Flashpoint: Wonder Woman and her Furies #1

[sailorlibra]

This is not a particularly good story. At all.



If you've looked at this post, you know that Wonder Woman and Aquaman were planning to get married. However, there were people who didn't support the marriage.

During the wedding, Hippolyta spots someone suspicious before being killed with a spear.





Garth is then framed for the murder and killed, with the Amazons demanding that all of the other Atlanteans leave.



The dark-haired woman is Penthesilea, who is Hippolyta's sister. Artemis is her champion. According to comicvine, she has never appeared as a DC character before. She does have a wikipedia page, which establishes that she accidentally killed her sister, Hippolyta, during a hunting match. So that's quite apt, even if the mythological Penthesilea fought in the Trojan War because she was so full of grief that she wished to die in battle after killing her sister. This version isn't quite as fond of Polly, apparently.

I still don't really see how this is supposed to make Diana evil. Her mother died in the main continuity without her choosing to slaughter anyone, even the person responsible for Hippolyta's death.

Comments

[sailorlibra]

Well, the regular universe Themyscira has always been portrayed as a peaceful, stable community, barring really horrible writing. (Hello, Amazons Attack!)