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This is a list of Wonder Woman supporting characters.
In alphabetical order (with issue and date of first appearance).
| Character | First appearance | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Amazons | All Star Comics #8 (December 1941) | A nation of eternally youthful and super-powerful women. Notable Amazons include General Antiope, oracle Menalippe, weaponsmith Io, would-be Wonder Woman Orana, and sorceress Magala. [1] |
| Artemis of Bana-Mighdall | Wonder Woman (vol. 2) #90 (September 1994) | Brash champion of a lost tribe of Amazons, who successfully challenged Diana for the title of Wonder Woman and now is a major leader among the Amazons. |
| Etta Candy | Sensation Comics #2 (February 1942) | Rotund, chocolate-loving, plucky, and fearless leader of the Beta Lambda sorority at Holiday College, Etta was Wonder Woman's close friend and sidekick. [2] She later became secretary for General Blankenship of the War Department, during the period that the comics series shifted to World War II stories to reflect the first season of the Wonder Woman TV series. Post-Crisis, Candy was an Air Force officer and later agent in the Department of Metahuman Affairs. Etta was Wonder Woman's best friend and became Steve Trevor's wife but was later retconned into a relationship with Doctor Barbara Minerva. [3] [4] |
| Gods of Olympus | All Star Comics #8 (December 1941) | The gods of Classical Greek mythology, worshiped by the Amazons. [5] Originally, the patron goddesses worshiped by the amazons were Aphrodite and Athena. Post-Crisis, they were joined by Hestia, Artemis, and Demeter. [6] |
| Queen Hippolyta | All Star Comics #8 (December 1941) | The queen of the Amazons and Wonder Woman's mother, who fashioned Diana from clay, which was given life and powers by the gods. She has at times, taken up the mantel of Wonder Woman in her daughters absence. |
| Julia and Vanessa Kapatelis | Wonder Woman (vol. 2) #3 (April 1987) | A Harvard scholar, Julia and her daughter Vanessa became some of Wonder Woman's earliest friends in the Post-Crisis timeline. Diana spent years with Julia and Vanessa, forming a familial bond while she was away from Themyscira. [7] Vanessa would later be tortured and brainwashed into becoming the super villain Silver Swan but was able to recover with the help of Diana. [8] |
| Mala | All Star Comics #8 (December 1941) | Wonder Woman's closest friend among the Amazons, Mala was the first runner-up in the contest to determine who would enter Man's World as Wonder Woman and later became the head of the Amazons’ therapeutic center Reformation Island. |
| Nubia | Wonder Woman #204 (January 1973) | Originally Diana's long-lost twin sister who was raised by Ares. Later incarnations have seen Nubia as a demon-hunter and resident of Themyscira. She has held the title of both 'Wonder Woman' and Queen of Themyscira. [9] |
| Paula von Gunther | Sensation Comics #4 (April 1942) | Wonder Woman's first recurring nemesis, the Baroness Paula Von Gunther was a ruthless Nazi spymaster, evil scientist, and femme fatale who later became Wonder Woman's close friend and chief Amazon scientist. Later adaptations would update Paula into being the child of Neo-Nazi terrorists rather than a Nazi herself. [10] |
| General Phil Darnell | Sensation Comics #3 (March 1942) | Col. (later Gen.) Darnell supervised Steve Trevor's work at Military Intelligence and hired Diana Prince as his secretary. Later, he was head of the Air Force's Special Assignments Branch, tasked with intervening in crises before they develop. This character was replaced with General Blankenship in the first season of the 1970s television series. He was reinstated as Colonel Darnell in the 2017 theatrical film adaptation. |
| Philippus | Wonder Woman (vol. 2) #1 (February 1987) | General of the Amazons and one of Queen Hippolyta's most trusted warriors as well as her lover. [11] Philippus is one of the amazons responsible for training Princess Diana. In September 2011, The New 52 rebooted DC's continuity. Philippus was not seen in this new timeline, but she did return following the May 2016 DC Rebirth as a prominent amazon. |
| Steve Trevor | All Star Comics #8 (December 1941) | An intelligence officer in the United States Army during World War II whose plane crashed in the isolated homeland of the Amazons, Capt. (later Major) Trevor became the paramour of Wonder Woman while, unbeknownst to him, working at U.S. Military Intelligence alongside Wonder Woman in her secret identity, Diana Prince. Post-Crisis, Trevor was an Air Force officer and war veteran. [12] Steve Trevor was also the son of Diana Trevor, aviatrix who crashed onto the Amazons’ island home and died in a battle to save the Amazons. Later designated Deputy Secretary of Defense and then leader of the Department of Metahuman Affairs, Trevor married Etta Candy and remained Diana's close friend. After the events of Rebirth, Steve returned as a young man in origins similar to his Golden Age counterpart, with as romantic connection to Diana, although they would eventually part ways. [13] |
| Wonder Girl | Wonder Woman #105 (1958) | Wonder Girl is the name of four separate characters in the DC Universe. The first was Diana as a child, called Wonder Girl during the Silver Age. Later, Wonder Girl was a codename used by Donna Troy, Diana's adoptive sister, when she joined the Teen Titans. Cassandra "Cassie" Sandsmark, daughter of Zeus and Helena Sandsmark, became the third Wonder Girl and joined Wonder Woman on several adventures. A young Brazilian Amazon by the name of Yara Flor was given the title of 'Wonder Girl' by Diana after she defended Themyscira from monsters, although she largely acts independently from Diana. [14] |
Separated in chronological clusters, by major periods in the publication history of the Wonder Woman comic book.
Characters who appeared before the continuity-altering series Crisis on Infinite Earths .
In September 2011, The New 52 rebooted DC's continuity. A number of Wonder Woman characters were first introduced in this new timeline.
Characters related to Wonder Woman but were not supporting characters in the Wonder Woman comic book.
Wonder Woman supporting characters created in other media, with no appearances in previous comics.
| Character | Media | Actor/Actress | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bryce Candall | Wonder Woman (TV series) | Bob Seagren | A genetically enhanced man who was indestructible and became information technology officer for IADC's Los Angeles field office |
| Dale Hawthorn | Wonder Woman (TV series) | John Durren | Head of IADC Los Angeles field office. This character was intended to be Diana's new boss for the fourth season which was never produced due to a lack of new cast members for the series and low ratings. |
| Eve | Wonder Woman (TV series) | Saundra Sharp | Steve's assistant at the IADC |
| General Phil Blankenship | Wonder Woman (TV series) | John Randolph, Richard Eastham | Head of the War Department office at which Steve, Etta, and Diana worked. He is essentially the comic book character, General Phil Darnell, with a new surname. |
| IRAC | Wonder Woman (TV series) | Tom Kratochvil | Information Retrieval Associative Computer, super-intelligent computer for IADC. IRAC deduces that Diana is Wonder Woman, but does not divulge her secret. |
| Joe Atkinson | Wonder Woman (TV series) | Norman Burton | A weathered IADC agent who supervised Steve and Diana. Like Wonder Woman, he conducted special operations in the European Theater in World War II, but the two are not known to have met. |
| Rover | Wonder Woman (TV series) | A small mobile robot that is an offshoot of IRAC and performs duties such as delivering coffee and sorting mail |
Some supporting characters from the comic books have made an appearance, or appearances, in other media featuring Wonder Woman.
Wonder Woman is a superheroine created by the American psychologist and writer William Moulton Marston, and artist Harry G. Peter in 1941 for DC Comics. Marston's wife, Elizabeth, and their life partner, Olive Byrne, are credited as being his inspiration for the character's appearance.
Diana Prince is a fictional character appearing regularly in stories published by DC Comics, as the secret identity of the Amazonian superhero Wonder Woman, who bought the credentials and identity from a United States Army nurse named Diana Prince. The original Diana went to South America and married her fiancé to become Diana White. The character debuted in Sensation Comics #1 and was created by Charles Moulton and H. G. Peter.
Wonder Girl is the alias of multiple superheroines featured in comic books published by DC Comics. Donna Troy, the original Wonder Girl, was created by Bob Haney and Bruno Premiani and first appeared in The Brave and the Bold #60. The second Wonder Girl, Cassie Sandsmark, was created by John Byrne and first appeared in Wonder Woman #105. Both are protégées of Wonder Woman and members of different incarnations of the Teen Titans. The alias has also been used in reference to a younger version of Wonder Woman as a teenager. In the 2020s, DC introduced a third Wonder Girl in Yara Flor, who hails from a Brazilian tribe of Amazons and was shown in a flashforward to one day succeed Diana as Wonder Woman.
General Steven Rockwell Trevor is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly in association with the superhero Wonder Woman. The character was created by William Moulton Marston and first appeared in All Star Comics #8. Steve Trevor is a trusted friend, love interest, and partner of Wonder Woman who introduced her to "Man's World", and has served as her United Nations liaison. He is the first foreigner to have ever set foot on Themyscira and the first ambassador to open diplomatic relations with the Amazons.
Themyscira is a fictional unitary sovereign city-state and archipelagic island nation appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Previously known as Paradise Island and the Amazon Isles, it first appeared in All Star Comics #8.
Queen Hippolyta is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC comics, based on the Amazon queen Hippolyta from Greek mythology. Introduced in 1941 during the Golden Age of Comic Books, she is the queen of the Amazons of Themyscira, the mother of Wonder Woman, and in some continuities, the adopted mother of Donna Troy.
Artemis of Bana-Mighdall is a fictional Amazon superheroine and antihero, a comic book character published by DC Comics. The character was created by William Messner-Loebs and Mike Deodato, and debuted in Wonder Woman #90 as a rival to Princess Diana of Themyscira. Artemis had briefly succeeded Diana as the new Wonder Woman, but was later killed while assuming the role, fulfilling a prophecy of Wonder Woman dying. After her death, Artemis was sent to the Underworld, but eventually returned to the world of the living.
Antiope is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, usually as a supporting character in stories featuring Wonder Woman and the Amazons of Paradise Island/Themyscira. Created by writer Dan Mishkin and visualized by artist Don Heck, she first appeared in Wonder Woman #312, and is based on the mythological Antiope, one of the mythological Amazons.
Cassandra "Cassie" Sandsmark, also known as Wonder Girl, is a superheroine appearing in DC Comics. She was created by John Byrne and first appeared in Wonder Woman #105. The second Wonder Girl, Cassie is a sidekick of the superheroine Wonder Woman and has been featured as a member of the Teen Titans.
Etta Candy is a fictional character appearing in DC Comics publications and related media, commonly in association with Wonder Woman. Spirited and vivacious, with a devil-may-care attitude, Etta debuted as a young white woman with red hair in 1942's Sensation Comics #2, written by Wonder Woman's creator William Moulton Marston.
Nubia is a fictional character appearing in DC Comics publications and related media, commonly as an ally of Wonder Woman. Historically, she is DC Comics' first black female superhero. Originally introduced in 1973 as Wonder Woman's long-lost fraternal twin, today the character is depicted as one of Wonder Woman's oldest and closest friends. Created by Robert Kanigher and Don Heck, Nubia debuted in 1973's Wonder Woman #204 and appeared intermittently throughout Wonder Woman's Bronze Age adventures.
The Olympian Gods are characters based upon classical mythology who appear primarily in Wonder Woman, Captain Marvel and Aquaman comics.
Wonder Woman of Earth-Two is a fictional DC Comics superheroine, from the original stories by Wonder Woman writer and creator, William Moulton Marston and his wife Elizabeth Holloway Marston. After DC Comics established a multiverse in their published stories, which explained how heroes could have been active before World War II, retain their youth, and (subsequent) origins during the 1960s, this version of Wonder Woman was retconned merging with the original Wonder Woman who first appeared in All Star Comics #8.
"Gods and Mortals" is a seven issue comic book story arc plotted and drawn by George Pérez, with scripting by Greg Potter and Len Wein.
"Challenge of the Gods" was a seven issue comic book story arc written and drawn by George Pérez, with co-writing by Len Wein. It is the second arc of the Wonder Woman title that was, at the time, recently relaunched.
Zeus is a fictional deity in the DC Comics universe, an interpretation of Zeus from Greek mythology. His appearances are most significant in stories of Wonder Woman. With the 2011 relaunch of DC Comics dubbed The New 52, Zeus has received a prominent role in the Wonder Woman mythos, as he is now the biological father of Wonder Woman through Hippolyta.
Wonder Woman: Earth One is a series of graphic novels published by DC Comics as part of the Earth One line. The series is written by Grant Morrison and illustrated by Yanick Paquette. Volume One of the series was released on April 6, 2016, while Volume Two was released on October 3, 2018. Volume Three was released on March 9, 2021.
The Legend of Wonder Woman is a series starring Wonder Woman, published by DC Comics. The series was created by Renae De Liz, with colors, inks, and letters by her husband, Ray Dillon. It functions as a modern retelling of Wonder Woman's Golden Age origin, with heavy influence from the original comics by William Moulton Marston. The series was nominated for the Eisner Award for Best Digital/Webcomic.
"The Lies" is a seven issue comic book story arc written by Greg Rucka, with pencils by Liam Sharp and colors by Laura Martin.
"The Truth" is a seven issue comic book story arc written by Greg Rucka, with pencils by Liam Sharp and colors by Laura Martin.
