The first thing Wonder Woman ever does with her magic lasso is to play bondage games. This is in Wonder Woman #1, from 1942. Wonder Woman's mother, Queen Hippolyte of the Amazons, gives her daughter the lasso as a gift, explaining, "The magic lasso carries Aphrodite's power to make men and women submit to your will! Whomever you bind with that lasso must obey you!" Just then, an Amazon doctor walks in, and Wonder Woman — aka Diana Prince — decides to try out her new toy. She lassos the doctor and commands, "Now stand on your head!" The hapless doctor declares, "N-n-yes, princess! I wouldn't do it, but something compels me!"
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