Wonder Girl (Cassie Sandsmark)
| Wonder Girl | |
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Wonder Girl, carrying the Brain.
From the cover to Teen Titans (vol. 3) #35 (2006). Art by Tony Daniel |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Wonder Woman (vol. 2) #105 (January 1996) |
| Created by | John Byrne (writer & artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Cassandra Elizabeth "Cassie" Sandsmark |
| Species | Demigoddess |
| Team affiliations |
Teen Titans Young Justice Themyscira |
| Notable aliases | Drusilla |
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Cassandra "Cassie" Sandsmark, a.k.a. Wonder Girl, is a fictional DC Comics superheroine. Created by John Byrne, and first appearing in Wonder Woman (vol. 2) #105 (January 1996), she is a sidekick of the popular superhero Wonder Woman and also a prominent member of the superhero group the Teen Titans.
When Cassie was first introduced in 1996 Wonder Woman comics, she was the daughter of an archaeologist who discovered magical artifacts which bestowed upon Cassie superpowers, with which she fought crime as Wonder Girl. Later, Zeus, king of the Greek gods, grants her real powers. Later revelations showed that Cassie was in fact a demigoddess and the daughter of Zeus himself.
In 2011, DC relaunched its books with a new continuity called The New 52, and one of its major continuity changes was to Wonder Woman, establishing that she is a demigod and the daughter of Zeus. Cassie is reintroduced in the pages of Teen Titans as a superpowered thief with enchanted demonic bracelets; she is recruited into the Teen Titans superhero group by Red Robin, the former protege of the superhero Batman, and has no obvious connection to Wonder Woman. Later, her New 52 origin story reveals that she is Wonder Woman's niece and Zeus's granddaughter. Her father is revealed as being a British super-soldier named Lennox Sandsmark who is Wonder Woman's half-brother and himself a son of Zeus. As before, Helen, Cassie's mother, is an archaeologist.
Cassandra Sandsmark initially appears as a supporting cast member in Wonder Woman. She later appears as part of an ensemble in Young Justice and Teen Titans. She appeared in supporting roles in 52, Supergirl, and the 2006 relaunch of the Wonder Woman series. In September 2007, she appeared in the six-issue limited series Wonder Girl: Champion written by J. Torres and illustrated by Sanford Greene and Nathan Massengill.
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