Hypnota which could control the minds of anyone who fell under the rays' influence. Hypnota Hypnota the Great (; a.k.a. Hypnotic Woman) is a fictional character, a comic book supervillainess who battled the Golden Age Wonder Woman and was a member of Villainy Inc., an enemy team. She first appeared in the comic "Wonder Woman" (Vol. 1) #11 and was created by William Moulton Marston and Harry G. Peter. A stage magician who conceals her gender via masculine costume and false facial hair, Hypnota was accidentally shot in the head during the rehearsal of one of her act's illusions. Experimental surgery
William Moulton Marston Laugh at the Comics"), in which Marston said that he saw "great educational potential" in comic books. (A follow-up article was published two years later in 1942.) The interview caught the attention of comics publisher Max Gaines, who hired Marston as an educational consultant for National Periodicals and All-American Publications, two of the companies that would later merge to form DC Comics. In the early 1940s, the DC Comics line was dominated by superpower-endowed male characters such as the Green Lantern and Superman (its flagship character), as well as Batman, with his high-tech gadgets. According to the Fall 2001 issue