List of Wonder Woman characters

This is a list of Wonder Woman supporting characters.

Contents

Major characters

In alphabetical order (with issue and date of first appearance)

Character First appearance Description
Amazons All Star Comics #8 (December 1941) A nation of eternally youthful and super-powerful women. Notable Amazons include military leader Philippus, demon-fighter Nu'Bia, oracle Menalippe, would-be Wonder Woman Orana, and sorceress Magala.
Artemis of Bana-Mighdall Wonder Woman (vol. 2) #90 (September 1994) Brash champion of a lost tribe of Amazons, who successfully challenged Diana for the title of Wonder Woman and now is a major leader among the Amazons.
Etta Candy Sensation Comics #2 (February 1942) Rotund, chocolate-loving, plucky, and fearless leader of the Beeta Lambda Sorority at Holliday College, Etta Candy was Wonder Woman’s close friend and sidekick.
Wonder Woman #229 (March 1977) Secretary for General Blankenship of the War Department, during the period that the comics series shifted to World War II stories to reflect the first season of the Wonder Woman TV show.
Wonder Woman #272 (October 1980) Pleasantly plump Air Force Lt. Etta Candy is secretary for Gen. Darnell and Diana Prince’s roommate.
Wonder Woman (vol. 2) #2 (March 1987) Air Force officer and later agent in the Department of Metahuman Affairs, Etta is Wonder Woman’s best friend and Steve Trevor’s wife.
Gods of Olympus All Star Comics #8 (December 1941) The gods of Classical Greek mythology, worshiped by the Amazons.
Queen Hippolyta All Star Comics #8 (December 1941) The queen of the Amazons and Wonder Woman’s mother, who fashioned Diana from clay which was given life by the gods.
Mala All Star Comics #8 (December 1941) Wonder Woman’s closest friend among the Amazons, Mala was the first runner-up in the contest to determine who would enter Man’s World as Wonder Woman and later became the head of the Amazons’ therapeutic center Reformation Island.
Paula Sensation Comics #4 (April, 1942) Wonder Woman's first recurring arch-nemesis, the Baroness Paula Von Gunther was a ruthless Nazi spymaster, evil scientist, and femme fatale who later became Wonder Woman’s close friend and chief Amazon scientist.
General Phil Darnell Sensation Comics #3 (March 1942) Col. (later Gen.) Darnell supervised Steve Trevor’s work at Military Intelligence and hired Diana Prince as his secretary.
Wonder Woman #272 (October 1980) Head of the Air Force’s Special Assignments Branch, tasked with intervening in crises before they develop.
Steve Trevor All Star Comics #8 (December 1941) An intelligence officer in the United States Army during World War II whose plane crashed in the isolated homeland of the Amazons, Capt. (later Major) Trevor became the paramour of Wonder Woman while, unbeknownst to him, working at U.S. Military Intelligence alongside Wonder Woman in her secret identity, Diana Prince.
Wonder Woman #223 (April–May 1976) After Steve was killed by one of Dr. Cyber’s henchmen,[1] he was brought back to life by the goddess Aphrodite and used in a test of Wonder Woman’s readiness to return to active superheroics following her months without superpowers and bout with amnesia. He was allowed to remain alive and assumed a new identity, spy Steve Howard. It was later revealed that Trevor had been reanimated by being fused with the life force of the god Eros.[2]
Wonder Woman #270 (August 1980) An Air Force colonel piloting an experimental aircraft that penetrated the multiversal barriers to crashland outside of Paradise Island, Steve was integrated into life on Earth-One when Aphrodite unleashed the Mists of Nepenthe to alter the world’s memories so that he would be accepted as the Steve Trevor of that universe. He served as an intelligence agent within the Air Force’s Special Assignments Branch under the direction of Gen. Darnell, unknowingly working alongside Wonder Woman in her secret identity of Capt. (later Maj.) Diana Prince.
Wonder Woman (vol. 2) #2 (March 1987) An Air Force officer and war veteran, Steve Trevor was also the son of Diana Trevor, aviatrix who crashed onto the Amazons’ island home and died in a battle to save the Amazons. Later designated Deputy Secretary of Defense and then leader of the Department of Metahuman Affairs, Trevor married Etta Candy and is Diana’s close friend.
Wonder Girl Wonder Woman #105 (1958) Wonder Woman as a teen.
The Brave and the Bold #60 (July 1965) Wonder Woman’s younger sister, who lives in Man’s World as Donna Troy.
Wonder Woman (vol. 2) #105 (January 1996) Cassandra “Cassie” Sandsmark is the teenage daughter of museum director Helena Sandsmark and who became Wonder Girl to be Wonder Woman’s sidekick.

Other characters

Separated in chronological clusters, by major periods in the publication history of the Wonder Woman comic book.

Pre-Crisis

Characters who appeared before the continuity-altering series Crisis on Infinite Earths.

Golden Age

Impossible Tales

Powerless Era

Modern Era

UN/New York
NASA/Houston
Washington, DC

Post-Crisis

Boston

Gateway City

New York

Department of Metahuman Affairs

Characters created for other media

Wonder Woman supporting characters created in other media, with no appearances in previous comics.

Character Media Actor/Actress Description
Bryce Candall Wonder Woman (TV series) A genetically enhanced man who was indestructible and became information technology officer for IADC’s Los Angeles field office
Dale Hawthorn Wonder Woman (TV series) Head of IADC Los Angeles field office
Eve Wonder Woman (TV series) Saundra Sharp Steve’s assistant at the IADC
General Blankenship Wonder Woman (TV series) John Randolph, Richard Eastham Head of the War Department office at which Steve, Etta, and Diana worked
IRAC Wonder Woman (TV series) Information Retrieval Associative Computer, super-intelligent computer for IADC
Joe Atkinson Wonder Woman (TV series) Normann Burton A weathered IADC agent who supervised Steve and Diana
Rover Wonder Woman (TV series) A small mobile robot that is an offshoot of IRAC and performs duties such as delivering coffee and sorting mail

Characters from comics in other media

Some supporting characters from the comic books have made an appearance, or appearances, in other media featuring Wonder Woman.

Character Live-Action/Animated Media Actor/Actress
Artemis Wonder Woman (film) Rosario Dawson
Superman/Batman: Apocalypse Rachel Quaintance
Etta Candy Wonder Woman (TV series) Beatrice Colen
Wonder Woman (film) Julianne Grossman
Hippolyta Wonder Woman TV movie Charlene Holt
Wonder Woman (TV series) Cloris Leachman, Carolyn Jones, Beatrice Straight
Super Friends  ?
Superman (1988 TV series) Pat Carroll
Justice League (animated series) Susan Sullivan
Wonder Woman (film) Virginia Madsen
Steve Trevor Wonder Woman TV movie Kaz Garas
Wonder Woman (TV series) Lyle Waggoner
Super Friends  ?
Justice League (animated series) Patrick Duffy
Wonder Woman (film) Nathan Fillion
Wonder Girl Wonder Woman (TV series) Debra Winger
The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure Julie Bennett

See also

References

Notes

  1. ^ Wonder Woman #180 (January–February 1969)
  2. ^ Wonder Woman #322 (December 1984)