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Hoai-Tran Bui, and ,Jojo Aguilar

Lust, Bondage, and Hysteria: A History of Superhero Kink

Artwork By Jojo Aguilar

“Bind me as tight as you can, girls, with the biggest ropes and chains you can find!”

In Wonder Woman #13 (1945), our superheroine finds herself in a tight spot, literally, as she’s bound to a wooden post with ropes and chains by her fellow Amazon warriors. “Even you can’t escape these bonds,” they taunt her. But despite their best efforts, Wonder Woman (aka, Princess Diana of Themyscira) frees herself easily in what turns out to be a Themysciran game.

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