Comic Universe Rebooting Brainstorming Thread

All right, so I think I'm going to break these up into groups. I did the Justice League one, now I'm gonna do a villain one, then a Teen Titans one, and an independent heroes one. Maybe a Suicide Squad in between Titans and Independents. The Titans one'll be interesting, since some of the founding members either don't exist or are grown-up heroes.

Now, just to be clear, even though this is a list of villain characters, they're not in a group together. This isn't a Legion of Doom or an Injustice League, it's just a sampling of archnemeses in correspondence to the JLA.

Bumped. This thread is too interesting to let go to waste. Also, I've been working on a project currently dubbed "Ultimate Batman". Anyone interested?

edited 1st Aug '15 7:01:14 AM by Nightwire

@Nightwire If you could provide the link that is. If I had to reboot the comic universe like say DC, I would start small and build from there.

For example, Superman would start as person wandering across the globe using his powers to save people and stopping crime while remaining anonymous in his early years as he tries to find out more about himself and his heritage. The accounts of his heroics eventually spread across America, and soon news media like the Daily Planet began to dub this mysterious folk hero a "super man". Superman's public debut to the world would involve a great global threat that the US military could not handle on its own, thus necessitating Superman to reveal himself.

Looking back at this, I'm not super-happy with those first ideas. I'll start over. A re-reboot.

So is this like a thread where we come up with our own reboots or something

because i might have kinda sorta done that a lot before

Yeah, your own ideas.

I'm not the biggest fan of reboots myself, but if I were going to do one, well, let's see here...

SUPERMAN! DEFENDER OF TRUTH, JUSTICE, AND LETTING 'OVER THERE' TAKE CARE OF ITSELF THE AMERICAN WAY! ...Would basically be a best of all worlds here. Like the Byrne-boot, he wouldn't have any memories of Krypton and would grow up thinking of himself as 'human', connecting with humanity and Earth more so than he ever would with Krypton, though he'll have some affection for it as both his birthplace and a life he could have had. The Kents would also still be alive like the Byrne-boot, and Lex would be a Corrupt Corporate Executive, (at first,) also like the Byrne-boot.

This is where things start to diverge a bit from the Byrne mold though, and where we start bringing some classic Pre-Crisis stuff in. For the most part, Superman wasn't active until his early 20's or so, figuring things out and eventually seeing the world, while still doing good in secret. However, there was a brief period where he did try and actively fight crime in Smallville as Superboy before giving it up, deciding that he just wasn't quite ready for it yet. However, it was just long enough for the Legion of Superheroes to offer him a trip to the future and a chance to join their ranks, which Superman did for a short time before asking to be returned home.

On top of that, he and Luthor grew up together in Smallville, somehow becoming best buddies until Supes (as Superboy,) accidentally blew up one of Lex's inventions. While Lex didn't know that Superboy was Clark and thus didn't hold him responsible, he still took his anger and frustrations (which also stemmed from a bad homelife,) out on the rest of the world, including Clark, cutting any and all ties with him and everyone else in Smallville. The botched experiment was really the straw that broke the camel's back as far as Luthor was concerned, leading him to hate Superboy and later Superman for all time, with his eventual envy over Superman stemming in part from that. (But only in part.)

Eventually, Superman decided that he was ready to enter the Superhero game for realz, and after setting himself up with the Daily Planet as Clark Kent, he made his debut. As for the kinds of adventures Superman went on, he'd start with just beating up crooks and robbers, but as time went on, he'd eventually go on adventures in outer space and other dimensions, face off against aliens and extra-dimensional entities, deal with all sort of mad science and wacky shenanigans, and in general deal with the kind of crazy, epic situations that someone on his level should be dealing with. Imagine a mashup of the Bronze Age and All Star Superman, and you should get a pretty good idea. Speaking of which, like the Bronze and even Silver ages, Superman is a Super-genius here, capable of building inventions and devices on par with anything Reed Richards could come up, with opens up venues for all sorts of crazy-awesome stories.

As for Luthor, as mentioned, he'll still start off as a Corrupt Corporate Executive, but over time, his hatred of Superman utterly consumes him and he starts making mistakes, leading in part to his eventual downfall. But that isn't the end for Luthor, and he instead resorts to being a classic Mad Scientist hellbent on making Superman and the world pay for what he sees as injustices done upon him.

And that's all I got so far.

Funny you mention Superman, 'cause that's who I was gonna start this rebooting with. I'm trying a slightly different focus this time. Instead of teams, I'll be looking at an individual character and their connected components, hopefully making for smoother reading.

Part One: The Man of Steel

All right, Imma just get this out of the way at the top: Superman. Black. The Kents. Black. Jor-El, Lara-El, Superman's entire family. Black. Movin' on.

Except not really movin' on, because we kinda need to address that part and how it changes things. Obviously it would take a much smarter person than I to get into all the sociopolitical and economical challengers that the Kent family face as a black farming family living in America's breadbasket, but I'll go ahead and safely say it wasn't as easy or as idyllic as the mainline white Kent family had it, to say nothing of Clark going to college for a degree in journalism.

So that instills in this Clark the fact that life is hard, and that life isn't fair, and that life isn't, to excuse a pun, black and white. But he still believes in the inherent goodness of people and he still sees the best in everything, through the sheer power of his indomitable spirit. Even before Clark decides to become a superhero, he wants to become a journalist, to use the power of the press and action to raise awareness towards the struggling and the downtrodden by society. During his time in college, Clark meets Pete Ross, another African-American youth who accuses Clark of being "too white." He has some fairly radical ideas about society and talks about revolution. While Clark doesn't necessarily agree with most of the ideas and doesn't quite understand where Pete's coming from, he wants to respect his opinion and asks to know more about Pete's ideas. It quickly becomes clear that Pete has a big idea and big pictures, but he doesn't really know how to implement them or what they would mean. This gets Clark to thinking about his own ideas of what he wants to do with his powers, and if he's put enough thought into it. He also meets Lana Lang (German-Korean in the reboot), his first girlfriend. They're together for the first two years of college, but Lana breaks it off when Clark reveals his powers to her. Not because she rejects him or because she thinks he's a freak, but because Lana can tell, already, that Clark is meant for something big, to be something great. There's no room in that future for plain Lana Lang. Clark is understandably heartbroken and the experience makes Clark question, more than ever, where the heck he's from and why he's here. Is he meant for something great?

After College, Clark moves to Metropolis (geological equivalent to real-world New York City), a bustling hive of activity and one of America's major melting pots. There Clark gets a job at the Daily Planet, where he meets Lois Lane, Perry White, and Jimmy Olsen, among others. All white, just because I feel like that's worth mentioning. Shortly after arriving in Metropolis, Clark makes his debut as Superman when he catches a falling plane and lands it safely (I'm a sucker for the classics) in a baseball field on game day. The world is shocked, it's stunned. There are other superheroes, there were waves of Masked Men and Mystery Men every few years dating back to the 1940s. But Superman is something different. Everyone in the world can tell that something is about to change.

After about a week of superheroics, he then gets a job at the Daily Planet by giving Perry White an exclusive interview with Superman (lifted from Superman: Earth One, I know). Perry gives Clark a lecture his first day on the Planet because it seems racially charged, phrases like "I don't give handouts", and "I don't handle freeloaders" and "You're gonna work for every byline" and Clark is worried that he's walked from one ugly neighborhood (wherever he went to college) for a shinier, fancier one, before Lois assures him that Perry gave her the same lecture, and one to Jimmy as well. It's just what Perry says to everyone because he wants to push them to their best.

There is a racial connotation to some of the world's unease about Superman and his intentions after discovering he's an alien, although it's never stated outright. They use a lot of words like "Different", "Outsider", "Apart from us". It's never spelled out, but this world is slightly less comfortable with the big blue boyscout. One person who's more than a little uneasy is Kunitomo Keizo. Don't recognize the name? You might know him better by his mainline counterpart: Lex Luthor.

I didn't want to leave Luthor white because I was worried that might lay the racial connotations too thick, and I didn't feel comfortable making Luthor black, either. Can't explain why, I just didn't go along with it. So he's a third-generation Japanese immigrant, and I changed the name because there's no L Japanese surnames and I didn't want to go to Rs because that's just wrong. Keizo exists as a foil to Clark because while they're both minorities, that's where the similarities end. While Keizo was raised upper middle-class so his standard of living was a little higher than Clark's, Keizo's family life was hard, his father constantly pressuring him to be better and work harder, even when Keizo graduated his first college and got his first doctorate when he was twelve. Keizo built himself from nothing, built Kunimoto Industries from nothing, became one of the most influential and powerful men in the world from nothing, became one of the greatest criminal forces of the 21st century from nothing. He was Metropolis's favored son, the American dream incarnate. So who the hell is this Superman, this alien, this nobody, to come in and swoop down from the sky to be the world's hero? Keizo dedicates his life to a single goal: he wants to tear Superman down. Physically, psychologically, whatever it takes. He must prove to the world that he is Superman's better. For all his gifts and his powers and his oh-so-specialness, it is Keito's mind that makes him superior. If you also wanted to add in a layer about the fact that Japan is super-duper racist, that could be a measure of subtext as well.

Oh, I kinda breezed over the actual Superman stuff, didn't I? The Kent tell Clark about his alien origin when he turns thirteen, which is about when his powers kick in and Clark is wondering what's wrong with him, if God is punishing him for something. Clark's got the full range, super strength, flight, super speed, invulnerability, all the kinds of vision and hearing and laser eyes. Eidetic and photographic memory, all that jazz. He also thinks at an accelerated rate compared to normal humans and can put his mental abilities to be, although not superhumanly intelligent, pretty dang smart. Clark discovers the Fortress of Solitude and meets Jor-El shortly before his third year of college, and he zips back whenever he finds the time. So while he's learning about High-level writing techniques and taking a course on philosophy, he's also learning about the planet where he came from and what happened to it, and why he is where he is in the universe. It's also where he gets the Superman suit.

IIIIII think I covered everything. Yet I also don't feel like I covered enough. So if there's something you want me to talk more about, please let me know! Until then, Next Time: The Dark Knight.

edited 28th Jul '16 5:50:29 PM by SonOfSharknado

Next up for me is Wonder Woman, but this one isn't going to be as basic or fundamental as with Supes. With Supes, I already felt a lot of what had gone before was just fine as is; just that some of the best elements of what had gone before were never together in one place. With Wonder Woman though, it's a different story. (So much so that I'd be lucky if a lot of this ever got to print.) Here goes:

For starters, we're going to try and be a touch more accurate to the original mythology. Here, the Amazons are still a race of immortal superstrong woman created by the Gods to preserve the best aspects of womenhood, and they still live on Themyscira on an island near Greece, but while they are somewhat adverse to men and and normally don't allow them on their shores, they don't hate them. This is because, in this continuity, Hercules never conquered the Amazons and raped Hippolyta While they still had an encounter, they left on peaceful terms, and the Amazons continued to live as they had done. (Like the freaking myths.) Of course, this leaves the question of just what the heck is up with the bracelets, and the answer is that they are a constant reminder of what they could become if they ever become too subservient to men's will. Mind you, that may sound somewhat ham-fisted, but keep in mind that the Amazons were created in an age where, in many places, women still weren't considered to be on the same level as men, and the Amazons were keen on making sure that was never applied to them.

As for Wonder Woman herself, the saga of Wondie begins not with Diana, but rather with her mother Hyppolyta. She was a noble and just ruler, if somewhat aggressive and just a touch haughty. She was also willing to do what had to be done, and so when the Axis began bombing Britain and making war in the Pacific, she knew what she had to do once she got wind of it. She couldn't risk the war coming to Themyscira's shores, and was sure that if she didn't act, her home would eventually be endangered one way or another. There was only one thing left to do: Rather than let them take the war to Themyscira, she had to take the war to them.

Now, at that point, she wasn't willing to take the entire population of Themyscria away from home, because that's what she would have had to have done to raise an army large enough to fight in the war. Not that there was a need. Resting on the center of the island in the temple of Athena, their chief deity, was a mystical set of armor created by the Gods themselves as a gift to the Amazons, capable of giving great power to its' wearer in times of need. Upon wearing the armor, it would not only enhance an Amazon's already formidable strength, but also give them great speed, reflexes, and the power of flight. It also came with a magical lasso capable of making whoever was bound by it tell the absolute truth, a ring that could produce whatever means of transportation the user desired, and even a Bad Ass sword to boot. For now, Hyppolyta didn't need an army; she was an army.

With all the power she needed, she took to the skies and entered the War, fighting the Axis hordes wherever she could find them. It wasn't long however before she realized that there was strength in numbers. After an encounter with the world's first ever Superhero team, she joined their ranks, and fought the good fight alongside them. Shortly after that, she modified her armor and changed her looks to better match the times, and was soon given the name of Wonder Woman by the press, one which she bemusingly adopted. In any case, she continued her career as a Superhero even after the end of the war, finding herself having grown quite accustomed to that life. But as time went on, her subjects back at home began growing restless, becoming deeply concerned with just how much time their queen was spending away from Themyscira despite there no longer being a reason to do so. Not that there was any reason for them to worry, as her career was about to come an end, if not entirely of her own volition.

By the early 1950's Mc Carthy had begun his reign of terror across the USA, and after dealing with and blacklisting just about every actor, artist, politician, and everyone else under the sun, he at last turned his attention to the Superheroes. In short order, the JSA (and every other big team like the Seven Soldiers or the former All Star Squadron,) were asked to either surrender their masks or go into quiet retirement. For Wonder Woman, this issue was relatively mute as she had no secret identity, but nonetheless, she had other matters to concern herself with. For one thing, she was aware of the growing restfulness back home, and she knew she been putting off returning full time for far longer than she should have. But she also had something else to concern herself. During her time in the States, she had just happened to meet a young sergeant by the name of Steve Trevor and, much to her surprise and shock, found herself falling in love with him. Of course, one thing led to another and, after a checkup by her JSA teammate Dr.Midnight, discovered something that she had thought for her would never be possible; she was fricking pregnant.

If that weren't enough, she had also saved a little girl from a war-torn nation in the heart of Africa, one who was just old enough to have the horror of seeing her entire family killed in front of her eyes. She had nowhere else to go, and for now, Hyppolyta had brought the girl back with her to the states. With the end of the first age of Superheroes, Hyppolita found an opportunity to get her priorities in check. She had come to love living the life of a Superhero, but she now had a nation and a daughter — no, two daughters to think about, as she had decided to take the girl she had saved from Africa to Themyscira and raise her as her own. As for Steve, Themyscira law unfortunately forbid men from permanently residing on Themyscira, but she was still able to allow for him to visit his daughter once a year. Time would pass, and by the early 70's, both of her daughters would have come into their own as accomplished grown women and warriors in their own rights. The adopted daughter would be named Artemis, after the Goddess of the Hunt herself, and as for the other? She would grow to become so wonderful and lovely that some said she might as well have been made from clay by the God themselves, and she would be given a name that would emphasize both her beauty and kindness; Dianna.

(That's the end of Part 1. Part 2 will actually focus on Diana, and with any luck, it'll be up in the next day or two. Wish me luck!)

Right! Part two of Wondie. This time, it's... not about Diana, as it turns out. Instead, we'll be talking about Artemis, and she's a very different character than the versions of her seen in the comics. Without further adue:

So, last time we left off, it was the beginning of the 70's, and Diana and Artemis were young woman who just come into their adulthood. Meanwhile, Steve's been making annual visits to Paradise Island, and she's been letting Diana know just what's been going on in the outside world; both the good and the bad. Diana, being the kind and compassionate young woman she is, has grown fond of the outside world as Steven has described it, but at the same time, it pains her to know that there are still so many problems in the world. When she comes of age, she desires to follow in her mother's footsteps; to put on the sacred armor of Athena and promote peace and truth throughout the world, all while making sure it doesn't get any worse than it already is. Hippolyta has her reservations at first, especially when it comes to the safety of her own daughter, but eventually relents, and gives her both her permission and her blessings.

But where does that leave Artemis, Hypollyta's adopted daughter? As far as Artemis is concerned, absolutely nowhere. Artemis's relation with Diana has always been a rather conflicted one. On the other hand, part of her adores her sister. She has always been kind and grateful to her; always patient and loving, and whenever they had arguments, Diana never begrudged Artemis if it didn't end in Diana's favor. There shouldn't be any reason to feel anything other but love for her sibling.

And yet, Artemis can't help the darker thoughts that had been welling up inside her ever since she was saved by Hyppolyta. For starters, as much as she loves Diana, she feels that she can never measure up to her, thinking her to be too perfect when she herself is anything but. Unlike Diana, Artemis is overly aggressive, prideful, domineering, and a touch selfish. She's still a good person underneath, but compared to Diana, she's no 'Spirit of Truth', as some have called her sister. As far as Artemis is concerned, Diana is better than her in every way, and everyone else on the island knows it; even her own mother, despite the fact that she loves Artemis just as much as Diana.

If that weren't enough, she also feels envy for the Amazons as a whole. Unlike them, Artemis wasn't born with their natural strength and immortality. She had to earn it, first proving that she was an Amazon in spirit before the Gods could make her one in body. They never had to endure growing up in a world not their own or amongst a people that, for a time, she thought that she could never truly belong with, and part of her still believes that.

And on top of everything else, Artemis is still angry at the world. Unlike the other Amazons, she hates men with a passion, and by extension everything outside Themyscria. The world took her family away from and brought death and destruction to her former home. If she had a chance, she would wage war upon the world, burning it to the ground before rebuilding in Themyscira's image, molding it after the paradise she had known these many years. She actually asked Hypolyta on once occasion to do the same, before before harshly rebuked and being demanded never to speak of it again. And so, when Diana left the outside world in the early 70's to go out into it and make it a better place through 'peace and understanding', and taking the armor with her, everything finally came together to reach a breaking point. Her resentment over Diana and the Amazon's, her hatred of the outside world, and her turmoil over seemingly not being able to do anything about any of this made her a perfect vessel for those who strove for war at all costs to take advantage of...

Next time in Part 3: Ares enters the picture, and with any luck, Diana will finally take the spotlight. (Maybe. Possibly. We'll see...)

edited 29th Jul '16 7:31:26 PM by kkhohoho

You know something I'd like to see in a Superman origin story? Have the fact that he's a superpowered alien from another planet be public knowledge in Smallville. After his ship crashes, the Kents gather people from the town together, and they all agree that letting the government agents who are investigating the crash site take custody of Clark would not be in the child's best interest. So they all collectively shield the truth about Clark from the outside world, while allowing him to be openly and proudly himself within their little community.

Clark grows up using his abilities to help the people of Smallville (from emergencies like putting out fires to mundane stuff like moving heavy objects for them). Thus, being an all-around Good Samaritan isn't something he decides to do at one point in his life, or something he's told it's his destiny to become; it's something he's been doing for as long as he can remember because . . . well, why wouldn't he? The decision to become Superman is thus not caused by him deciding his powers must be used for good, but simply by him eventually moving from Smallville to Metropolis, and needing a way to help out the people of his new home like he did his old one.

Right; Wonder Woman Part 3. This time, it will (hopefully,) be all about Diana, with a smattering of everyone else.

So; 1970's. Racial tensions were still high, America was or at least was soon to be in the midst of another recession, and Woman's Lib was now officially A Thing.(Nevermind the still ever-present Cold War.) It was an era full of political and social strife and vast uncertainty, and yet, it was also a decade of sexual and spiritual awakening. (And not just because of all the porno's.) Perfect for a young woman set on promoting truth and compassion and changing the world.

Diana entered the world stage as the new Wonder Woman in 1971, and while she wasn't able to bring along a massive resurgence of Superheroes, (that would come along decades later in the early 2000's with Superman and co.,) she was still so loving and inspirational that she grew to be a beloved and more than accepted figure in the both the American and global landscapes, though she did manage to inspire a few new heroes to join the fight, including a new blue-skinned Starman literally from the stars among others.

As Wonder Woman, Diana did her part both in fighting crime as well as helping with natural disasters, brutal wars in 3rd world countries, etc. But that wasn't all Diana did. She also participated in rallies and (non-violent,) protests, while also appearing on talk shows and writing articles, and even eventually advocating for Themyscira to gain a place in the United Nations. That last one would take a lot of time and heated discussion — including among her fellow Amazons — to be made a reality, but eventually, it was finally done. The catch is that it only got done around the time Superman showed up on the scene in the early 00's, but hey, that's progress for you.

Back in the 70's though, it wasn't all sunshine and rainbows, because for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction, one which a rather cruel and bloodthirsty God was eager to provide. Ares, God of War, was none too keen on one whose lineage could in a way be traced to the Gods themselves spreading values of peace, compassion, truth and whatnot throughout the land, but rather than attempting to destroy her personally, he instead sought to do so in a way that would be rather poetic, and he knew just how to do it. He had been watching Diana and Themyscira from time to time, and had taken a special interest in her adopted sister Artemis. Several months after Diana left Themyscira, and after Artemis' darkest thoughts and ambitions had plenty of time to fester, Ares at last came to her.

Ares gave Artemis an offer: Either stay here on Themyscira and live a life of peace while not being to affect the outside world in any way whatsoever, or instead be given a chance to to make every one of her desires a reality. Artemis was at first wary of Ares, but after remembering all of her anger and frustration, she accepted his offer. Within in a flash, she was covered in her own suit of armor, equal in every to Diana's though sporting a much more sinister and imposing design, not that it mattered to her. What mattered to Artemis was that she now had the power which had been denied her, and she knew just how to use it.

One day, while Diana was helping some refugees in a small region of war-torn Africa, the unstoppable force at last met the immovable object. A few villages away, during another raid on a village, in came Artemis, careening down from the sky like a nuke. When she landed, the ground shook with a mighty tremor, as if signalling the commencement of the oncoming slaughter. With her great speed and strength, she demolished the soldiers' guns before tearing off the heads of every last one of them... and then she slowly walked up the villagers, consoling them and making sure they were alright.(Now at this point, I'm honestly not sure if I should have the villagers start worshiping her as a God or not. On the one hand, it might make sense for them do so, but on the other hand, it might paint them as sterotypical natives who might as well just worship every Superpowered being they see as Gods, so I'm not touching this subject for now.)

Of course, it wasn't long before Diana came across the carnage, with Artemis still there. She was just about to flee the scene before Diana arrived, but it was just a touch too late for that now. Diana was distraught. Surely her beloved sister couldn't have decapitated these soldiers so brutally and needlessly? And yet, she had. Artemis admitted to everything that had happened until now before telling Diana that her MO was empty rhetoric. Her way was too soft. Of course, it wasn't that Diana hadn't killed before, as she certainly had, but never unless there was an absolute need. Artemis told her that there was a need; that if you wanted to get anything done, you couldn't do it with peace and compassion, or wear kid's gloves. You had to be tough and bring the world crashing down around its' ears, with the only the truly innocent left to sweep away the ashes and create a new world order; a new Themyscira.

Of course, Diana wasn't just going to give in without a fight. She countered Artemis, asking her just who could truly be considered innocent. Artemis answered: All those who haven't had any bloods on their hands, one way or another. Diana then proceeded to point out the obvious. Artemis looked at her own hands and was outright mortified, though not for long. She knew what she had become, but also knew (as far as she concerned anyway,) that there was no going back, and that she would end her own life when this was all over. But in the meantime, she and Diana still had a score to settle, and if she was going to continue to bloody her own hands, then as she might as well do it with Diana's own blood. An epic fight over the plains of Africa ensued, and for a while, no-one was sure who the victor would be. But in the end, Diana prevailed. Not that this mattered, because by this point, the fight had sprawled over into the nearby ocean, and Aretemis' seemingly unconscious body dropped into the sea like a deadweight. After overcoming her shock, Diana dived in after her, [[Never Found the Body, but she was nowhere to be seen.]]

Emerging from the waves with great sadness and remorse, Diana flew back to Paradise Island to report the sad news to Hipolyta, who soon suspected just who was responsible for giving Artemis her own suit of armor. Hipolyta then rose from her chair and demanded that the God of War show himself immediately, to which he generously agreed. He admitted that he gave Artemis her armor and preyed on her own fears and insecurities, and warned both her and Diana that if the latter continued her actitives in the mortal world, this would be far from the last they would see of him, and hinted that it perhaps wasn't the last of Artemis either. Diana of course told him straight back that if he ever showed his face again, he knew where he could stick it.

And so that was that. As the decades went on, Diana continued to face off against both Ares and Artemis while slowly amassing a Rogues Gallery of colorful foes such as Doctor Psycho, the Silver Swan, and the Cheeta, the latter of which would prove to be one of her most fearsome foes next to Artemis. And yet in spite of all of this, she continued to strive for peace, all while looking as young as she ever did. She also gained a new sister during this time; Donna Troy. When she was just a baby, Wonder Woman saved her from an apartment fire, but alas, she wasn't able to save her parents, much to her sorrow. As she didn't deem herself fit to raise a child just yet, she took her back to Amazon Island to be raised by Hypolita. She devoted herself to making sure she didn't turn out like Artemis, seeing this as a sort of second chance, and when Donna was old enough to venture out into the world and accompany Diana on her travels, so did Diana. Eventually, Diana petitioned to the Gods to give Donna the same enhanced powers that she possessed, to which they agreed without question. With that, Donna took on the name of Wonder Girl and later Troia, joining the Teen Titans while still always loving Diana and Hypolita as her own family.

By this time, Superman had finally hit the scene, and so had an entire new generation of heroes. But it was Wonder Woman who held the fort inbetween, and who would continue to serve as one of the shining lights that would help guide the Superhero community and the world for ages to come.

Whew! Finally done. That took a lot longer than I thought. So, what do you all think?

Hey, I finally brought this back! And I'm talking about Batman!