wonder woman 1984’s Asteria Has a Very Different Comic Book Counterpart

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3 min readMar 8, 2021

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wonder woman 1984 developed the legend of Diana of Themyscira, yet it additionally served to add something that appeared new to her story. In the midst of the inconveniences of Maxwell Lord and Cheetah, Diana was additionally associated with a decades in length look for a missing Amazon: Asteria. She was the one Amazon who decided to keep down the militaries of men as her sisters disappeared to their new home. For this obvious penance, Asteria was regarded by the Amazons, yet Diana effectively speculated that she was as yet alive some place.

While this character may appear new to the historical backdrop of the DC Universe, there is an adaptation that exists in the funnies. However, her inceptions are very unique in relation to than that of her artistic counterpart’s.

The Asteria that shows up on the big screen has a more fleshed out backstory than her comic book partner. Truth be told, it is reasonable for consider the comic book form a clear record, the establishment from which the film rendition would be based upon. She initially appeared in Elseworld’s Finest: Supergirl and Batgirl #1 by Barbara Kesel, Matt Haley, Tom Simmons, and Bill Oakley. Similar as in the film, this Asteria was associated with the Wonder Woman of her reality.

In this substitute truth of Earth-1098, Wonder Woman was the head of the Justice Society of America in the present day. It’s individuals incorporated any semblance of Supergirl, Ambush Bug, and Captain Marvel (before the name change), and these were the individuals that accompanied Wonder Woman to Gotham City, Asteria was left responsible for watching the group’s headquarters, alongside watching their occupant fellow, or all the more exactly kid, behind the seat: Tim Drake. Not the most celebrated position, but rather it shows the degree of trust that Diana had in Asteria by confiding in her to watch the base. It likewise unobtrusively indicates Asteria’s actual force, considering she was let at the base be to ensure Tim.

Almost no was uncovered about Asteria. She just truly showed up in a small bunch of boards in the comic, however she exhibited the capacity of flight. While a few Amazons can fly, Asteria’s restricted time at the center of attention just prompts hypothesis about her sources in funnies. She never through and through expressed that she was an Amazon nor did she say wasn’t. So generally, the principal Asteria was even more a question mark than a character, yet the numerous inquiries encompassing her starting points allowed her the chance to star in one of 2020’s most expected films.

From multiple points of view, being a particularly fresh start was useful for Asteria. It allow the character to sparkle while as yet maintaining the legend of the DC Universe. Besides, Asteria’s new beginnings are adequately motivating to conceivably be made an interpretation of over into funnies. Almost no is thought about when the Amazons initially withdrew from Man’s World. Regardless of whether the narrative of how the Amazons originally entered Themyscira contrast from that of the film, Asteria has now been forever attached to the causes of Paradise Island and has a lot more noteworthy task to carry out later on for the DCEU, if not likewise in the funnies.

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