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The death of key characters in comic books is always a hit and miss affair,
with the writer rarely able to truly convey the magnitude of the event and the
sorrow involved for those loved ones left behind. This issue must rank as one
of the finest ever written however.
Of course, the majority of fans were dismayed that such a key figure in Wonder
Woman's life was "killed" purely for the sake of "spicing up"
an otherwise dreadful cross over event. They felt Hippolyta had been killed
off completely unnecessarily and hoped that this was another of comicdom's typical
"temporary" deaths. But the powers that be at DC had not finished
tearing apart William Moulton Marston's legacy quite yet.
The key events of this issue are also mirrored in "Superman
in Action" #781
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In this beautifully structured and well paced land mark issue by Phil Jiminez,
Hippolyta makes the ultimate sacrifice to save both her daughter and the City
of Athens from annihilation. Horrifically burned and disfigured, she dies in
her weeping daughter's arms, tragically unable to speak and say the things she
wants to say to Diana.
