Who WAS Nubia? "War of the Wonder Women" Conclusion

When Last We Left Our Heroines...

Note: Nubia does not wear the outfit shown on this kool Nick Cardy-illustrated cover in the actual story!

...the secret origin of Nubia (aka Wonder Woman of the Floating Island) is revealed...she's Princess Diana's sister, created from clay at the same time as Diana!

Now, the long-term plan of Mars, God of War against the Amazons, utilizing Nubia as his pawn, has been implemented, so...

LET'S GET READY TO RUMBLE!!!

You'd think after making Nubia the lynchpin of Wonder Woman's return to being a super-powered heroine (with a lot of attendant publicity) she would've become an integral part of the DC Universe, right!

Instead...well, just be here next week for the conclusion of the Bronze Age Saga of Nubia!

Here's what you'll see...

(Yes, that's REAL!)

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Who WAS Nubia? "War of the Wonder Women" Part 1

We met Nubia HERE and learned a little about her HERE...

...but now, previously-unrevealed secrets come to light!

It all begins after Wonder Woman breaks up a protest involving women vs. men...

(Hey, it was the early '70s, the heyday of Women's Lib!)

Note: for a brief time, Diana Prince worked as a translator at the UN, rooming with two other translators...whose names were never revealed to readers!

Here's where a major retcon (alteration of past history) occurs...

So what did the God of War want with Hippolyte's other daughter?

Like most villains, he loves to review his plans...

(although you really have to ask "why didn't he wait until Nubia had also been given all the "Gifts of the Gods?")

Now...

LET SLIP THE DOGS OF WAR!

Well, dear reader, you already know, but Princess Diana will have to wait until

NEXT WEDNESDAY

to find out!

But we can tell you this...

DC had major plans for Nubia!

When this book...

...Secret Origins of the Super DC Heroes, was published in 1976, this story was included!

The book ran both the first-published "origin" story of each character, but also a later (usually expanded) version!
For Wonder Woman, they included her origin from DC's Wonder Woman #1 (1942) and this story from DC's Wonder Woman #206 (1973)!
Considering they had just retold Diana's "classic" origin two issues earlier in #204, why not run that instead of this story, which really features Nubia's origin, if they didn't intend to "play up" the character?
We'll explore this further next week!

One hint...ACTION FIGURES!

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Countdown to Halloween 2020 SUPERGIRL "Sinister Snowman" Conclusion

We Have Already Seen...

...we haven't seen the situation this somewhat misleading cover by Bob Oksner portrays, but we have seen both Supergirl and Zatanna travel (separately) to the Himalayas to find a missing Peace Corps volunteer they both met (separately, at different times) and both (separately) became infatuated with...

So, I guess they should have let him die?
I'll never understand women...in stories written by men!
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Countdown to Halloween 2020 SUPERGIRL "Sinister SnowMan" Part 2

When Last We Left the CW's Favorite Heroine...

...both she and Zatanna the magician are heading for the Himalayas to find Tony Martin, a missing Peace Corps member they both recently met (at different times) and became enamored of!

You think ridiculous coincidences abound in this never-reprinted tale from DC's Supergirl #7 (1973)?

Wait until the final chapter...when heroines meet...

TOMORROW!

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Countdown to Halloween 2020 SUPERGIRL "Sinister Snowman" Part 1

Yes, you read it right...

...this tale is not from Adventure Comics, but the Girl of Steel's first, short-lived and little-reprinted Bronze Age series!

"Turn to Part 2"...

TOMORROW!

This never-reprinted tale by writer Cary Bates, penciler Art Saff, and inker Vince Colletta, from DC's Supergirl #7 (1973) is a Bronze Age throwback to the Silver Age!

A literally "out of nowhere" infatuation/romance for not one but two heroines!
Magic being treated as "unexplained science"!
("Any sufficiently-advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic!" --Arthur C Clarke)
Some really-unlikely coincidences, like both Supergirl and Zatanna deciding at that exact moment to check of on Tony....

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