No matter the universe, Maxwell Lord always has Psychic Nosebleed
- Some of Diana's casual outfits in the trailer look like those of Lynda Carter's version of the character in the 1970s series.
- Speaking of Lynda Carter, she appears in The Stinger as Asteria, the warrior from Diana's story. She also puts a slight pirouette into her Face-Revealing Turn, riffing on her iconic twirl.
- Diana's golden eagle armor in both the trailer and the film poster is based off the design from Kingdom Come.
- Barbara Minerva wears cheetah-print clothes in the teaser poster. In the comics, she is known for wearing an enchanted cheetah costume.
- When Barbara first uses her newfound strength for evil, she's bathed in yellow light, a.k.a. the color of a Cheetah.
- Barbara's nerdy appearance in the trailer is similar to the Batman Returns version of Selina Kyle, another DC character who gains more self confidence after being "reborn" as a feline-themed villain.
- The symbol of Nuclear Man from Superman IV: The Quest for Peace can be seen on the floor of the mall in the film's trailer.
- Washington D.C. is Diana's home base in both iterations of the Lynda Carter series, and numerous times in the comics.
- Diana turns the jet she and Steve fly to Cairo invisible. In the comics she had an actual invisible jet.
- Maxwell Lord has a son named Alistair whom Lord desperately wants to make proud, leading to his actions in the film. In the comics, he has a biological daughter named Emma who becomes an enemy of Wonder Woman to impress her father.
- In the film, Maxwell Lord is a human who acquires the power to make wishes (his own/others) come true through a magical relic. In the comics, he acquired the power to persuade people to carry out his/their own wishes, caused from an alien invasion in 1988-89.
- One of the nicknames of the god who created the Dreamstone is the Duke of Deception. In the comics, the Duke of Deception is a lieutenant of Ares and an enemy of Wonder Woman who can create illusions to ensnare his enemies.
- When Maxwell Lord wishes to 'become' the Dreamstone and harness its abilities, the stone disintegrates into floating sand, referencing its comic book counterpart's owner The Sandman.
- The global mayhem that ensues from Maxwell granting wishes to everyone in the world is similar to the end of the first arc of The Sandman, where it was Doctor Destiny using the Dreamstone to create nightmares across the world and drive all of humanity insane. The resolution of that crisis was the destruction of the Dreamstone, an option which is proposed in this movie.
- Lord's corporate rival in the film, Simon Stagg, in the DC universe is a corporate tycoon who's historically an antagonist to Metamorpho, who also gained his powers from contact with an ancient mystical object.
- The Emir Said Bin Abydos in the film mentions restoring the Bialyan kingdom. The nation of Bialya is a frequent antagonist in DC comics and media.
- During the mall battle, Diana has a cute bonding moment with a little girl she encounters, which she also does in the animated films Wonder Woman (2009) and Justice League: War.
- The girl may be Star-Blossom
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- The girl may be Star-Blossom
- The first big heroic action scene in the film is a battle & rescue in a shopping mall. Diana's first heroic battle & rescue in the public eye in the comics' 2016 Rebirth relaunch was also in a shopping mall.
- Maxwell's nose begins to bleed when he grants the wish of the President. In The OMAC Project comic, Maxwell's nose would frequently bleed as a side effect of his comic book mind control power, Notably both the comic and the movie had Geoff Johns as a writer.
- Diana being granted her greatest desire but it turns out to be an illusion, and her having to painfully discard that illusion in order to save the day is similar to the plot of For the Man Who Has Everything, where Superman is trapped in a Lotus-Eater Machine that gives him a beautiful dream of the life he always wanted, but he has to tear himself free from that dream in order to save his friends.
- Diana having to choose between her true love and her powers echoes Superman's self-reflection subplots from Superman II where he knowingly abandons his power to be with Lois.
- Diana using Steve's words about the wind and air as inspiration when she figures out how to fly may be a reference to how Wonder Woman used to glide on air currents before actual flight was made a standard part of her power set.
- One of Diana's framed photos reveals that she did participate to some extent during World War II, shown (in civilian clothes) helping people who were prisoners from the Nazi concentration camps. The early comics of Wonder Woman had her fighting the Nazis.
- Asteria might be an expy of Artemis (no, not that one), the "First Wonder Woman" from the Bronze Age. She first appeared in Wonder Woman #298 (Dec. 1982).
- One proposed solution to the Dreamstone situation is destroying it, which would mean killing Maxwell Lord. In the comics, Wonder Woman actually did kill him in order to free Superman from his mind control.
- After being reunited, Diana and Steve have a romantic stroll near the Lincoln Memorial, where the pair also had their first moment of romance in the animated Wonder Woman (2009).
- An ancient mystical object turning up within a contemporary shopping mall occurred in the Wonder Woman centered "Paradise Lost" episode of the animated Justice League series.
