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As one of the few prominent mothers in comic book her portrayal is always weak or negative,silver age hippolyta is a liar, bronze age was raped and with the reboot now participates in adultery.

Her origin change is an excuse for the writer, Wonder Woman is a hard to write character and hard to sell to majority of readers. Adding Zeus sends a message that her source of power is a man it eases the male readers that she is still under a man and makes them comfortable at the same time making stories related to Greek myth which is popular.

@Deranged Midget said:

She's not the strongest female in DC. Both Powergirl and Supergirl outmatch her in sheer physical strength.

Diana is still an overall better fighter though.

Scans?

Blame the artist and WW in JL#3 reminds me of Starfire.

@Eyelash30 said:

I think Wonder Woman's foes were corny at most. Ares is a GOD for heavens sake and how does Wonder Woman really win any fight with an immortal like herself or Ares for a matter of fact if death isn't plausible ? Seriously- Wonder Woman can stop a GOD? A proverbial act of a god?

1) Duke of Deception 2) Circe 3) Giganta 4) Deimos 5) Decay 6) Silver Swan

WW powers pre-reboot comes from 6 GODS thats enough to beat Ares and shes the daughter of Zeus now. And the Ares marvel version is worse gets killed by sentry and one-shot by She-hulk and strength level is at 75tons and they call him a GOD pathetic.

Maxima>Wonder Woman>Power Girl>Super Girl

Show me a scan of PG and SG that can top WW feats.

@Afro_Warrior said:

@Delete me: I haven't read that story, but did Hippolyta decide to show mercy on them because they were her royal guard? If that isn't the case i don't really know how to respond and would have to give the lame answer that, its no longer in continuity, with the reboot.

Edit: After wiki-ing that story, i now definately think its not in continuity anymore since Diana's origin is no longer the created from clay one, that The Circle uses.

I'm not sure if its still cannon we still don't know how did Zeus father Diana did she rape hippy or had a romance with her or his the one who brought the clay Diana to life. Her powers are in question does she get them from her father side or from the other gods. And if its not cannon DC really made Diana and the amazons savages.

@Afro_Warrior said:

@Delete me: I'm not saying that Amazons hate men, if my post made it seem that way i apologise for not making my beliefs clear. However at the top of the scan, Waller asks if WW could take them to the island, and Trevor says she wouldn't even if she could. Now its the part i've underlined that i find interesting, because i think it implies that she wasn't sent on a peace mission by the Amazons to the world of men, and that instead it follows the Justice League Animated origin of having her exiled from Paradise island.

I know i'm assuming a lot with my ideas but if that is the case it helps to explain her actions, since in an Amazon society. For all we know, this was her first piece of real 'superhero' work and so because she was new to the world, she assumed the world of 'men' would treat violent criminals in the way an Amazon society would be likely to. It's not like Wonder Woman is now going to be DC's punisher. It's just that an inexperienced hero is likely to treat criminals the way she was raised to, which in her case would be to kill them if they felt it was justified or that their was no other option. Since she hasn't yet adapted to this new world and culture.

We don't really have a whole lot to work on, but we'll probably learn more about early Wonder Woman's attitude in JL#3.

Sorry I misinterpreted what your saying. Amazons have rules on their islands for criminals perfect example of this are the circle Hippolyta's royal guards who tried to kill an infant Diana none of them were sentenced to death instead they are keep as prisoners, Hippolyta then visit each prisoner everyday and promise to free them if they will repent. Even criminals are treated nice only to show that amazons follow a certain law.

@MrDirector786 said:

Actually, having read through all the other posts in this thread, I guess it's okay that she's more like an Amazon but at the same time, I really hope that she only kills as a last resort and doesn't do it on a regular basis. Killing doesn't necessarily make a hero cool at all and I really hope that the writers get that.

@Afro_Warrior said:

@Delete me: I can understand that sentiment and i admit if it was a character i'd followed for a long time, i would want writers to avoid changing them. But the Wonder Woman that Waller is learning about in the scan is one who has just left Paradise Island and only been in the world of men for a few months. So her killing makes sense considering the fact that Amazons wouldn't view killing men who they judge as being worthy of death as anything abnormal.

BlackArmor above probably has it right, and the Wonder Woman we see in the present isn't likely to go around killing any and all criminals she comes across. But for me at least, its nice to know that her amazon upbringing hasn't been ignored and that every now and again she may revert back to the deadly amazon that she is.

Amazons are not man-haters not until this reboot they are for equality and Diana's mission is to bring peace slitting someones throat is not sending the peace message to the new world she is in she has superspeed and reflexes able to catch flash she could just disarm the guy and subdue him like she did to this guy.