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WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Wonder Woman #777, on sale now from DC Comics.
The DC multiverse is home to many interesting Earths, and the gender-swapped world of Earth-11 may be one of the most interesting of all. This reality, where women are dominant, came about thanks to the Amazons of Themyscira. Rather than hide away from Man’s World on Paradise Island, the warrior race of women imposed their own law on the world. The technology and philosophies they introduced inspired women to take the lead and shape the world, rather than men. They even call the planet Gaea, the female deity who embodied the world, rather than Earth.
In Wonder Woman #777, by Michael W. Conrad, Becky Cloonan, Emanuela Lupacchino, Wade Von Grawbadger, Jordie Bellaire and Pat Brosseau, Diana gets to see firsthand what a world guided by her own people looks like. There, she meets a Justice League made up entirely of powerful women, known as the Justice Guild. Though some are simple gender-swaps of their Earth-0 counterparts, others are surprisingly different. With that in mind, here’s everything to know about the members of the Justice Guild.
Aquawoman
The leader of the Justice Guild, Queen of Atlantis and a member of the multiversal Justice League, Justice Incarnate. Aquawoman is perhaps the most well-known resident of Earth-11. This is mainly down to her work with Justice Incarnate, since the team has appeared in numerous stories. These include The Multiversity by Grant Morrison and a plethora of artists such as Jim Lee, Frank Quitely and Ivan Reis, which first introduced the team, and more recently, the new Infinite Frontier series by Joshua Williamson and Xermanico.
Batwoman
On this Earth, Bruce Wayne’s analog is Katherine Kane. While this lines up with the Earth-0 Batwoman’s identity, Kate Kane, there are some major differences between the two. She has a daughter, the Robin of this world, Talia Kane, and her father is Ali al Ghul. Earth-11’s Caped Crusader also has a costume that looks more like Bruce’s Batsuit on Earth-0. She first appeared in Superman/Batman #23 by Jeph Loeb and Ed McGuinness, which also debuted in this gender-swapped reality.
Superwoman
Having first appeared alongside Batwoman in Superman/Batman #23, Clara Kent is the Woman of Steel on Earth-11. Her origins remain the same as those of Earth-0’s Superman, with the only difference being her gender. Like Clark Kent, Clara has her own Super-Family too. Her first adventure also featured her cousin Superlad, who is this world’s version of Kara Zor-El. She has a child too – Laurel Kent, this world’s Supergirl. Laurel and Talia are best friends and members of Teen Justice, Earth-11’s Teen Titans, which gives Earth-11 its own answer to the Super Sons.
Marsha Manhunter
The first hero Diana meets when she arrives in the Guild’s Hall of Justice. Marsha Manhunter has the least appearances in comics out of the Justice Guild members seen in Wonder Woman #777. When Diana first enters the Hall of Justice, she mistakes Marsha for Miss Martian. The Martian hero also mentions that the people of her Earth call Diana’s home Earth-11, instead of Earth-0, perhaps suggesting she’s involved with her own version of J’onn Jonzz’s multiversal team, the Totality.
Star Sapphire
One of the more interesting characters on Earth-11 is Green Lantern’s counterpart, the Star Sapphire Carol Jordan. Though physically she is the doppelganger of Carol Ferris, Hal Jordan’s love interest on Earth-0, her name is clearly a mix of the two starcrossed lovers. The Amazons’ influence on history wasn’t just contained to Earth, but extended into space as well. This led to the Star Sapphires becoming the protectors of the universe, rather than the Green Lantern Corps. Carol Jordan’s love interest, Hal Ferris, is a Green Lantern. However, in this universe, the Lanterns are misguided patrolmen who believe men are superior and that emotion is a weakness.
The Flash
The identity of the Flash on Earth-11 will be well known to fans of the Speedster’s extended family in the regular DCU. Jesse Quick is the Justice Guild’s speedster, even using the same Speed Force formula to gain her powers that her Earth-0 counterpart does. She is the aunt of Jess Chambers, who is her sidekick, Kid Quick. Jess also gets their speed from the Speed Force formula. Readers of Future State may recognize Jess as the Flash in that future’s version of the Justice League, following in their aunt’s footsteps.
Wonder Man
Wonder Woman’s male counterpart is the black sheep of the Justice Guild. Dane of Elysium, Wonder Man (sometimes referred to as Wonderous Man), went through something similar to Wonder Woman’s Infinite Crisis experience but with a far less amicable outcome. He killed Maxine Lord live on national TV, like Diana did with Maxwell Lord during the event, after she mind-controlled Supermwoman and killed Booster Gold. For this, the Guild banished him. Rather than learn from his mistakes though, he led an army of men against Women’s World. He was defeated and imprisoned by his former teammates but was released by Janus to help her on her quest for total destruction.
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