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Wonder Woman’slong - lost twinned sister Nubia will be star in her first - ever solo book , asDC Comics announceda new YA Graphic Novel titledNubia : Real One . The graphic novel will bring a Modern contemporary tress on the character , who made a striking debut back in the seventies but never really was given a recollective - term comportment in the comics .
Nubia first come along inWonder Woman#204 by Robert Kanigher and Don Heck as achallenger of Wonder Woman ’s title . As one of DC Comics ' first mordant cleaning woman superhero characters , Nubia ( who ’s got basically the same powers as Wonder Woman ) actually beats Diana in fight with her magical brand but opts to keep her animated . She assumes the role ofWonder Womanof the Floating Island - which unlike Themiscyra is full of men . It ’s later revealed Hippolyta created two baby from the Great Compromiser , however , Mars , the God of War steal Nubia as an infant - something she never told Diana . When Nubia return to Themiscyra to attack , Diana frees her of Mars ' mind controller . admiration Woman would then get word the truth of her twin baby . In later stories , Nubia would become an Amazonian before she was wipe off inCrisis on Infinite Earths , being impart back with an entirely new account , look occasionally in DC Comics title .
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DC ’s YA Graphic Novels has featured some incredible new beginning stories for heroes likeHarley QuinnandCassandra Cain . It ’s exciting to see Nubia will be star in her own book by L.L. McKinney ( A Blade So Black)and Robyn Smith ( The Saddest Angriest Black Girl in Town ) . The series will follow Nubia as a stripling while navigating through real - world issue such as racial inequality , school fierceness , and other issues that impact young people - all while learn about her own story .
McKinney say DC she did n’t originally pitch a Nubia series , but included the Wonder Woman character in a different pitch . After peddle she was emailed about doing a pitch on Nubia - led Word of God .
What ’s funny is I did n’t initially set up out to pitch a Nubia graphic novel , ” articulate McKinney . “ I was invited to sky something else , but I made the decisiveness when write the pitch itself to bestow in Nubia . I ’ve been a fan since fairly much birth , and I ’ve watched her get go around and appear in various iterations , none of them touching me the same way of life her original one had . I mean , this was Wonder Woman ’s matching sister , just as impregnable , just as tight , if not stronger and quicker . And she was BLACK ! So , I added her in to my pitch for the other project . I guess something about her flummox out to the squad because they emailed me and essentially ask for a pitch about Nubia .
It ’s exciting to see a character with such a inscrutable connection to Wonder Woman in the end get the limelight she merit . DC Comics ' new grownup format is utter for reintroducing Nubia to advanced audiences . Hopefully , this is the start of more Nubia - led narration and a reincarnate focus onWonderWoman’stwin sister . Check out the solicit forNubia : Real Onebelow .
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