Lasso of Truth
The Lasso of Truth is a weapon that features in DC Comics.
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History
Pre-Crisis
The Lasso of Truth
Post-Crisis
Following the Crisis on Infinite Earths, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events.
Post-Flashpoint
Following the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events. The Golden Perfect was a long-cherished divine relic of the gods given to the Amazons as a symbol of trust. (Wonder Woman v5 #4)
Overview
It was also known as the Golden Perfect. (JLA v1 #62) Due to its ties, another name given to it was Aphrodite's Lasso. (Comic Cavalcade v1 #26)
The user was also able to bring the soul of another within the lasso with this being referred to as the Golden Perfect where only the truth existed. Those brought within it could only see the truth even their own motivations. (Wonder Woman v5 #55)
As demons were made of lies, lesser demons bound by the Lasso of Truth resulted in their bodies rejecting the truth and exploding as a result. (JLA: Black Baptism v1 #1)
The fairy tale villainess, Queen of Fables, who has the power to bring any fictional or non-true character to life, and is herself 'fictional', had power over the lasso by bringing fictional characters to life and having her minions break it. (JLA v1 #48)
Users
- Diana :
- Artemis :
Notes
- The Lasso of Truth was created by William Moulton Marston where it made its first appearance in Sensation Comics v1 #6 (June, 1942).
- William Moulton Marston created Wonder Woman but he also worked, in the period before, during and after World War I, on understanding and perfecting the systolic blood-pressure test while working on his Ph.D. in psychology at Harvard University. Blood pressure was one of several elements measured in the polygraph tests that were being perfected since as far back as Italian criminologist Cesare Lombroso, in 1895. Marston's wife, psychologist and lawyer Elizabeth Holloway Marston, one of his inspirations for the Wonder Woman character, also played a key role in his lie detector research.
Alternate Versions
In other media
Television
- In Wonder Woman, the Lasso of Truth appeared in the setting of the 1970s live-action television series.
- In the DC Animated Universe, the Lasso of Truth made multiple appearances in the shared continuity setting:
- In Justice League, the Lasso of Truth appeared in the animated television series starting in the pilot episode.
- In Justice League Unlimited, the Lasso of Truth appeared in the setting of the animated television series.
Films
- In Wonder Woman, the Lasso appeared in the setting of the animated 2009 film. American fighter pilot Steve Trevor is shot down in a dogfight and crash-lands his plane on the island. He then meets Diana, starting a fight where after his defeat he was taken to the Amazons. After interrogating him with a magical golden lasso, Hippolyta decides he is not an enemy. As such, their tradition dictates that an emissary be tasked to ensure his safe return to Man's world.
- In Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, the Lasso of Truth made its first live-action film appearance in the setting of the DC Extended Universe. Diana used the lasso to restrain Doomsday to be killed by Superman using the kryptonite spear in the Showdown in Gotham Port.
- In Wonder Woman, the Lasso of Truth appeared in the live-action film prequel set in the DC Extended Universe. For millennia, the Amazons housed the lasso with their other great treasures in the armory on the island of Themyscira. After crashing in the waters of Themyscira, Amazonian leaders used the lasso and its truth-revealing powers to question American spy Steve Trevor. Diana first took the lasso as her own when she raided the armory in preparation to head into man's world, along with the God killer and her signature shield and armor. Once there, she began to use the lasso regularly, first using it as a weapon during the Battle of Veld and during her final battle with Ares. During the Airfield Battle, Ares demonstrated that it is possible to resist the lasso's effect, as he did when he ignored Diana's questions and instead used his powers to show her a different 'reality', which he considered as the truth.
- In Wonder Woman: Bloodlines, the Lasso appeared in the setting of the animated film.
Video games
- In DC Universe Online, the Lasso of Truth appeared in the setting of the MMORPG video game.
- In Injustice: Gods Among Us, the Lasso of Truth appeared in the setting of the fighting video game where it was used by Wonder Woman.
Appearances
- Sensation Comics v1: (1942)
- Wonder Woman v1:
- Wonder Woman v2:
- JLA v1:
- Justice League v1:
- Wonder Woman v4:
- Wonder Woman v5:
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