So everyone knows Wonder Woman, right?
She's one of DC's most iconic characters.
But the version that we see on the big screens
of Diana Prince that we all know and love isn't
the only version of the character that exists,
Not by a long shot.
So let's take a look at some of the weirder,
the wackier, and the more wabbit based.
As I'm Jules, this is
whatculture.com and these are 10 insane alternate versions of Wonder
Woman you Won't Believe exist #10 wonder Wabbit.
Believe it or not, Wonder Wabbit isn't even the only
animal iteration of Wonder Woman in this list,
although it is definitely the cuddliest.
And as you might have guessed it,
she is a Bunny rabbit version of Diana Prince.
The problem with the series was that it didn't lean
hard enough into the animalization of its cast.
Wonder Wabbits powers have nothing rabbit like about them,
no powerful jumps, night vision,
or increased hearing at all.
So what exactly is the point of this then?
Even Bat Mouse or Hawk Moose,
both coming equipped with two animals to riff off,
didn't go anywhere with it.
A bit more commitment would have certainly helped this little
wabbit out #9 auroro Monroe.
In a 1996 crossover event between Marvel and DC,
Auroro Monroe, better known as Storm of the X-Men,
became that reality's version of Wonder Woman.
On the surface, they seem like a decent fit to
amalgamate,
with similar morals and leadership qualities.
Her origin is rather different here as well,
as she's seen drowning in the Hudson before Queen Hippolytus
saves her and takes her home,
raising her as an Amazonian Princess.
As she gets older, it becomes clear that her mutation
gives her the ability to control the weather,
something the Amazons help her train.
It's a nice combination of the two characters,
as this version of Wonder Woman keeps the Lasso of
Truth,
but it's made from Storm's own harness lightning bolts.
Despite these powers though, she must still keep her meta
mutant status a secret while the Mars Storm wears it
on her sleeve more proudly.
Eventually though, she joins the Justice League X-Men and settles
well once Aqua Mariner leaves no prizes for guessing who
he's an amalgamation of.
She even becomes the JLX's leader
#8 the Blue Amazon. Back in
2003, DC published 3 Elseworld comics for
DC's biggest heroes, Wonder Woman,
Batman and Superman. The reasons Known only to the writers
themselves,
each comic was based on a classic German movie.
Now all of this sounds like a bizarre idea,
but they actually pulled it off pretty well.
Also, while most people might not instantly be able to
name much German cinema,
Nosferatu, used for Batman and Metropolis for Superman,
are fairly recognisable movies, with Batman lurking in the shadows
and Superman's regular city being Metropolis.
Anyway, both of them. Those seem like fairly sensible pics,
but the inspiration for Diana's story is a little less
well known,
being the 1930 flick The Blue Angel.
Like all three of the Elseworld collection,
it mixes a few other movies in there as well,
mainly Metropolis itself, which is used to thematically tie the
whole trilogy together.
In this story, Diana is an amnesiac with no recollection
of her past and is working as an exotic dancer.
It's certainly not a typical Wonder Woman story,
but if you're looking to see the character in a
completely different scenario,
then look no further #7 Becca.
Becca is one of DC's new gods,
and though she isn't the most famous of characters,
she's often seen helping the good guys and occasionally has
featured heavily in several storylines.
However, the movie Justice League Gods and Monsters cast her
in the starring role,
but with a bit of A twist.
This was a parallel Becca,
and she wasn't. Like the Wonder Woman of old,
this Becca is part of a brutal Justice League keeping
order on Earth.
She takes the title of Wonder Woman while General Zod's
son becomes this
universe's Superman and Doctor Kurt Langstrom becomes their Batman.
It transpires that rather than a full on evil version
of Wonder Woman,
which is plenty of those to come into the list
by the way,
Becca and the rest of this league have simply just
gone too far.
They're good people at heart,
and much of the movie is about unwinding their conspiracies
around them and correcting their past mistakes.
It does seem a little bit like her title,
and good nature means she gets away with not being
held accountable,
but at least in the end,
she does the right thing
#6 Diana, the Albino Ape Justice League of America The
Island of Doctor Moreau is a mashup of well,
you figure it out. Doctor Moreau is a classic character
by HG Wells,
a mad scientist who transforms people into animals,
believing it to be the next stage of human evolution.
In this story, he doesn't actually capture the real Justice
League,
hence how he's still alive really,
but instead has an army of creatures that are similar
to them.
These include Jabutas the cheetah for the Flash,
Falconus the hawk for Hawkman,
and Diana, the albino ape as the stand in for
Wonder Woman being a gorilla.
It certainly isn't the typical portrayal of Wonder Woman,
but she's actually closer in personality than many others featured
here as the story revolves around them being sent to
Victorian London and it only gets stranger from there.
The team of Manimals are investigating Jack the Ripper,
who features heavily in the next entry as well.
Here, they discover that Jack is another one of Doctor
Moreau's creations and turn on each other while questioning the
nature of their own existence.
Like the classic novel it spins off from,
it's a lot deeper than the premise suggests.
#5 Victorian The Victorian version of Wonder Woman is from
a series called Amazonia,
which is set in an alternate version of the era,
but the Steampunk is cranked up to 11.
Set between 1888 and 1928,
it offers a fresh look at Diana,
who we usually see in either ancient or mythological times
or even in our present era.
Leaning towards the future. It helps that most people have
a fairly clear picture of the Victorian era rather than
scratching our heads like we would do with a Byzantine
or Lake Quinn era story.
The stunning steampunk visuals certainly help build up the image
for us too,
that this story is going to be something very different
from the off.
Queen Victoria and her family have been murdered by Jack
the Ripper who being of royal blood himself,
a sense to become king.
His rule is harsh and misogynistic and is assisted by
a now villainous Steve Trevor.
Diana is captured by Trevor and forced to marry him,
performing biblical stories at the theatre.
She eventually adopts the title of Wonder Woman and leads
an uprising against Jack with Jack's own son,
Charles #4 Bizarra. Any list of unbelievable versions of DC
characters is likely to include a Bizarro version,
and Wonder Woman is no different,
but just a brief history of Bizarro.
First, the initial 2 versions were failed Superman clones by
Lex Luthor,
but we're focusing on the 3rd iteration here.
He has nothing to do with Lex at all aside
from inspiration.
Bizarro 3 is still based off of Superman,
but was created by the Joker using with dimensional powers.
To oversimplify, he's Superman with Joker's imagination.
All of his creations speak with slurred broken grammar,
have ash and grey and pockmarks skin and limbs which
don't quite fit properly.
But they're more than just hollow zombies though,
because Bizarro creatures have some internal logic,
they speak in opposites. So saying I love you means
I hate you and vice versa.
Some people love the Bizarro's and some hate them.
Bizarro, though, was pretty great
#3. Crime Syndicate of America.
The Crime Syndicate of America,
often shortened to the CSA,
are a parallel universe version of the Justice League,
only evil, just like the regular Justice League.
They also have a Wonder Woman,
but she is very different in more ways than one.
She goes by the name of Superwoman here,
but it's clearly a riff off of Diana rather than
Clark with his CSA equivalent named Ultraman.
She gains her powers from her universes Amazons by killing
them all and as a result her power set is
almost identical to Wonder Woman's.
One of the few differences is that rather than the
Lasso of Truth it instead forces its victims to admit
humiliating or dangerous secrets.
It's an ingenious little twist that still utilises the truth
telling power,
but in a much more sinister way.
Interestingly though, we don't actually learn her real name as
she goes by the alias of Lois Lane and is
married to Ultraman.
However she frequently and openly cheats on him with Our
man,
which is their version of Batman,
showing yet again how twisted and sordid the crime syndicate
really is.
#2A straight up Nazi, another Elseworld tale,
this one. Whom? God Destroy features 2 versions of Wonder
Woman,
although the 1st is far more unbelievable.
Set in the not so cheery future where the Third
Reich never fell,
this world is currently under Nazi rule with the Amazons
by their side.
Adonis has replaced Hitler as the Fuhrer,
with Artemis and Athena opposing him.
However, Wonder Woman herself betrayed Paradise Island for power and
is now in league with Adonis and the Nazis,
even wearing a swastika on her tiara.
Lois Lane becomes embroiled in the story and is given
Athena's powers to become a Wonder Woman of her own.
The two battle and just like in real life,
good triumphs evil and the Nazi Wonder Woman is defeated.
Lois, now the reigning Wonder Woman champ,
celebrates her victory by moving to the moon to live
in a polyamorous lesbian relationship with Lana Lange and Superman,
who was turned female by witchcraft during the course of
this story,
but only after he'd also been turned into a horse.
As happy endings go, I didn't see that coming,
but at least they're having a great time.
Good on them. And #1 Flashpoint.
Now Flashpoint. Wonder Woman just crosses the line in ahead
of Nazi Wonder Woman as the most insane version of
the character to date,
and a lot of these new stars revolve around her,
turning villainous in some way.
But this one goes to new extremes.
In this alternate reality, Diana is a brutal and bloodthirsty
dictator,
holding her country steadily under her boot.
Unlike some other bad guy Wonder Woman versions though,
Flashpoint, Diana takes a great deal of pleasure in her
cruelty.
Not caring who she harms.
She seduces Aquaman, but when questioned on it by his
wife,
she chops the Atlanteans head off and sends it to
Aquaman as a gift.
This kicks off a war between Atlantis and the Amazons.
A conflict that she relishes in Aquaman floods Europe to
claim for Atlantis while Diana takes up territory on the
remaining dry land.
And this conflict goes on to cause the death of
over 30 million people between Ireland and Russia.
Innocent bystanders aren't the only ones caught up in the
conflict either.
Steve Trevor, Wonder Woman's long time love interest is choked
to death by Diana's bare hands.
So serious. Obviously this one has to be seen to
be believed.
And there we go, my friends.
Those were 10 insane alternate versions of Wonder Woman you
won't believe exist.
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