History ComicBook / WonderWoman2023

** Subverted by the fact that "Sarge" isn't his rank, but his ''name'' an abbreviation of "Sargent".

** Subverted by the fact that "Sarge" isn't his rank, but his ''name," an abbreviation of "Sargent".

* AlmightyJanitor: This storyline demonstrates that Sarge Steel holds ''far'' more power than a mere sergeant ever could. He is assigned leadership over the government agency A.X.E., and is placed in command over an entire US Army battalion operating under the direct orders of the President in Issue #2.

* {{Homage}}: The cover of the first issue is one to [[https://www.amazonarchives.com/wp-content/uploads/wonder-woman-volume-2-issue-22-cover.jpg issue #22]] from George Perez's run.

* [[VigilanteMan Vigilante Woman]]: With Amazons no longer being unable to operate on American soil, Diana finds herself this. She also finds herself in defiance of orders from Queen Nubia for refusing to return to Themyscira.

* NonActionBigBad: The Sovereign, the main antagonist of Tom King's run, is the [[ShadowDictator secret king]] of America who wields unchecked authority over seemingly the entire the US government and military. However, he's also a wrinkled, geriatric old man who seemingly possesses no fighting abilities or powers aside from his Lasso of Lies. Hence why he doesn't physically confront Diana himself and instead relies on underlings like Sarge Steel and his recruited Wonder Woman villains to do the heavy lifting, while Sovereign remains in the comfort of his home.

* PoorCommunicationKills: Silver Swan tries to warn Diana about Sovereign's plans in Issue #6 by physically attacking Diana in the middle of her battle with Giganta, violently pinning her to the Washington Monument while talking like a {{Yandere}}, cussing Diana out while ignoring her TranquilFury demands to be released, and finally screaming that Diana doest't understand what's coming (presumably referring to Grail). Of course Diana doesn't heed the crazed Vanessa's warnings and punches her unconscious.

* MonumentalBattle: Issue #6 is entire issue of Diana battling her rogues gallery at the base of the Washington Monument. Giganta even rips up the obelisk and uses it to bludgeon Diana when she's distracted.

** When Giganta is recruited for Sovereign's LegionOfDoom, his narration makes reference to their many contradictory info about her origin. Some reports saying she was gorilla who became a human (her Golden Age origin) and others saying she was a human who became a gorilla and then a human again (her Post-Crisis origin)

* DontCreateAMartyr: As Sovereign explains to Lizzie in Issue #6's narration boxes, the purpose behind the LegionOfDoom he formed wasn't to kill Wonder Woman because "the dead can overthrow an empire the living could hardly touch." Instead their goal was destroy the public's image of Diana as this InvincibleHero by having her beaten down by her rogues gallery in the US capital for the entire nation to see.

* TheDreaded: As the daughter of Darkseid, not to mention a Justice League-level threat in her own right, Grail shown to be feared by heroes and villains alike. She's the only one out of Diana's rogues gallery that Sovereign personally recruits for his anti-Wonder Woman team rather than have Sarge Steel act as an intermediary. Sovereign also carefully chose to approach her as an inferior ''begging'' for her assistance rather than as an equal or superior like he did with his other supervillain recruits. [[spoiler:When Sovereign sends his LegionOfDoom to attack Diana in Issue #6, he deliberately withholds Grail as a GodzillaThreshold contingency and only sends her in when all other options are seemingly exhausted. Grail is the only supervillain out of the entire anti-Wonder Woman team whose appearance elicits a genuine OhCrap from Diana.]]

* GodzillaThreshold: Sovereign and Sarge Steel consider Grail to be one since she's the literal daughter of Darkseid. Unlike the rest of Diana's rogues gallery who were commanded through a combination of bribery, blackmail, and threats, Grail is acknowledged to be the only supervillain that A.X.E. has ''zero'' control over because she's just ''that'' dangerously powerful. [[spoiler:When Sovereign deploys his LegionOfDoom to ambush Wonder Woman in Washington D.C., he explicitly holds Grail back as part of "Plan G", only sending her in ''after'' Diana has already beaten everyone else. And even then, Sarge Steel suggested giving up and trying again another day instead of relying on Grail, only changing his mind at Sovereign's insistence. Notably, Grail is the only supervillain in the anti-Wonder Woman team whose appearance garners a true OhCrap reaction from Diana.]]

* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: Cassie says meeting Diana is what her appreciate liking traditionally feminine interests.

** In Issue #3, we're shown that the US military task force entrusted with killing Superman should he go rogue (alongside the entire Justice League as Sarge Steel boasts) consists of a bunch of regular soldiers and a couple tanks whose strategy seems to be "throw wave after wave of our men against the target until they fall". For comparison, the army battalion that Diana singlehandedly defeated in Issue #2 was bigger and better armed than this. Obviously, Diana is not the least bit threatened by this and is able to make Sgt. Steel back down by threatening him with her Invisible Jet.

* KarmicButtMonkey: In this storyline, Sarge Steel is portrayed as a sexist, arrogant, and smug sociopath who uses his government mandate as an excuse to openly behave like a trigger-happy thug with a predilection for excessive force. Naturally, he finds himself being the ButtMonkey a lot. Diana easily foils his initial attempt to capture/kill her in Issue #1 and crushes his prosthetic hand. In Issue #2, she drives him into a rage by defeating the entire US Army battalion he sent after her. She again humiliates him in Issue #3 by casually strolling into his office while dispatching all his A.X.E. agents and escaping with just as much ease. When he goes to recruit Wonder Woman villains in Issue #5, it's made clear none of them fear, or even respect, him. Circe makes him spend an unspecified amount of time as a pig, Psycho breaks into his office and invites himself to joining Sovereign's LegionOfDoom, and Silver Swan drops him repeatedly from high up in the sky. [[spoiler:And in Issue #6, he is seemingly knocked unconscious and captured by one of the Wonder Girls while watching Diana's battle with her rogues gallery from afar.]]

** In Issue #3, we're shown that the US military task force entrusted with killing Superman should he go rogue (with Sarge Steel boasting that this unit is capable of wiping out the entire Justice League) consists of a bunch of regular soldiers and tanks whose strategy seems to be "throw wave after wave of our men against the target until they fall". Obviously, Diana is not the least bit threatened by this and makes Sgt. Steel back down by threatening him with her Invisible Jet.

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Sarge Steel has no problem being openly sexist to Wonder Woman.

* UnderestimatingBadassery:

* AlmightyJanitor: This storyline demonstrates that Sarge Steel holds ''far'' more power than a mere sergeant ever could. He's seemingly the only significant leader of the government agency A.X.E., and is placed in command over an entire US Army battalion operating under the direct orders of the President in Issue #2.

* ButtMonkey: Sarge Steel finds himself on the receiving end of this a lot. When he goes to recruit Wonder Woman villains, it's made clear none of them fear, or even respect, him. Circe makes him spend an unspecified amount of time as a pig, Psycho breaks into his office and invites himself to joining Sovereign's LegionOfDoom, and Silver Swan drops him repeatedly from high up in the sky.

* TokenGoodTeammate: Out of all the recruited villains on Sovereign's anti-Wonder Woman team, Silver Swan is the only one who has no real intentions of harming Diana, having only agreed to join so she could later try to warn Diana about Sovereign's plans. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, Sovereign predicted this and instead uses Vanessa as an unwitting distraction during Diana's big battle with her rogues gallery in Issue #6, allowing a magically-enhanced Giganta to sucker punch the two while Diana's guard was temporarily down.]]

* AlmightyJanitor: This storyline demonstrates that Sarge Steel holds ''far'' more power than a mere sergeant ever could. He's seemingly the field commander of the government agency A.X.E. and is placed in command over an entire US Army battalion deployed to attack Wonder Woman in Issue #2 while operating under the direct orders of the US President himself.