| Storyline |
Issue
One: The Princess and the Power
A band of Gods - mostly female - set out to create
a race of women using the souls of women who'd been
killed by men. Rains poured over Greece and the
Amazons rose out of the sea and found a home on
Themyscira. Eons passed, and Ares - god of war -
was still bitter at the treachery of his sisters.
His greatest champion, Hercules, took war to the
Amazons. He was bested by Queen Hippolyte, and formed
a truce. He broke the (fake) truce that night by
poisoning Hippolyte and taking her captive. Hercules
soon left for Troy; Hippolyte (still captive) spoke
with Athena. War raged, and the Amazons emerged
victorious.
Hippolyte told her people they must not follow Hercules
- Athena wished it not. The Amazons split - some
stayed with Hippolyte, the rest went with her sister,
Antiope. The gods banished them to another island
- one where they must live as mortals and where
no man may set foot upon. The Amazons regained their
purpose and became immortal. Upon Paradise Island,
they erected great buildings and statues to their
gods.
Thirty centuries passed before Hippolyte realized
she was the only Amazon reincarnated from a soul
which was pregnant. Instructed by the gods, she
went to the shore and sculpted a baby from clay.
The gods gave it life and their gifts. Hippolyte
named the child Diana.
The gods spoke: Ares had gone insane and would surely
destroy the Earth. The Amazons were to hold a contest
and choose a champion to go against him. Diana,
now in adulthood, was forbidden by her mother to
enter the contest. Athena commanded her otherwise,
and (under a mask) she won. She was given silver
bracers by the Amazons so that she would stand out
among them. Hippolyte was enraged, but realized
her daughter was right.
Issue
Two: A Fire in the Sky
Air Force Colonel Stephen Trevor was called into
duty to fly a somewhat new war plane to specific
coordinates. He internally questioned the task due
to his experience and relationship with his general.
Diana was given a weapon - a golden lasso of truth.
Hermes led her to her first destination - Ares'
former home. There, she found a wretch who gave
her a talisman. Hermes got her back to Paradise
Island, where an airplane was about to crash. Diana
had never seen such a sight.
Ares had taken over Trevor's copilot and dropped
a bomb. Diana was able to divert the bomb - it exploded
in the sky. She then flew straight into the sea
in hopes of getting answers from the crashed plane.
She saw her first man - Steve Trevor - and saved
him from the wreckage.
Athena and Hermes appeared to the Amazons. Hermes
took Diana to the world of man to further her quest.
The General who'd assigned Trevor to the mission
was found dead. Phobos and Deimos, sons of Ares,
watched.
Issue
Three: Deadly Arrival
Steve Trevor was found in a hospital bed in Boston.
His wounds - even those internal - were healing.
He was soon attacked by a superior officer. Trevor
escaped and sought to find what was going on. He
found a friend, Etta Candy, and asked her for help.
Diana was led by Hermes to a library, where she
showed a woman (Professor Julia Kapatelis) her amulet.
The woman agreed to help her. Later, a little girl
with the same name received what she believed was
an ugly doll. The Professor brought Diana home with
her and began to tutor her. The "doll"
her daughter had received came alive. Vanessa (the
Professor's daughter) screamed. Diana and Julia
headed downstairs and found a creature calling herself
Decay, daughter of Medusa.
Issue
Four: A Long Day's Journey into Fright
Decay flew away with Diana's tiara. The Amazon gave
chase while Kapatelis got her daughter to a hospital
(she'd become elderly). Decay's breath spread throughout
Boston, leaving everything in it's wake crumbling.
Diana was able to catch Decay in her golden lasso
and the beast was destroyed. At her crumbling victim's
ashes, Diana recovered her tiara. The press ganged
up on her to get a story, but she got spooked and
flew off. The next day's papers dubbed her "Wonder
Woman" hoping to cash in on Superman's fame.
After seeing some of the newscasts, Steve Trevor
realized he hadn't been hallucinating about his
rescuer - he set out to find her. He found her in
a cabin in the woods (with Julia Kapatelis). Diana
mysteriously began speaking English, though broken.
Midway through his explanation, he heard his companion,
Etta, get injured. A man stood above her.
They rushed to her.
Issue
Five: The Ares Assault
Diana nursed Etta back to health as the man who'd
inadvertently startled her was a friend of Trevor's.
Diana conceded the truth - she and Trevor needed
each other. Using a map of ancient Greece, Diana's
talisman, and a map of the world, Diana realized
what was happening. A pattern formed of bloody battles
and foreshadowed a new one. Michaelis called his
command center as a militant group took over a facility
in the United States. Diana placed the talisman
on a mirror; she and her friends were transported
to Ares' sons.
Diana killed Deimos and gained the other half of
the talisman; Phobos fled. The talisman was reconnected
and the group was transported to the overtaken missile
base. General Tolliver was awaiting them and Ares
soon showed himself.
Issue
Six: Powerplay
The media gained knowledge of the Tolliver situation
and his plot to fire a nuclear missile at Moscow.
Reports came in that Moscow was also armed and ready
to fire.
Diana and her group rushed the rebels. Trevor got
to Tolliver; Diana broke through the door separating
them and disappeared. Tolliver and his troops were
reanimated by Ares and the Amazonian Princess did
battle against him. Her golden lasso showed him
the truth - if the fight went on, all life would
perish leaving no one to worship him. Ares vanished,
stopping the would-be war. Trevor emerged a hero
carrying Diana.
Issue
Seven: Rebirth
Olympus rejoiced as Ares was defeated. The gods
smiled on Paradise Island. Zeus and Poseidon healed
Diana. She was given a gift by Athena and Hermes
- winged shoes so she could travel to and from Man's
World. She returned there to learn the fate of her
new friends. She helped heal Julia's child and learned
that Michaelis was killed in the battle.
Diana was given a publicist and became a worldwide
sensation.
Another woman plotted to take her lasso.
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