Wonder Woman FAQ Part 2

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Amazons, amazons, amazons

1) Are there any other amazons in the DCU apart from the Themyscirans?
Yes, a fair amount. After the original Themysciran city was destroyed and the Amazons defeated Heracles army, they split into two tribes. One tribe, now called the Themyscirans, followed Hippolyta to the island Themyscira. The other tribe followed Antiope, Hippolyta’s sister, to pursue the remainder of Heracles’ and Theseus’ army to Thebes. However, when Theseus pleaded forgiveness and declared his love for Antiope, the two were married. After years of peace Antiope was murdered by Theseus’ ex-wife Ariadne, while her daughter Phthia is framed for it herself by Menallipus, Theseus’ son and hater of the amazons. Thus begins the age of bloodshed for Antiope’s tribe. The Amazons build the city of Bana Mighdall in Egypt and reside there for thousands of years, using the local men to procreate while they sell their services as mercenaries and weapons-dealers.

Years later Antiope’s descendents are discovered by Diana, and the city is levelled as she fights their own champion, Shim’ Tar. Afterwards, Circe takes advantage of the Bana Mighdall Amazons and transports them to the island Themyscira to claim the island for themselves. Eventually they are granted a piece of the island to use as home, and subsequently gain the gift of immortality that had been bestowed on the Themyscirans. The two tribes currently reside on the New Themyscira together in peace.

It is believed that from Antiope’s tribe of amazons there have been a number of splinter groups that have spread across the world. Lex Luthor’s Amazonian bodyguards Hope and Mercy have been speculated to be from some splintered tribe, or possibly from Bana Mighdall, though their origins remain unexplained. Others remain, however, unheard of.

Memory mix ups

1) I seem to remember Wonder Woman flying an Invisible Plane, does it still exist?
The Invisible Plane was for a long time simply a Pre-Crisis invention used because Wonder Woman couldn't fly. You'd think that in modern continuity a flying Wonder Woman would have no need of such a vehicle. Well, you'd be wrong. Around issue 118 or so of Wonder Woman, the invisible plane was reintroduced, with a new near-omnipotent twist...

 Wonder Woman's invisible jet is formed from alien technology that comes from an alien being, once part of the mysterious collective called 'The Ring'. It was granted her by the Lansinarians as a gift, and has the incredible power to take on the form of anything she desires it to be. At first she used it as a plane, but it has also served her as a submarine, chariot and various other vehicles. In its plane form it was Hippolyta's main mode of transportation during her tenure as Wonder Woman when she travelled back in time to the 1940s. Back in the present, the technology served Diana as the Wonder Dome, a hovering place of solitude as the heroine went through a period of deep introspection.  Most recently the technology has been used to reconstruct Themyscira, as well as providing Diana with a new and improved Invisible Jet, one of the most capable stealth aircraft in the DCU. What is perhaps most interesting to note about the technology, is its consciousness. The technology is like a primitive lifeform, and is seen to be quite devoted to Diana. It often acts upon its own initiative to protect her and provide her with the most comfortable and efficient environment at the time.