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===Wonder Woman (Earth-Two)===
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Princess Diana of [[Themyscira (DC Comics)|Paradise Island]]—the Wonder Woman of Earth-Two—was a member of the [[All-Star Squadron]] and secretary (and later a member) for the [[Justice Society of America]]. As Diana Prince, she worked in the [[United States Department of War|U.S. War Department]] as an assistant to intelligence officer [[Steve Trevor]]. Decades later she and Trevor married and had a daughter, Lyta (also known as [[Fury (DC Comics)|Fury]]). Although Diana was [[retcon]]ned out of existence in ''[[Crisis on Infinite Earths]]'' and ''All-Star Squadron'' #60,<ref>{{cite comic| writer= [[Roy Thomas|Thomas, Roy]]| penciller= Clark, Mike; [[Arvell Jones|Jones, Arvell]]| inker= [[Vince Colletta|Colletta, Vince]]; [[Tony DeZuniga|DeZuniga, Tony]]| story= The End of the Beginning!| title= [[All-Star Squadron]]| issue= 60| date= August 1986}}</ref> she was later restored to the present.<ref name=ic5>''[[Infinite Crisis]]'' #5 (April 2006)</ref>

====Early history====
Diana, Princess of the Amazons of [[Earth-Two]], was born on the mystical [[Themyscira (DC Comics)|Paradise Island]] several hundred years before{{Citation needed|date=March 2009}} becoming known as Wonder Woman. Isolated from the cruelty and corruption of men, the [[Amazons (DC Comics)|Amazons]] lived and worked in peace and obeyed the will of Aphrodite and Athena. Longing for a child of her own, [[Hippolyta (DC Comics)|Hippolyta (Queen of the Amazons)]] begged the [[Olympian Gods (DC Comics)|gods]] to grant her request and turn her clay statue into a real girl. In sympathy, Aphrodite relented and animated the statue; the girl leaped off the pedestal into her mother's arms. Hippolyta named her for the moon goddess, Diana (who became her godmother).

Hippolyta raised her daughter as an Amazon, with the privileges of royalty. Diana aged slowly, stopping aging when reaching adulthood (as did all Amazons). She surpassed most of her Amazon sisters in skills and intelligence, running faster than a deer at age five and easily uprooting a tree at three.

Diana was a contented Amazon until Captain [[Steve Trevor]] crash-landed on Paradise Island. Although she had never seen a man before, Diana was attracted to him (despite his injuries). Violating the island rule against taking in outsiders, Diana brought the unconscious Trevor back to the Amazons in an attempt to save his life. In response to her pleas, Hippolyta used the healing [[Purple Ray]] on Trevor and saved his life.

Discovering that the outside world was at war, Diana wanted to help stop it. Hippolyta refused, saying that they should not involve themselves in the ways of outsiders. However, the goddesses Aphrodite and Athena appeared to Hippolyta; they said it was time for an Amazon to travel to "Man's World" and fight the [[Nazis]]. [[Ares (DC Comics)|Ares]] felt that he ruled the world; Aphrodite wanted to help America win, claiming it was the last citadel of democracy. A tournament was held to determine the Amazon champion; although forbidden by Hippolyta to participate, Princess Diana concealed her identity with a mask. After winning all the contests Diana revealed her identity to her mother, who feared she would never see her daughter again.

However, Hippolyta allowed her daughter to dress as Wonder Woman and travel to the outside world. Diana returned Steve Trevor to the United States, adopting the identity of a U.S. Army nurse (Diana Prince) so she could stay with Trevor as he recovered; she helped him against a Japanese agent.<ref>''Sensation Comics'' #1 (January 1942)</ref>

Diana began to appear publicly as Wonder Woman. As Earth-Two Diana Prince, she joined the U.S. Navy as a lieutenant and became Col. Darnell's secretary.<ref>''Sensation Comics'' #3 (March 1942)</ref> In actual Golden Age comics, the character joins the U.S. Army and in one occasion returned to nursing.<ref>''All-Star Comics'' #11 (June–July 1942)</ref> The real Diana Prince later returned and tried to assume Diana's role, since her inventor husband was having financial trouble selling his weapon to the army. Wonder Woman saved Diana when she is kidnapped by a Japanese agent trying to steal the weapon; when it is successful Diana Prince began using her married name, leaving Wonder Woman in her identity.

Diana continued fighting crime with the [[Justice Society of America]] (on Earth-Two) as their first female member, although she was relegated to secretarial work for the Justice Society (despite her super powers).<ref>''All Star Comics'' #12 (1942)</ref> She was shown taking dictation and typing the team's minutes as Wonder Woman. Diana rejoined the team when it reformed and expanded (as the [[All-Star Squadron]]).<ref>''All-Star Squadron'' #1</ref> She continued fighting crime after the war and resisted being recalled to Paradise Island, preferring to surrender her immortality rather than her independence.<ref name=avjs>''[[America vs. The Justice Society]]'' #1–4</ref>

====Marriage====
The 1985 miniseries ''[[America vs. the Justice Society]]'' depicts Diana continuing to fight crime in the 1950s. Unlike many other masked heroes, who the federal government forces to reveal their identity, she admits no secret identity but admits she is an Amazon. However, she continues to use the alias Diana Prince.<ref name=avjs />

During this period, Diana explores her romantic interest in her longtime crime-fighting partner, Steve Trevor. Diana reveals herself as Wonder Woman to him; although initially taken aback, Trevor marries her. Diana later retires from active duty in the Navy and becomes a housewife, raising their daughter [[Fury (DC Comics)|Hippolyta "Lyta" Trevor]] (named after Diana's mother).<ref name=ww300>''Wonder Woman'' #300</ref>

====Later adventures====
Diana rejoined the (reformed) Justice Society of America during the 1960s; she was one of the JSA members placed in [[suspended animation]] by JSA villain [[Vandal Savage]], and was freed by [[Barry Allen]].<ref name=f137>''The Flash'' #137 (1963)</ref> However, she preferred to spend her time at home raising her daughter. During this time, Earth-Two Diana met her younger Earth-One counterpart.<ref>''Justice League'' #100–101</ref><ref>''Wonder Woman'' #228</ref> She was later summoned by the god Mercury (with other heroes of Earth-2, Earth-1 and Earth-S) when beast-man [[Kull of Atlantis]] wanted to destroy humanity on all three earths after capturing the elders (who empowered the [[Marvel Family]]). She helped stop Queen Clea, one of his henchmen, from taking over the Earth-Two Atlantis in a story involving the [[Squadron of Justice]]. The Wonder Women became good friends.<ref name=ww300 />

Diana was one of the Justice Society members ambushed by her earth's Superman (under the control of the Ultra Humanite) and drowned in Koehaha, the river of evil. She, Superman, Hawkman, Green Lantern, Robin and the Atom committed a number of crimes as they sought to act on their deepest desires, and fought their children/proteges (the newly formed Infinity Inc) in the process. Diana fought her daughter to a standstill and nearly killed Hawkman's son, the Silver Scarab, as she sought to rob a museum. Her goal was to obtain a rare herb said to confer eternal life and give it to her husband so that she would not have to face decades alone when Steve inevitably died before she did. She accidentally injured Steve in the battle and took him to Paradise Island for healing. Eventually, Diana and her teammates were freed from the water's influence and she went back to her retirement with a recovering Steve

====''Crisis on Infinite Earths''====
Diana continued in her role as an elder stateswoman in the superhero community until the ''[[Crisis on Infinite Earths]]'' came to Earth-Two and erased its existence. She fought well and was protected from erasure at the end of the crisis by ascending to Mount Olympus with her husband. Both were forgotten by the history of the new Primary Earth, except for their daughter<ref>''Infinity, Inc.'' #27</ref> (who was reformatted into the new universe as the daughter of Helena Kosmatos: Fury of World War II).

====''Infinite Crisis''====

When the new, post-crisis Wonder Woman broke up a riot in [[Boston]], she was interrupted by a woman she thought was her mother (Queen Hippolyta); Hippolyta was the [[Golden Age of Comics|golden-age]] Wonder Woman via [[time travel]] in her continuity. The intruder identified herself as Earth-Two Wonder Woman Diana Prince, who left Mount Olympus to guide Diana. She advised her post-''Crisis'' counterpart to be "the one thing you haven't been for a very long time...human".<ref name=ic5 /> She urged Diana to intervene in a fight between [[Superman]] and his counterpart, [[Kal-L]]. Having left Mount Olympus, with her gods' blessings gone, Diana Prince faded away.

===Wonder Woman (Earth-One)===
====Volume One====
The demigod [[Hercules (DC Comics)|Hercules]] has captured [[Hippolyta (DC Comics)|Queen Hippolyta]] and several other [[Amazons (DC Comics)|Amazons]], degrading the queen in front of her subjects. Hippolyta begs for aid from [[Aphrodite (DC Comics)|Aphrodite]], who reveals that Hippolyta must reclaim her girdle to protect from harm against Hercules. She does so, and seduces Hercules long enough to break his neck with her own chains. She then frees her fellow Amazons and defeat Hercules's band of soldiers. The queen once again prays to Aphrodite to retire the Amazons from the world of man.

3,000 years later, Wonder Woman returns to [[Themyscira (DC Comics)|Paradise Island]] where she is placed under arrest for consorting in "man's world". The trial is witnessed by [[Moirai|the Fates]], as well as a crowd of Amazons including Nubia. Diana begins her story by recalling a moment with Althea, keeper of the Purple Ray. Diana uses the ray to heal Dindra, an injured deer. Althea asks if Diana will participate in the games to honor the goddess Diana, but she replies that her mother Hippolyta does not wish her to as she would have an unfair advantage with her powers. During the festival, Diana appears wearing the lion headdress of Hercules, then runs off while the others chase after her. Diana travels to the shore, where she finds a man who falls to the ground.

In the present time, Hippolyta calls Althea forward to testify. Althea explains that she went to identify a noise in her laboratory, but when she returned, the Purple Ray had disappeared, suggesting Diana took it. Diana reveals she took the ray to heal the man, [[Steve Trevor]]. She later challenged the champion [[Mala (Amazon)|Mala]] to a battle. Diana wins, and claims Mala's swan plane. Later, Hippolyta scolds Diana for her actions. She smells a familiar fragrance on Diana, then realizes it must be a man. After Diana leaves, she orders the Amazons to search out Paradise Island and find him.

Elsewhere, Diana leads Steve to the swan plane, but is ambushed by Mala and several others. Mala is then called to testify in the present time. She angrily states that Diana broke tradition. Mala chases after Diana's plane but Diana manages to escape. Mala returns to Hippolyta, who plans to recruit [[Medusa (DC Comics)|Medusa]] from the Underworld.

Diana flies Steve back to the United States and brings him to a hospital. While in the hospital, Diana finds many elderly women who are dying and begins to panic. She attempts to flee, but she is confronted by several soldiers. She fights them off, then decides to leave. In the present, [[Etta Candy]], called Beth, is summoned to testify. She recalls her first meeting with Diana: the bus carrying her and the [[Holliday Girls]] crashes and falls off a cliff, but Diana saves them. Beth scolds Hippolyta for her treatment of her daughter.

Later, Steve is questioned by authorities until Diana and the Holliday Girls appear. Steve then coins the name "Wonder Woman" for the Amazon. Beth then remembers how she created Wonder Woman's costume for her. Soon after, Medusa attacks the hotel they were staying in and turns Steve into stone. The Amazons confront Diana and order her to come with them. She does so, under the promise of a trial.

In present time, Steve's stone body is brought forth. Diana reveals she worked on the Purple Ray for it to affect men, and heals Steve from his petrification. Diana calls Hippolyta forward to testify, and discovers that she was born from Hercules's seed. Diana forgives Hippolyta's lies and embraces her, then travels back to the United States to complete her journey as Wonder Woman.

===Kingdom Come===
Kingdom Come Wonder Woman: In the Kingdom Come storyline by Mark Waid and Alex Ross, Wonder Woman is depicted as a hardened warrior who has become more aggressive in her methods of justice. She wears a black variation of her classic costume and carries a sword, reflecting a darker and more uncompromising version of the character.

===Flashpoint===
Flashpoint Wonder Woman: In the Flashpoint universe, Wonder Woman's origins are drastically altered. She is portrayed as the fierce queen of the Amazons, leading them into a war with Aquaman's Atlanteans. This version of Diana is more ruthless and willing to resort to extreme measures in order to achieve her goals.

===Red Son===
Red Son Wonder Woman: In the DC Elseworlds story Superman: Red Son, Wonder Woman is reimagined as a Soviet Union ally and participant in the Cold War. Her character embodies Soviet ideologies, fighting against the American superhero, Superman.

===Earth 11===
Earth-11 Wonder Woman: On Earth-11, also known as the "Gender Reversed Earth," most of the DC superheroes are of the opposite gender. Wonder Woman is portrayed as Wonder Man, an Amazon warrior and member of the Justice Guild.

===Absolute Wonder Woman===
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The series focuses on a version of Wonder Woman who was raised in Hell rather than Themyscira as in most depictions of the character. Written by [[Kelly Thompson]] and illustrated by Hayden Sherman, it was announced as part of DC Comics's [[Absolute Universe]] imprint. Absolute Wonder Woman began publication on October 23, 2024.