Artemis of Bana-Mighdall

Artemis of Bana-Mighdall
Artemis Art by: Phil Jimenez
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	Wonder Woman (vol. 2) #90 (September, 1994)
Created by	William Messner-Loebs (writer) Mike Deodato (artist)
In-story information
Alter ego	Artemis
Species	Amazon
Place of origin	Bana-Mighdall
Team affiliations	Amazons Hellenders Tartarus Red Hood and the Outlaws
Partnerships	Wonder Woman
Notable aliases	Wonder Woman, Javelin, Requiem, Shim'Tar, Polemarch
Abilities	Trained in high levels of hand-to-hand combat Expertise in a wide array of weapons Ageless Peak Human Strength Some knowledge of low level sorceries Fluent in demon language Magic weapons: Gauntlets of Atlas, Sandals of Hermes, Armor of Shim'Tar

Artemis of Bana-Mighdall is a fictional Amazon superheroine, a comic book character published by DC Comics.

Artemis of Bana-Mighdall debuted in Wonder Woman (vol. 2) #90 (September 1994) and was created by writer William Messner-Loebs and artist Mike Deodato.

As described in her comic book appearances, Artemis was born an Amazon as a member of the Egyptian tribe of Bana-Mighdall, who migrated from Greece to various European and Middle Eastern countries before finally settling in Egypt. Three thousand years ago, the two Amazon Queens (Hippolyta and Antiope) split the Amazon nation in two. Hippolyta's tribe traveled to the isolated island of Themyscira (otherwise known as Paradise Island) to live immortal lives in order to protect the doorway to the Underworld called Doom's Doorway. Antiope's tribe was never given immortality and were forced to mate with common men in order to guarantee their tribe's survival over the centuries. As they had renounced their Olympian gods once the two Queens parted ways, they eventually began to assimilate various religions and goddesses from the many lands they traveled to. Some of those included the goddesses Isis, Mammitu, Bast, and Neith. It was in Egypt that they finally built the city of Bana-Mighdall, which in their language translates to "The Temple of Women". Thanking the Amazons for their worship, one of their new goddesses created a powerfully consistent sandstorm to surround and protect their city from any outsiders who could not be trusted, or "ariadnas". The Bana-Mighdallian Amazons eventually began an uneasy trade with outside cities in order to create commerce. They would exchange custom-made weapons and their warrior skills for goods and slaves for breeding.

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