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The following contains major spoilers for Absolute Wonder Woman #4, on sale now from DC Comics.
One of the DC Universe’s most powerful gods has just been reimagined as their Absolute self.
Absolute Wonder Woman #4 opens to find the titular hero and her human allies desperately searching for the ingredients needed to complete a ritual that will regrow Wonder Woman’s lost arm. After acquiring the necessary ingredients and shedding her own blood, Diana communes with none other than the god of magic herself — Hecate. Unsurprisingly, Diana’s adoptive mother, Circe, had her own experiences in coming face-to-face with such a brilliant force of nature, even if Hecate is the same one who subjected her to life in Hell in the first place.
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Absolute Wonder Woman #4
Written by KELLY THOMPSON
Art by HAYDEN SHERMAN
Colors by JORDIE BELLAIRE
Letters by BECCA CAREY
Main cover art by HAYDEN SHERMAN & JORDIE BELLAIRE
Variant covers by ELIZABETH TORQUE & PATRICIO DELPECHE, MATTIEW DE IULIUS, and CHRISTIAN WARD
The first incarnation of Hecate to call the DC Universe her home was introduced in the opening story from 1982’s Superman Family #218, “Supergirl: The Goddess from Hell!” by Paul Kupperberg and Win Mortimer. As the Greek goddess of magic and the occult, Hecate has a prominent place in the wider DC mythos, albeit not necessarily one within her own little corner of it. In spite of her power and place among the gods, Hecate has not been counted among the other Gods of Olympus, but rather has been relegated to a life spent largely in the Underworld instead.
Throughout her various iterations in the pages of DC Comics, Hecate has served as both an ally of and enemy to Wonder Woman. While the previous, New Earth version of the character only held a handful of appearances to her name, she still played an important role as the patron god of Wonder Woman’s longtime foe, Circe. The current, Prime Earth version of Hecate has been a somewhat more public figure, albeit a more overtly villainous one throughout the majority of her comic book appearances.
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Absolute Wonder Woman #4 is on sale now from DC Comics.
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