Wonder Woman v2 #172
Wonder Woman v2 #172 cover

Date:

 September 2001

Title:

 “The Mother’s Daughter”

Plot:

 Searching for her daughter, Wonder Woman, Queen Hippolyta is overwhelmed by the numbered of injured people on board the Paradocs.  She finally finds Diana, being brought ton the Paradocs by Superman, severely wounded form the battle with Imperiex’s probes.  Some soul searching and a meeting with the Daxamite named Julia whom Diana once met in space convinces Hippolyta to take up the mantle of Wonder Woman one last time, to save Earth.

Only scenes featuring Legion-related characters are dealt with here.

Credits:

 Phil Jimenez (Story / Pencils) • Andy Lanning (Inks) • Patricia Mulvihill (Colors) • Heroic Age (Separations) • Comicraft (Letters) • Tom Palmer Jr. (Assistant Editor) • Eddie Berganza (Editor) • Adam Hughes (Cover)

CHANGE HISTORY
Date of Change
Content of Change
08/23/01
 Posted
08/24/01
 Name corrections
12/13/01
 Tracking format corrections
Tracking update from Wonder Woman v2 #174
01/05/03
 Reprint status update
Tracking update from other “Our Worlds at War” issues

Tinted cells and text indicate missing or incomplete information.

Character and Object Tracking

       

Name

Previous Appearance

Next Appearance

Heroes
Queen Hippolyta (footnote #1) Previous Legion appearance:
     Genesis #4		 None; dies this issue
Wonder Girl II (Cassandra Sandsmark) None in Legion books None in Legion books
Wonder Woman (Princess Diana) Previous Legion appearance:
     <The Final Night #>		 Wonder Woman v2 #174
Green Lantern IV (Kyle Rayner) Previous Legion appearance:
     Superboy v3 #91		 None in Legion books

Supporting Characters
Julia (Daxamite) Wonder Woman v2 #<71> None to date

Locations
Almerac No appearance; mention only
Rann No appearance; mention only
 
Paradocs (interior and exterior) None in Legion books None in Legion books
Also appears in Superboy v3 #91 during this story

Alien Races and Creatures
Khund < > < >
Durlan <JLA: Heaven’s Gate> None to date in 21st century
Warden Tsaquin’s race None (footnote #2) None to date in 21st century
Gil’Dan (Zymyr subspecies) Invasion #<3> None to date in 21st century
Talokian < > None to date in 21st century
Tsauron (Ontiir’s race) None (footnote #2) None to date in 21st century
Roupseni (Queeg’s race) None (footnote #2) None to date in 21st century
< > (orange with tentacles and floating eyes) None (footnote #2) None to date in 21st century
Jacquaan (Dr. Gym’ll’s race) None in 20th/21st century None to date in 21st century
 
One-shot or Untracked Races:
     Okaaran
     Psion
     Gordanian
     Karnan (Tigorr’s race)
     < >’s race (floating crystal)
     Thanagarian
     Changralyn (Broot’s race)
     Xudarian
     Hyacinth’s race
     Slyggian (Salakk’s race)

Technology
Daxamite warsuit Superman: Our Worlds at War Secret Files #1 None to date
 
One-shot or Untracked Items:
     assorted Daxamite medical equipment
     assorted ships in the Alien Armada
1. Hippolyta should perhaps be tracked as Wonder Woman I, but that entire story is so confusing that we’ll just leave her with her royal name for tracking purposes.

2. None in the postboot continuity.

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Analysis Notes
General Only pages 1-4:3, 7:2, 7:3, 7:6, 8:6-8:11, 9:2, 9:6, and 10:6.
1:3 All the characters in red full-body outfits are presumably Daxamites.  (They could be Terran volunteer staff or members of Young Justice — the blonde woman here looks a little like Arrowette — but since we can’t identify them that way, we’ll assume they are all Daxamites.)
The person on the gurney and the one standing behind it are presumably Khunds.
1:8 The one in armor is a Khund.
2/3:1 Lots of possible Daxamites and Khunds here. Also, from left to right, Okaaran Warlords (teal skin, purple armor), Psions (seated by the Okaaran), Gordanian (in front of the Okaaran), Karnan (Tigorr’s race; by the first support column), Durlan (purple robes with tentacles), Warden Tsaquin’s race (green skin, eye on a stalk), < >’s race (floating crystal; one was a Green Lantern), Thanagarian (flying), Gil’Dan of the Zymyr subspecies (in globes), Talokian (blue skin with pointed ears), Tsauron (Ontiir’s race; yellow skin in purple armor), Changralyn (Broot’s race; on mezzanine), Roupseni (Queeg’s race; green and slimy, on mezzanine), < > (orange with tentacles and floating eyes), Jacquaan (Dr. Gym’ll’s race), Xudarian (orange with fins on the head), and Hyacinth’s race (orange skin with magenta hair). (And probably others I didn’t notice.) Also included are humans from the Blackhawks.
4:2 Among others seen here are Dominator, Xudarian, and Hykraiuan.  (This is the first postboot appearance for Tellus’ race in this universe.)
4:3 This has a Slyggian (Salakk’s race; long head with bumps) and a Durlan in it.
7:2, 7:3 Hykraiuan, Psion, and Khund.  The Hykraiuan is miscolored.
7:6 Hykraiuan and Psion.
8:8 Wonder Woman’s trip to space where she met Julia was in Wonder Woman v2 #<67-71.>
8:10 Wonder Woman is on the table behind Hippolyta.
9:6 <orange> and Khund.
10:6 Khund.
Reprints This issue was reprinted in the Superman: Our Worlds at War Book Two trade paperback collection.
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Appearance Counts

Character Name

Cover

Panels / Speaking
Heroes
Queen Hippolyta 17 / 5
Wonder Girl II (Cassandra Sandsmark) 2 / 1
Wonder Woman (Princess Diana) X 5 / 1
Green Lantern IV (Kyle Rayner) 1 / 1
Supporting Characters
Julia (Daxamite)
5 / 6
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