| * On Krypton, Jor-El discovers the Phantom Zone and proposes it successfully as a method of "execution" for Kryptonian criminals, replacing the previous method of putting criminals in suspended animation and sending them in a capsule into orbit. Thanks to his latest contribution, Jor-El is elected as a member of Krypton's ruling Science Council. (Kryptonian date: 3 Ullhah, 9999) | * On Krypton, Jor-El discovers the Phantom Zone and proposes it successfully as a method of "execution" for Kryptonian criminals, replacing the previous method of putting criminals in suspended animation and sending them in a capsule into orbit. Thanks to his latest contribution, Jor-El is elected as a member of Krypton's ruling Science Council. (Kryptonian date: 3 Ullhah, 9999) |
| * March 22: Under the direction of the goddesses Athena and Aphrodite, Queen Hippolyta of the Amazons forms two figures of raw clay in the form of baby girls, one made from light clay, and one made from dark clay. Aphrodite, knowing Hippolyta's dearest wish is to be a mother, brings the two clay statues to life. After the goddesses leave, Mars the god of war appears and takes away one of Hippolyta's infant daughters despite her pleas to stop. Later, the gods and goddesses Aphrodite, Athena, Hercules, and Mercury arrive to bestow the remaining child with beauty, wisdom, strength, and swiftness, naming her Diana after the goddess of the moon and mistress of the hunt. Princess Diana is raised on Paradise Island to enjoy the heritage of the Amazons. Meanwhile, Mars calls Hippolyta's dark-skinned daughter Nubia and raises her as his own daughter on an island off the coast of Africa named the Floating Island, called Slaughter Island by the Amazons, and also known as Mars Isle or Marzal. //Note: Despite hints that Diana may be hundreds if not thousands of years old, there is more evidence that indicates she is still a young woman when she becomes Wonder Woman and goes to live in Man's World.// ["The Golden Age Secret Origin of Wonder Woman," Wonder Woman #159 (January, 1966); "The Secret Origin of Wonder Woman," DC Special Series #19 (Fall, 1979); "The Second Life of the Original Wonder Woman," Wonder Woman #204 (January-February, 1973); "War of the Wonder Women," Wonder Woman #206 (June-July, 1973)] | * March 22: Under the direction of the goddesses Athena and Aphrodite, Queen Hippolyta of the Amazons forms two figures of raw clay in the form of baby girls, one made from light clay, and one made from dark clay. Aphrodite, knowing Hippolyta's dearest wish is to be a mother, brings the two clay statues to life. After the goddesses leave, Mars the god of war appears and takes away one of Hippolyta's infant daughters despite her pleas to stop. Later, the gods and goddesses Aphrodite, Athena, Hercules, and Mercury arrive to bestow the remaining child with beauty, wisdom, strength, and swiftness, naming her Diana after the goddess of the moon and mistress of the hunt. Princess Diana is raised on Paradise Island to enjoy the heritage of the Amazons. Meanwhile, Mars calls Hippolyta's dark-skinned daughter Nubia and raises her as his own daughter on an island off the coast of Africa named the Floating Island, called Slaughter Island by the Amazons, and also known as Mars Isle or Marzal. //Note: Despite hints that Diana may be hundreds if not thousands of years old, there is more evidence that indicates she is still a young woman when she becomes Wonder Woman and goes to live in Man's World. There are hints that Aphrodite and Athena are motivated to create Wonder Woman after seeing how powerful the god of war has become after two World Wars; Wonder Woman is their effort to provide a counterbalance to warlike mankind.// ["The Golden Age Secret Origin of Wonder Woman," Wonder Woman #159 (January, 1966); "The Secret Origin of Wonder Woman," DC Special Series #19 (Fall, 1979); "The Second Life of the Original Wonder Woman," Wonder Woman #204 (January-February, 1973); "War of the Wonder Women," Wonder Woman #206 (June-July, 1973)] |