List of Wonder Woman enemies
This is a list of fictional characters from DC Comics who are or have been enemies of Wonder Woman.
Central rogues' gallery
In alphabetical order.Villain | First appearance | Description |
Angle Man | Wonder Woman #62 | Originally a clever schemer who "knew all the angles" known as Angelo Bend, the updated Angle Man possesses an object known as an Angler which can alter objects and locations according to the holder's wishes, sometimes defying gravity or through teleportation. Angle Man was created as a recurring foil for Wonder Woman during the 1950s and 1960s. |
Ares | Wonder Woman #1 | Ares, referred to by the Roman name Mars for most of the Pre-Crisis period, is the god of war and son of the Greek god Zeus. In the Post-Crisis timeline, Ares had plotted to start World War III, which led to Diana becoming Wonder Woman. In The New 52, Ares is mostly referred to as War and, in a major departure from the character's longstanding history as one of Wonder Woman's archenemies, is re-imagined as a benign supporting character. |
Baroness Paula von Gunther | Sensation Comics #4 | Wonder Woman's first recurring nemesis, Paula von Gunther is a German baroness, ruthless Nazi spymaster, evil scientist, and femme fatale. Blackmailed into serving the Nazis because they held her daughter prisoner, she changed sides after Wonder Woman rescued her daughter, Gerta, and joined the Amazons as their chief scientist. Pre-Crisis, Paula von Gunther had standard Amazon powers, such as superhuman strength capable of breaking chains and leaping great heights, speed and stamina enough to deflect bullets and other projectiles from her Amazon bracelets. She was also a skilled hand-to-hand combatant. Post-Crisis, von Gunther was empowered when possessed by the Dark Angel, who had vast powers, and was able to perform a variety of feats including mind control, altering her size, teleportation and altering the time stream. Post-DC Rebirth, Paula von Gunther adopted the name the Warmaster and formed the Four Horsewomen. |
The Cheetah | Wonder Woman #6 | The original Cheetah, Priscilla Rich, was a beautiful dancer and philanthropist who developed an odd sort of split personality when she felt overshadowed by Wonder Woman. |
The Cheetah | Wonder Woman #274 | A second Pre-Crisis Cheetah, Deborah Domaine, the niece of the original, was an ecologist; she was kidnapped, brainwashed into a feral eco-terrorist, and trained in unarmed combat by Kobra. Post-Crisis, Deborah never became the Cheetah. |
The Cheetah | Wonder Woman #7 ; #8 | The current Cheetah, Barbara Ann Minerva, is a former archeologist and treasure-hunter who sold her soul to the plant-god Urtzkartaga for power and immortality, not realizing she would be bound in eternal servitude to him. She, aside from Circe and Ares, is arguably Wonder Woman's archenemy. |
The Cheetah | Wonder Woman #171 | Minerva briefly lost her power to Argentine businessman Sebastian Ballesteros, who became Circe's consort and funded the transformation of Vanessa Kapatelis into the Silver Swan. He lost the Cheetah power in a deadly battle with Minerva and later was found slain by Minerva after having abducted Kapatelis and again transformed her into the Silver Swan. |
Circe | Wonder Woman #37 | Circe is based on the Greek mythological character of the same name. A witch and sorceress of vast power, specializing in illusion and transformation spells, Circe became one of Wonder Woman's most formidable foes in the Post-Crisis DC continuity, and even triggered a War of the Gods. |
Deimos | Wonder Woman #183 | Deimos is the God of Dread and the son of Ares and Aphrodite. He planned to ignite a war between the United States and the Soviet Union, though his plans were thwarted by Wonder Woman. After the events of DC Rebirth, Deimos and his brother Phobos took the appearance of handsome twins and plotted to find Themyscira so that they could free their father Ares. Their actions led to the formation of Godwatch. |
Doctor Cyber | Wonder Woman #179 | A female criminal mastermind and head of an international crime syndicate, Doctor Cyber was Wonder Woman's nemesis during a period when she had given up her Amazon powers and become a white-costumed karate expert. During an early battle, Cyber's face was horribly burned. Vowing revenge for her ruined beauty, she became obsessed with having Wonder Woman's face removed and surgically grafted on her own. She also teamed up with Batman foe Doctor Moon in this period. Post-DC Rebirth, Doctor Cyber is the computerized assistant of Veronica Cale and a member of the organization Godwatch. |
Doctor Poison | Sensation Comics #2 | Princess Maru became Doctor Poison who, disguising her gender via a bulky hooded costume and mask, was the leader of a Nazi spy ring whose ultimate goal was to wreak havoc by contaminating the Army's water with "reverso", a drug that caused people to do the opposite of what they are told. |
Wonder Woman #151 | In recent years, an unnamed granddaughter of the original Doctor Poison appears in league with Devastation, Villainy Inc., and the Secret Society of Super Villains. Having used herself as a subject for biochemical experiments, she has developed the ability to secrete various toxins and chemicals. | - |
Doctor Psycho | Wonder Woman #5 | Ridiculed as a child for his small stature and strange appearance, Doctor Psycho grew up to be highly sexist and misogynistic. Formerly a brilliant student, he went mad and turned to crime after being framed for a crime by a rival who stole the only girl he ever loved. A little person with occultic abilities, he originally was intended to be an archetypical mad scientist and medium, but that image was dropped Post-Crisis. He is one of Wonder Woman's deadliest foes. |
The Duke of Deception | Wonder Woman #2 | A servant of the evil god Mars from his base on the planet Mars, he embodied deceit, confusion and treachery, using his godlike powers of illusion, shapeshifting and influencing minds to further the cause of war. One of Wonder Woman's most persistent foes, he plagued her throughout the Golden, Silver and Bronze Ages. Little is known about the true history of the Duke of Deception. He appears to be a minor god who existed for thousands of years, drafted by Mars to battle Wonder Woman. He uses his powers to spread falsehoods to provoke humanity into conflict and war, and played a major role in the Golden Age origin of another notable Wonder Woman villain, Doctor Psycho. |
Giganta | Wonder Woman #9 | Giganta was originally a gorilla who was super-evolved into a woman by Professor Zool. Her modern day version is Doctor Doris Zuel, a medical doctor suffering from a fatal disease who hoped to transfer her life essence into Wonder Woman. When Wonder Girl foiled her attempt, her essence was placed into a gorilla. She then transferred her essence into Olga, a circus strongwoman. Post-Crisis, she has the power to grow to gigantic size. |
Gundra the Valkyrie | Comic Cavalcade #17 | Occasionally referred to as Gudra, Gundra was a Nazi Valkyrie who Wonder Woman battled in order to retrieve Steve Trevor from Valhalla. She has since made sporadic appearances throughout Wonder Woman's history. Post-DC Rebirth, Gudra is the last surviving Valkyrie and the ancestor of Paula von Gunther. |
Medusa | Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #52 | Based on the legendary Gorgon from Greek mythology, Medusa is known for her ability to turn anyone who looks into her eyes to stone. She was killed by Wonder Woman, but resurrected by her sisters, Euryale and Stheno, only to be killed once again by the Amazon. In The New 52, Medusa once again returned and battled Wonder Woman and Batwoman. |
Phobos | Wonder Woman #183 | The God of Fear and the son of Ares and Aphrodite. After the events of DC Rebirth, Phobos and his brother Deimos appear as handsome twins. |
Queen Clea | Wonder Woman #8 | Cruel ruler of the Atlantean city of Venturia, where women were large and powerful and men were stunted, weak and servile, Queen Clea often forced her subjects to battle in gladiatorial combat. Wanting to take over all of Atlantis, she eventually stole the trident of Poseidon to make herself supremely powerful. She was stopped by Wonder Woman and later joined Villainy Inc. in an attempt at revenge. As an Atlantean, Queen Clea can breathe both above and under water. Clea can also physically withstand the great amounts of undersea depth pressures. Because of this, her body is resistant to most physical injury and provides a form of super strength. When in possession of the mystical trident belonging to Poseidon, Clea's strength levels increase and she has limited control over water. The trident also has the ability to fire force blasts. Due to a spell by the witch Circe, Clea now also has the ability of flight. |
The Silver Swan | Wonder Woman #288 | Pre-Crisis, Helen Alexandros was a homely ballerina passed up for roles until she struck a bargain with her ancestor, the war-god Mars: power and beauty in exchange for killing Wonder Woman. She had great strength, the ability to fly, and a powerful sonic scream. |
The Silver Swan | Wonder Woman #15 | Post-Crisis, Valerie Beaudry was deformed by her parents' exposure to radiation, but had nascent abilities to control sound. Industrialist Henry Armbruster seduced and even married her to convince her to submit to experiments that enhanced her sonic powers and transformed her into a beautiful woman. However, she remained insecure and emotionally dominated by Armbruster, who used her as a weapon against Wonder Woman. |
The Silver Swan | Wonder Woman #171 | A third Silver Swan, Vanessa Kapatelis, was actually a longtime friend of Wonder Woman, kidnapped by Circe, Doctor Psycho and others, brainwashed into hating her former idol, and turned into a murderous cyborg. Post-DC Rebirth, Kapatelis is once again transformed into the Silver Swan after her mother, Julia's, death. |
Strife | Wonder Woman #183 | The Goddess of Discord and one of the Children of Ares in the Pre-Flashpoint continuity, where she was known as Eris. She used the Golden Apples of Discord to cause chaos in the United Nations. She was eventually slain by the Son of Vulcan, though she was revived at one point by her brother Phobos and possessed the body of Poison Ivy. In The New 52, Strife was Diana's half-sister through Zeus; she is portrayed as sarcastic and a heavy drinker. |
Veronica Cale | Wonder Woman #196 | Scientific genius and part owner of Cale-Anderson Pharmaceuticals, Veronica Cale has made it her goal to destroy Wonder Woman. Her reasoning is that Wonder Woman was handed many privileges in life, whereas Veronica had to work hard for everything she has accomplished. Along the way, she has worked with other enemies of Wonder Woman, such as Doctor Psycho and Circe. |
Other recurring antagonists
In chronological order, separated by those with multiple appearances and those that appeared in only one issue or story.Multiple appearances
Golden Age
Villain | First appearance | Description |
The Earl of Greed | Wonder Woman #2 | One of Mars' main lieutenants, he managed to manipulate power-hungry men with hopes of greed and selfishness. |
Lord Conquest, a.k.a. The Count of Conquest | Wonder Woman #2 | One of Mars' main lieutenants. |
Blakfu | Wonder Woman #4 | The king of the Mole Men, a race of cave-dwellers that resemble moles. |
Mavis | Wonder Woman #4 | A slave of Baroness Paula von Gunther, she seized control of Paula's Nazi spy operation after von Gunther's reformation. Cunning, deadly, and determined to take revenge on both Paula and Wonder Woman, she stole the invisible plane and used it for aerial sabotage, kidnapped Paula's daughter Gerta, strapped Wonder Woman to a bomb and later escaped Transformation Island. |
Zara | Comic Cavalcade #5 | Leader of the so-called Cult of the Crimson Flame, Zara is a skilled pyrotechnics expert who was sold into slavery as a child and developed a misanthropic outlook as a result. She uses the cult's symbol, an eerie "crimson flame" that appears out of nowhere at her behest, hanging suspended in midair and inscribing mysterious flaming messages to cow the members of the cult - the so-called "flame slaves" - into abject obedience. She later escaped from Transformation Island, which was meant to rehabilitate female criminals, along with seven other villainesses and formed the first incarnation of Villainy Inc. to seek revenge against Wonder Woman.Post-DC Rebirth, Zara is a powerful pyrokinetic recruited by Veronica Cale as an agent of Godwatch and sent to battle Wonder Woman. |
Eviless | Wonder Woman #10 | Hailing from the planet Saturn, Eviless was a slave driver who tried to invade Earth with fellow Saturnian Duke Mephisto Saturno and battled Wonder Woman. She does not appear to have any superpowers, but she could skillfully use a whip to control her subjects. She could also put herself into a deathlike trance at will by stopping her heartbeat, which she used to stage her escape from Transformation Island, and managed to steal Wonder Woman's Golden Lasso in the process. After taking control of a guard using the lasso, she freed several prisoners from Transformation Island and banded them together as Villainy Inc. The team was unsuccessful against Wonder Woman despite kidnapping her mother, and were defeated and captured. Her Golden Age race of aggressive ultra-rational Saturnian telepaths, however, may have inspired the DC Silver Age characters Saturn Girl and Saturn Queen, who strongly resemble Eviless in body and hair style, costume, powers and planet of origin. Post-DC Rebirth, Eviless is reimagined as Saturna, a necromancer and leader of the criminal organization known as the Crimson Men. |
Hypnota | Wonder Woman #11 | A stage magician who disguised herself as a man, Hypnota was accidentally shot in the head during a rehearsal for her stage show. Treating the gunshot wound with an experimental surgery saved her life, but also gave her the ability to use "Blue Electric Rays of Dominance" emanating from her "Mid-Brain". She later became a member of Eviless's Villainy, Inc., which consisted of Wonder Woman's primary female antagonists. Post-Crisis, Hypnota was renamed Hypnotic Woman and was a member in the first incarnation of Villainy, Inc. |
Draska Nishki | Sensation Comics #42 | Crafty spy-for-hire and extortionist who also attempted to escape trial by binding Wonder Woman in her own magic lasso. Appeared in both the Golden and Silver Ages. |
The Blue Snowman | Sensation Comics #59 | Byrna Brilyant is a small town teacher and scientist who uses her late father's invention of "blue snow" for self-gain. Byrna disguised herself and unleashes the petrifying power of blue snow upon the farming community of Fair Weather Valley, demanding each farmer's "life savings" in return for the chemical antidote that will free the crops, livestock, and people from the snow's effects. She was discovered in her mountain sanctuary by Wonder Woman, who forces her to defrost the valley. She later joined the first Villainy Inc. as they attempted to take over Paradise Island. The variety of gadgets at her disposal include a "telescopic snow ray" that can create petrifying blizzards, a "defroster ray" for reverse effects, a hat that produces blue snow, and a smoking pipe that projects icicles. She also controls an army of robots attuned to her brainwaves. Post-Crisis, the Blue Snowman fought Power Girl, though she was mentioned to be an enemy of Wonder Woman. Post-DC Rebirth, Byrna Brilyant was a scientist hired by Veronica Cale to control the Blue Snowman suit. |
Queen Atomia | Wonder Woman #21 | Queen of a subatomic universe who attempted to take over the world. |
Mask | Wonder Woman #24 | Nina Close, frail and oppressed wife of a billionaire industrialist, developed a split personality patterned after bold explorer Fancy Framer and went on an insane rampage to extort millions from her husband and the U.S. government. She stole Wonder Woman's invisible plane and trapped people in S/M-style masks that would release poisonous hydro-cyano gas if removed improperly. |
Minister Blizzard | Wonder Woman #29 | Prime Minister to the hidden kingdom of Iceberg Land, inhabited by cold-loving "snow people" and ruled by the kind-hearted Princess Snowina. Minister Blizzard used various devices to freeze both items and people and plotted to seize control of the kingdom and take over the world. Post-Crisis, he is a radical environmentalist bent on invoking another Ice Age. |
Nuclear | Wonder Woman #43 | A dissolute heir who had his name changed legally to match his gossip column moniker "Percy Playboy," Nuclear created machinery in an underground lair that empowered him to seize Navy ships magnetically. His first published appearance referred to a previously unpublished adventure, which was later told in All-Star Squadron #16. |
Silver Age
Villain | First appearance | Description |
Professor Menace | Wonder Woman #111 | Evil scientist who creates a super strong robot duplicate of Wonder Woman controlled by his brain impulses; later aids several JLA rogues in creating explosive robots, but is captured by the Green Arrow with the other members. |
Mouse Man | Wonder Woman #141 | One of Wonder Woman's more bizarre villains. Permanently reduced to a height of about six inches through chemical experiments, Mouse Man used his small size and his ability to control mice and other vermin to stage elaborate crimes. |
Egg Fu | Wonder Woman #157 | A large Chinese Communist egg who has recently reappeared working with Superman's enemy Bruno Mannheim. A Wonder Woman enemy from the Silver Age, he controlled large armies in Communist China to try to destroy the American way of life and seek power and conquest. Pre-Crisis, he used his mustache as a weapon. |
The Crimson Centipede | Wonder Woman #169 | Another bizarre Kanigher creation, the Crimson Centipede was a super-powerful entity created by the God of War as a foil for Wonder Woman. Staged burglaries to fund widespread criminal enterprises to destabilize Man's World and counter the peaceful influences of Wonder Woman. Post-DC Rebirth, the creature was revived as more insect-like, and battled Wonder Woman and Steve Trevor. |
Morgana | Wonder Woman #186 | The daughter of sorceress Morgaine le Fey, accidentally summoned by teenagers dabbling in black magic. More mischievous and temperamental than evil, Morgana used her magic to create chaos before Diana's friend I Ching banished her back to her own world. |
Lu Shan | Wonder Woman #187 | The daughter of Diana Prince's mentor I Ching, Lu Shan believed that he was responsible for her mother's death. Lu Shan served Doctor Cyber's plot to build "earthquakers" that would level Hong Kong as a demonstration of power to blackmail the world. |
Bronze Age
Villain | First appearance | Description |
The Red Panzer | Wonder Woman #228 | Nazi Helmut Streicher donned body armor and fought Wonder Woman during World War II. The armor survived the war and has been worn by three modern successors of Streicher, including one who became a foe of Troia. |
Osira | Wonder Woman #231 | An alien, Osira crash landed in ancient Egypt centuries ago and attempted to bring peace to the planet, using her vast telepathic powers to dominate mankind. After a time, some of the locals succeeded in trapping her in a pyramid in Egypt for many centuries, but she was accidentally freed in modern times. She attempted to reestablish her control over the world, but was stopped by Wonder Woman. |
Armageddon | Wonder Woman #234 | A Nazi mastermind who used advanced technology, such as boots that enabled him to stomp powerful vibrations and a toxin that turned men into mindless ogres he called Muutorrs. Post-Crisis, he fought Hippolyta as Wonder Woman and Diana, who had traveled back in time and disguised herself as Miss America. |
Baron Blitzkrieg | World's Finest #246 | Baron Blitzkrieg was originally an especially vicious German Army officer who was blinded and disfigured when a concentration camp prisoner threw a bottle in his face. German scientists restored his sight, but not his appearance. So they experimented on Blitzkrieg, giving him superhuman strength, optical energy beams, and the ability to fly. However, each of these abilities were manifested one at a time; only with training was he able to incorporate them together. |
Kung | Wonder Woman #237 | A martial arts master with the ability to transform into animals, Kung was an assassin in the service of World War II Japan. Wonder Woman thwarted his attempt to kill Eisenhower. |
Inversion the Inside-Out Man | Wonder Woman #247 | Inversion was a scientist trying to invent a teleporter but was horribly disfigured, with his organs twisted to the outside of his body, after testing it on himself. Mad, he attempted to force Wonder Woman to adapt the JLA satellite's teleporter system to inflict the same state on the rest of the world. Post-DC Rebirth, Inversion was a criminal that Wonder Woman had defeated before, and attacked her once again as she visited her friend the Mayfly. |
Astarte, Empress of the Silver Snake | Wonder Woman #252 | Menacing space villain who turned out to be the restless spirit of Hippolyta's sister Diana, for whom Wonder Woman was named, who could not pass over into the realm of the dead until she acknowledged her death. |
Astarte, Empress of the Silver Snake | Wonder Woman #42 | An Amazon kidnapped and driven insane by a nomadic alien nation called the Citizenry, Astarte became their leader and supervised their development of highly advanced technology, including radical genetic modification tools that turned selected members of the Citizenry into superhuman warriors, as they plundered planets for natural resources. |
Captain Wonder | Wonder Woman #289 | Doctor Psycho's sinister creation from Steve Trevor's mind. Built out of ectoplasm from the spirit world, Doctor Psycho inhabits this body in order to combat Wonder Woman. |
Hecate | Superman Family #218 | The Goddess of Witchcraft. Once Hades' wife, she was spurned by her husband after he took Persephone as his new bride. Hera, resentful of Hecate, prevented any of the other gods from giving aid to the moon goddess. Insulted, Hecate desired revenge and provided her great power to the sorceress Circe. In The New 52, Hecate is a serpentine goddess who helped the Amazons create Donna Troy in order to defeat Wonder Woman. |
Aegeus | Wonder Woman #297 | Leader of a cell of Greek terrorists, Nikos Aegeus was granted enhanced strength, mystical lightning that can destroy or teleport, and winged steed Pegasus by Bellerophon in order to destroy the Amazons. He later picked up the daggers of Vulcan, which could slice through even Wonder Woman's bracelets. In The New 52, Aegeus is a young man attempting to steal the title of the "God of War" from Wonder Woman. |
Tezcatlipoca | Wonder Woman #313 | The Aztec trickster god was first the unseen consort of Circe who then betrayed the sorceress. Creating unrest in the fictional country Tropidor, Tezcatlipoca was also responsible for enslaving a lost tribe of Amazons. |
Hades | Wonder Woman #329 | The God of the Underworld. While not truly a malevolent entity, he has clashed with Wonder Woman on numerous occasions due to a mutual conflict in interests, an example being the number of occasions where Wonder Woman journeyed to his realm to retrieve a deceased person or prisoner of Hades. |
Post-''Crisis''
''The New 52''
In September 2011, The New 52 rebooted DC's continuity.Villain | First appearance | Description |
Apollo | Wonder Woman #1 | The sun god, brother of Artemis, Apollo has long had his sights on the throne of Olympus, but only at the discovery of Zeus' absence does he make his move. Being pragmatic, he bargained for Hera's permission to take the throne if he returned the last of Zeus' lovers to her. Apollo proved the wiser of the two, as Hera only permitted Apollo the chance in the belief that Zeus would immediately return to her, while Apollo had realized through portents that he would not; he did not even exist. He remained an adversary of Wonder Woman as his goals generally moved against hers, though he lacked the rage his sister felt for having been badly beaten by the Amazon. Apollo's planning came undone eventually when he believed he could torture the First Born into relinquishing his own quest for the throne, ending with his older brother breaking free and killing him. Previous versions of Apollo appeared in the Wonder Woman series as an ally to the Amazons. |
The First Born | Wonder Woman #12 | While still an infant, the first-born child of Zeus and Hera was condemned to death by his own father, who feared a prophecy foretelling that his eldest child would slay him and the other Greek gods and become the sole ruler of Mount Olympus. Escaping death, he grew to adulthood away from Olympus and eventually conquered the world, but was imprisoned in the center of the Earth by Zeus after failing to unseat the Olympian gods. Clawing his way through the planet's crust for seven thousand years, the First Born returned to a world where Zeus had erased all knowledge of him from human memory. When he is freed him from the Arctic ice by an 'end of the world' cult, led by his evil half-sister, Cassandra, he and his hyena-men conquer London with plans to attack Mount Olympus. He is swiftly defeated by Wonder Woman, but not before killing their half-mortal brother, the British super-soldier Lennox. |
Cassandra | Wonder Woman #14 | A demigod child of Zeus and a mortal woman, born with the ability to control the wills of others using her voice. Cassandra was raised alone by her mother, who eventually died after Cassandra ordered her mother to commit suicide. Once she realized that she had ordered her mother into her death, Cassandra was placed into an orphanage and had refused to speak since then. Lennox eventually found the young Cassandra and took her under his wing. At one point, she had 40 people murder each other using her hypnotic voice, but had her throat ripped open by Lennox as retaliation for her heinous actions. She managed to survive her injury and had her throat replaced by a bionic device that allowed her to speak. Eventually she managed to uncover the First Born, the firstborn son of Zeus and Hera, with a team of scientists and managed to convince him to trust her as his ally. She accompanied the First Born as he battled Hades and Poseidon, eventually making their way to London where they confronted Lennox, Diana, Zola, and Hera in an attempt to capture Zeke. Losing the First Born to the combined powers of Wonder Woman, Orion, and Ares, Cassandra was left to attempt another path to Olympus by capturing one of those able to go there. First she captured her half-brother Milan, who otherwise had spoken in her defense, before being led to Dionysus where she and the Minotaur managed to capture him and take them to Olympus in time to see the First Born kill Apollo and claim the throne. Cassandra was driven mad with starvation and cannibalism during her stay with the First Born before being set loose on his enemies as a distraction. During the battle for Themyscira, Cassandra chased Zola before being confronted by Hera, but spared death thanks to Diana. What happened to her afterwards remains unknown. |
Grail | Forever Evil #7 | The daughter of Darkseid and an Amazon named Myrina Black. After the events of the Darkseid War, Grail rescued the newborn Darkseid and kept him in hiding on Earth. She later began attacking various demigods such as Hercules in order to steal their life essences in order to restore her father to his full power. This put her in direct conflict with Wonder Woman. |
Derinoe | Wonder Woman #36 | An elderly Amazon who was vehemently against the male Amazons being allowed to reside on Themyscira. As a member of the Amazons' council, she managed to rally several of her sisters to her side. In secret, she was working with the goddess Hecate and participated in a sacrificial ceremony of an infant. This ceremony led to the birth of Donna Troy. After inciting the Amazons against Wonder Woman, Derinoe was killed by a thrown dagger before she was able to attack Diana. It was later revealed she had been Hippolyta's lover. |
Eirene | Wonder Woman #45 | The Goddess of Peace and former lover of Ares. She sought out vengeance on Wonder Woman for having slain the God of War. Allied with Aegeus, her numerous attempts to kill Wonder Woman failed. She regained her sanity when Ares and Apollo were restored to life by Zeke. |
Karnell | Wonder Woman Annual #2 | A member of the Dark Pantheon of Gods that have been brought to Wonder Woman's universe after the events of . Karnell calls himself the God of Love, and first encountered Wonder Woman while she was working alongside the Star Sapphires. He revealed his origin: He was a young boy who grew up in an abusive household. After his mother was killed by his father, he ran away, and was taken by King Best and made into a god. |
One-shots
Golden Age
Silver Age
Bronze Age
Post-''Crisis''
''The New 52''
Teams
In chronological orderTeam | First appearance | Description |
the Children of Ares | Wonder Woman #2 | The Duke of Deception, Earl of Greed, and Lord Conquest attacked Wonder Woman collectively and separately throughout the Golden Age. Deception became a significant recurring enemy into the Silver Age as well, and his daughter Lya also fought Wonder Woman. |
Wonder Woman #183 | Ares battled the Amazons and a depowered Diana along with Deimos, Phobos, and Eris for control of the power to conquer all dimensions of reality. This version of the Children of Ares reappeared post-Crisis. | - |
Villainy Inc. | Wonder Woman #28 | A revolt on Transformation Island led to the team-up and escape of some of Wonder Woman's most dangerous female foes: Eviless, the Blue Snowman, the Cheetah, Doctor Poison, Giganta, Hypnota, Queen Clea, and Zara. Villainy, Inc. was the first team of supervillains published in the DCU. |
Wonder Woman #179 | When all of Atlantis disappeared, Queen Clea assembled a new Villainy, Inc. to take over Skartaris. This new team consisted of Cyborgirl, Doctor Poison II, Giganta, Jinx, and Trinity. | - |
the Academy of Arch-Villains | Wonder Woman #141 | The Angle Man, Mouse Man, and the Human Fireworks assembled to destroy Wonder Woman. |
the Children of Cronus | Wonder Woman #145 | The Titans that empowered Devastation. The roster includes Oblivion, Slaughter, Arc, Disdain, Titan, and Harrier. |
the Gorgons | Wonder Woman #201 | The serpent-haired sisters of Greek Mythology, consisting of Medusa, Euryale, and Stheno. Although all three Gorgons have fought Wonder Woman on separate occasions, the trio banded together after Circe aided Euryale and Stheno in reviving their sister Medusa. |
the Circle | Wonder Woman #14 | A circle of four Amazons chosen to be Hippolyta's special guards, Myrto, Charis, Philomela, and Alkyone were imprisoned for years following their misguided plot to save the Amazon nation from a predicted "dragon" by attempting to kill the infant Diana the night after she was given life from clay. They were freed when Captain Nazi invaded Themyscira; wielding magical weapons, they tried again to kill Diana. |
the Morrigan | Wonder Woman #605 | A triumvirate of war goddesses who have set their sights on exterminating all of the Amazons. The Morrigan consisted of Anann, Bellona, and Enyo. |
Godwatch | Wonder Woman #9 | An organization led by Veronica Cale focused on locating Themyscira. Godwatch's membership includes Cale, Doctor Cyber, Doctor Poison, Circe, Deimos, and Phobos. The Cheetah was formerly a member of the group until she defected with the aid of Wonder Woman. |
Team Poison | Wonder Woman #13 | A group of female mercenaries founded by the Maru family and currently led by Colonel Marina Maru. The group consists of members Kit Cox, Juliette, Ray, Sara, Shar, and Snake. Because they follow Maru's orders, they most often are employed as foot soldiers for Godwatch. |
the Dark Gods | Dark Nights: Metal #6 | A pantheon of gods from a dark, unknown universe. There are 13 total gods in the pantheon, with six of them transported to Wonder Woman's universe after the events of Dark Nights: Metal. |
Antagonists in other media
Wonder Woman villains created in other media, with no appearances in previous or subsequent comics.Villain | Description | Live-action/Animated media | Performer |
Cassandra Loren | Scientist from the future, who plotted to make a fortune by refining and selling an undiscovered atomic mineral, called Cabrium 90 | Wonder Woman | Joan Van Ark |
Abner Smith | Wealthy extortionist and terrorist who steals code books with classified information about U.S. spies | Wonder Woman | Ricardo Montalbán |
Count Cagliostro | Mage who claims to be an alchemist | Wonder Woman | Dick Gautier |
Hans Eichler | Nazi agent who brainwashes a gorilla named Gargantua | Wonder Woman | Robert Loggia |
the Falcon | High-priced Irish mercenary who sought to steal scientific research for tectonic manipulation, but unwittingly carried Bubonic plague | Wonder Woman | Robert Reed |
Formicida | An environmentalist who develops the power to control superswarms of ants, using them to destroy skyscrapers and terrorize companies which despoil the environment | Wonder Woman | Lorene Yarnell |
Erica Belgard | Hans Eichler's assistant who trains Gargantua to kill Wonder Woman as a means to impress the Nazi High Command and secure funding for her animal behavior research | Wonder Woman | Gretchen Corbett |
Gault | Wealthy man whose disembodied brain develops telekinetic powers which he uses in a search for a new body | Wonder Woman | John Carradine |
Hera | Queen of the gods, whose jealousy of Aphrodite led her to cause earthquakes threatening Aphrodite's temple on planet Caltos | Super Friends | Marlene Aragon |
Takeo Ishida | Powerful telepath with a grudge against Wonder Woman for failing to save his brother in Japan during World War II | Wonder Woman | Yuki Shimoda |
Wotan | Nazi agent who plots to sabotage American economy with counterfeit money. | Wonder Woman | James Olson |
Carolyn Hamilton | A former police officer who now illegally works as part of a clandestine organization known as "The Movement". When she unexpectedly encounters Steve who once rescued her, she is torn between the Movement's nefarious agenda and her feelings for him. | Wonder Woman | Jayne Kennedy |
Silas Lockhart | A land developer who abducts a trained dolphin and uses it to sink an oil tanker which will lower beachfront property values. | Wonder Woman | Nicolas Coster |
Mariposa | Rich, powerful madman who abducts Olympic athletes to compete for his fictional country | Wonder Woman | Henry Gibson |
the Skrill | Alien swarm of mindstealing parasites | Wonder Woman | Various |
Solano | Rich, powerful, and deadly terrorist who constructs robot duplicate and commands vast military resources | Wonder Woman | Fritz Weaver |
Arthur Chapman | Notorious scientist who has the ability to cause volcanoes to erupt | Wonder Woman | Roddy McDowall |
Bernard Havitol | A criminal who attempts to acquire the memories of the best computers in the world and views IRAC for his next addition | Wonder Woman | Ross Martin |
Hamlin Rule | Rock star who hypnotizes his groupies into robbing the box offices of his concerts and abducts Joe Atkinson's daughter | Wonder Woman | Martin Mull |
Evan Robley | An international jewelry thief who steals crown jewels from the Malakar embassy | Wonder Woman | David Hedison |
Adele Kobler | A presumed deceased pop singer who turns up alive and well. She resorts to abducting him and even considers murder. | Wonder Woman | Kate Woodville |
Raleigh Crichton | Criminal mastermind who abducts a pop star idol named Lane Kincaid and replaces him with his twin brother Michael | Wonder Woman | Albert Paulsen |
William Mayfield | A thief who steals a super-sensitive listening device and priceless historical documents from a government research laboratory | Wonder Woman | Raymond St. Jacques |
Syrene | Sorceress who battled Superman and Wonder Woman in her attempt to secure the Globe of Darkness | Superman | B.J. Ward |
Antagonists from comics in other media
A number of villains from the comic books have made an appearance, or appearances, in other media featuring Wonder Woman.Villain | Live-action/Animated media | Performer |
the Angle Man | Justice League Unlimited | Phil LaMarr |
the Angle Man | ' | |
Ares | Justice League | Michael York |
Ares | Wonder Woman | Alfred Molina |
Ares | Wonder Woman | David Thewlis |
Ares | DC Super Hero Girls | Fred Tatasciore |
Baroness von Gunther | Wonder Woman | Christine Belford |
Baroness von Gunther | Batman: The Brave and the Bold | Eliza Schneider |
Veronica Cale | Wonder Woman | Elizabeth Hurley |
Veronica Cale | ' | Constance Zimmer |
the Cheetah | Challenge of the Super Friends | Marlene Aragon |
the Cheetah | Justice League | Sheryl Lee Ralph |
the Cheetah | Wonder Woman | |
the Cheetah | ' | |
the Cheetah | Batman: The Brave and the Bold | Morena Baccarin |
the Cheetah | Super Best Friends Forever | |
the Cheetah | ' | Claudia Black |
the Cheetah | ' | Erica Luttrell |
the Cheetah | DC Super Friends | Blaze Berdahl |
the Cheetah | ' | Arif S. Kinchen |
the Cheetah | ' | Laura Bailey |
the Cheetah | DC Super Hero Girls | Ashley Eckstein |
the Cheetah | Wonder Woman: Bloodlines | Kimberly Brooks |
the Cheetah | Harley Quinn | |
the Cheetah | Wonder Woman 1984 | Kristen Wiig |
Circe | Justice League | Rachel York |
Deimos | Wonder Woman | John DiMaggio |
Devastation | Young Justice: Invasion | Diane Delano |
Doctor Cyber | Justice League | |
Doctor Cyber | Wonder Woman: Bloodlines | Mozhan Marnò |
Doctor Poison | Batman: The Brave and the Bold | |
Doctor Poison | Wonder Woman | Elena Anaya |
Doctor Poison | Wonder Woman: Bloodlines | Courtenay Taylor |
Doctor Psycho | Powerless | Ronnie Zappa |
Doctor Psycho | Harley Quinn | Tony Hale |
Giganta | Challenge of the Super Friends | Ruth Forman |
Giganta | Legends of the Superheroes | Aleshia Brevard |
Giganta | Justice League | Jennifer Hale |
Giganta | Superman/Batman: Public Enemies | Andrea Romano |
Giganta | Batman: The Brave and the Bold | |
Giganta | ' | April Winchell |
Giganta | ||
Giganta | DC Super Hero Girls | Grey Griffin |
Giganta | Wonder Woman: Bloodlines | Kimberly Brooks |
Giganta | Harley Quinn | Vanessa Marshall |
Fausta Grables | Wonder Woman | Lynda Day George |
Fausta Grables | - | |
Medusa | Challenge of the Super Friends | Shannon Farnon |
Medusa | Justice League | Laraine Newman |
Medusa | Wonder Woman: Bloodlines | Cree Summer |
the Queen of Fables | Harley Quinn | Wanda Sykes |
the Silver Swan | Wonder Woman: Bloodlines | Marie Avgeropoulos |