Wonder Woman (DC)(Earth-1 - Pre Crisis)(01- Diana)
Real Name: Diana Prince
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Bio: This version of Wonder Woman might be said to have not existed, as well, and certainly a number of her adventures are properly assigned to Hippolyta, from a post-Crisis perspective.
It is this version of Wonder Woman that went through the most profound changes. She went from being a fairly bland (read: safe) version of herself that really had a lot in common with the animated Super Friends version. She was all about super powers and kickin' ass, with just a pinch of her Amazonian legacy thrown in. By the early-mid 70s, though, she had abandoned the uniform and powers entirely, and adopted a role much closer to a secret agent. She studied with a martial arts expert, took a job as the proprietor of a hip clothing store, and wasn't seen for a couple of years in her Wonder Woman outfit. This era drew criticism, though, so she regained her powers and went on a 2-year quest to be returned to active duty in the JLA. No sooner had she endured her trials when the Wonder Woman title started telling Earth 2 Wonder Woman stories, in deference to the setting of the Wonder Woman TV show. When the show, in its later seasons, returned to the present, the comic returned to Earth 1, and the newly-JLA-reinstated Wonder Woman.
During the Crisis, Diana was thought to have been killed. However, as the Pérez run would make clear, she hadn't been killed, but sent back in time.
And this, out of all of Wonder Woman's adventures, is where it gets weird.
Somehow, in a way not adequately explained, she wasn't just thrown back in time. She was actually devolved to the day she'd been formed of clay. In other words, the Crisis affected her in a way substantially differently than it did any other character in the DCU. Wonder Woman II and Wonder Woman III are the same person, but neither has knowledge of the other. We speak of "reboots" frequently in assessing the history of comic books, but it's never been so literally true as perhaps it was with Wonder Woman.
What's unfortunate about this method of reinventing the character is that, far from making her history "simpler", as was the intended effect of the Crisis, it makes it much more complicated. Had she been a part of the normal "Crisis effect"--that is, had she been reset precisely as the rest of the DCU--her story would've just started at whatever point the writers wanted to set. But in drawing this link between pre- and post-Crisis Diana, and in demonstrating that she actually "devolved" from one to the other, she confusingly becomes a "non-surviving survivor" of Crisis on Infinite Earths.
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First Appearance: Wonder Woman (1942) #98 Favorite Characters:
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Issue Appearances: 52 (2006)
#3 - 'New World Order' #5 - 'Stars In Their Courses' 80 Page Giant (1964)
#8 - 'More SECRET ORIGINS' Across the Universe: DC Universe Stories of Alan Moore (2003)
TPB - 'Across the Universe: The DC Universe Stories of Alan Moore' Action Comics (1938)
Adam Strange Archives (2004)
Adventure Comics (1938)
#397 - '[Supergirl]' #451 - '[Aquaman; Hawkman]' #459 - '[Flash; Deadman; Aquaman; et al]' #460 - '[Flash; Deadman; Aquaman; W.W.; et al]' #461 - '[Flash; Deadman; Aquaman; JSA; Creeper]' #462 - '[Flash; Deadman; Aquaman; JSA; W.W.] Death of E2 Batman' #463 - '[Flash; Deadman; Aquaman; JSA; W.W.]' #464 - '[Flash; Deadman; Aquaman; JSA]' #485 - '[Dial H for Hero]' Amazing World of DC Comics (1974)
America vs. the Justice Society (1985)
#4 - 'D-Day For Degation' Aquaman (1962)
#18 - 'The Wedding of Aquaman!' #30 - 'The Death Of Aquaman' Aquaman (1986)
Aquaman: Death Of A Prince (2011)
TPB - 'Aquaman: Death Of A Prince' Batman and the Outsiders (1983)
#1 - 'Wars Ended...Wars Begun' #22 - 'What She Is And How She Came To Be!' #26 - 'Serpent in the Sky!' Batman: The Strange Deaths Of Batman (2009)
TPB - 'Batman: The Strange Deaths Of Batman' Blue Devil (1984)
#10 - 'Hell Hath No Furies' Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew! (1982)
#1 - 'The Pluto Syndrome' Captain Carrot and the Final Ark (2007)
TPB - 'Captain Carrot and the Final Ark' Countdown (2007)
#45 - 'Monitor Duty' #47 - 'Bricks In The Wall' #48 - 'Death From Above' Countdown Special: The Atom (2008)
Cover Story: The DC Comics Art of Brian Bolland (2011)
HC - 'Cover Story: The DC Comics Art of Brian Bolland' Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985)
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DC Challenge (1985)
#1 - 'Outbreak!' #2 - 'Blinded by the Light' #11 - 'How Can You be in Two Places at Once When You're Not Anywhere at All?' #12 - 'Fathers Against Suns' DC Comics Presents (1978)
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DC Retroactive: JLA - The '80s (2011)
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DC Universe: The Stories of Alan Moore (2006)
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#347 - 'The Strange Death of Batman!' Deutsche Helden (2004)
Doom Patrol (1964)
#104 - 'The Bride Of The Doom Patrol' Four Star Spectacular (1976)
Freedom Fighters (1976)
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Justice (2005)
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With Death!' #204 - 'The Cut Of The Cards!' #205 - 'The Final Hand!' #206 - 'The Secret That Time Forgot!' #209 - 'Let Old Acquaintances Be Forgot...' #210 - 'When a World Dies Screaming!' #211 - 'The Devil's Bargain' #212#214 - 'Into The "Microcosmos" Part Two' #217 - 'All The Elements Of Disaster!' #218 - 'The Price Of Humanity' #219 - 'Crisis In The Thunderbolt Dimension!' #221 - 'Beasts' #222 - 'Death Games' #223 - 'Blood Sport' #224 - 'The Supremacy Factor!' #231 - 'Family Crisis!' #232 - 'Battlegrounds!' #237 - 'Lest Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot...' #238 - 'Savage Symphony' #239 - 'In The Shadow Of The Ox' #240 - 'The Future Ain't What it Used to Be!' #249 - 'All Fall Down!' #253 - 'Pyre' #259 - 'Homecoming!' #261 - 'Last Stand' Justice League of America (2006)
#29 - 'Star Struck!' #36 - 'Royal Pain! Chapter Two: Shuffle up and Die!' Justice League of America (Australian) (1983)
#2 - 'Proteus says: All Things Must Change!' Karate Kid (1976)
#14 - 'Diamondeth Is Forever!' Legends of the Dark Knight: Jim Aparo (2012)
Legends of the DCU: Crisis on Infinite Earths (1999)
Les Nouveaux Jeunes Titans (1984)
#1 - 'Les Nouveaux Jeunes Titans' #2 - 'Les Terribles Cinq!' #3 - 'Trigon vit!' Marvel Crossover (2000)
#11 - 'Hulk - Pitt' #12 - 'The Amazing Spider-Man und Superman' Marvel Treasury Edition (1974)
#28 - 'The Heroes and the Holocaust!' Mystery in Space (1951)
#75 - 'The Planet That Came To A Standstill' Orion (2000)
#13 - 'The Ordering of Earth!' Red Tornado (1985)
#1 - 'Storm Warning' #2 - 'Shattered!' #3 - 'The Eye of the Storm' Roter Blitz (1976)
Secret Origin Mini Comic (1980)
Secret Origins (1961)
Secret Society of Super-Villains (1976)
#11 - 'A Changing of the Guard' Showcase (1956)
#59 - 'presents THE RETURN OF THE TEEN TITANS' #101 - 'Mystery in Space' #102 - 'Strange Adventures' Showcase Presents Ambush Bug (2009)
Super Powers (1984)
#2 - 'Clash Against Chaos' #5 - 'Spaceship Earth!' Super Powers (1985)
#1 - 'Seeds of Doom!' #6 - 'Darkseid of the Moon' Super Powers (1986)
#1 - 'Threshold' #2 - 'Escape' #3 - 'Machinations' #4 - 'A World Divided' Super Powers Collection (1983)
#2 - 'Batman' #3 - 'Wonder Woman' #4 - 'The Flash' #10 - 'Lex Luthor' #13 - 'Steppenwolf' #14 - 'Martian Manhunter' Super-Team Family (1975)
Superfreunde (1980)
Superman (1939)
Annual 11 - 'For The Man Who Has Everything...' #149 - 'The Death Of Superman!' #192 - 'Clark Kent's Super-Son!' #199 - 'Superman's Race with the Flash!' #241 - 'The Shape Of Fear!' #242 - 'The Ultimate Battle!' #326 - 'A Million Dollars A Minute!' Superman (1982)
Superman and Spider-Man (1981)
Superman in "The Computer Masters of Metropolis" (1982)
#1 - 'The Computer Masters of Metropolis' Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? (1997)
Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (1958)
#74 - 'Superman's Unbeatable Rival!' #89 - 'The Bride Of Batman!' #93 - 'The Superman-Wonder Woman Team!' #136 - 'Wonder Woman: Mrs. Superman' Tales of the Teen Titans (1984)
#45#49 - 'the Light That Failed' #50 - 'We are Gathered Here Today.......' Teen Titans (1966)
#1 - 'The Beast-God of Xochatan' #22 - 'Halfway to Holocaust!' #53 - 'In the Beginning...' The Amazing World of DC Comics Special Edition (1976)
The Atom (1962)
#8 - 'Lockup In The Lethal Lightbulb!' The Atom Archives (2001)
The Best of DC (1979)
#1 - 'Superman' #3 - 'The Super Friends' The Brave and the Bold (1955)
#28 - 'Starro the Conqueror!' #29 - 'Challenge of the Weapons Master!' #30 - 'Case of the Stolen Super Powers!' #60 - 'The Astounding Separated Man!' #63 - 'The Revolt Of The Super-Chicks' #78 - 'In The Coils Of Copperhead!' #87 - 'The Widow-Maker!' #105 - 'Play Now... Die Later!' #116 - 'Grasp Of The Killer Cult' #131 - 'Take 7 Steps to...Wipe-Out!' #140 - 'Dastardly Events Aboard The Hellship!' #158 - 'Yesterday Never Dies!' #158 (Whitman Edition) - 'Yesterday Never Dies!' #172 - 'Darkness And Dark Fire' The Daring New Adventures of Supergirl (1982)
The Flash (1959)
#175 - 'The Race to the End of the Universe!' #276 - 'Freakout!' #276 (Whitman Variant) - 'Freakout!' #277 - 'The Self Destruct Flash' #309#323 - 'Run, Flash--Run for Your Wife!' #327 - 'Burnout!' #328 - 'Reverse-Flashback' #329 - 'What Is The Sinister Secret of...Simian & Son' The Fury of Firestorm (1982)
#4 - 'The Icy Heart of Killer Frost' The New Teen Titans (1980)
#1 - 'The New Teen Titans' #3 - 'The Fearsome Five!' #4 - 'Against All Friends!' #5 - 'Trigon Lives!' #14 - 'Revolution!' #38 - 'Who is Donna Troy?' The New Teen Titans (1984)
#6 - 'Titansmania' #13 - 'Crisis' The New Teen Titans Omnibus (2011)
The Phantom Zone (1982)
#2 - 'Earth Under Siege!' #4 - 'The Phantom Planet!' The Saga of Swamp Thing (1982)
The Shadow War of Hawkman (1985)
The Super Friends (1976)
#1 - 'The Fury of the Super Foes!' #2 - 'Trapped By the Super Foes!' #3 - 'The Cosmic Hit Man' #4 - 'Riddles and Rockets!' #5 - 'Telethon Treachery!' #6 - 'The Menace of the Menagerie Man!' #7 - 'The Warning of the Wonder Twins' #8 - 'The Mind Killers!' #9 - 'Three Ways to Kill a World' #10 - 'The Monster Menace' #11 - 'Kingslayer' #12 - 'The Atomic Twosome' #13 - 'The Mindless Immortal' #14#15 - 'The Overlord Goes Under' #16 - 'The People Who Stole the Sky' #17 - 'Trapped in Two Times' #18 - 'Manhunt in Time' #19 - 'The Mystery of the Missing Monkey' #20 - 'Revenge of the Leafy Monsters' #21 - 'Battle Against the Super Fiends' #22 - 'It's Never Too Late' #23 - 'S.O.S. From Nowhere' #23 (Whitman Variant) - 'S.O.S. From Nowhere' #24 - 'Past, Present, and Danger' #25 - 'Puppets of the Overlord' #26 - 'The Wonder Twins' Battle of Wits' #27 - 'The Spacemen Who Stole Atlantis' #28 - 'Masquerade of Madness' #30 - 'Gorilla Warfare Against the Humans' #31 - 'How to Trap an Orchid' #32 - 'The Scarecrow Fights With Fear' #33 - 'The Secret of the Stolen Solitaire' #35 - 'Circus of the Super-Stars' #36#37#40#41#42#47 - 'The Demons from the Green Hell' Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe (1985)
#12 - 'Jonny Double to Kong' Wonder Woman (1942)
Wonder Woman (1972)
Wonder Woman (Australian) (1983)
#1 - 'The Five-Sided Square!' Wonder Woman: The Ultimate Guide to The Amazon Princess (2003)
World's Finest Comics (1941)
Wundergirl (1976)
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