MORE: Darkseid Joins The Justice League in New Comic Wonder Woman is an American comic book superheroine created by the American psychologist and writer William Moulton Marston (pen name: Charles Moulton), 2 and artist Harry G. Whatever the case, Diana and readers will not soon forget that Wonder Woman's power is deflecting bullets for a reason. The issue doesn't reveal what Raven of the Teen Titans will do for her new patient, meaning fans will need to see how much damage is done in Justice League #43. Leaving Superman to protect the political mess from turning into a bloodbath, Flash transports Diana to the only person who may be equipped to cure a daughter of the gods. Not long after Superman acts predictably and tries to carry her away to safety, The Flash arrives to show that strategy has its benefits. Urging Superman to cauterize the wound with his heat vision, Wonder Woman learns firsthand just how badly the power can sting.īut that doesn't solve the problem taking place in either her neck, or their immediate surroundings. The shocking reveal of a wounded Diana bleeding out concludes Justice League #41, but Issue #42 shows Superman leaping into action. Wonder Woman may be blessed with some accelerated healing and super-strength due to her divine nature, but that does no good when her body needs its blood as much as a normal human being. But for Diana standing next to him, a ricochet is all it takes. The bullets are harmless to the Man of Steel, of course. With Lex Luthor's forces arriving (and escalating the tension), the evil plotting of the tyrant Red Lion (an African dictator introduced in Priest's Deathstroke: Rebirth), and general distrust of the League following the Watchtower crash-landing on foreign soil, it's a complete mess.Īll things considered, one of the innocent, unsuspecting children Diana wants to protect pulling a gun and firing at the man wearing the Superman 'S' isn't a shock (and likely the kind of action all the antagonists were waiting for). But when Diana starts to wonder if the League really is dragging their feet because of the nationality, ethnicity, or class of the victims, she too loses sight of the reality they face. First, it's hundreds of lives - those of men, women, and children - about to be shot down by their tribal enemies and a militia that wants them all dead. RELATED: Cyborg Becomes The Justice League's New LeaderĪnd so we arrive at the answer to the question, 'what could possibly make Diana so distracted she forgets to deflect a bullet headed straight for her throat?' Tap to play GIF ABC In 2009, there was an animated movie, with WW in a VERY high cut leotard. he dropped them into the heart of a tribal/national/military standoff in Africa, and watched as the world's greatest heroes were turned completely powerless. After being sabotaged by the Justice League's biggest psychopathic superfan, the team realized their enemy wasn't trying to kill them one by one. This mortal wounding of an immortal demigoddess is just the latest emergency facing the League under writer Christopher Priest. It isn't easy to take Wonder Woman by surprise, but given the political crisis the League is facing in the current comics, the last thing on Diana's mind was what happens after bullets bounce harmlessly off of Superman's bulletproof chest. The life-threatening injury is the result of a freak accident in DC's main Justice League comic series. Wonder Woman was the guest speaker for an anti-bullying detention class.WARNING: This article contains SPOILERS for Justice League #42ĭC reminds comic fans that Wonder Woman can still be taken down by one lucky shot, with the Amazon fighting for her life against her true nemesis: blood loss. Bounty Hunter decided to use her dignity against her by having a class of bullies deal with her. Bounty Hunter asked Wonder Woman to surrender and be his slave, which she rejected coldly. Even with her goddesses' artifacts, he overpowered her and defeated her. But she underestimated him, not knowing that he had been surveilling her to know her fighting patterns and her schedules. Being captured by Bounty Hunter, Wonder Woman was given an opportunity to fight him one to one, to defeat him once and for all. On the very last day before the heroine goes on a long radio-silence holiday, Wonder Woman falls into Bounty Hunter's trap when trying to rescue a group of policemen from a deadly ambush.

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