Wonder Woman – Volume 6 – 6

Main Story Synopsis

Diana has met with Steve Trevor next to the Washington Monument. She sees him clutch his head in pain and thinks he has a headache, but it’s actually worse: Dr. Psycho is trying to control Steve’s mind. Even while getting boosted by the Angle Man’s Angler, however, Dr. Psycho can’t break through Steve’s mental defences and both villains pass out from the effort. Unfortunately, Steve’s attempts to keep both villains out of his mind is too much for him and he passes out in Diana’s arms. Diana has no time to look after her friend as a pair of enormous hands emerges from the ground. It’s Giganta and she is ready for a fight.

Giganta, empowered by a spell from Circe, attacks Diana, who transforms into her uniform and defends herself. Wonder Woman had hoped that her enemy would stand down peacefully, but Giganta is not in the mood to listen anything her old enemy might say and attempts to stomp on her like an insect. Wonder Woman attempts to wrap her lasso around Giganta’s neck and incapacitate her, but Circe has already anticipated Wonder Woman’s movements and coordinated her strategy accordingly.

Silver Swan, cloaked with the appearance of a literal bird thanks to a spell from Circe, attacks Wonder Woman from behind and pins her to the Washington Monument. Possessed by her unhealthy obsession with Wonder Woman, the Swan begs Wonder Woman to stop and says that they can run away together and leave everything behind. Wonder Woman rejects the Swan’s crazy proposition and knocks her out with a single punch. Such action, however, has left her open to an attack from Giganta, who punches both Diana and Silver Swan to the ground. As Wonder Woman tries to regain her senses she sees Swan lying motionless on the ground and goes to her aid. But her distraction allows Giganta the opportunity to tear the Washington Monument from the ground and slam it down on her enemy, not caring that the Swan, Giganta’s own ally, is also caught in the impact.

Sargeant Steel observes the situation from a faraway rooftop. He and his superior, the mysterious Sovereign, believe their operation is successful, even if most of their forces have been depleted. Psycho, the Angle Man and Silver Swan have been incapacitated and Circe has been turned into a sleeping cat by the effort of using such a huge amount of magic. Only Giganta is left standing and even she is exhausted.

The Sovereign, however, is foolish in celebrating his victory too early, for he has underestimated an important quality of Wonder Woman: if she has something or someone to protect, she will push forward, no matter what stands in her way. In just a few moments, Wonder Woman emerges from the broken monument to throw it at Giganta, taking her out of the fight. The Sovereign is frustrated and has no choice but to resort to deploying the final weapon at his disposal: Grail.

The daughter of Darkseid could not have found a better moment to ambush her enemy, right when she is exhausted and injured. Even so, she is in the mood for a fair fight and drops her weapons. If she is going to kill Wonder Woman, she will do it with her bare hands.

Both fighters are equally matched. They exchange furious blows and neither refuse to yield, no matter how much they throw at each other. While Steel is captured by one of the Wonder Girls, Grail slowly breaks through her enemy’s defences and, in time, Wonder Woman is left on her knees. Grail believes that she has conquered her enemy and grabs her axe, ready to execute Wonder Woman. But she has a made a mistake: underestimating her enemy. With one final, amazing punch, Wonder Woman defeats Grail, who joins Wonder Woman’s defeated enemies as an unconscious body, lying on the grounds of Washington.

Rain falls on Wonder Woman, surrounded by the bodies of her enemies. Although she has won the physical battle, exhaustion catches up to her and Wonder Woman collapses on the ground.