This is Wonder Woman Day! Since her first appearance in 1941, Diana has battled gods, mythical beasts, and formidable foes, as well as developed strong relationships with other DC Comics heroes, all part of her canon.
In keeping with DC Comics’ long tradition of exploring alternate realities, Wonder Woman has also been reimagined across different Earths and placed in historical, supernatural, and futuristic settings.
Freed from the restrictions of the main continuity, the Princess of Themyscira and the world of the Amazons have been revisited and reinvented in ways that offer very different visions of Diana, her mythology, and the world around her.
This guide covers Wonder Woman stories set outside DC’s main continuity, including tales on alternate Earths, Elseworlds, alternate futures, intercompany crossovers, and comic book tie-ins to television series and films.
Elseworlds and Alternate Earths
Absolute Universe/Earth Alpha – This Young Universe appeared at the beginning of the All In Era, and has been corrupted by Darkseid, who infused it with Despair. At the moment, the Wonder Woman mythos is completely reimagined by Kelly Thompson and Hayden Sherman. Without the island paradise…without the sisterhood that shaped her…without a mission of peace…what’s left is the Absolute Amazon!
Diana of Themyscira was exiled to the underworld as a baby and raised by an enemy. She became the Princess of the Underworld. Long denied her Amazonian heritage, it is now time for Diana to rejoin the surface world. Armed with new weapons forged in Hell and a mission that looks a bit more like justice than peace, Diana won’t be stopped on her quest to save the world and discover her place in it, even if that means carving it herself. See our Guide to DC Absolute Universe.
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Earth One – Absolute Universe was not the first time that DC Comics had introduced a new reality in which Earth’s superheroes had just begun their careers. The company did the same in 2010 with the Earth One imprint, delivering a series of graphic novels that revisited the origin stories and early years of several superheroes and updated them for a modern audience. Grant Morrison and and Yanick Paquette reimagined the Princess by leaning heavily into William Moulton Marston’s original Golden Age concepts. Not to be confused with the “Earth-1” of Silver Age era.
The title has also been collected in the past in three volumes and in Wonder Woman: Earth One Complete Collection.
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Flashpoint – Created by Geoff Johns and Andy Kubert, the Flashpoint Timeline is an alternate reality created by Barry Allen after he traveled back in time to save his mother. In this timeline, the Amazons are at war with the Atlanteans, with Diana Queen of Themyscira and the monarch of the Amazons. See our Guide to Flashpoint.
The character reappeared in several titles afterwards:
- Convergence: Speed Force # 1-2, collected in Convergence: Flashpoint Book Two.
- Flashpoint: Beyond #1, collected in in Flashpoint Beyond
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Alternate Futures
- Futures End – Futures End was a 2014-2015 DC Event set in a dystopian alternate future in which Wonder Woman has embraced her nature as the God of War to battle the armies of Nemesis! Her story takes place in Wonder Woman: Futures End and Superman / Wonder Woman, both collected in collected in Superman / Wonder Woman Vol. 2: War and Peace or The New 52: Futures End – Five Years Later Omnibus.
- Wonder Woman: Dead Earth #1-4 — A 2019-2020 Black Label miniseries from Daniel Warren Johnson in which Diana awakens from a centuries-long sleep to discover the Earth reduced to a nuclear wasteland. Collected in hardcover in Wonder Woman: Dead Earth and soon in Absolute Edition.
- Future State: Wonder Woman — Another possible future at the center of a DC Event, Future State highlighted three Wonder Women: Maria Flor, Nubia, and Diana Prince. See our guide to Future State.
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Other Elseworlds
- Wonder Woman Annual (1996) #5 — By John Byrne and Dave Cockrum. Part of the Legends of the Dead Earth, the 1996 Elseworlds Annuals crossover event. On a colony spaceship far in the future, several species of beings descended from ordinary human ancestors lead an uneasy coexistence. But that coexistence is about to become a war… And that war will be fought by a mighty heroine from myth, a legend that the people of the Unremembered call Wonder Woman! Collected in Elseworlds: Justice League Omnibus Vol. 1.
- Superman/Wonder Woman: Whom Gods Destroy (1996) #1-4 — A four-part miniseries by Chris Claremont and Dusty Abell. On Earth-1163, the Nazis has won World War II, and Superman and Wonder Woman (Lois Lane chosen by the Gods of Olympus as their champion), are fighting back. Collected in Elseworlds: Superman Omnibus Vol. 1.
- Wonder Woman: Amazonia #1 — A 1998 One-Shot by William Messner-Loebs and Phil Winslade taking place in Victorian London around 1888 in which Wonder Woman is captured and taken into slavery by an evil Steve Trevor. The story was originally set on Earth-34 but has since be relocated to Earth-19, the same as Batman: Gotham By Gaslight. Collected in Elseworlds: Justice League Vol. 1.
- Tangent Comics: Wonder Woman #1 — One-Shot by Peter David and Angel Unzueta. On Earth-9, Wanda is the Wonder Woman, an alien exiled from her own planet. Collected in Tangent Comics Vol. 3
- Realworlds: Wonder Woman — A 2000 One-Shot By Glen Hanson, Allan Neuwirth and Max Douglas in which actress Brenda Kelly plays the part of Wonder Woman and gets the chance to inspire a nation. Uncollected.
- Just Imagine Stan Lee with Jim Lee Creating Wonder Woman #1 — Part of a series of one-shots showing Stan Lee’s take on the names and concepts of DC’s greatest heroes. On Earth-6, Maria Mendoza discovers an ancient artifact – a golden staff – that connects her more fully to her heritage. She becomes a paragon of power the likes of which the world has never known. Collected in Just Imagine Stan Lee Creating the DC Universe Book One.
- Wonder Woman: The Blue Amazon —The last part of a trilogy based on classic films of German Expressionist cinema by Jean-Marc Lofficier, Randy Lofficier and Ted McKeever. Collected in Elseworlds: Justice League Vol. 2.
- The Legend of Wonder Woman (2015) #1-9 — From Renae De Liz and Ray Dillon comes this self-contained retelling of Wonder Woman origins. Collected in The Legend of Wonder Woman: Origins.
- Tales from the Dark Multiverse: Wonder Woman: War of the Gods #1 — a 2021 one-shot by Vita Ayala and Ariel Olivetti set in a universe in which Hecate succeeded in possessing Wonder Woman. Collected in Tales from the DC Dark Multiverse II.
- Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons #1-3 — Coming from Kelly Sue DeConnick and Phil Jimenez, this 2021-2022 Black Label miniseries retraces the lost history of the Amazons and Queen Hippolyta’s rise to power. Collected in hardcover in Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons and in Absolute Edition.
DC Graphic Novels for Kids and Young Adults
Diana: Princess of the Amazons — A kids’ graphic novel series from Shannon Hale, Dean Hale and Victoria Ying depicting the adventures of Diana as an 11 year-old living on Themyscira.
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DC Graphic Novels for Young Adults — Following are a list of original stories created for young adult readers starring Diana, Princess of Themyscira.
- Wonder Woman Tempest Tossed — By Laurie Halse Anderson and artist Leila del Duca.
- Wonder Woman: Warbringer — By Louise Simonson and Leigh Bardugo and artist Kit Seaton.
- Wonder Woman: The True Amazon — While not published under their under their Young Adults label, Jill Thompson’s reimagination of young Diana fits well in this section.
Inter-Company Crossovers
- Storm/Wonder Woman: Amazon #1 — By John Byrne. Wonder Woman and the mutant Storm are merged to create the Amazon. Collected in DC Versus Marvel: The Amalgam Age Omnibus.
- “The Gun & the Sword” in Marvel / DC: Deadpool / Batman #1 —By Chip Zdarsky and Terry Dodson. Captain and Wonder Woman team up to battle villains from World War II to the future. Collected in Marvel / DC: The Dead of Knight & Other Stories.
- The Wondrous and the Worthy in Spider-Man/Superman (2026) — ByJason Aaron and Russell Dauterman. The Mighty Thor and Wonder Woman team up to battle symbiote infused parademons from Apokolips. Collected in Marvel / DC: The Dead of Knight & Other Stories.
- Wonder Woman/Tasmanian Devil Special (2017) #1 — By Tony Bedard and Barry Kitson. Wonder Woman enlists the help of the Tasmanian Devil to save the Amazon. Collected in DC Meets Looney Tunes.
- Wonder Woman/Conan (#1-6) — By Gail Simone and Aaron Lopresti is the collision of two legendary heroes (DC/Dark Horse crossover)
- Wonder Woman ’77 Meets the Bionic Woman (#1-6) — A DC/Dynamite Entertainment Crossover.
Television and Movie Tie-Ins
Wonder Woman ’77 — Set in the world of the 1977 TV series with Lynda Carter.
- Wonder Woman ’77 Vol. 1 (Special #1–2)
- Wonder Woman ’77 Vol. 2 (Special #3-4)
- Batman ’66 Meets Wonder Woman ’77 (#1-6)
- Wonder Woman ’77 Meets the Bionic Woman (#1-6)
Movie Tie-ins
- Gods and Monsters: Wonder Woman #1-3 — Prequel to the DC Universe movie Justice League: Gods & Monsters!
- Wonder Woman 1984 #1 — one-shot companion to the feature film Wonder Woman 1984.
Other Stand-Alone Stories and Lost Tales
- JLA: A League of One — Wonder Woman Stands Alone Against a Dragon’s Wrath in this classic Wonder Woman graphice novel story by Christopher Moeller. The story occupy a murky place in continuity as it has been generally considered out-of continuity, although the story has been referenced and the dragon has reappeared in Justice League Dark.
- Wonder Woman: Evolution — An 8-part comic by Stephanie Nicole Phillips and Mike Hawthorne. Wonder Woman is whisked away from Earth by a distant cosmic entity in order to defend the human race in a trial judging humankind’s worthiness to exist in the universe.
- Wonder Woman: Forgotten Legends — A Collection of tales of Wonder Woman in the style of the Golden Age of Comics by Kurt Busiek and Trina Robbins.
- Convergence: Wonder Woman #1-2 — Part of the DC Event Convergence. By Larry Hama and Joshua Middleton is this tale of Wonder Woman from Earth-One (Pre-Crisis). Collected in Convergence: Crisis Book Two.
- DC Retroactive — a line of one-shots revisiting previous iconic eras written by their emblematic writers.
- Wonder Woman 70s: From writer Dennis O’Neil comes an untold adventure starring DC’s Amazon Princess in her “white costume” phase. Uncollected.
- Wonder Woman 80s: Roy Thomas reunites with the character for a battle against the sinister Silver Swan.
- Wonder Woman 90s: These are the Wonder Girls under the pen of William Messner-Loebs.