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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