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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.
Originally known as Hippolye, Hippolyta is the queen of the Amazons of Themyscira and Diana's mother. Post-Crisis, Hippolyta used the Wonder Woman codename during World War II. Io: Wonder Woman #196 (November 2003) A skilled blacksmith, the muscular Io became one of Diana's most trusted allies. Unbeknownst to Diana, Io was in love with the ...
Diana was born to Queen Hippolyta around 3000 BC on the hidden island of Themyscira, home to the Amazons, women warriors created by Zeus to protect mankind. Hippolyta explains their history to Diana, including how Ares became jealous of humanity and orchestrated its destruction. When the other gods attempted to stop him, Ares killed all but ...
As an American born orphan adopted by Queen Hippolyta she is mortal unlike her Amazon sisters and has aged considerably compared to Diana. She still shows incredible Amazon super strength, speed and flight. Her bracelets are engraved and removable, different to standard Amazon bracelets. In the novelization, she is killed in the nuclear blast.
Diana of Themyscira, Princess of Amazons, daughter of Queen Hippolyta, is a 317-year-old Amazonian demigoddess, but is no older in mortal years than a human teenager at the age of 17. Born on Paradise Island, she is a (valedictorian) student at Metropolis High School, where she feels awkwardly out of place.
"Challenge of the Gods" was a seven issue comic book story arc written and drawn by George Pérez, with co-writing by Len Wein. It is the second arc of the Wonder Woman (Vol. 2) title that was, at the time, recently relaunched.
When the new, post-crisis Wonder Woman breaks up a riot in Boston, she is interrupted by a woman she thinks is her mother (Queen Hippolyta); Hippolyta is the golden-age Wonder Woman via time travel in her continuity. The intruder identifies herself as Earth-Two Wonder Woman Diana Prince, who left Mount Olympus in order to guide Diana.
On the nearby island of Amazonia, Queen Hippolyta learns of Jor-El's death from the priestess Lois. She goes to the sparring field to inform Jor-El's estranged daughter Zala Jor-El and her lover, Hippolyta's daughter Diana. Zala flies off enraged, with Lois and Diana fearing that the war they have been trying to prevent is now inevitable.
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