Wonder Woman #2 - Challenge of the Gods
([November] 2004)

DC, 2004 Series
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Volume
2
Price
19.95 USD; 30.95 CAD
Pages
180
On-sale Date
2004-09-09
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [bullet]
ISBN
1-4012-0324-8 Search at WorldCat
Barcode
761941243542 00111
Editing
Anton Kawasaki (editor, collected edition); Karen Berger (editor, original series)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Wonder Woman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
George Pérez (signed)
Inks
George Pérez (signed)
Colors
Tom Smith (signed)
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Wonder Woman [Diana]; Cheetah [Barbara Minerva]
Reprints

Wonder Woman: Challenge of the Gods (Table of Contents: 1)

Wonder Woman / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
George Pérez
Inks
George Pérez
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Wonder Woman [Diana]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Frontispiece.

Wonder Woman: Challenge of the Gods (Table of Contents: 2)

credits, title page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
George Pérez (illustrations)
Inks
Bruce Patterson (illustrations)
Colors
Tatjana Wood (illustrations); Carl Gafford (illustrations); Heroic Age (color reconstruction and enhancement)
Letters
typeset

Characters
Hippolyte; Diana Trevor; Cheetah [Barbara Minerva]; Wonder Woman [Diana]; Polyphemus; Zeus

Indexer Notes

Title page with credits and publishing data. Includes vignettes from (in order) Wonder Woman (DC, 1987 series) #13, 11, 9, 12, 10, 11, 13, 10, and 10.

Our Story So Far... (Table of Contents: 3)

Wonder Woman / recap / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bob Rozakis; ? (revisions)
Pencils
George Pérez
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Wonder Woman [Diana]; Hermes
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Illustration probably from the Wonder Woman letters page header.

Time Passages (Table of Contents: 4)

Wonder Woman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
George Pérez (signed)
Inks
George Pérez (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Wonder Woman [Diana]; Superman; Green Lantern [Guy Gardner]; Black Canary [Dinah Lance]; Martian Manhunter; Flash [Wally West]; Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson]; Blue Beetle [Ted Kord]; Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Changeling; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Julia Kapatelis; Barbara Minerva [Cheetah]; Chuma; Vanessa Kapatelis; Lieutenant Etta Candy
Reprints

Wonder Woman: Chapter One (Table of Contents: 5)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
George Pérez (illustration)
Inks
Bruce Patterson (illustration)
Colors
Tatjana Wood (illustration); Heroic Age (color reconstruction and enhancement)
Letters
typeset

Characters
Wonder Woman [Diana]; Vanessa Kapatelis

Indexer Notes

Illustration from Wonder Woman (DC, 1987 series) #8.

Time Passages (Table of Contents: 6)

Wonder Woman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
George Pérez (plotter, scripter); Len Wein (scripter)
Pencils
George Pérez
Inks
Bruce Patterson
Colors
Tatjana Wood
Letters
John Costanza; typeset [as L. S. Macintosh]

Genre
superhero
Characters
Wonder Woman [Diana]; Julia Kapatelis; Myndi Mayer; G. Gordon Godfrey; Green Lantern [Guy Gardner]; Martian Manhunter; Black Canary [Dinah Lance]; Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson]; Changeling; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Flash [Wally West]; Superman; Robin [Jason Todd]; Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Blue Beetle [Ted Kord]; Angelina Michaelis; Vanessa Kapatelis; Barbara Minerva [Cheetah]; Chuma; Lieutenant Etta Candy; Colonel Steve Trevor (in photo); General John Hillary; Major Dennis Warren; Tamsyn McConnell; Barry Locatelli; Johnny Meekins; Louie Lucas; Vinnie Cepola; Johnny Carson; Ronald Reagan; George Perez; Jenette Kahn; Karen Berger; Len Wein
Synopsis
Four women write how their lives have recently crossed with Wonder Woman's. Julia Kapatelis records how she witnessed Diana's mission to America interrupted by anti-superhero hysteria fomented by G. Gordon Godfrey. Etta Candy writes to Steve Trevor how the military have dealt with Wonder Woman in the wake of the Ares Assault. Vanessa Kapatelis writes in her diary how Diana has affected her school life. And Myndi Mayer composes a letter to Julia to discuss the publicity campaign she had run for Wonder Woman. But at the same time, a stranger asks to meet the princess in a letter of her own.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Though the story is not strictly broken up into chapters, each narrator's section is subtitled. Julia's is "Journal," Etta's is "Dispatch," Vanessa's is "Dear Diary...," and Myndi's is "Tour Update."

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Wonder Woman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
George Pérez
Inks
George Pérez; Bob Wiacek (inking reconstruction)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Wonder Woman [Diana]; Cheetah [Barbara Minerva]
Reprints

Wonder Woman: Chapter Two (Table of Contents: 8)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
George Pérez (illustration)
Inks
Bruce Patterson (illustration)
Colors
Tatjana Wood (illustration); Heroic Age (color reconstruction and enhancement)
Letters
typeset

Characters
Cheetah [Barbara Minerva]

Indexer Notes

Illustration from Wonder Woman (DC, 1987 series) #9.

Blood of the Cheetah (Table of Contents: 9)

Wonder Woman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
George Pérez (plot); Len Wein (script)
Pencils
George Pérez (layouts); Bruce Patterson (finishes)
Inks
Bob Wiacek (inking reconstruction, pp. 1-4, 8-17, 19-22); Bruce Patterson
Colors
Tatjana Wood; Heroic Age (color reconstruction and enhancement)
Letters
John Costanza

Genre
superhero
Characters
Wonder Woman [Diana]; Cheetah [Barbara Minerva]; Chuma; Myndi Mayer; Julia Kapatelis; Vanessa Kapatelis; Lieutenant Etta Candy; Colonel Steve Trevor; Diana Trevor (in photo); Ulysses Trevor (in photo)
Synopsis
Diana meets with Barbara Minerva and shows her the lasso made from Gaea's girdle, but holding it, Minerva must reveal that she brought Diana to meet her under false pretenses. Later, Minerva transforms herself into the Cheetah and tracks Diana in order to wrest the lasso from the princess. To defend Diana, Julia shoots the villainess, but Cheetah slips away. Several days later, Diana says her good-byes to Julia and Vanessa and heads for home.
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Indexer Notes

In credits: "Thanks to Bob Smith."

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Wonder Woman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
George Pérez
Inks
George Pérez
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Wonder Woman [Diana]; Philippus; Menalippe; Euboea; Hippolyte; Demeter; Hestia; Hermes; Hera; Artemis; Zeus; Hephaestus; Apollo; Athena; Aphrodite; Dinoysus
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Only the center of the original wraparound, gatefold cover used here.

Wonder Woman: Chapter Three (Table of Contents: 11)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
George Pérez (layouts, illustration); Bruce Patterson (finishes, illustration)
Inks
Bruce Patterson (illustration)
Colors
Carl Gafford (illustration); Heroic Age (color reconstruction and enhancement)
Letters
typeset

Characters
Wonder Woman [Diana]

Indexer Notes

Illustration from Wonder Woman (DC, 1987 series) #10.

Paradise Lost! (Table of Contents: 12)

Wonder Woman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
George Pérez (plot); Len Wein (script)
Pencils
George Pérez (layouts); Bruce Patterson (finishes)
Inks
Bruce Patterson
Colors
Carl Gafford; Heroic Age (color reconstruction and enhancement)
Letters
John Costanza

Genre
superhero
Characters
Wonder Woman [Diana]; Pan; Dionysus; Eos; Zeus; Apollo; Artemis; Hestia; Euboea; Mnemosyne; Philippus; Acantha; Hippolyte; Menalippe; Hera; Athena; Aphrodite; Hermes; Hephaestus; Persephone; Cottus; The Hydra
Synopsis
Goaded on by Pan, Zeus decides to take Diana as his lover, but she refuses. As punishment for her refusal, Zeus challenges the princess to enter the portal that leads beneath Themyscira to face a series of labors assigned her by each of the gods until all of Olympus is convinced of her worth. Armed for her task, Wonder Woman enters the portal and begins her quest, facing first Cottus and then the seven-headed Hydra.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Wonder Woman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
George Pérez (signed)
Inks
George Pérez (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Wonder Woman [Diana]; Julia Kapatelis
Reprints

Wonder Woman: Chapter Four (Table of Contents: 14)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
George Pérez (layouts, illustration); Bruce Patterson (finishes, illustration)
Inks
Bruce Patterson (illustration)
Colors
Carl Gafford (illustration); Heroic Age (color reconstruction and enhancement)
Letters
typeset

Characters
Wonder Woman [Diana]

Indexer Notes

Illustration from Wonder Woman (DC, 1987 series) #11.

Fire and Torment (Table of Contents: 15)

Wonder Woman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
George Pérez (plotter); Len Wein (scripter)
Pencils
George Pérez (layouts); Bruce Patterson (finishes)
Inks
Bruce Patterson
Colors
Carl Gafford
Letters
John Costanza

Genre
superhero
Characters
Wonder Woman [Diana]; Apollo; Aphrodite; Athena; Hephaestus; Zeus; Hera; Pan; Hermes; Hestia; Artemis; Morpheus; Colonel Steve Trevor; Lieutenant Etta Candy; Doug Aanonson; Hippolyte; Menalippe; Julia Kapatelis (an illusion); Echidna; Philippus; Diana Trevor
Synopsis
As Diana fights the horrors beneath Themyscira, including the Hydra and Echidna, Philippus tries to prevent Hippolyte from joining her daughter. But Hippolyte puts Philippus down and enters the portal, as Wonder Woman encounters a surprisingly familiar figure.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

Wonder Woman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
George Pérez
Inks
George Pérez
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Wonder Woman [Diana]
Reprints

Wonder Woman: Chapter Five (Table of Contents: 17)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
George Pérez (layouts, illustration)
Inks
Bruce Patterson (illustration)
Colors
Carl Gafford (illustration); Heroic Age (color reconstruction and enhancement)
Letters
typeset

Characters
Wonder Woman [Diana]; Diana Trevor

Indexer Notes

Illustration from Wonder Woman (DC, 1987 series) #12.

Echoes of the Past (Table of Contents: 18)

Wonder Woman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
George Pérez (plot); Len Wein (script)
Pencils
George Pérez (layouts); Bruce Patterson (finishes)
Inks
Bruce Patterson
Colors
Carl Gafford
Letters
John Costanza

Genre
superhero
Characters
Wonder Woman [Diana]; Hippolyte; Colonel Steve Trevor; Ulysses Trevor; Lieutenant Etta Candy; Edna Aanonson; Diana Trevor; Pan; Doug Aanonson; Hades; Heracles
Synopsis
While Hippolyte traces her daughter's footsteps and faces new horrors sent by Pan, the princess learns how Diana Trevor came to Themyscira years ago and faced the horrors beyond the portal. Her task complete and now joined by the soul of her husband, Diana Trevor heads off with Hades. Pan appears to Wonder Woman and gives her her next task, to assist the heroes of Earth as they fight the Manhunters. Hippolyte remains below Themyscira, however, and is shocked to recognize the voice of a long-forgotten acquaintance.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19)

Wonder Woman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
George Pérez
Inks
George Pérez
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Wonder Woman [Diana]; The Minotaur
Reprints

Wonder Woman: Chapter Six (Table of Contents: 20)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
George Pérez (layouts, illustration); Bruce Patterson (finishes, illustration)
Inks
Bruce Patterson (illustration)
Colors
Carl Gafford (illustration); Heroic Age (color reconstruction and enhancement)
Letters
typeset

Characters
Polyphemus

Indexer Notes

Illustration from Wonder Woman (DC, 1987 series) #13.

Demonplague (Table of Contents: 21)

Wonder Woman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
George Pérez (plot); Len Wein (script)
Pencils
George Pérez (layouts); Bruce Patterson (finishes)
Inks
Bruce Patterson
Colors
Carl Gafford
Letters
John Costanza

Genre
superhero
Characters
Wonder Woman [Diana]; Heracles; Hippolyte; Polyphemus; Pan (skeleton); Zeus; Hera; Hephaestus; Hermes; Athena; Artemis; Aphrodite; Brain Wave, Jr.; Martian Manhunter; Captain Atom [Nathaniel Adam]; Green Lantern [Arisia]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Firestorm [Ronnie Raymond; Martin Stein]; Flash [Wally West]; Green Lantern [Guy Gardner]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Superman; Jade; Geo-Force; Silver Scarab; The Minotaur; Echidna; The Chimera; Harmonia; Ares
Synopsis
The gods discover that the real Pan has been replaced by an impostor and send Hermes to retrieve Diana and return her to her quest just in time to save her mother from Polyphemus. Together, Diana and Hippolyte face another trio of horrors, but receive the aid of Harmonia who returns her talisman to Diana to use to deliver the remaining demons trapped within Heracles to their new host, Ares. The demons turned over to Ares, Diana believes her quest to be complete. But Hermes arrives and informs her she has one more task before her -- avenge the murder of his son Pan.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22)

Wonder Woman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
George Pérez (signed)
Inks
George Pérez (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Wonder Woman [Diana]; Hippolyte; Philippus; Euboea; Heracles
Reprints

Indexer Notes

There are many other unidentified Amazons in the illustration.

Wonder Woman: Chapter Seven (Table of Contents: 23)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
George Pérez (layouts, illustration); Bruce Patterson (finishes, illustration)
Inks
Bruce Patterson (illustration)
Colors
Carl Gafford (illustration); Heroic Age (color reconstruction and enhancement)
Letters
typeset

Characters
Wonder Woman [Diana]

Indexer Notes

Illustration from Wonder Woman (DC, 1987 series) #14.

For the Glory of Gaea (Table of Contents: 24)

Wonder Woman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
George Pérez (plotter); Len Wein (script)
Pencils
George Pérez (layouts); Bruce Patterson (finishes)
Inks
Bruce Patterson
Colors
Carl Gafford
Letters
John Costanza

Genre
superhero
Characters
Wonder Woman [Diana]; Heracles; Hippolyte; Euboea; Menalippe; Zeus; Hera; Athena; Dionysus; Hephaestus; Aphrodite; Hestia; Artemis; Apollo; Demeter; Hermes; Colonel Steve Trevor; Lieutenant Etta Candy; Diana Trevor (in photo); Ulysses Trevor (in photo); Philippus; Mnemosyne; Myndi Mayer; Julia Kapatelis; Vanessa Kapatelis
Synopsis
Her task for Hermes accomplished, Diana returns to find Heracles bearing the weight of Themyscira over the battered body of her mother. After delivering Hippolyte to the surface, Diana returns to help shoulder the burden of the island, but the gods relieve them both of that task. After much recovery and reconciliation, the gods accept Heracles into their number and the Amazons decide to appoint an ambassador to allow for a greater exchange of ideas between Themyscira and the rest of the world. They choose, of course, Diana, who returns to Boston and the Kapatelis' home.
Reprints

Wonder Woman Gallery: Volume Two (Table of Contents: 25)

Wonder Woman / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
George Pérez (signed)
Inks
George Pérez (signed)
Colors
Tom Smith (signed)
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Wonder Woman [Diana]
Reprints
  • from Amazing Heroes #106 [from cover, recolored]

Cheetah (Table of Contents: 26)

Wonder Woman / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Script
Len Wein
Pencils
George Pérez
Inks
George Pérez
Colors
Tom Smith
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Cheetah [Barbara Minerva]; Chuma; Wonder Woman [Diana]
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 27)

Wonder Woman / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
George Pérez
Inks
George Pérez
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Wonder Woman [Diana]; Hippolyte; Menalippe; Philippus; Lietenant Etta Candy; Colonel Steve Trevor; Julia Kapatelis; Vanessa Kapatelis
Reprints
  • from History of the DC Universe portfolio

Indexer Notes

There are other Amazons pictured, as well as probably General John Hillary and possibly Colonel Matthew Michaelis.

[Wonder Woman Poster] (Table of Contents: 28)

Wonder Woman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
George Pérez
Inks
George Pérez
Colors
Tom Ziuko
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Wonder Woman [Diana]; Philippus; Menalippe; Euboea; Hippolyte; Demeter; Hestia; Hermes; Hera; Artemis; Zeus; Hephaestus; Apollo; Athena; Aphrodite; Dinoysus; Polyphemus; Heracles; Colonel Steve Trevor; Lieutenant Etta Candy; Diana Trevor; Pan; The Hydra
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The full wraparound and gatefold cover of Wonder Woman #10, as was sold as a poster, at a much-reduced size.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 29)

Wonder Woman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
George Pérez (illustration)
Inks
George Pérez (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Wonder Woman [Diana]; Julia Kapatelis
Reprints

Indexer Notes

On back cover.

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Wonder Woman
  2. 1. Wonder Woman: Challenge of the Gods
    Wonder Woman
  3. 2. Wonder Woman: Challenge of the Gods
  4. 3. Our Story So Far...
    Wonder Woman
  5. 4. Time Passages
    Wonder Woman
  6. 5. Wonder Woman: Chapter One
  7. 6. Time Passages
    Wonder Woman
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    Wonder Woman
  9. 8. Wonder Woman: Chapter Two
  10. 9. Blood of the Cheetah
    Wonder Woman
  11. 10. [no title indexed]
    Wonder Woman
  12. 11. Wonder Woman: Chapter Three
  13. 12. Paradise Lost!
    Wonder Woman
  14. 13. [no title indexed]
    Wonder Woman
  15. 14. Wonder Woman: Chapter Four
  16. 15. Fire and Torment
    Wonder Woman
  17. 16. [no title indexed]
    Wonder Woman
  18. 17. Wonder Woman: Chapter Five
  19. 18. Echoes of the Past
    Wonder Woman
  20. 19. [no title indexed]
    Wonder Woman
  21. 20. Wonder Woman: Chapter Six
  22. 21. Demonplague
    Wonder Woman
  23. 22. [no title indexed]
    Wonder Woman
  24. 23. Wonder Woman: Chapter Seven
  25. 24. For the Glory of Gaea
    Wonder Woman
  26. 25. Wonder Woman Gallery: Volume Two
    Wonder Woman
  27. 26. Cheetah
    Wonder Woman
  28. 27. [no title indexed]
    Wonder Woman
  29. 28. [Wonder Woman Poster]
    Wonder Woman
  30. 29. [no title indexed]
    Wonder Woman
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Peter Croome
  • Ralf Haring
  • Pat Lang
  • John Monagle
  • Antonio Pontes Junior
  • Jim Van Dore