Gods and Mortals
| "Wonder Woman: Gods and Mortals" | |
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Cover of Wonder Woman vol. 2, 1 (February 1987). Art by George Pérez.
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| Publisher | DC Comics |
| Publication date | February – August 1987 |
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| Title(s) | Wonder Woman vol. 2, #1–7 |
| Main character(s) | Wonder Woman, Queen Hippolyta, Ares, Hercules |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | George Pérez, Greg Potter, Len Wein |
| Artist(s) | George Pérez |
"Gods and Mortals" is a seven issue comic book story arc plotted and drawn by George Pérez, with scripting by Greg Potter and Len Wein.
Released in 1987, this was the first arc of the relaunched Wonder Woman series.
A tale of the [Amazons] from 30,000 BC to now; a cavewoman, and her unborn daughter, are murdered by her mate. On Mount Olympus, Ares opposes Artemis' plans to create a new race of female mortals to set an example to other mortals, and Zeus doesn't care. Artemis and four other Goddesses go to the Cavern of Souls where they use all, except for one, the souls of perished women to create reborn, ageless Amazons. With their queens, Queen Hippolyta and Queen Antiope, the Amazons are successful but there is jealously from Greek kings. Ares manipulates Heracles to create anger towards the Amazons and under the disguise as allies to the female warriors, Hercules drugs and chains the Amazons and burns down their home. Praying, Athena frees Hippolyta with the promise of no revenge, but the Amazons ignore the promise and murder the men who had chained them. In the end, Antiope leaves with half of the Amazons while Hippolyta and the remaining half are taken by Athena to be eternal jailers of evil on their new island home; Themyscira. Centuries later, Hippolyta prays for a daughter and after making a baby out of clay, the last soul is reborn as a new Amazon blessed with gifts from the gods named Diana. Now an adult, the Gods cry to the Amazons to choose a champion to face Ares against his plans for the outside world. Diana is forbidden to enter the contest, but thanks to Athena, she enters masked like all the rest. At the end, Diana is revealed and while her mother is against it, Diana is chosen. Receiving her bulletproof bracelets, and her Warrior's garb, she is now prepared to protect the world.
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