Wonder Woman #6 [Nicola Scott Cover]

(Early November 2016)

Year One Part Three (Table of Contents: 1)

Wonder Woman / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Greg Rucka

Pencils

Nicola Scott

Inks

Nicola Scott

Colors

Romulo Fajardo Jr.

Letters

Jodi Wynne

Genre

superhero

Characters

Wonder Woman [Diana of Themyscira]; Steve Trevor; Lieutenant Commander Matt Michaelis; Brian (US processing agent); unnamed US processing agent; unnamed female doctor; Lieutenant Etta Candy; Dr. Perez (expert in Ancient Greek); Dr. Barbara Ann Minerva; Maya (Nick's widow); Sandy (Nick and Maya's infant daughter); Hephaestus (as a white mouse); Hermes (as a tortoise); Athena (as an animal, not specified which one); Hera (as an animal, not specified which one); Artemis (as an animal, not specified which one); Demeter (as an animal, not specified which one); Aphrodite (as an animal, not specified which one)

Synopsis

Steve and Diana arrive in the US, where they are detained and de-briefed by federal agents. Unable to overcome the language barrier with Diana, the military brings in an expert who can interpret her language, Dr. Barbara Ann Minerva. Steve tells Maya about Nick's death. Diana is visited in her holding cell by her patron Gods, appearing as animals, who grant Diana special gifts.

Reprints

• in Wonder Woman - Das erste Jahr (Panini Deutschland, 2017 series) ([Mai] 2017)
• in Wonder Woman Rebirth (Urban Comics, 2017 series) #1 - Année 1 (juin 2017)
which is reprinted
• in Le Meilleur de DC Comics (Urban Comics, 2020 series) #4 - Wonder Woman : Année un (juin 2020)
• in Mulher-Maravilha (Panini Brasil, 2017 series) #4 (Julho de 2017) [traduzida]
• in Wonder Woman (DC, 2017 series) #2 - Year One ([July] 2017)
• in Wonder Woman: Rebirth Deluxe Edition (DC, 2017 series) #1 ([December] 2017)
• in Wonder Woman: Year One: The Deluxe Edition (DC, 2019 series) ([October] 2019)
• in Wonder Woman Giant (DC, 2019 series) #3 (2020)

Indexer Notes

Story is set in the past when Diana first left Themyscira to come to America. Storyline continues in even-numbered issues. Story continued from issue #4 and continues in issue #10 (issue #8 is a Year One interlude).

When she is being processed by US agents, a picture is taken of Diana. Etta gives the picture to Steve, who is still carrying it years later, as shown in issue #1.

Diana has a vision of her patron Gods appearing to her as animals. She identifies Hephaestus appearing as a white mouse and Hermes as a tortoise. The other Gods she names as visiting her are Athena, Hera, Artemis, Demeter, and Aphrodite. It is not clear which animal each of these remaining Gods appeared as.

The Gods bestow gifts on Diana, which apparently are in the form of powers including super strength. It is noted in issue #10 that prior to her visit from the Gods, Diana did not possess super strength or the ability fly.

Dr. Perez, the expert in Ancient Greek, bears a resemblance to former Wonder Woman writer/artist George Perez.