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Warning : Contains spoiler for Wonder Woman # 4AsWonder Woman , Princess Diana of Themyscira has spent decades as a character simulation for the DC Universe , include most recently for her new girl , Trinity . After obtain a smell at her greatest desire , however , Trinity reveal that there are actual two heroes who inspire her even more than her own female parent .
Wonder Woman # 4 ’s back - up taradiddle " World ’s Finest Part 2 " by Tom King , Belén Ortega , Alejandro Sánchez and Clayton Cowles features Lizzie Prince as she is once again babysat by Jon Kent and Damian Wayne . When Lizzie ’s babysitters leave her unaccompanied in the Fortress of Solitude , she makes use of the Black Mercy , a parasitic foreign satellite that shows hoi polloi their greatest desire .
Though Lizzie ’s Black Mercy vision starts with the Super Sons bow down to her might , she cursorily bring in it ’s a fake reality . Her one rightful indirect request , Lizzie tells them , is " to be like you . serious like you . The best like you . "
The parentage of Wonder Woman ’s succeeding daughter Trinity occur into interrogation when its suggest that another Amazon could be Elizabeth ’s parentage mother .
Wonder Woman’s Daughter Sees Superman and Robin as Her Brothers
When Lizzie is being babysat in the Fortress of Solitude , she scram her hands on Black Mercy , a industrial plant with its stem in the lore of DC ’s original trinity of heroes . The exotic plant first appear in 1985’sSuperman Annual # 11 in a history titled " For the humanity Who Has Everything . " The write up by Alan Moore , Dave Gibbons , and Tom Ziuko , features Batman , Wonder Woman , and Robin visiting Superman on his natal day to discover the warlord Mongul is attempt to kill Kal - El with the parasitic plant . Meanwhile , Clark woolgather of a world where he lives with a wife , nestling , and his parent on the still - surviving major planet Krypton .
Though the original Black Mercy story is well known as a DC teardrop - jerker ( one excellently adjust for the animated seriesJustice League inexhaustible ) , Trinity ’s experience with the Black Mercy is decidedly more lighthearted and optimistic . The back - up story has a for the most part comedic tone of voice , as Jon and Damian engagement over the good ways to unloosen Lizzie ( using Robin ’s pessimism to their advantage becomes their good result ) . Meanwhile , threesome revels in beating up Jon and Damian , who she consider as her big brothers , shew she is grow into a fearsome warrior adequate to her female parent . At the same time , the reveal that Lizzie rightfully wants to be like Jon and Damian is hopeful and heartwarming , unlike Superman ’s Black Mercy aspiration .
DC’s Newest Trinity Is a Fun Departure from Their Parents
The new Black Mercy account , like the " World ’s Finest " back - up inWonder Woman # 3and Lizzie ’s debut inWonder Woman # 800 , further establishes Diana ’s daughter as the third member of anew DC trinity(herself , Jon ’s Superman , and Damian ’s Batman / Robin ) . In the new story , King continues to set the unexampled 3 aside in fun way . Damian and Jon are the squabble Super Sons they long have been , while Lizzie , with enough will power to remove the Black Mercy herself , shows she both admires her brothers and wants to bebetterthan them . UnlikeTrinity ’s motherWonder Womanand her teammates , this trinity grew uptogether — for good or worse .
Wonder Woman # 4is available now from DC Comics .
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