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Wonder Woman Vol. 2 #0
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WONDER WOMAN Vol. 2 #0
October 1994 [$1.95]

Cover Credits: Brian Bolland (artist; signed)

Story: "[The Contest: Part 2] - The Blind Eyes Of Time" (22 Pages)

Credits: William Messner Loebs (plot, script); Mike Deodato, Jr. (pencils, inks); John Costanza (letters); Patricia Mulvihill (colors); Paul Kupperberg (edits)

Feature Character: Wonder Woman (last in issue #90; next in Zero Hour: Crisis in Time #3-0, then Justice League America #0, then Justice League America #93, then Justice League America #94)

Guest Star: Artemis II (in between #90 and #91)

Supporting Characters: Queen Hippolyta (also in flashback; see second comment below) and Mala (both in between #90 and #91; see first comment below); Trigona (first and only appearance to date)

Villain: Ariadne (disguised as Magala in this story, though she calls herself "Mala" in this story, possibly in order to confuse Diana -- see first comment below; chronologically last appearance of both in the flashback in #169; next in issue #124)

Cameo Appearances: Herakles, Antiope, Hylas (all three in false retelling of the events in #1; see second comment below)

Comment: There are two characters named Mala, one young and another very old, but it turns out that the aged one is actually the character Magala, the sorceress that apparently debuted (or at least her body) in #124. This is confirmed somewhat in Wonder Woman: Our Worlds at War #1
This issue begins a series of visions that Diana has in which she experiences events through the eyes of her aunt Antiope, all of which are later revealed to have been false. Though Bill Loebs apparently modifies the events of Hippolyte and Antiope's confrontation with Heracles [spelled Herakles in this story] as a result of the continuity changes made because of Zero Hour [the icon on the top right hand corner of the cover signifies this issue as an unofficial Zero Hour tie-in], these events are later ignored and most definitely reverted back to Perez's interpretation as of Wonder Woman: Our Worlds at War #1. That issue also writes the visions off as planted by Ariadne, inhabiting the body of the Amazon sorceress Magala, using her powers. Therefore, for the purpose of this index, these "flashbacks" will not be listed as officially occuring in continuity and Herakles, Antiope and any others that appear in these visions will be considered Cameo Appearances.

Synopsis:

Wonder Woman confronts her mother as to the reason why she has suddenly decided to throw a new contest. Queen Hippolyte tells Diana that she owes her no explanation and gives none. Diana, at a loss for words to exchange with her mother, decides that she will simply win the new contest and retain the mantle of Wonder Woman.

That night, she wanders off into a secluded region of woods in the far end of the Island, and discovers an old woman who calls herself "Mala". The fact that her name is the exact same as one of her sister Amazons throws her off for a second [See first comment], but then she turns her attention to a statue -- apparently of her mother's sister Antiope. She marvels at the fact that if the bust is accurate, Antiope is an exact lookalike of Diana herself. Without warning, Diana experiences a strange vision, one which apparently reveals new facts about the history of the Amazons and the events which led to their moving from Patriarch's World to Paradise Island -- that Hippolyte after falling in love with Herakles [sic], betrayed her own sister, bringing about the capture and humiliation of her Amazon sisters [See second comment]. Diana seems to experience the visions through Antiope's own eyes -- but she also seems to have a psychosomatic connection for what Antiope is going through. When she finally comes out of the coma, the old woman fears that the experiences in the vision may have killed her.

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