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Show 215 BRACELETS AND BULLETS I imagine the bracelets are hardest to conceal. Diana Prince's oversized glasses, restrained hairstyle, and exaggerated efforts to appear frightened and either "ran for help" or fake-faint whenever danger starts to suggest itself are, for the most part, successful in concealing her identity without suspicion. In fact, her performance as nerdy, frightened secretary is compelling enough that, far from recognizing any uncanny likeness to Wonder Woman, many who encounter Diana for the first time go out of their way to point out the drab ordinariness of her appearance. "Her complexion resembles wet Bisquick," they say, or no comment at all, swerving their vision around her for someone more interesting and capable. As long as she kept her strength more or less in check, which was sometimes a problem, Diana Prince could pass as any other secretary. Unlike the rest of her costume, though, Wonder Woman can't take the bracelets off. There are several reasons for this. For one, Aphrodite requires that all Amazons wear them as a perpetual reminder to stay away from men, who once, at Herakles' direction, had betrayed the Amazon leader and put all of the Amazons chains. And although Wonder Woman has a history of submitting to authority when she considers it benevolent, she also frequently defies religious |