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113-508: The DC Comics Bombshells franchise began "in spring 2011 at a convention in Chicago where DC Collectibles found Ant Lucia's prints re-imaging DC superheroines as pin-up girls". World War II history, fashion, and air planes were studied to conceive the franchise. DC Comics worked with Udon Entertainment to produce illustrations. In fall 2011, four character designs of Wonder Woman , Stargirl , Poison Ivy , and Harley Quinn were used to pitch

226-512: A Boom Tube , Gothamites Harley, Holly, and Jason return home while Mary Marvel is once again corrupted by Darkseid who captures Jimmy, who holds the power of all the deceased New Gods . Freed from Darkseid's control by Atom's microscopic rewiring, Jimmy and Darkseid duke it out until Orion descends from the heavens (following his interrupted battle with the killer of the New Gods in Death of

339-505: A "Wonder Family". By Wonder Woman #150 (November 1964) the "Impossible Tale" label was retired, though Wonder Girl continued as a regular fixture in the publication, both side by side with Wonder Woman as well as in her own solo stories, through #155 (July 1965). During this five-issue period, Wonder Girl is no longer referred to as an "impossible" younger variant of Wonder Woman, however no other in-story cues explaining her existence are provided. This looser narrative identification allowed her

452-770: A battle is chosen by Zeus to replace the Fates, making Donna a new embodiment of Fate. In the last issue of Titans Hunt , Donna confirms that she is "the Fate of the Gods", but does not reconcile her history depicted in Titans Hunt with her creation depicted in Wonder Woman . Titans Hunt led into the DC Rebirth initiative, which brought back more popular elements of past continuity after former Titan Wally West returns to

565-490: A benevolent Monitor, whom Jason calls Bob, and recruited to locate Ray Palmer . They soon learn that Palmer is hiding in the Multiverse. The group is joined by Kyle Rayner ; Jason and Kyle bicker during the journey and Donna is annoyed. Ray Palmer is located on Earth-51 and Bob attacks him, betraying the group. Donna and the others escape, and are caught in the crossfire when Monarch 's forces attack Earth-51. Donna

678-509: A convergence between modern ideologies regarding feminine agency and nostalgia for the golden age of comics. The Bombshells variant covers were able to cultivate a coherent narrative by placing contemporary characters in the past. Ant Lucia details his process on detaching the characters from their current history and the construction of their new placement in World War II era: "In our initial conversations, we brainstorm on who this character

791-545: A costume based on Wonder Woman's and helped form the Teen Titans. In her last adventure as Wonder Woman, Donna battles The Cheetah , Giganta , and Doctor Psycho . The trio attacks Donna as a means of finding the then-missing Diana. This eventually happens with the revelation that Circe is the mastermind behind the attacks and capture. After Donna is freed from Circe, she dons her old red Wonder Girl jumpsuit and aids her sister in battle telling Diana that she wants to give

904-522: A dictator known as Lord Chaos . The Team Titans travel back to the past to kill Donna before her son can be born. Donna eventually gives birth to Robert; to prevent him from becoming Lord Chaos, she sacrifices her powers and becomes a normal human. Eventually, Donna rethinks her decision and asks the Titans of Myth to grant her powers again; her request is rejected. She then joins the Darkstars . During

1017-430: A dying unwed teen who had placed her for adoption. After Donna's adoptive father Carl Stacey had been killed in a work-related accident, her adoptive mother Fay Stacey was forced to place her for adoption again, unable to raise the toddler because of mounting expenses. However, Donna became victim to a child-selling racket, which ended with the racketeers' deaths in a furnace explosion and the fire. With Robin's help, Donna

1130-399: A four-issue Street Fighter Legends: Ibuki miniseries. From 2012 to 2014, Udon partnered with Bandai Namco to produce several webcomics and webseries based on their various video game IP as part of their ShiftyLook initiative. In July 2024, during San Diego Comic-Con , Udon and Capcom announced to gain the license to produce new Mega Man comics for 2025. Those comics will include

1243-715: A high end apartment in New York City and Donna became more active in life on Themyscira. While the Amazons of Bana-Mighdall saw Diana as an official moderator between the Themyscirian Amazons and themselves, Donna made strides in becoming an accepted member of both tribes in their eyes. While aiding the Amazons, Donna also came into contact with the villain Angle Man who immediately became enamored with her. After their awkward yet flirtatious first meeting,

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1356-479: A line of PVC statues based on the Bombshells designs, as well as Mystery-Box mini figurines titled 'Lil Bombshells. Funko have released a range of Bombshells figures in their POP! and Rock Candy lines and a wave of Mystery Mini figurines. The Tonner Doll Company have also released fashion dolls of Harley Quinn, Wonder Woman, Supergirl and Batwoman in their Bombshells designs. Based on the continuing success of

1469-480: A mysterious and menacing rip in space caused by Alexander Luthor, Jr. (as a part of his plan), which has sparked an intergalactic war . Donna's team contributes to the resolution of the conflict, but things take a dangerous turn when Alexander uses the inter-dimensional tear to recreate Earth-Two and, later, the Multiverse. Donna, along with Kyle (now called Ion), leads the team to attack Alexander Luthor through his space rift, giving Nightwing, Superboy, and Wonder Girl

1582-535: A new arrival from Themyscira (formerly known as Paradise Island). With the character of Donna tied predominantly to the Titans, her origin was retconned to fit into the new continuity created by Wonder Woman's relaunch, one severing her direct ties to the Amazons. In the storyline "Who is Wonder Girl?" featured in The New Titans #50–54 (December 1988–March 1989), the Titans of Myth enlist Donna's aid against

1695-588: A new hairstyle and costume incorporating mystical gifts from the Titans of Myth. During the "Titans Hunt" storyline, Donna discovers she is pregnant; in The New Titans Annual #7 (1991), a group calling themselves the Team Titans appears, intent on killing her. They come from a future in which Donna's son is born with the full powers of a god and full awareness of them, which drives him mad. He instantly ages himself, kills his mother, and becomes

1808-477: A new status as an entity entirely distinct from Wonder Woman, a character unto herself. Though Wonder Girl and Wonder Woman do not directly call one another "sister" in these issues, Hippolyta does refer to them as her daughters, and all three repeatedly identify themselves as a family. Additionally, Wonder Girl is temporarily promoted to the book's headliner, receiving three full-length solo stories, including top-billing with her own logo predominating Wonder Woman's on

1921-467: A reconstituted Earth-51 by Solomon, now a world similar to New Earth with the absence of the now much-expanded Challengers team. It is here that Karate Kid dies, and his Morticoccus virus transforms the world almost entirely to violent animal-human hybrids, losing Una to the feral natives and leaving that Earth's Buddy Blank's grandson as the Last Boy on Earth. Returned to New Earth by Jimmy Olsen via

2034-601: A ring forced on her. Donna is freed by the power of white light. In the aftermath of this, Donna is told by Wonder Woman that she could benefit from being a part of the JLA. To that end, she officially joins the team, even recruiting Cyborg, Dick Grayson (now Batman), and Starfire as well. Donna remains with the League and battles such foes as Superwoman , Wonder Woman's counterpart from the Crime Syndicate of Amerika , and

2147-464: A sailor embraces a nurse in a moment of celebration. The first statue was released in September 2013 with an initial assortment of twelve statues planned for the line. High interest in the line has meant that the line has continued beyond the initial twelve statues, with releases planned through 2019. The DC Collectibles statues have matching "steel plate" bases. The earliest statues were shipped with

2260-578: A selection of DC Comics monthly titles featured variant covers featuring the DC Comics Bombshells. This was repeated again in August 2015. The Bombshells variant covers were able to cultivate a coherent narrative that placed contemporary characters in the past. Ant Lucia details his process on detaching the characters from their current history and the construction of their new placement in the World War II era: "We brainstorm on who this character

2373-532: A seriously wounded Angle Man later teleported himself to Donna seeking her help after being attacked by The Cheetah . In a separate battle, Donna was apparently killed by a rogue Superman robot in the Titans/ Young Justice crossover "Graduation Day" , but was later shown to be alive on another world. The Return of Donna Troy , a four-issue miniseries written by Phil Jimenez with art by José Luis García-López and George Pérez , expanded upon

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2486-400: Is a war story, Supergirl is a propaganda film, Zatanna is this Hammer horror film, Catwoman is like a noir spy story". Bennett concludes and acknowledges the importance of the decision: "We were able to complete this whole new world that wasn't just one thing because no woman is just one thing. So they each got to have a distinct voice, a distinct personality". The foundation of feminist tones in

2599-589: Is and if they were set in this period, what elements would make up their costume". The sculptures were able to pay homage to acclaimed images in America's 1940s cultural landscape. Wonder Woman's sculpture has noticeable similarities to Rosie the Riveter 's famed iconic image. The similarities between the two icons is seen in both of the characters’ bandanna pinned back hair and nearly identical color scheme of red, yellow and blue. The American pop culture references of

2712-409: Is and if they were set in this period, what elements would make up their costume. Obviously with Batgirl's mask- what would she actually use left to her own devices to create this style costume in that period? What would her persona be — maybe she is this pilot alter-ego superhero? We take a little time in thinking about who these characters are and who they might be in this alternate reality". Based on

2825-415: Is attacked by an alternate version of herself wearing a Wonder Girl costume, and overcomes her doppelganger and escapes. She takes the doppelganger's costume, defeats one of Monarch's lieutenants, and is acclaimed leader of an insect army by right of conquest. She leads the force of Myrmidons into the battle against Monarch's forces. Superboy-Prime confronts Monarch, and the insect warriors are killed in

2938-432: Is made to relive her past lives. After Donna Troy is killed by a fleet of Superman androids reprogrammed by Brainiac , she is resurrected by the Titans of Myth , who seek to exploit her status as an "anomaly" from the world that existed before Crisis on Infinite Earths to escape the coming cataclysm of Infinite Crisis . This story establishes Donna's status as an anomaly of the timeline, explaining that she survived

3051-468: Is not clear how this ties in with later revelations. Realizing that Donna was created from a portion of Diana's soul, Queen Hippolyta accepted Donna as a blood-related daughter and held a coronation on Themyscira to formally introduce Donna as the second princess of Paradise Island. This aspect brought Donna more in-line with her Pre-Crisis Themyscirian origins. After her coronation, Donna and Diana's bond as sisters grew stronger. The two Amazons shared

3164-563: Is not the case. Shortly afterwards, the Titans gathered together to save their friend Cyborg . They came into conflict with the JLA , but they saved their friend. During this incident Donna was seemingly reunited with her son via virtual reality, but with the aid of Nightwing , realized it was not real. After that, the original five Teen Titans, including Troia, decided to reform the team. A subsequent battle with Dark Angel suggested her constant rewriting of Donna's history involved Hypertime . It

3277-421: Is recreated as a golem, drawing from Wally's incomplete, Pollyanna -esque memories of her. Later, Dark Angel attempts to erase all memories of Donna from the various Hypertime realities, drawing Dark Angel into conflict with Donna, the Titans, and their alternate reality counterparts from the story Kingdom Come . During the battle, Donna is mindwiped and then reprogrammed with all of her old memories after she

3390-485: Is reunited with Fay, who had married Hank Evans and given birth to two additional children, Cindy and Jerry. Donna marries Terry Long in Tales of the Teen Titans #50 (February 1985). Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985–1986) rewrote the history of many DC Comics characters; Wonder Woman's own pre- Crisis history was written out of existence, and the character was reintroduced in Wonder Woman (vol. 2) #1 (February 1987) as

3503-460: Is romantically involved with much older professor Terry Long, but along the way is put under the romantic spell of Hyperion , one of the Titans of Myth . Donna's origin is expanded in the January 1984 tale, "Who is Donna Troy?" Robin investigates the events surrounding the long ago fire after finding Donna's doll in a box from a coal bin. He learns that Donna's birth mother was Dorothy Hinckley,

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3616-941: Is rumored to still be out there to be released. In 2017, Cryptozoic released a Bombshells trading card set featuring cover arts and variants as well as portraits of characters from the series. Two subsequent sets were released in 2018 and 2019 respectively. Several of the Bombshells were featured prominently in the DC HeroClix set Harley Quinn and the Gotham Girls, including Batgirl, Batwoman, Black Canary, Catwoman, Harley Quinn, Hawkgirl, Katana, Mera, Poison Ivy, Raven, Stargirl, Supergirl, Wonder Woman, and Zatanna. Infinite Crisis – alternate Bombshells costumes were added for Harley Quinn in February and Stargirl in March 2015. DC Universe Online – DC Comics Bombshells content

3729-615: Is the daughter of Wonder Woman and Steppenwolf and is also known as Fury . An alternate universe variant of Donna Troy from Earth-Three appears in Infinite Frontier. This version is the biological daughter of Hippolyta and a member of the Crime Syndicate who is also known as Superwoman . An alternate universe variant of Donna Troy from Earth-24 appears in DC Comics Bombshells . This version

3842-657: Is the original Wonder Girl and later temporarily adopts another identity, Troia . Created by Bob Haney and Bruno Premiani , she first appeared in The Brave and the Bold #60 (July 1965). Donna has been commonly featured in stories involving the Teen Titans , which she originally joined during their second adventure and is since depicted as a founding member of the team. Donna has appeared in numerous cartoon television shows and films. She made her live adaptation debut in

3955-597: The Anti-Monitor , and raised to be his harbinger of doom, Dark Angel. But Dark Angel was uncontrollable, and vanished". Within a short time after 2011's The New 52 reboot that followed the Flashpoint story, DC had already presented two conflicting new origins for Donna Troy in the pages of Wonder Woman and Titans Hunt . In the first case, she is introduced as a new character: magical golem, ruthless warrior, and challenger to Wonder Woman's status as leader of

4068-535: The DC Universe and HBO Max series Titans , played by Conor Leslie in the first , second , and third seasons. In May 1947's Wonder Woman #23 written by William Moulton Marston and illustrated by Harry G. Peter , the titular heroine (also known as Diana) is shown in flashback having adventures as a little girl. Twelve years later in April 1959's Wonder Woman #105, writer Robert Kanigher reprised

4181-485: The JLA Watchtower alongside Starfire and Animal Man , only to discover that Red Arrow has been mutilated by Prometheus. During the ensuing battle, Donna is impaled through the wrists, but frees herself. Prometheus projects a hologram around her, causing Green Arrow to shoot her in the leg, which somehow penetrates her super-tough skin and causes her to fall unconscious. She takes down Prometheus after he defeats

4294-553: The Titans Hunt storyline which seeks to retroactively reestablish the history of the Teen Titans in the New 52, Donna is shown as having been a Teen Titan, working alongside Titans co-founders such as Dick Grayson and Garth, until an encounter with the telepathic supervillain Mister Twister resulted in the Titans' memories being erased. In the Wonder Woman series, Donna struggles with her rage and anger and after being killed in

4407-757: The Zero Hour crisis, her farm in New Jersey is destroyed and all the Team Titans are wiped out of existence except for Terra and Mirage . Her marriage in ruins, Donna loses custody of her son to her now ex-husband Terry. Donna rejoins the New Titans for a time, with her Darkstar suit giving her the ability to aid them. She dates Kyle Rayner for a while and retires from the Darkstars, leaving her powerless. Donna and Kyle break up immediately following

4520-549: The sidekicks of Batman , the Flash , and Aquaman respectively. Wonder Girl would establish herself as a central character in Teen Titans stories, continuing to appear with the team in December 1965's Showcase #59 and in their spinoff into the first volume of the monthly Teen Titans in January 1966. However, no narrative information regarding Wonder Girl's precise identity was provided in any of her earliest appearances with

4633-561: The 1930s, Kate Kane was an "adventurer". She kept her father's company afloat in the depression and fought in the Spanish Civil War with her then girlfriend, Renee Montoya. In 1940s, Kate is "The Batwoman" a vigilante inspiring hope in Gotham City. She was named after the bat and baseball uniform she uses to fight crime in. She is recruited by Amanda Waller to enlist in the Bombshells war effort. Wonder Woman - Diana Prince

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4746-534: The Amazon Magala and intended as a playmate for the lonely princess. Donna was later captured by Hippolyta's enemy—Dark Angel who mistook her for Diana and placed her in suspended animation for several years. Years later, the grown up Diana, now Wonder Woman, eventually freed Donna and returned her to Themyscira. Donna was then trained by both the Amazons and the Titans of Myth. A few years later, Donna followed Diana into Man's World and became Wonder Girl, wearing

4859-418: The Amazons. Donna's superhuman powers have changed several times over the years, but in all of her various incarnations, they have always consisted of considerable superhuman strength, endurance, speed, and the power of flight. Donna also retains her magical abilities to control darkness, the cold, and the essence of night itself. However, it is heavily implied Donna has a lot of magical potential to due being

4972-468: The Amazons. She later goes on a journey of discovery. In Titans Hunt , this same Donna, alongside other former Teen Titans, rediscovers memories of childhood heroism with the Teen Titans, which should be impossible for her. In the DC Rebirth relaunch, Donna has a fuller set of childhood memories restored to her after meeting the pre- Flashpoint Wally West. In the DC Rebirth relaunch of Wonder Woman,

5085-568: The Black Lantern's power. Donna, along with Superboy, Kid Flash, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) and several other resurrected heroes, began to be targeted by Nekron , the being responsible for the Black Lanterns. Donna's previous status as a deceased allowed for her to be transformed into a Black Lantern. However, unlike the other heroes, Donna was converted by being infected with the Black Lantern's power rather than having

5198-566: The Bold #60 is commonly accepted as Donna Troy's debut, the Wonder Girl it depicts is indistinguishable from the Wonder Girl appearing synchronously that month in Wonder Woman #155 – the same Wonder Girl featured regularly in that book during the preceding six years who was, at least until issue #150 and possibly after, a de-aged, out-of-continuity Wonder Woman. The Teen Titans were a "junior Justice League " consisting of Robin (Dick Grayson) , Kid Flash (Wally West) , and Aqualad (Garth) ,

5311-511: The Crisis and was later subjected to multiple alternate origins as the universe tried to fit her into the new timeline created following the collapse of the Multiverse . This makes Donna in effect "a living key to the lost Multiverse". This same storyline also reveals that Dark Angel is an evil alternate universe version of Donna from Earth-Seven. Another pre-Crisis survivor, she "was saved by

5424-932: The DC Entertainment YouTube Channel they also revealed that a second wave would be released in fall 2017, with a figure of the Bombshells version of Mera previewed. The second wave features: Mera, Batgirl, Hawkgirl and Katana. The third wave was also announced, consisting of Bumblebee and Supergirl to be released in early 2018, but has been cancelled. A two-pack of Joker and Harley Quinn have been announced for release in 2018, before being re-solicited as single release figures for 2019 before again being cancelled. Prototypes of Black Canary and Zatanna figures have also been shown though remain unreleased. FanSets created 3 lines of Bombshell pins. Character line art, FanSets MicroCrew Style and Bombshell pin-ups. Several were done for special conventions and comic cons. These are still available at PinForce. A fourth series

5537-646: The DC Universe and reunites his friends. He explains to his fellow Titans how 10 years were stolen from their lives as a result of unknown forces, partially accounting for the discrepancies. Donna and her friends then reform the Titans. On touching Wally in Titans Rebirth #1, Donna has her childhood memories of Wally restored. Later, the Titans (vol. 2) Annual #1 (May 2017) reconciles the two accounts of Donna's history — recent magical creation or longtime ally of Wonder Woman — revealing that Donna was, as in

5650-499: The DC Universe's history, both the artificial intelligence and one of the new Monitors revealed to her that the current timeline has diverged from its rightful path, in which Donna herself, instead of Jade , should have sacrificed herself for Kyle. During the World War III storyline, Donna goes into battle as Wonder Woman against a rampaging Black Adam . During the " One Year Later " storyline event, Donna Troy has assumed

5763-492: The Innocent , DC Comics sought to make the adventures of Wonder Woman appear more wholesome and family-friendly. The result was August 1961's Wonder Woman #124 (also by Kanigher and Andru), which kicked off a series of out-of-continuity "Impossible Tales" in which Wonder Woman appeared alongside the teen "Wonder Girl" version of herself, as well as a toddler version called "Wonder Tot", and her mother Queen Hippolyta , creating

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5876-722: The Joker's Daughter, yet her affection for him is constantly used against her. The Batgirls - Harper Row has a chance encounter with Batwoman where she aids in stopping a crime. Batwoman leaves Harper her Bat, which inspires Harper to form the Batgirls with her best friends and coworkers, Nell Little and Kathy Duquesne. The trio quickly grows in ranks as Bette Kane , Alysia Yeoh , and Felicity Smoak join them. The Batgirls stop corruption from running rampant in an orphanage in order to rescue Harper's brother Cullen and come across Tim Drake . They both join their ranks as well. In June 2014,

5989-428: The New 52 story, created out of clay to destroy Wonder Woman, but the Amazons later gave her false memories of being an orphan rescued by Wonder Woman. This allowed Donna to be more than a living weapon, and to establish a stable life. Though Donna was heartbroken by the revelation, she was supported by her Titans colleagues, who affirmed their friendship. Donna remains a main character in the Titans series at DC after

6102-599: The New Gods ), and slays his father. In the aftermath of these events, the remaining party of Donna, Kyle, Ray, and Forager announce to the Monitors they will serve as bodyguards for the New Multiverse, and depart to places unknown. Returning to Earth after her adventures in the Multiverse with Kyle, Donna and other former and present Titans are targeted by a mysterious foe who is later revealed to be Trigon . The Titans reform to fend off Trigon's assault and avenge

6215-478: The New York Anime Festival, Udon announced that it would be publishing three new Street Fighter comic book series in 2008. These include Street Fighter II Turbo (12-issue series), Street Fighter Legends: Chun-Li (4-issue mini), and Street Fighter III (6-issue series). In November 2008, Udon announced it would publish a 4-issue mini-series of the upcoming Street Fighter IV game. “With

6328-606: The Stargirl's distinguished father". Zatanna - In Germany, Zatanna is held captive by The Joker's Daughter . She performs in a cabaret singing songs embedded with her signature magic. Zatanna meets John Constantine and in order to save his life, she transforms him into a rabbit. Zatanna is forced to aid the Joker's Daughter by summoning a dangerous, dark beast called the Tenebrus, who will bring about destruction. She conspires with Constantine on how to successfully revolt against

6441-646: The Titan of the Sun, revealed Donna's true origins to her and ordered her to open a passageway into another reality by means of a dimensional nexus that once served as a gateway to the Multiverse itself, within the Sun-Eater factory's core. This turned out to be the Titans of Myth's real target. Donna did so, but, fearing that they would simply continue with their power-mad ambitions, she banished most of them into Tartarus . However, Hyperion and his wife, Thia , were warned of

6554-474: The Titans of Myth's royal military. She was sacrificed by the Titans of Myth in an attempt to lay siege to the planet Minosyss, which housed a Sun-Eater factory miles beneath its surface. Sparta's death had inadvertently helped trigger Donna's memory restoration. Athyns had also reappeared by this time and aided the heroes and the Mynossian resistance in battling the Titans of Myth. It was then that Hyperion ,

6667-437: The Titans of Myth, and reintroduced into humankind to await her destiny; Sparta had retained her memories, and the knowledge had eventually driven her mad. Killing her fellow Seeds to "collect" their powers and destroy the Titans of Myth, Sparta is ultimately defeated by Donna and the only other Seed left alive, Athyns of Karakkan. In The New Titans #55 (June 1989), Donna changes her identity from Wonder Girl to Troia and adopts

6780-407: The Titans, nor in the first 21 issues of the team's subsequent monthly comic book. It would not be until July 1969's Teen Titans #22 that Wonder Girl would be unequivocally identified as Wonder Woman's younger sister, a discrete character with her own identity: Donna Troy. Writer Marv Wolfman established that Donna had been rescued from an apartment fire as an infant by Wonder Woman. Unable to find

6893-586: The Wonder Woman title back to her as she was never really comfortable using that name and would rather just be called Donna Troy. Donna later works alongside ex-boyfriend Kyle Rayner, who has taken up the powers and title of Ion again. They go up against one of the Monitors who attempts to remove them from the newly rebuilt Multiverse, claiming the two are unwanted anomalies. Donna returns to Earth with Ion in time for him to say goodbye to his dying mother. After that event, Donna joins several former Teen Titans in

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7006-460: The baby's birth family, Wonder Woman brings her to Paradise Island to be raised by her mother Hippolyta, eventually enlisting the Amazon scientist Paula von Gunther (herself an expatriate from "Man's World") to use advanced technology to grant the girl powers like Wonder Woman's. Donna remains with the Teen Titans until the series' cancellation with issue #43 in February 1973. She is still part of

7119-465: The child of magic, Amazon witches, and possibly goddesses that are tied to night and magic like Hekate, Selene, and Nyx. Donna also wields a magical sword and sometimes a shield. She carries the Lasso of Persuasion gifted to her by the gods. It glows blue and can force anyone bound by it to obey every command of the wielder. It is field by the essence of willpower and as long as Donna's willpower overpowers

7232-520: The city and confronts Hippolyta, advising her to end the invasion, but Hippolyta informs her that she will only consider a withdrawal if Donna will include Diana in their talks. Donna leaves to find her sister. Jason, who has followed Donna to Washington, tells her that the Monitors are responsible for Duela's death. Donna and Jason are attacked by the Monitor's warrior, Forerunner . They are saved by

7345-465: The combined power of their collective faith to open a passageway into another reality, where they would be safe from destruction. Donna was another means to that end until she was found by the Titans and the Outsiders , who restored her true memories. This was not without casualties, however. Sparta (who was restored to full mental health and stripped of the bulk of her power) had been made an officer in

7458-406: The comic are seen in the structure of this atypical history as Bennett says: "We wanted to make a principle of the series to have the conceit that in this alternate history World War II the women came first. No heroine is derivative of a male counterpart. They are the heroes". A second digital-first series was launched on 25 August 2017 with the print release following on 6 September. Picking up from

7571-480: The compression of every Donna Troy into one single person in the new Earth, sought to kill her (every life she forced her to relive was in fact an aspect of an alternate Donna as a way to avoid the merging and remain the last one standing). When she was defeated, Donna became the real sum of every Donna Troy that existed on every Earth, a living key to the lost Multiverse. Her role in Infinite Crisis is, at

7684-407: The covers of issues #152 and #153. July 1965 was a significant and somewhat puzzling month in the history of Wonder Girl, concluding her regular presence in the Wonder Woman comic book with issue #155 while simultaneously seeing her appear as a member of the newly-formed Teen Titans in The Brave and the Bold #60, written by Bob Haney and illustrated by Bruno Premiani . Though The Brave and

7797-476: The current team's battle against Deathstroke and his Titans East team. Donna attends Duela Dent 's funeral with the Teen Titans. She is confronted by Jason Todd , who seeks her out as a kindred spirit; the two cross paths while investigating Duela's murder. Donna places her investigation on hold when the Amazons invade Washington, D.C. during the events depicted in Amazons Attack! She travels to

7910-403: The death of her son, stepdaughter and ex-husband in a car accident. Her post-Crisis origin was updated in the late 1990s. This version had it that she was originally created by the Amazon sorceress Magala as a magical duplicate of the young Princess Diana of Themyscira (a nod to the original Wonder Girl) to be a playmate for Diana, who was previously the only child on the island. However, Donna

8023-515: The deception at the last moment. Enraged, they turned on Donna, intending to kill her for the betrayal, but Coeus activated the Sun-Eater to save her and Arsenal . As the Sun-Eater began absorbing their vast solar energies, Hyperion and Thia tried to escape through the Nexus, but they were both torn apart by the combined forces of the Nexus' dimensional pull and the Sun-Eater's power. Coeus, who had learned humility and compassion from Donna, vowed to guard

8136-425: The demonic entity Eclipso . Donna eventually resigns from the team after coming to peace with her inner turmoil, and Dick disbands the team shortly after. In 2011, following the Flashpoint storyline, DC revised its continuity, relaunching with a suite of new #1 comics as part of an initiative called The New 52 . Donna does not initially appear in this continuity at all; the Teen Titans are first established in

8249-621: The end of The Return of Donna Troy , fully stated: Donna had been reborn after her death at the hands of the Superman android . The Titans of Myth, realizing that she was the child who was destined to save them from some impending threat, brought her to New Cronus and implanted false memories within her mind to make her believe she was the original Goddess of the Moon and wife of Coeus . The Titans of Myth incited war between other worlds near New Cronus in order to gain new worshipers. They would then use

8362-496: The end of the battle on Mogo . In the series 52 , Cyborg, Herald, Alan Scott, Bumblebee, Hawkgirl, and Firestorm were all returned to Earth although gravely injured, while other heroes such as Supergirl, Starfire, Animal Man, and Adam Strange were lost in space. In the History of the DC Universe backup feature, when Donna and the artificial intelligence in charge of Harbinger's historical records finished her task of reviewing

8475-411: The end of the previous Bombshells series, the new series begins in 1943 with the Bombshells now back in America. Each arc focuses on a specific group of characters, with the first storyline introducing the Bombshells versions of Donna Troy and Cassie Sandsmark . The series was cancelled after 38 digital installments and 19 print issues. The series is collected in trade paperbacks . Batwoman - In

8588-425: The fallout. Following the battle, Donna alone is able to discern a message directing the group to Apokolips , where the team are witness to its destruction as they first meet the other Countdown characters: Jimmy Olsen , Forager , Pied Piper , Mary Marvel , Holly Robinson , Harley Quinn , Karate Kid , and Una . Witnessing Apokolips near-destruction at the hands of Brother Eye , the team are later sent to

8701-425: The final issue release in August. In her initial conception for building a narrative out of Ant Lucia's designs, Marguerite Bennett has stated: "We were able to retro-engineer this complete environment that lets them showcase their powers that lets them have good relationships and friendships that they wouldn't have been able to explore in another sphere....Going down to the smallest details that [Ant Lucia] puts into

8814-440: The first Titans run. She had never had one and was, in fact, not a "real" character (if you can call any of them real). She was a computer simulation of Wonder Woman as a girl. That story also named her Donna Troy and set up everything that followed. Unfortunately, after Crisis on Infinite Earths and the Wonder Woman revamp, we had to go back and redo it again as a brand new Wonder Woman being born on Earth could not have rescued

8927-428: The formula, this time featuring a flashback tale of Wonder Woman when she was a teen. Playfully dubbed " Wonder Girl " by another character, this teenaged version would return several times in flashback stories over the next several years, paralleling similar exploits of Superboy , the teen persona of DC Comics' flagship hero Superman . After the shake-up in the comics industry caused by Fredric Wertham 's Seduction of

9040-525: The game, and it is a genuine extension that fans will definitely love. Also expect plenty of cross promotion and marketing between our comics and the game.” In January 2009, Udon announced it had acquired the rights to produce Final Fight comic books. In November 2009, Udon announced it will continue the Darkstalkers comic series with a new 3-issue mini-series called Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors . In December 2009, Udon announced it would publish

9153-484: The game. Udon Entertainment Udon Entertainment Corp. is a Canadian art studio and publisher. The company publishes original and translated comic books , graphic novels , manga and art books related to anime and video games . It was founded in 2000 and is named after udon , a kind of Japanese noodle. It was affiliated with Studio XD; in March 2004, Udon announced a partnership to release comics under Devil's Due Publishing . Udon's first offering

9266-1001: The gateway to make certain the other Titans of Myth remained imprisoned forever. Donna returns to the now-barren New Cronus where she shares a joyful reunion with Wonder Woman. Donna, charged with the guardianship of the Universe Orb containing the Multiverse Chronicles collected by Harbinger , makes the startling discovery that an impending doom is facing the DC Universe, a doom she cannot avert alone. Leaving Nightwing behind on Earth , Donna brings several heroes to New Cronus, including Animal Man ; Cyborg ; Firestorm ; Herald ; Bumblebee ; Red Tornado ; Shift ; Green Lanterns Alan Scott , Kyle Rayner , and Kilowog ; Jade ; Starfire ; Supergirl and Captain Marvel Junior (in Outsiders 30). The heroes confront

9379-407: The girl from the burning building. I wish we had been able to keep it as I think it's gone insane now. I just wanted a simple origin story. I came up with the original, and then [in "Who is Donna Troy?"] George [Pérez] and I simply elaborated on what had been done, giving her real knowledge of who she was. I would love to say that everything after "Who is Donna Troy?" should be forgotten, but that's not

9492-414: The help of Wonder Woman, Hippolyta, and the third Flash (her former Titans teammate, Wally West ), the only people who remembered the previous version, Donna was restored. Somehow, she also regained her powers, presumably because that was how Wally remembered her. Initially, she was concerned that she was not the "same" Donna, but an idealized form based on Wally's memories. She has since accepted that this

9605-494: The idea of a nine-inch statue line. DC later asked Ant Lucia to redesign their initial conception of a retro Wonder Woman. Tim Miller was requested to handcraft the sculptures. In 2013, the first sculpture of the franchise, Wonder Woman, was sold in stores. Ant Lucia, the creator of the sculptures and variant covers design, drew a heavy influence from World War II aesthetics and pin-up models. He juxtaposed past pin up girl designs with current rockabilly culture. The sculptures created

9718-635: The incapacitated Titans East team. In Final Crisis #5, Donna Troy has been turned into a Justifier. She, among other Justifiers, attacked the Switzerland Checkmate HQ. She tried to put the Justifier helmet onto Alan Scott before being knocked away by Hawkman. The build-up to Donna's recruitment begins when she volunteers to help Mikaal Tomas and Congorilla track down the supervillain Prometheus . She accompanies them to

9831-488: The line, DC Collectibles announced at San Diego Comic-Con 2016 that they would be releasing a line of articulated action figures based on the DC Comics Bombshells line as part of their 'Designer Series' range of 6.75-inch figures. The first wave of figures was released in April 2017 and features Bombshells versions of Wonder Woman, Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy and Batwoman. In a trailer for the series released on

9944-425: The mantle of Wonder Woman after Diana stepped down following the Crisis, feeling the need to 'find out who Diana is'. Donna wears a set of armor during her tenure as Wonder Woman, which includes the bracelet and star-field material used as part of her Titans regalia. Donna's post- Infinite Crisis origin, which incorporates elements from her previous origins, is as follows: Donna was a magical twin of Diana created by

10057-605: The most anticipated Street Fighter game in years arriving 2009, we will be launching the ‘‘Street Fighter IV” comic series as a big crossover event with the game. That would mean the originally planned Street Fighter III series will have to make way and be released after this ‘‘Street Fighter IV” story arc is done,” said Ko. “We are working very closely with Capcom and the SFIV producer in Japan to make this comic series as exciting as possible. The stories from our comic are linked directly to

10170-487: The murderous Sparta of Synriannaq . It is revealed that the Titan Rhea had rescued a young Donna from a fire; Donna and Sparta were one of 12 orphans who had been raised on New Cronus by the Titans as "Titan Seeds", their eventual saviors. The Seeds had been given superhuman powers, and named after ancient Greek cities. Called "Troy", Donna (like the others) had eventually been stripped of her memories of her time with

10283-432: The nameplates attached to the bases; some statues were shipped as single solid pieces. However, DC began using separate pieces attached with pegs or magnets due to a high percentage of damaged early statues. Between 2013 and 2016, the statues had Edition Sizes of 5200 (during DC's New 52 era). Beginning with 2017's Katana, the statues currently have Edition Sizes of 5000. The Deluxe statues have diorama-style bases instead of

10396-445: The opportunity to work on the game and to strengthen their ties with the video game maker, it taxed their resources and left them behind schedule on their comics. In October 2005, Udon released Street Fighter II #0 , the sequel to their Street Fighter comic; it was followed in early 2006 with the long-awaited launch of Rival Schools . Erik Ko discussed this in an interview with Newsarama that can be read here. In December 2007 at

10509-587: The original series, alongside the X , Zero , ZX and Legends series, with the exeception of the Battle Network and Star Force series. The Capcom Comic Book Universe (CCBU) is a comic book franchise developed by Udon, which is based on various Capcom franchises set inside a shared universe . ^a Out of print. Donna Troy Donna Troy is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics . She

10622-603: The person bound by her lasso the person is forced to submit and obey. However the person is under control by Donna's will even after they are not bound by the lasso anymore. Only until they obey will they be released mentally from the lasso's power. The lasso can also teleport to New Chronus. The lasso is also unbreakable and go as long as what the wielder wants it be. Donna also wears the Amazon gauntlets that deflect any offensive attack. An alternate universe variant of Donna Troy from Earth-Two appears in The New 52 . This version

10735-411: The present day, with Cassie Sandsmark as Wonder Girl, and Wonder Woman's new origin presents her as the natural-born daughter of Zeus and Hippolyta. Donna is reintroduced in the pages of Wonder Woman as an Amazon created by a sorcerer, Derinoe, as an attempt to usurp Diana's place as queen, replacing her with a new ruler. Diana defeats Donna and Donna sets about a period of soul-searching. Meanwhile, in

10848-587: The rest of the team, rips off his helmet, and starts beating him brutally, but the Shade stops her. Unfortunately, the villain destroys Star City via a teleportation device. During the Blackest Night crossover, Donna has a horrific encounter with her deceased son Robert and husband Terry, revived as undead beings by the Black Lantern Corps . She is bitten by Robert, becoming "infected" by

10961-489: The resurrection of Donna Troy and cleared up her multiple origins. Donna Troy has now discovered that like every other person after the Crisis on Infinite Earths , she is a merger of every alternate version of Donna Troy in the Multiverse . Unlike everyone else, Donna is the repository of knowledge of every alternate universe version of herself and remembers the original Multiverse. She learned that her counterpart on Earth-Two

11074-466: The sculptures become more tongue-in-cheek in Harley Quinn and the Joker's statue as to better reflect the former's explosive behavior. The Bombshells statue for Harley Quinn depicts her dressed in a World War II nurse's uniform. Harley Quinn is seen dipping a flustered, lipstick-stained Joker in an Sailor's uniform. The sculpture was a humorous rendition of the infamous " Kissing on VJ " photo where

11187-501: The shared "steel plate" bases of the regular statue line. Currently, they have Edition Sizes of 5000 each. Based on the increased interest in the property, a digital-first ongoing series written by Marguerite Bennett and various artists began in July 2015, with a printed comic book following in 12 August. The series ran for 100 digital issues, concluding in June 2017 and 33 print issues with

11300-417: The sisters were turned into propaganda for Russia's war effort. Kara is described as "the wonder of Soviet science-the supergirl walks among us! A gift from the heavens, to favor the motherland in crushing her enemies" in a Russian newsreel. Kortni is described as "armed with the strength of the revolutionary soviet cosmonaut program—the Stargirl wields the cosmic staff. A design pioneered by comrade Ipati Dugin,

11413-518: The statues and creating whole backstories for items". Bennett also speaks on her decision to incorporate mainstream canonical backstories of characters in this new world. Bennett explored traditional genres and mediums of the 1940s such as radio shows and propaganda films to provide a realistic history for the Bombshells franchise. Bennett speaks on this decision when she states: "Each of the heroines actually has, essentially, her own genre. Batwoman started off as this cheesy radio adventure reel, Wonder Woman

11526-621: The storyline "The Lies" reveals that the savage depiction of Thymiscira and the Amazons in the New 52 Wonder Woman series in which Diana is made the Queen of the Amazons and the God of War and has Donna Troy reinvented as a mass-murdering villain is, in fact, an illusion by the Olympians to keep her away from the real island. A later Titans story clarified that Donna is still a magical golem created to destroy Wonder Woman, with fake memories granted by

11639-405: The success of the initial statues, the Bombshells designs have been licensed out to a number of other companies for a range of merchandise. DC Collectibles released a set of three busts (Wonder Woman, Supergirl, Mera) based on artwork by Emmanuela Lupacchino and sculpted by Jack Mathews. Another company, Icon Heroes, has released a Bombshells Harley Quinn bust. Cryptozoic Entertainment have released

11752-497: The team was broken up by the Justice League and reformed by Nightwing with supervision from the League this time. After Dick Grayson was shot in the head by KGBeast , Donna becomes leader of the team while he is recovering from his injury and amnesia. Donna Troy is often noted for having had a number of complicated revisions to her origin. Writer Marv Wolfman recounted: I wrote the original Donna Troy origin story back in

11865-502: The team when the comic picks up again with #44 in November 1976. Teen Titans is canceled again in February 1978 with issue #53, with Donna and the others, no longer "teens", going their separate ways. Marv Wolfman and George Pérez revived the series yet again in 1980 as The New Teen Titans , with original members Wonder Girl, Robin, and Kid Flash joined by new heroes Raven , Starfire , Cyborg , and Beast Boy / Changeling . Donna

11978-555: The time needed to destroy Alexander's device, and save the two Supermen and Wonder Woman from being merged with their Earth-Three counterparts. Though most of the team vanishes when they attempt to leave via the portal opened by Mal Duncan and Adam Strange , she returns to Earth shortly after the Battle of Metropolis, and provides a "junior red-sun eater" to the Green Lantern Corps in which to imprison Superboy-Prime at

12091-902: The twin Goddesses-made where the sky met the Earth. We are blessed by the creatures of the Forest and the creatures of the sky, she says. Her little fallen stars". After their parents met unfortunate circumstances, Kortni and Kara lived in the Dormitory For Daughters of the Workers’ Revolution and had dreams of flying for the Night Witches , "the most terrifying bombers of the Soviet Air Force". At an enlistment exam, Kara's Kryptonian powers were revealed and

12204-637: The way continuity works, sadly. Under John Byrne , Donna was retconned to be a mirror-image duplicate of Wonder Woman, created by the Amazon sorceress Magala using a spell to give life to Diana's reflections so that the young princess would have an age-appropriate friend. This duplicate is kidnapped by WWII Wonder Woman's nemesis, Dark Angel . Dark Angel forces Donna to undergo multiple "lives" that all end in tragedy and result in her resetting back to her beginning. Hippolyta and Wonder Woman attempt to rescue Donna, but Dark Angel destroys her rather than release her from her clutches. With help from Wally West, Donna

12317-445: Was added to the massively multiplayer online game in August 2015. The story mission The Bombshells Paradox sees the Bombshells version of Talia al Ghul cause a tear in reality and leads to the players interacting with the Bombshells versions of Wonder Woman, Supergirl, Harley Quinn & Catwoman. Various cosmetic items based on the Bombshells look and a number of posters with Ant Lucia's original Bombshells artwork were also added to

12430-728: Was first introduced in the series as she disrupted an air raid between US troops and an unidentified opponent because they were causing unintentional harm to Themyscira. Diana soon meets Steve Trevor and cultivates a need to protect him from his impending execution for harming Themyscira. With the help of Mera, Aquawoman, Diana helps Steve escape. Diana soon joins the United States Army corps and fights against Germany. Supergirl and Stargirl - Kortni Duginova and Kara Starikov were raised together as sisters after Kara's Kryptonian pod landed in Russia. Their parents believed they were "like

12543-525: Was saved by a firefighter and was raised in an orphanage, while her Earth-S counterpart died in the fire. She also discovered that her sworn enemy of the past, Dark Angel, was in fact the Donna Troy of Earth-Seven , saved from certain death by the Anti-Monitor , just like the Monitor had saved Harbinger . When the Multiverse was reconfigured in one single Universe, Dark Angel, who had somehow escaped

12656-583: Was soon kidnapped by the Dark Angel (a World War II villainess and sworn enemy of Queen Hippolyta , Diana's mother), who thought the girl was Diana. Dark Angel cursed Donna to live endless variants of a life characterized by suffering, with her life being restarted and erased from the world's memory when Donna was at her lowest. Even Donna would forget her past lives until the moment at which Dark Angel would arrive to restart her life, at which point she would immediately recall all of her past suffering. With

12769-560: Was the Street Fighter comic book series, launching in September 2003. They would add a Darkstalkers comic series to their line in November 2004. In October 2005, Udon reorganized its operations and became a full-fledged publisher. Erik Ko revealed that the lengthy break in the Summer of 2005 was to recover from a licensing deal with Capcom , which saw Udon doing artwork for Capcom Fighting Evolution . Although Udon appreciated

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