Spoilers for Marvel Lady #14!
DC Comics' Marvel Lady
has been one of many firm's major heroes for greater than eight many years, with the expert navy colonel generally known as Steve Trevor
being Marvel Lady's fellow confidant, warrior, and solely love, solidifying him as a personality followers can all the time get behind. Having adopted the ups, downs, retcons, and updates of Marvel Lady and Steve Trevor's relationship over time, DC stunned me in 2024 by killing off Steve, a tragic occasion that profoundly affected the complete DC Universe.
Launched in 1941 All-Star Comics #8by William Moulton Marston and HG Peter - the identical challenge during which Marvel Lady made her debut - Steve, after crash-landing on Paradise Island, also referred to as Themyscira, residence of the remoted Amazonian warriors, turned the primary man to set foot on her solo and instantly turned a central character in Marvel Lady lore.
However in 2024 Marvel Lady #14by Tom King and Daniel Sampere, After 83 years of being one among DC's finest non-powered characters, Steve was killed, single-handedly destroying Marvel Lady in a means that destroyed her mentally and emotionally.
DC Comics killed off Steve Trevor in 2024, altering Marvel Lady lore endlessly
Steve Trevor died in Marvel Lady #14
Letting his guard down when he meets Henry Charles - the key king of america of America - who, unbeknownst to Steve, acts as a hidden monarch pulling the nation's strings, Steve is shot by Henry and left to bleed – an abrupt and brutal finish for this iconic Marvel Lady-affiliated character. Wanting to use what he sees as Diana's solely weak spot, Henry, villainously generally known as the Sovereign, achieves his nefarious ends, with Marvel Lady's completely heartbreaking response to the information, alongside along with her defiance in accepting Steve's destiny, solely escalating. the affect of this. second for me.
Over the times following Steve's loss of life, this query regularly tugged at after which broke my coronary heart, with the panel depicting Marvel Lady wrapped in Steve's flag as she cried silently alone, making her loss really feel extremely actual and affecting. However it's solely when Diana actually swims to the underworld to intercept Steve's boat on the River Styx that it hits even more durable. Greeting Diana with a candy “Hey, fairly woman. I missed you,” the next pages present what Steve meant to Diana, however, extra poignantly, what she meant to him, with their exchanges being nothing wanting excellent.
Steve Trevor's legacy will reside on in his and Marvel Lady's daughter, Trinity
Proven passing by way of the afterlife unimpressed and nonetheless interested by Diana in Marvel Lady #15 (a visit that it may lead Steve to search out his means again to life in some unspecified time in the future), the ultimate web page of Marvel Lady #14 see Diana creates a new child child from the sands of Themyscira and items of her and Steve's essence, "giving delivery" to her daughter named Trinity. Appearing as dwelling proof of Steve's reminiscence, Trinity, within the near-future set backup tales featured in current Marvel Lady points, continues his mom's superhero legacy, whereas additionally exhibiting that Steve Trevor nonetheless lives in spirit and never in physique.
It's price noting that Steve Trevor he has died and was revived earlier thantogether with his first loss of life by the hands of Physician Cyber in 1969 Marvel Lady #180by Dennis O'Neil and Mike Sekowsky, lasting only a few years earlier than Steve got here again to life in an expectedly convoluted comedian ebook vogue, a resurrection that can hopefully be repeated in future Marvel Lady tales. Nonetheless Steve Trevor can not stroll among the many dwelling, Marvel Lady and his allies are aggressively pursuing the Sovereign, making certain that 2025 may prime final yr as one of many hardest years for the character but.
Marvel Lady #14 is out there from DC Comics.