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Queen Hippolyta is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, based on the Amazon queen Hippolyta from Greek mythology.Introduced in 1941 during the Golden Age of Comic Books, she is the queen of the Amazons of Themyscira, the mother of Wonder Woman, and in some continuities, the adopted mother of Donna Troy.
Antiope appears in a flashback in Wonder Woman 1984 (2020). [19] When Diana was a child, Antiope prepared her for an athletic competition. However, when Diana fell off her horse and took a shortcut to catch up to it missing the checkpoint, Antiope pulled her out of the competition while commenting that "no true hero is born from lies".
Wonder Woman (vol. 2) #1 (February 1987) Hestia is the Goddess of the Hearth. Post-Crisis, Hestia was one of Wonder Woman's patron goddesses. Morpheus: Wonder Woman #140 (August 1963) Morpheus is the God of Sleep. Nemesis: Wonder Woman #611 (July 2011) Nemesis is the Goddess of Vengeance. Nyx: Batwoman #13 (December 2012) Nyx is the Primordial ...
Wonder Woman Historia: the Amazons begins with seven Greek goddesses-Hestia, Artemis, Demeter, Hecate, Aphrodite, Athena, and Hera-demanding that all mortal men be punished for abusing women, only for their request to be turned down by the womanizing Zeus. Despite the Amazons being her own idea, Hera does not join the other goddesses as they ...
Wonder Woman's closest friend among the Amazons, Mala was the first runner-up in the contest to determine who would enter Man's World as Wonder Woman and later became the head of the Amazons’ therapeutic center Reformation Island. Nubia: Wonder Woman #204 (January 1973) Originally Diana's long-lost twin sister who was raised by Ares.
When the new, post-crisis Wonder Woman broke up a riot in Boston, she was interrupted by a woman she thought was her mother (Queen Hippolyta); Hippolyta was the golden-age Wonder Woman via time travel in her continuity. The intruder identified herself as Earth-Two Wonder Woman Diana Prince, who left Mount Olympus in order to guide Diana.
Pre-Crisis, the name "Wonder Woman" was a title by the Amazons for the greatest Amazon warrior. Post- Crisis , the name was given to Diana by the U.S. media shortly after her first public appearance after a reporter takes note of her breastplate insignia resembling a double-W.
Azzarello describes the new Wonder Woman book as being darker than the past series, even going so far as to call it a "horror" book. [61] In this new continuity, Wonder Woman's origin is significantly changed and she is no longer a clay figure brought to life by the magic of the gods. Instead, she is the natural-born daughter of Hippolyta and Zeus.