Characters / Wonder Girl

Wonder Woman Main Character Index
Title Character
Princess Diana of Themyscira/Diana Prince
Mythical Figures
Amazons | Gods (Ares)
Supporting Cast
Wonder Girl (Donna Troy | Cassie Sandsmark)
Villains
A-L (Cheetah) | M-Z

Diana Prince / Wonder Girl / Wonder Woman

Young Princess Diana

AKA: Diana of Paradise Island

The original Wonder Girl wasn't meant to be a new character, it was just Wonder Woman on adventures at a younger age much like the first Superboy stories were for Superman. Then someone mistook some Silver Age style casual time travel stories depicting Wonder Girl and Wonder Woman together to mean Wonder Woman had a sidekick and the rest is history.

First Appearance: (of Wonder Girl) Wonder Woman #23. (1947)

Created By: William Moulton Marston · Harry G. Peter

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• See Wonder Woman (The Character)

Donna Troy / Wonder Girl I / Troia / Darkstar / Wonder Woman IV

Wonder Girl I / Troia / Wonder Woman IV

AKA: Donna Troy

The Woman with the Starry Armour

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Donna Troy's past is... complicated. But basically, she's Diana's sister. She is known for being a sweet woman and a good listener, but she's faced much tragedy and a tangled past in her life. She was originally Wonder Girl of the Teen Titans, and now she forges her own path as simply Donna Troy. Comes equipped with the same bracelets as her sister, and a lasso that can override the mind of its victim provided that Donna's will is stronger than their own. She had stepped up to the plate as Wonder Woman when Diana was unavailable but is never strongly attached to that name and role.

The New 52 attempted to uncomplicate Donna's origin, but the route taken of "evil clone of Wonder Woman" was despised by fans. DC Rebirth then did away with this origin and reinstated her traditional one as the former Wonder Girl of the Teen Titans who was adopted by Hippolyta after being rescued by Wondy... only for James Robinson's run on Wonder Woman (Rebirth) to start mucking up her past by attempting to reinstate her New52 origin while contradicting Titans (Rebirth) and the memories of Wally West, who is known to have some of the most incorrupted memories in the whole 'verse. For more on just who Donna is see her Continuity Snarl page.

First Appearance: The Brave and the Bold #60. (1965) ^note  Or Wonder Woman #123. (1961). This is contested as some argue the Wonder Girl in WW 123 is depicted differently enough from young Diana, and similar enough to Donna that she's clearly an early appearance by the character.

Created By: Bob Haney · Bruno Premiani

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• See Wonder Girl: Donna Troy

Cassandra Sandsmark / Wonder Girl II

Wonder Girl II

AKA: Cassandra Sandsmark

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Cassie Sandsmark was the president of the Wonder Woman fan club in Gateway City. When she actually met Wonder Woman, she was so enthusiastic that she took artifacts from her mother's museum to help Wonder Woman fight. Impressed with her bravery, the Gods granted her powers of her own. Cassie became the leader of Young Justice and the Teen Titans and she eventually discovered that Zeus was her father.

Her New 52 incarnation is the daughter of Wonder Woman's half-brother Lennox, and derives her powers from an ancient armor named the 'Silent Armor' related to the demon Trigon. This character's provenance is called into question in Wonder Woman (Rebirth) by the revelation that the Olympians of the New 52 were fakes and implanted memories designed to hide the real Themyscira.

For her Earth One counterpart see Teen Titans: Earth One.

First Appearance: Wonder Woman Vol 2 #105. (1996)

Created By: John Byrne

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• See Wonder Girl: Cassie Sandsmark

Yara Flor / Wonder Girl III

Wonder Girl III

AKA: Yara Flor

Originally debuting in DC Future State as the destined successor to the Wonder Woman mantle, Yara Flor is a Hot-Blooded Demi-God born from the union of a Amazon named Aella and a mysterious Brazilian deity. She was raised among the Esquecida, a tribe of Amazons who split off from Themyscira to establish a new society deep within the Amazon Rainforest. Alas, tragedy struck as her mother was murdered by members of the Greek Pantheon during a siege that burned their home to the ground. Fortunately for Yara, she would be spirited away to the United States by a fellow tribeswoman named Renata, where she spent the remaining years of her childhood in mundanity.

Having largely suppressed the traumatic memories of the attack, Yara would inevitably return to Brazil in order to seek the truth about her hectic past. Resulting in an adventure that would both reunite her with the surviving Esquecida and earn her the ire of the Greek Gods who sought to subjugate her for their own agenda. After participating in a controversial contest between competing Amazonian factions, Wonder Woman would formally crown Yara with the mantle of Wonder Girl… much to the latter's complete detestation.

First Appearance: Dark Nights: Death Metal #7. (2021)

Created By: Joëlle Jones

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• Action Girl: Yara was put on the fast track to becoming this trope by Hera, who ordered the various Gods of Mount Olympus to train her in everything from Philosophy to the Art of War so she could become her perfect champion. Even before her training, Yara had a clear case of Chronic Hero Syndrome and would jump to the need of anyone in immediate danger regardless of the risks involved.
• Adaptational Nice Guy: In Future State Yara Flor was still committing crimes well after taking the title of Wonder Woman, and only began respecting laws outside of her tribe after illegal activities caused a forest fire in the Amazon, she started investigating the corruption in Brazil, and it turned out to be a global problem. In DC Infinite Frontier she still has a criminal record, but it's nothing she's proud of and Yara has been trying to go straight in adulthood, before getting mixed up in any Amazon business. She's also a lot more doting and patient with Jerry, who routinely bites her in Infinite Frontier.
• Adaptational Wimp: Yara gets her butt kicked with much greater frequency in "DC Infinite Frontier" than "DC Future State", even after Chiron's training. During Trial of the Amazons she admits watching the Esquecida made her realize Chiron hadn't taught her nearly enough.
• Advice Backfire: Diana had rightfully shown suspicion from The Olympians and associated gods after learning of their involvement in the Milkman Conspiracy. When Hera's temple was seen flying over Washington DC in Wonder Woman 795, Diana called for backup while entering it, in case it was a trap. That call was answered by Yara Flor, who convinces Diana to use her diplomatic skills to plead their case to Hera directly during Lazarus Planet Revenge Of The Gods. This results in Diana being bound and psychologically tortured. Little wonder Diana declines Yara's offer to help in the next arc.
• Affirmative-Action Legacy: Her two predecessors are Caucasian while she is a noticeably dark-skinned Brazilian girl.
• All Your Powers Combined: Her Golden Boleadoras can force those they snare to tell the truth, they can compel the ensnared to think the way Flor thinks and they can be used to generate electricity. In these ways they mostly emulate the abilities of every previous Wonder Girl's lasso. Where they're most lacking for Flor is that they end up doing nothing about her Power Incontinence.
• Apocalypse Maiden
  • Both Queen Faruka II of The Bana-Mighdall and Queen Hippolyta of Themyscira believe that Hera will turn Yara Flor into a Human Weapon that will destroy their tribe and each queen sends two assassins into Brazil to find and kill her before that can happen. Artemis also goes to kill Yara Flor, against Faruka's wishes, not wanting her general to do what her assassins should, but Artemis then gets chewed out by Faruka II for finding Yara Flor and not killing her, even more for suggesting Yara is not an enemy even after Yara rejects Hera's offer and is nearly killed for it. Hippolyta sends Cassie Sandsmark when her assassins get no results, and gives Cassie permission to spare Yara if possible.
  • Queen Atalanta reveals the monsters behind Doom's Doorway have been conditioned to hate amazons, even those that haven't had direct interaction with amazons, as The Olympians' way of punishing the amazons for slipping up thousands of year ago. While the Bana-Mighdall scoff at The Esquecida tribe for daring to call themselves amazons upon the two groups' formal introduction to one another, Yara Flor does have the blood of a "legitimate" amazon in her, and it lead to a monster unfamiliar to The Esquecida crossing the ocean and destroying The Amazon Rain Forest in search of her when breaches of Doom's Doorway became more common. This in turn lead to that formal introduction as The Esquecida sought answers. In this case though EVERYONE with amazon blood is an apocalypse maiden. Flor is simply the first not living with the two splinter tribes to be targeted.
• Bad Liar: Not even Jerry believes Yara's self aggrandizing tall tales.
• Battle Bolas: She wields the Golden Boleadoras, a weapon gifted to her by the mermaid Iara, instead of a lasso like the previous Wonder Girls.
• Blood Knight: If its one thing that Yara has over the previous Wonder Girls in spades, it's bloodlust. She is by far the most aggressive bearer of the mantle, preferring to solve most of her problems by punching them into submission while reveling in every second. Even as a child, when faced up against an entire entourage of immortal Greek Gods who are attacking her home, the girl's first instinct was to pick up a knife and try to stab them, head on.
• Book Dumb: In the Future State continuity Yara Flor is so unlearned she doesn't even grasp basic gender identifiers of her own national language that Superman has to correct her on. In the DC Infinite Frontier continuity she receives formal scholastic tutoring, language included, by Eros in a Year Inside, Hour Outside loop. She is actually supposed to be good at linguistics in "Rebirth" and mistakes can be chalked up to "Blind Idiot" Translation on the part of the writers. However, that still implies Yara was just as book dumb as her Future State counterpart before Hera put her in "school".
• Breakout Character: To say so is almost an understatement. She was simply announced for DC Future State as a replacement for Diana as Wonder Woman and before actually debuting, she was announced to be getting her own titled series in the main DC universe after Future State ends.
• Call-Forward: During Amazons Attack(volume 2) Yara Flor insults Diana the same way Trinity will in a possible future resulting from the event.
• The Call Knows Where You Live: While Yara Flor takes pride in her powers, abilities and sisterhood Whatever Happened To The Warrior Of Truth sees Diana forced to console Yara about her resentment towards the fact she hadn't been allowd to come into these things on her own time, on her own terms.
• Chronic Hero Syndrome: Yara Flor will gladly cut and run if she really thinks the odds aren't in her favor, unless she is aware of someone she feels could use her help. During Lazarus Planet:Revenge Of The Gods Yara admits to SHAZAM that she really tried to leave him behind after he got curbstomped by his wizard, but that she found herself coming back for him anyway.
• Dark and Troubled Past: Back when she was still a child, Yara's mother Aella was decapitated right in front of her by Gods of Olympus during a siege that slaughtered most of her tribe. While Yara was able to escape with her life thanks to her surrogate aunt Renata saving her in the nick of time, she has virtually no recollection of her childhood prior to immigrating to the United States due to her suppressing the trauma.
• Depending on the Artist: Her eyes range from light green to light brown. Green eyes aside she looks like the love child of Suyane Moreira and Beyonce Knowles when drawn by Joëlle Jones, but other artists may skewer closer Moreira or give her a different look entirely.
• Disappeared Dad: It's implied he wasn't up to facing the jealous gods of Olympus, but the details of why he bailed, where he went or even who he was remain shrouded.
• Divine Intervention
  • In the "Future State" continuity the new Wonder Woman initially respects no laws outside of her own tribe, and this almost gets her killed if not for the intervention of the enchanted forest enforcer Caipora, which Yara Flor doesn't recognize or appreciate at first, and Underworld Goddess Persephone, which she is slightly quicker to catch on to. In the "Rebirth" continuity Flor brings down a commercial plane while defending herself. The passengers are saved by Zephyrus, but this is not out of altruism but to help Eros kidnap her, and Caipora can't stop them.
  • In "Infinite Frontier" it's revealed by Potira that Yara's whole life has been steered by it. The Olympians were not happy with Aella breaking away from the Amazons to join a new tribe in the rain forest of another continent, and especially unhappy with her bearing the child of a god none of them had ever heard of before. Eros had been sent to execute Aella and Yara, but he hesitated at killing a child, even one strong enough to wound him. Nonetheless, Hera still wavers between wanting Yara dead in Tartarus or wanting Yara as her champion since that mysterious heritage has made her very strong.
  • In Wonder Woman 796 Eros has left Yara on her back and proceeds to defeat Diana by putting her under his charm and the narrator flat out states "humanity doesn't stand a chance". Yara rises and attacks him again only to be startled as Zeus drops a Thunderbolt right in front of Yara that vaporizes Eros while Zeus scolds Hera for starting another war without his permission. Unfortunately for Yara, Zeus isn't a Conflict Killer this time, as Hera had a contingency plan if he interfered again, but he does prevent the heroes from being defeated and allow them to stop Hera later.
• Does Not Know His Own Strength: She was able to draw blood from a god's knee as a toddler, but it takes Yara Flor over a decade to realize she has Super-Strength. Combine this with a short temper and confrontational personality, and you get a criminal record. Yara was usually just fronting but ended up injuring people and causing property damage by accident, with authorities not buying that she didn't "understand" or "mean to".
• Et Tu, Brute?: Yara is devastated upon finding out that Eros has been manipulating her since the day they met so she could be turned into one of Hera's pawns. Even more so when she later discovers that Eros was the one who murdered her mother.
• Forged by the Gods: In DC Infinite Frontier the suit Yara most commonly wears was a ceremonial outfit Eros put together for Yara when she was to be presented before Hera and become her champion. She rejected Hera's offer but kept the clothes because she thought they looked nice. This is quite different from DC Future State, where it was a uniform everyone in Yara's tribe wore. The Esquecida do start copying elements of Yara's "fashion" by Trial Of The Amazons and Diana does snap Yara's tiara and reshape it an Amazonian mold, but Yara's getup is neither fully converted nor fully adopted in "DC Infinite Frontier".
• Friendly Address Privileges: By the time of the Lazarus Planet tie ins, Yara Flor has come to tolerate being called "Wonder Girl" by Wonder Woman, but only by Diana specifically, letting Captain Marvel/Shazam know he's not so privileged.
• The Gadfly: During her coronation to become Hera's champion, Yara kept stalling on drinking the ambrosia elixir by asking non-stop stupid questions, solely to piss off Hera before rejecting her offer.
• How Do I Shot Web?: After Iara gives her The Golden Boleadoras Yara tries to use them on the next monster she encounters only to realize she has no idea what she's doing. Even after learning how to use them properly as boleadoras she has no idea how to use the powers that are supposed to come with them.
• I Believe I Can Fly: It's not clear when or how she learns or gains the power of unaided flight in the Future State continuity, but by the way the series timeline is set up it's clear it took years for her to get it. DC Infinite Frontier isn't in any hurry to grant her the privilege either.
• Loyal Animal Companion: She has one in the form of Jerry, an abrasive Pegasus Yara succeeded in taming to become her steed.
• Making a Splash: Yara has the power to control water, inherited from her river god father.
• Obliviously Superpowered: Infinite Frontier sees Yara get pulled into a river and spend so much time under water she falls asleep, having no idea why people think her instant recovery is special. She's also prone to causing more injury than intended to people she doesn't like and causing unintentional property destruction, attributing it to bad luck. It takes a multitude of other super natural beings spelling it out for Yara to get it.
• Omniglot: Yara speaks English, Portuguese and Nheengatu at the start of DC Infinite Frontier, and may have spoken more before her Trauma-Induced Amnesia. Yara is further instructed in language by Eros, and Yara later learns American sign language.
• Power Incontinence: Yara has trouble with her water power, and causes nearby bodies of water to flood the lands when she gets angry. She has control over her Super-Strength...once she finally realizes that she has super strength.
• Psychological Projection: During ''Amazons Attack"(volume 2) Yara Flor openly admits to being arrogant, and claims that Diana must be just as arrogant because Diana thinks herself above a Side Kick, unlike Superman and Batman. Yara was of course forgetting that Diana called on Yara specifically when Hera declared war on mankind and removed the wards of Themyscira, and couldn't accept that Diana simply did not want Yara's help at that particular moment.
• Semi-Divine: Similar to her predecessor Cassie Sandsmark, Yara is the demi-god daughter of a mortal Amazon and an unknown Brazilian River God. Her divine heritage grants her supernatural speed and strength seemingly equal to that of her predecessors. However, Yara lacks the ability of flight, leaving her reliant on Jerry in order to take to the skies.
• Smug Super: In "Future State" she had this pretty bad, needing to be humbled twice in a row by Thanatos and Hades, and still not getting the message really until she saw Kuat abuse his powers. "Infinite Frontier" Yara is nowhere near as bad, but still gets told off by Philippus and Donna Troy for wasting time posing while Themyscira is about to be destroyed. While admitting they're right, Yara informs them that she's going to make them bask in her glory once the island is saved.
• Spicy Latina: Yara is a Hot-Blooded Brazilian who is beautiful as she is deadly. Chiron does see Yara's temper as a weakness and tries to get it under control but Hera cuts it off, believing Yara had progressed enough.
• Statuesque Stunner: Going by Jamal Campbell's Wonder Woman 795 cover, Yara is about two or three inches shorter than Diana, around an imperial 5'10 or 5'9. This is taller than the average man, may or may not be taller than Donna Troy and is far taller than Cassie Sandsmark.
• Super-Toughness: Flor certainly feels everything that hits her, but rarely suffers actual damage. This proves disadvantageous when fighting Eros, as she does more damage to him, but since he's immortal it doesn't matter, while the few injuries Yara does sustain are hampering.
• Took a Level in Jerkass: Yara Flor is a little more abrasive, mouthy and callous during Dawn of DC than she was during DC Infinite Frontier. Given what kicks off Dawn of DC for the Wonder Woman titles it's a wonder more amazons aren't meaner than usual.
• Unskilled, but Strong: Strong enough to crash a passenger jet by accident, but despite having been in plenty of fights, and racked up a criminal record Yara Flor doesn't actually know how to fight well in the DC Infinite Frontier continuity. Hera tries to change this by putting Yara through training from the centaur Chiron.

Bobby Barnes / Wonder Boy I

Wonder Boy I

Bobby Barnes was the nephew of Wonder Woman's brief love interest Trevor Barnes. Bobby was a big fan of Diana's and followed her in the invisible jet while she was working as a superhero. While he traveled to Themyscira and was informally accepted as one of their own he did very little actual superheroics of his own as his mother did not like feeling like she was in competition with the Amazon princess.

The "Wonder Boy" of Earth 11 is a gender-swapped version of Donna Troy.

First Appearance: Wonder Woman Vol 2 #188. (2003)

Created By: Phil Jimenez · Andy Lanning

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• Action Survivor: He likes hanging around Diana and manages to spend days at a time with her in one piece despite the far less friendly and more dangerous things that also tend to follow her around.
• Ascended Fanboy: A huge fan of Wonder Woman who is very happy to learn that not only is Diana going on a few dates with his uncle, she's also okay with Bobby tagging along with her while she works when he asks. He earns an invite to Themyscira through his actions and is accepted by the Amazons as an informal member of their sisterhood in a ceremony.
• Distaff Counterpart: By name and as an outsider teenager who was given the acceptance of the Amazons Bobby is Cassie's male counterpart. She was even Wonder Girl while he was Wonder Boy and his Wonder Boy shirt was inspired by the design of Cassie's first Wonder Girl shirt.
• Like Brother and Sister: Post crisis Diana revealed that she went through a "phase" of wanting a little brother as a child. Circumstance not only made that impossible, but illegal at the time. She tolerates and even comes to appreciate Bobby's presence because she imagines he's the little brother she never got to have.