10 Terrible Comic Book Covers DC Want You To Forget

10. Wonder Woman #178

It's not uncommon for comic books to push the limits and court controversy, but when a major change is made to one of the brand's core characters, things aren't often going to go by unnoticed. That may have been the plan when DC released Wonder Woman #178 in 1968, but it would be unlikely DC imagined quite the level of controversy they would unleash with this book.

Wonder Woman has always stood as an icon of feminism. By the time the sixties were in full swing, so was the equal rights movement involving women in the workplace and everywhere else. Why DC decided to relaunch Wonder Woman in line with the Women's Liberation movement when she was already a powerful woman was anyone's guess.

They relaunched her without her signature costume, sent her to open up a boutique and teach martial arts to a handful of students. While that doesn't sound too bad, they also stripped her of her powers.

Famed feminist Gloria Steinem spoke out about the changes and insisted that depowering Diana was the same as stripping her of her feminism and power as a woman. It wasn't long before she reverted back to normal.