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Nubia by Jay Hero

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Family Trees of the Multiverse: Wonder Family

A family tree combining all the different branches of the multiverse (that I am aware of; there is always the chance I might not know something) into one.

First, the usual: Color-coded for continuity so you can see more easily who exists in the same continuity with each other. Major colors are:

Prime Earth: black

New Earth: red

Pre-Crisis: orangeEarth-2: purple

Earth-22: pinkish-purple

Earth-34: pink

Earth-686: light blue

Some additional notes, because their retconned-trice-over origins are confusing, even when color coded:

Pre-Crisis Nubia was created by Hippolyta as Diana’s clay-twin. New Earth Nubia has no noted parentage whatsoever, also she’s now spelled Nu’Bia. Current continuity Nubia is the rebirth of the human princess Zahava, daughter of King Zanil and an unnamed queen.

Donna is a fucking mess;

Pre-Crisis: orphan who got adopted by Hippolyta, no notable parentage

New Earth (1): teen mom Dorothy Hinckley gives her up for adoption

New Earth (2): Carl and Fay Stacey adopt her, Carl dies, Fay gives her back up for adoption

New Earth (3): Lady Rhea adopts her, giving her the last name Troy, but sends her back to Earth as a teenager

New Earth (4): teenager Donna gets adopted by Hippolyta

New Earth (5): actually that was all fake, the witch Magala created her as a clone of Diana using a magic mirror

Prime Earth: the witch Derinoe creates her as a clone and the “true heir” to Hippolyta

Earth-2: Donna is the biological daughter of Diana and Steppenwolf

Donna’s 7th origin relates to the New 52 retcon, as of which Diana is no longer created from clay (which she consistently had been in Pre-Crisis and New Earth continuity alike), but instead as the result of a regular affair and resulting pregnancy between Hippolyta and Zeus. Diana gets a twin again; not Nubia, but Jason.

Cassie is the tamest of the retcons. She went from direct daughter of Zeus to daughter of Lennox, a son of Zeus, making her the granddaughter of Zeus.

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love this call back to when Nubia was Nu’bia in the 2000s (Wonder Woman vol 2 #154) 

Nubia and the Amazons #3-4

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Nu’Bia & Diana. Sisters, take me to Themyscira 🙏❤️ also art spoiler alert: I’ve drawn this outfit 5 times the past 2 months

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hello do you mind explaining all the amazons?

All of them????

Okay uh I'll break down the ones i at least know about anyone who's deeper into the WonderFam please jump in I don't really interact with them that much.

But we've got

Diana Prince: Wonder Woman

Our Golden Age Princess of the Amazons. During the Golden and Silver ages she came from Paradise Island. She was truly animated clay here and several hundred years old by the time of WWII. During the Golden Age Diana married Steve Trevor and they had a daughter named Hippolyta "Lyta" Trevor. (My break down of Lyta would be an essay in itself and she's not really an Amazon so). Diana was a member of the JSA here.

During the Silver Age Diana also married Steve but no kids. She rescued Donna Troy from a fire and sent her to Paradise Island to be raised by Hippolyta making Donna and Diana sisters. This is the first timeline to mention Ares is her grandfather technically as he made Hippolyta. Diana lost her powers at some point. She got really really good at martial arts and then two years later got her powers back. She supposedly died during Infinite Crisis but then you know didn't. During Convergence she killed a vampire Joker. That was fun. In this timeline Diana was a founding member of the JLA.

Okay and post crisis New Earth Diana is the first one to say Diana is from Themyscira. It was still called Paradise Island sometimes. She was molded from clay. Diana in this time was not a founding member of the JLA but came to America after it was founded. (I think Infinite Crisis retconned her to be a founding member but idk) Diana has become a member of the Trinity alongside Batman (Bruce Wayne) and Superman (Clark Kent). 

The Prime Earth Diana is the one from Flashpoint and onwards. She’s now the daughter of Zeus. In New52 if I recall right she was made much much younger like in her 20s and explored mankind in the modern era. The Doomsday clock thing reestablished her WWII origins. She was also said again to have been born during probably the Hellenistic Period (they said classical antiquity and that’s you know just a few thousand years) She just helped out in Death Metals and is now doing something with Infinite Frontier unclear I don’t really know what Prime Earth Diana has been up to lately. 

So on Earth-Two, Earth-One, and New Earth Diana was the granddaughter of Ares and as such her life span was greatly extended. On Prime Earth as the direct daughter of Zeus she is immortal. 

Donna Troy: Troia/Wonder Girl 

Donna is a tricky one. She was introduced real quick to fill the girl role on the Teen Titans cause the boys were getting a little too gay. So started Silver Age Earth 1. Okay so basically her origin kept changing but the one that’s ‘canon’ is she was created to be a playmate for Diana but was abducted and kept being cursed to live tragic lives in New Cronus. Right around the Titans era okay Donna was rescued by Diana and brought back to Earth. Donna was the one to suggest the Teen Titans name. Donna is a member of the Fab Five along with Robin/Nightwing (Dick Grayson), Aqualad/Tempest (Garth of Shayaris), Kid Flash/Flash (Wally West), and Speedy/Arsenal (Roy Harper)

Donna married Terry Long when she was 19 and they had Robert, got divorced, they died in a car crash. 

After Crisis on Infinite Earth Donna sorta realized all those ‘lives’ she led were other version of her which she was all of now. And also Donna was believed to be the Goddess of the Moon. She had to stop a sun-eater or whatever but failed (Hal came in with a clutch it it’s cool)

Donna also had to fix some shit during Infinite Crisis and ended up on a Universe Hopping road trip with Kyle Rayner and Jason Todd to find Ray Palmer for Final Crisis or something. She was killed by a Superman Android during the Teen Titans/Young Justice Crossover. (Edit thanks to that anon for this I legit couldn’t remember how she died)

And Prime Earth Donna was made to destroy Diana. She you know didn’t. 

Look I’ll be real I know next to nothing about what the New52 tried to do with Donna. I just go by her original origins of being Diana’s sister. 

On Earth-One and New Earth Donna’s life span was greatly extended and on Prime Earth she is stated to be Immortal as on Prime Earth Amazonian’s on Themyscira were granted immortality. 

Nubia: 

She is like Diana’s twin made from darker clay on Earth-One which is the silver age Earth. Nubia was actually slightly older than Diana but she was stolen as a baby by Ares who was going by Mars. Mars/Ares is Nubia’s grandfather and he wanted her help in taking down the Amazons. Nubia was raised on Floating Island (or slaughter island as Mars/Ares called it). Nubia fought Diana and hesitated to kill her leading to a draw. Nubia returned to Floating Island and at some point Supergirl had to save her life from poison of some sort. 

On New Earth she went by Nu’Bia and was just a random Amazon, her job was to guard the Doom’s Doorway which is an entrance to the River Styx. She was not Diana’s sister. 

On Prime Earth Nubia is the daughter of Hippolyta and the half-sister of Diana not her twin. Nubia went undercover pretending to work with Darkseid before Themyscira could recover and rally to fight. Nubia is currently the Queen of the Amazons. She was given the crown by her mother, Hippolyta during the Dark Metals event. 

As with Donna on Earth-One and New Earth Nubia had a greatly extended lifespan and on Prime Earth Amazons are immortal. 

Cassie Sandsmark: Wonder Girl 

She is a New Earth entry who was for the new Young Justice team. She is the daughter of Zeus and Dr. Helena Sandsmark. Here as Ares is Cassie’s half-brother and technically the father of the Amazon’s this means Cassie is Diana’s great-aunt. 

Cassie as a girl was able to request a Boon of Zeus who she didn’t know was her father at the time I believe and demanded real superpowers. Her mother Helena was able to turn off Cassie’s superpowers at the start as well. Cassie was trained by Artemis for awhile. Cassie became Wonder Girl in honor of Donna Troy who handed over her old suit. Cassie joined Young Justice as a teenager and would later be on the Teen Titans. Cassie has become a part of the Core Four for Young Justice alongside Robin/Red Robin (Tim Drake), Superboy (Kon-El/Conner Kent), and Impulse (Bart Allen). 

Cassie’s best friends outside of the core four are Supergirl (Kara Zor-El) and Cissie King-Jones (Arrowette). Cassie and Conner Kent used to date as well and she was in love with him before he died during Infinite Crisis. 

On Prime Earth Cassie is the daughter of Lennox and the granddaughter of Zeus. In this version Diana is Cassie’s aunt not the other way around. Cassie is still a member of the Young Justice team here. I don’t exactly remember what was happening during the New52. She was still Cassie unlike Kon and Bart who’d been replaced. But during Rebirth she went with the other members of Young Justice to rescue Conner Kent from Gemworld. She is currently still a member of the Titans. 

On New Earth as the daughter of Zeus, Cassie is an immortal who would not age further once she reached her prime age (like 27 or so). On Prime Earth as the granddaughter of Zeus and the daughter of Lennox Cassie’s life is extremely extended. 

Artemis Grace:

Artemis of Bana-Mighdall comes from a separate group of Amazons not on Themyscira or Paradise Island. Bana-Mighdall is a tribe of Amazons in Egypt who left Greece millennia ago. 

On New Earth Artemis left her home at 14 and wound up working for Ra’s Al Ghul before returning to her home. There was a competition to see who would be the next Wonder Woman as Hippolyta foresaw Wonder Woman die and wished to spare her daughter the fate. Hippolyta ensured Artemis won the competition. Artemis was shunned by most of the world including the Justice League who refused to see her as the true Wonder Woman. Artemis was also thought to be too violent. Artemis would later die in a battle with a demon fulfilling the prophecy of Wonder Woman dying. 

Artemis got out of hell eventually and was given the job of training Cassie Sandsmark by Diana and would later train Supergirl in combat as well. 

On Prime Earth Artemis was raised being told she would be Queen of the Amazons. She was desperate to prove herself and wanted to be the Shim’Tar of the Bana Amazons. Artemis’ best friend and lover Akila was chosen instead. Without Akila by her side Artemis felt her home had nothing left to offer and set out on her own. She helped stop an invasion of Qurac into Bana as well. 

Artemis then joined the Outlaws and worked with Red Hood (Jason Todd) and Bizarro, a botched clone of Superman. 

On New Earth Artemis had a greatly extended life span. On Prime Earth he Amazons were gifted immortality but those who left for Bana-Mighdall lost this gift so it is most likely that Artemis has the same extended lifespan from New Earth. 

Grace Choi:

Grace on New Earth comes from the same group as Artemis in Bana-Mighdall. Grace’s mother is an Amazon but her father was a Korean American. Grace grew up in America in the foster care system. She ran away at 9 but was kidnapped and sold into a child prostitution ring. She managed to escape at age 12 after her powers kicked in. Grace began fightining both for pay and for fun and worked as a bouncer at a meta club in Metropolis. 

Grace worked for the Outsiders for awhile at the request of Roy Harper an ex-fling and good friend of hers. She helped rescue Lian from the same child protsition ring she was in as a child and generally had lots of adventures with the Outsiders. 

Later it was revealed she had Bana roots but Grace refused to join them as they were currently you know sieging down the US. Batman was briefly worried about her loyalties but Grace proved she had no loyalty or ties to the Bana Amazons. 

Grace has returned to the Prime Earth in Infinite Frontier and in Festival of Heroes and it seems like nothing has changed with her so far. 

Grace has increased longevity of her life. She is listed as half-amazon because only her mother is a Bana Amazon but all Amazons only have their mother who are Amazons so I don’t really see why she isn’t a full Amazon. Anyways increased life span. 

Jason:

He is Diana’s twin on Prime Earth. He was sent away cause you know no men on Themyscira. Jason was raised by Glaucus who was a member of the Argonauts crew and worked under the original Jason of Greek Myth. Who Jason was named for. 

Jason was raised on the Aegean Coast by Glaucus and became a Fisherman. Jason was trained in his youth by his half-brother Hercules. 

Jason worked briefly with Diana but wasn’t sure how to be a hero. There was a period where Darksied’s daughter tricked him but Diana talked him down. And Jason saved Diana’s life during the Dark Metals event. 

He is currently in the Dark Mutliverse living with a boyfriend on the Aegean Coast. 

As the son of Zeus, Jason is an immortal. 

⚔️ Also for fun the Weapons:⚔️

Lasso of Truth: Wielded by Diana Prince

Originally imbued with it’s power by Aphrodite and Athena later after crisis forged by Hephaestus and powered by Hestia, this lasso forces the truth from whoever it has ensnared. It is indestructible.

Lasso of Persuasion: Wielded by Donna Troy

This Lasso forces someone to do what the wielder demands. This requires Donna’s or whoever wields the lasso to have a stronger will then who they’re using the lasso on. It is indestructible.

Lasso of Lightning: Wielded by Cassie Sandsmark 

This lasso was created by Ares and gifted to his half-sister Cassie Sandsmark on New Earth. This lasso channels Zeus’ lightning and can make someone experience intense rage if they are caught by the lasso. The power of the lasso is directly correlated to Cassie’s rage levels. 

Lasso of Submission: Wielded by Artemis Grace

Originally from Earth-3 this lasso has the ability to make someone obey any commands even those to inspire false love. After Superwoman (Lois Lane) of Earth-3 was killed Diana took the lasso and gifted it to Artemis. 

Bow of Ra: Wielded by Artemis Grace

The Bow of Ra was a gift from the Egyptian sun god, Ra to the Bana-Midghall Amazons. This bow goes to the Shim’Tar and forges a special bond with them. Those who are not the Shim’Tar cannot wield the bow and further if you are not a candidate to be a Shim’Tar the bow will harm or even kill you. The bow requires intense willpower to use or it can drive the wielder mad. Akila was driven mad with the power of the bow and had to be killed by Diana and Artemis. It is said to have the power to destroy stars so this bow is incredibly dangerous and powerful if not wielded by the right person. 

(Bonus Donna used to use a lasso that was golden but held no specific magical properties.) 

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JL Expansion Members

Atom

Name: Meena Dhawan

Aliases: The Mighty Atom

Species: Metahuman

Origin of Powers: Metagene activated by Particle Accelerator

City of Operation: Central City, MO. Ivy University, RI

Cpt Atom

Name: [REDACTED]

Aliases: Cameron Scott, Nathaniel Adams, the Atomic Patriot

Species: Metahuman

Origin of Powers: Military experiment, turned into energy & encased in Dilusteel

City of Operation: TBA

Red Tornado

Name: Max/ine Hunkel

Aliases: John Smith, the Crimson Gale

Species: Digitized Metahuman brain in Android body

Origin of Powers: TO Morrow experiments

City of Operation: TBA

Aquaman

Name: Orin/Arthur Curry

Aliases: King of the Seven Seas

Species: Psionic Atlantean

Origin of Powers: Intensively trained Royal Atlantean

City of Operation: Poseidonis, Atlantis. Amnesty Bay, RI

Wonder Woman(2)

Name: Nubia

Aliases: Wonder girl, Nu’bia

Species: Divinely empowered Amazon

Origin of Powers: Divine empowerment

City of Operation: TBA

Batwoman

Name: Kate Kane

Aliases: Batgirl, Girl Wonder

Species: Unpowered Human

Origin of Powers: Intensive training, skill and talent

City of Operation: Gotham, MI. Blüdhaven, NJ

Superwoman 

Name: Kara Zor L/Kara Kent

Aliases: Girl of Steel, Supergirl

Species: Kryptonian

Origin of Powers: Kryptonian Biomatrix

City of Operation: National City, VA.

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Black Lightning

Name: Jefferson Pierce

Aliases: The Protector of Freeland

Species: Metahuman

Origin of Powers: Lightning strike

City of Operation: Freeland, GA

Dr Fate

Name: Giovanni Zatara

Aliases: Lord of Order, Fabulous Zatara

Species: Homo Magi/Lord of Order

Origin of Powers: Homo Magi using Lord of Order artifact

City of Operation: Worldwide. Tower of Fate

Oracle

Name: Barbara Gordon

Aliases: TBA

Species: Unpowered human

Origin of Powers: Intensive training, study & talent

City of Operation: Gotham, MI

Zatanna

Name: Zatanna Zatara

Aliases: The Mistress of Magic

Species: Homo Magi

Origin of Powers: Trained Homo Magi

City of Operation: New Coast City, CA. Transient

Firestorm(2)

Name: Ronald Raymond, Jason Rusch

Aliases: The Nuclear Hero

Species: Metahuman

Origin of Powers: Both bonded to Soviet Firestorm Matrix

City of Operation: TBA

Elongation

Name: Susan Dibny neé Deardon

Aliases: The Elongated Knight

Species: Metahuman

Origin of Powers: Explosion of Gingo processor

City of Operation: Central City, MO

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Day 1855: Ahura-Mazda

King of the Zoroastrian gods. Ahura was the god of light and hope. An entity of goodness and truth who is fated to regularly do battle for the very persistance of existence and win, else all would be lost.

By chance the god of light would encounter Nu’Bia, the original Wonder Woman who was tending her wounds after a fierce battle against undead armies wishing to cross over into the world of the living.

Thus wishing to help, Ahura took Nu’Bia back to his domain to nurse her back to health. A choice which would have surprising significence for them both for in the time it took for Nu’Bia to recover, Ahura-Mazda found love.

For Nu’Bia was good and noble of heart. A champion of good just as much as Ahura-Mazda himself. And the god of lights love would be returned by the Amazon who saw Ahura for what he was.

Thus the two would become lovers. Married in all but name. Theirs was a life of contentment and peace in those periods where neither was pulled away by responsibility.

However not all enjoyed their happiness for Ahriman the evil brother of Ahura-Mazda saw this as an opportunity and in a moment of distraction, carved out the heart of Ahura-Mazda and fled, for he knew Nu’Bia would seek revenge.

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Nu’Bia by Kamau Mshale, color by Eagle Gosselin Magic Monday This is the "black Wonder Woman!"

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How would you fit both Nubia and Donna into the Wonderverse?

Doselle Young’s Nu’bia (with added apostrophe), who appeared in a few Wonder Woman comics around 2000, is a good starting point.

The original Nubia was the Wonder Woman of a neighbouring island; Young made her an Amazon who, many years before, had competed in a tournament for the right to undertake a divinely appointed mission. Like Diana, she emerged the victor and left Themyscira for strange and unfamiliar lands.

In Nu’bia’s case, the mission was to guard Doom’s Doorway -- the entrance to the Underworld located on Themyscira -- from the inside, keeping the world safe from the monsters of Tartarus.

Doom’s Doorway doesn’t exist in Rebirth canon -- rather than guarding the entrance to the Underworld, the Amazons guard Ares’ prison -- but that could be substituted for another mission. Perhaps Nubia’s story is already familiar to Diana, as one of the few Amazons who set out from Themyscira into the great unknown. Perhaps she was even around to see Nubia’s tournament victory, watching it as a child from her mother’s lap.

And like Diana, Nubia has been unable to return to her homeland -- each is the closest connection the other has in this world to Themyscira.

Also, I’ve said it before, but I’d call her Bia. It’s close enough to the original name, while avoiding the questionable connotations. Plus it’s the name of a badass goddess and literally means force/power/might.

As for Donna? siiiighhhh. Who the hell knows what to do with poor Donna at this point?

If ever there was a character who could have actually benefited from the blank slate offered by the New 52 reboot, it was Donna Troy. Finally, DC had the opportunity to reimagine her from the ground up, without the weight of several dozen retcons hanging over her. HOOO BOY DID THEY FUCK THAT ONE UP. This version of Donna hasn’t even been around for a full four years and she’s already four or five retcons deep.

Given the freedom to just ignore all of that, though? Hm. I don’t know entirely what I’d do with her, but I’d lean towards a backstory involving the Titans of Myth (because I loved that story, as wildly convoluted as it was). I rather like the idea of Donna being Diana’s sister in spirit rather than by blood -- and that just as Diana derives her powers from the blessings of her six patron Olympian goddesses, Donna is blessed by the Titanesses Rhea, Tethys, Mnemosyne, Theia, Themis and Hecate.

Also, I would give her an actual fucking relationship with Diana, as opposed to ‘I was created from clay to murder Wonder Woman, and rather than help me she decided to wipe my memory and leave me to fend for myself’.

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Nubia by Jay Hero

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Nubia: Coronation Special cover by David Mack

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DC | Wonder Woman Family Fan Cast:

Wonder Woman (Diana Prince) - Gal Gadot

Troy (Donna Troy) - Alicia Vikander

Fury (Cassie Sandsmark) - Alycia Debnam Carey

Nubia (Nu’Bia) - Rutina Wesley

Artemis (Artemis Grace) - Rose Leslie

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@chancesspent replied to your post: �� for Jyn & Bucky?

Great pics (and wow, I THOUGHT WE HAD THROWN THEM TOGETHER. OH MAN.)

[ We should definitely do the thing! (also I have the replies to your starters from Nu’bia and Rogue in my queue for when I come off hiatus) ]

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Hey, did you know that prior to Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985), Wonder Woman had a black sister who had all of the same powers that she did?

(Artwork from the interior of Super Friends #25 (October 1979). Art by Ramona Fradon.)

(Artwork from Bronze Age comic Wonder Woman #204, where she first appeare. February 1973. Penciler Don Heck, inker Vince Colleta. Heck and writer Robert Kanigher are credited as her creators.)

And here's her backstory. 

While her relationship to Wonder Woman was lost post-Crisis,  Nubia--now called Nu’bia--remained an Amazon and a champion of her people. She also gained a couple of powers that Wonder Woman didn’t have: the ability to open dimensional portals and the ability to turn people to stone with a look.

(Artwork from Wonder Woman Vol. 2 #154 in March 2000. Penciler John McCrea, inker George Freeman.)

Also, Nu’bia’s storyline is about restoring her divine lover to life.

Other characters named Nubia have shown up a couple of times. For example, Nubia/Wonder Woman of Themyscira of Earth-23. (To quote the DC Wiki: On this Earth, Kalel of Krypton was raised Calvin Ellis, and upon adulthood became both Superman and, in his civilian identity, President of the United States. Most of the heroes of this world are African-American.)

(Artwork from Final Crisis #7 in March 2009, penciler Doug Mahnke and inker Tom Nguyen. 

And finally, there is Nubia of Earth-1, Queen Hippolyta’s right-hand woman and counselor.

(Artwork from Wonder Woman: Earth One #1 in June 2016. Penciler and inker Yanick Paquette, colorist Nathan Fairbairn.)

Of course, DC Comics is addicted to reboots, so most likely a lot of this has been altered by now. But all of the above has been canon at one point--and, knowing comics, what has changed once could change back.

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Wonder Woman Sequel Concepts: Journey to the Underworld

Samira Wiley as Nu’bia, amazon guard of doom’s doorway Aubrey Plaza as Charon, the ferryman Angelina Jolie as Persephone, queen of the underworld Alan Cumming as Hades, god of the underworld