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Wonder Woman’s escape from the Godsphere sees her flung into the multiverse where she meets the Justice Guild of Earth-11.
WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Wonder Woman #776, on sale now from DC Comics.
Diana Prince has been on an epic odyssey since the launch of Infinite Frontier. With her ascension to the pantheon of Olympus halted by her villainous doppelganger Janus, she found herself in the Norse afterlife of Valhalla. From there she ventured throughout various mythologies within the mysterious Godsphere until she found her way back to the world she knows. However, despite having landed on Earth, Wonder Woman finds that she’s no longer lost in the Godsphere – now she’s lost in the multiverse.
Wonder Woman #777 by Michael W. Conrad, Becky Cloonan, Emanuela Lupacchino, Wade Von Grawbadger, Jordie Bellaire and Pat Brosseau picks up where the previous issue left off, with Diana and her friends Siegfried and Ratatosk outside the Hall of Justice. When they enter the famed building though, things aren’t quite as they should be. Though statues of the world’s greatest heroes still greet those who enter, they aren’t any that Diana recognizes. Upon meeting someone she initially believes to be Miss Martian, Wonder Woman soon learns that she’s not home at all, she’s on Earth-11 – home to gender-swapped Justice League, the Justice Guild.
The hero Wonder Woman assumed was Miss Martian is, in fact, Marsha Manhunter, this Earth’s equivalent of the Martian Manhunter. Marsha takes Diana and friends to meet the rest of the Justice Guild, all of whom correspond in some way to members of Earth-0’s Justice League, with the only difference being they’re all women. These members include Batwoman, Superwoman, the Flash, Star Sapphire, and their leader Aquawoman, who is also a member of the multiversal Justice League, Justice Incarnate.
Earth-11 first debuted in Superman/Batman #23 by Jeph Loeb and Ed McGuinness, which saw Batman and Superman meet Superwoman and Batwoman. Though for the most part these heroes are simple gender-swapped analogs to their male counterparts (Superwoman is Clara Kent and Aquawoman is Anna Curry), other Guild members aren’t too different from characters seen on Earth-0. Batwoman is Katherine Kane, like Earth-0’s Batwoman Kate Kane and Earth-11’s Flash is Jesse Quick, like the famed Justice Society speedster and member of the Flash Family on Earth-0. Green Lantern’s equivalent here is Star Sapphire Carol Jordan, who is a mix of Carol Ferris and Hal Jordan from Earth-0.
As for Wonder Woman’s Earth-11 counterpart, he takes the role of villain in this issue. Dane of Elysium, also known as Wonder Man, is recruited by Janus to wreak Havoc on Earth-11. Wonder Man was once part of the Justice Guild until he went through Wonder Woman’s shocking Infinite Crisis experience. After Maxine Lord controlled Superwoman and killed Booster Gold, Wonder Man killed her on national TV. Whilst Diana got to stay part of the League after killing Maxwell Lord, Dane was banished by the Guild. He didn’t take this well and decided to lead an army on an attack against the world that shunned him. This resulted in his imprisonment, as seen in this issue.
Although Earth-11 underwent a rebirth of its own during the New 52, it seems that Infinite Frontier has restored some of its history from previous continuities, like Wonder Man’s betrayal, just as it has on Earth-0. The Multiversity by writer Grant Morrison and a variety of artists such as Frank Quitely, Ivan Reis and Doug Mahnke shed some light on how Earth-11 came to be. The history of this world was forever changed when the Amazons of Themyscira imposed their own law on the world, shaping it in a way that women led throughout history, rather than men.
Diana was offered a place among the Justice Guild but must make a hasty exit from Earth-11 to follow Janus’s trail of destruction, as it spills out into the multiverse. Though she’ll most likely return to the Man’s World in time, it would be nice to see her return to the Woman’s World, where the values she fights for on a regular basis are realized in full.
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