression she was more like the Marvel guys where she avoids it if she can but isn't gonna throw a Batman level bitch fit if she does have to do someone in.