Wonder Woman by George Perez Omnibus Vol. 2 HC
Wonder Woman by George Perez Omnibus Vol. 2 HC
Cover Credits
Penciller: Chris Marrinan
Inker: George Perez

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Title: "Legacy"
Pages: 22

Feature(s):
Wonder Woman (Post-Crisis)

Writer: George Perez
Writer: Mindy Newell
Penciller: Jill Thompson
Inker: Romeo Tanghal
Artist: Cynthia Martin
Artist: Colleen Doran
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Carl Gafford

Reprinted From:
Wonder Woman #45 (1990)

Feature Character(s)

Guest Star(s)

Guest Appearance(s)

  • Olympian Gods (in flashback; earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Wonder Woman #1)
  • Zeus (in flashback; earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Wonder Woman #1)
  • Hera (in flashback; earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Wonder Woman #1)
  • Athena (in flashback; earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Wonder Woman #1)
  • Aphrodite (in flashback; earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Wonder Woman #1)
  • Hermes (in flashback; earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Wonder Woman #1)
  • Hestia (in flashback; earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Wonder Woman #1)
  • Demeter (in flashback; earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Wonder Woman #1)
  • Hephaestus (in flashback; earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Wonder Woman #2)
  • Prometheus (in flashback; no further appearances)
  • Epimetheus (in flashback; the brother of Prometheus; no further appearances)
  • Gaea (in flashback; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

  • Deukalion and Pyrrha (in flashback; no further appearances)

Cameo Appearance(s)

Comments:
Wonder Woman appears only in cameo in this story.

Synopsis:
Harmonia seeks out the Fates to learn the secret of the amulet with which she has been entrusted. The Fates tell her the story of Prometheus. Shortly after the Olympians took power by defeating the Titans of Myth, Prometheus risked the wrath of the gods by traveling to Olympus. While Zeus slept, Prometheus stole fire and returned it to humanity.

Zeus swore vengeance on mankind, but the other Olympians appealed to Zeus on their behalf. Instead Zeus ordered Hephaestus to construct a body from clay. The other gods bestowed their powers upon the body, bringing it to life as the woman Pandora. Zeus then sent Pandora to Prometheus with a box which was never to be opened. Sensing a trick, Prometheus refused Pandora, but his brother Epimetheus accepted her. For his trouble, Prometheus was eternally chained atop Mount Caucasus where birds fed upon his liver daily.

Meanwhile Pandora with her unending curiosity, convinces Epimetheus to open the box. In so doing, evil is unleashed upon the world. Pandora is exiled with the box. The talisman which adorned the box is the amulet which Harmonia now carries.

The Fates continue their tale by going further back to a time before the Olympians or Titans existed. Gaea herself created another Pandora. She came to Earth with a urn. Using the contents of the urn, she granted humanity trees, plants, fire, and other wonders in hopes that it would bring peace. When her work was done she smashed the jar. However, as ages passed the conflict between Titans and Olympians led to a conflict. Zeus recovered the amulet which he would later affix to Pandora's box. This Pandora was released back into the same clay from which Diana was born.

Harmonia then has a vision in which Diana dies and is absorbed back into the clay. A vision that signals the end of the Earth itself.


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