DC Black Label Series Finally Reveals Disastrous Consequences Wonder Woman unleashing all of his powers, leading to an event that could lead to the end of the world. This ultimate tour de force of Diana not only introduces a terrifying new codename, but also adds one of the darkest chapters to the Amazon princess’s story in decades.
Wonder Woman destroying the Earth highlights how dangerous she becomes when her powers are not controlled by the Bracelets of Submission.
Wonder Woman: Dead Earth #3 by Daniel Warren Johnson and Mike Spicer continues the dark tale of Diana Prince awakening from centuries of sleep to find her friends gone, the Earth a wasteland, and her memories incomplete.
Joining forces with the surviving people, Diana learns that the destruction of the Earth was caused by an event known as “The Great Fire”. However, the survivors are unable to provide much more information since this disaster occurred long before their time. Determined to uncover the truth, Wonder Woman heads to the Fortress of Solitude to find out why Superman didn’t save the world when it needed him most.
Wonder Woman says she was “Great Fire” This ruined earth
Diana’s fight with Superman set the world on fire, turning it into a post-apocalyptic wasteland.
Accompanied by the mutated Cheetah, Wonder Woman arrives at the Fortress of Solitude, where she is greeted by a Superman-inspired android who introduces himself as “assistant” and Clark’s part. When Diana asks about Clark, the robot leads them inside. revealing Superman’s long-dead body and the shocking truth that Wonder Woman killed him. As Diana’s memories begin to resurface in flashbacks, it is revealed that she and Superman fought to the death after the people Clark was protecting launched nuclear warheads at Themyscira, destroying her home, sisters, and mother.
The narrative depicts Wonder Woman and Superman’s battle raging across the world, their punches so powerful that they set the world on fire. At that moment Diana understands that she “The Great Fire”. Because Wonder Woman initiated the attack despite Superman’s pleas to stop, she is ultimately responsible for turning Earth into the wasteland that it is. This discovery devastates her as her memories still resurface, leaving her far from the emotions that once drove her to fight her best friend, resulting in his death and the near-destruction of the planet.
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The only thing holding back Diana’s destructive levels of power are her Bracelets of Submission.
The key context for Wonder Woman’s destruction of the Earth is her desperate attempt to stop the nuclear warheads, which forced her to remove her submission bracelets. As previously revealed, Diana wore these bracelets since childhood to control her enormous and often uncontrollable power, which easily caused irreparable damage. Seeing her home, sisters, and mother destroyed likely triggered an emotional reaction that further strengthened her powers and their uncontrollable nature. It does Wonder Woman a sympathetic figure despite her role in the destruction of the Earth, but also highlights how dangerous she becomes when her powers are not controlled by the Bracelets of Submission.
Wonder Woman: Dead Earth #3 Available now from DC Comics!
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