War of the Gods (comics)
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War of the Gods is a crossover and 4-part miniseries storyline published in 1991 by DC Comics. Primarily centered on the character Wonder Woman to celebrate that character's 50th anniversary, it was written by that title's then writer George Pérez.
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[edit] Production history
Writer George Pérez had some trouble writing the story since the beginning of its inception, mostly due to editorial problems. 1 Pérez felt that DC Comics wasn't doing enough to celebrate Wonder Woman's milestone anniversary. To make matters worse, DC Comics didn't place the comic for newsstand distribution which meant that the only place the comic book could be bought was at retail stores that specifically specialized in comic books. George Pérez had also built-up the story plot to marry the characters Steve Trevor and Etta Candy in the final issue. When he discovered that DC editors had decided to not only pass the Wonder Woman title's writing to William Messner-Loebs but also have him write the final wedding scene, George Pérez quit the title and separated himself from the DC Comics company for several years.
[edit] Plot
Worldwide ancient gods suddenly began trying to destroy the Earth and each other. While the gods of the Roman and Greek gods waged war against each other, gods from the Egyptian, African, Norse, Babylonian and Thanagarian pantheons began attacking heroes as they tried to re-create the world in their own images. The cause of this sudden clash of gods was the sorceress Circe whose goal was the destruction of the Earth goddess Gaea.
Realizing that her enemy, Wonder Woman, might interfere with her plans, Circe arranged for her kidnapping and transport to New Olympus, where she must defend her Greek patrons against the Roman gods' champion, Captain Marvel.
While the heroes deal with the warring deities, Black Adam, Captain Marvel's archenemy, recruits the Suicide Squad to help him launch an attack on Circe's fortress. She escapes to Themyscira, where she kills Wonder Woman by devolving her back into the clay from which she was formed. While this happens Olympus appears next to Earth in its own dimension, threatening to destroy all of existence. The world's heroes try to convince the gods to lay down their arms and join them in facing the true enemy manipulating them. With Captain Marvel freed from his Roman masters' influence and Wonder Woman brought back to life, Gaea regains her strength, and the War of the Gods is finished but at the price of the life of the Olympian gods Hermes and Eris, and seemingly Circe herself. But she returned some time later, the details of which were never truly explained.
[edit] Crossover titles
- Animal Man #40
- Batman #470
- Captain Atom #56, 57
- Demon #17
- Doctor Fate #32, 33
- Flash #55
- Hawk and Dove #28
- Hawkworld #15, 16
- Justice League of America #55
- Justice League Europe #31
- L.E.G.I.O.N. '91 #31
- New Titans #81
- Starman #38
- Suicide Squad #58
- Superman: The Man of Steel #3
- Wonder Woman #58, 59, 60, 61
