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| Hippolyta | |
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 Hippolyta as depicted inThe Fearless Defenders #3 (April 2013). Art byMark Brooks. | |
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Thor #127 (April 1966) |
| Created by | Stan Lee Jack Kirby |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Hippolyta |
| Species | Human / Olympian hybrid |
| Team affiliations | Fearless Defenders Gods of Olympus Amazons Bacchae |
| Notable aliases | Queen of the Amazons Warrior Woman |
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Hippolyta is asupervillain appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. Created by writerStan Lee and artistJack Kirby, the characterfirst appeared inThor #127 (April 1966). She is the queen of theAmazons and the daughter ofAres.[1] Hippolyta is known under the codename Warrior Woman.[2] She has faced theX-Men and theFantastic Four at various points in her history.[3]
The character is inspired by the queen of the AmazonsHippolyta inGreek mythology.[4]
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Hippolyta debuted inThor #127 (April 1966), and was created byStan Lee andJack Kirby.[5] She appeared in the 1998 Fantastic Four series.[6]
Hippolyta is the daughter of theGreek god of warAres andOtrera, and the step-sister toPhobos. She and her sisterAmazons would help create war, stealing the female children in the process to enlarge their armies. The group protected the cow-goddessIo as a favor to her grandfatherZeus.
After many years of ruling the Amazons, Hippolyta meetsHercules when he,Jason, and theArgonauts land near her city stronghold ofThemiscyra. There, they attempt to steal Hippolyta's enchantedgirdle and any slaves they could along the way. Fearful for her sister's life, Hippolyta's sister Antiope willingly disguises herself as Hippolyta. Jason, thinking her to be the Amazon queen, kidnaps Antiope and made her his bride. She eventually has a son with him,Hippolytus, whom Antiope named after her sister. Initially resenting Hercules for the initial invasion, Hippolyta eventually falls in love with him. Over the centuries, she tries various attempts to win his affection, forming a love/hate relationship with him.
As shown in aHoward the Duck story, Hippolyta has historically been one of the bearers of the Amulet of Pazuzu. As the Howard the Duck comic involves storylines that are both in and out of continuity, it is unclear if the Amulet exists in theMarvel Universe.[7]
In her first modern-day appearance Hippolyta helpedPluto, the Roman god of the dead, in his plan to avenge himself on Hercules by posing as a movie actress and tricking the hero into signing a "movie contract" that in reality bound him to Pluto's realm,Hades, while Pluto was disguised as the director. When Hercules was given the contract she told him that in the film he conquered the Netherworld by defeating Pluto and she remained by his side all the time, causing him to sign the contract. She then revealed who she really was to Hercules. ButThor came to his aid, and the heroes caused so much damage to Hades that Pluto himself broke the contract just to be rid of them.[8]
Hippolyta also formed a new generation of Amazons from female runaways inNew York City called theBacchae. The group has clashed with such heroes as theFantastic Four and theX-Men.[9]
Much later, Hippolyta reappeared in the pages ofThe Incredible Hercules, visiting her father Ares in an attempt to rally him to one ofHera's new schemes. Ares rebuffs her, however, and when Hippolyta returns, she is murdered by her daughter Artume, who is tired of her mother's obsession with Hercules.[10] During theDark Reign storyline, Hippolyta is among the dead people in Erebus when Hercules travels to the Underworld.[11]
Hela later brings Hippolyta (under the moniker "Warrior Woman") from the Underworld to help theValkyrior defeat the Doommaidens.[12] Hippolyta then joins Valkyrie'sFearless Defenders as a full-time member of this group.[13]
During theMonsters Unleashed storyline, Valkyrie and Hippolyta battle the Leviathon Tide monsters inEdinburgh.[14]
As a human/Olympian hybrid, Hippolyta has immense strength, stamina, durability, speed, agility, reflexes, and healing, as well as virtual immortality. She is a highly skilled unarmed combatant and possesses the Gauntlet of Ares, which increases herphysical powers a hundredfold.[15] Hippolyta also has access to various melee weapons.
Brad Hill ofSportskeeda called Hippolyta one of the best Greek gods from Marvel comics.[16]
Hippolyta appears in the "Thor" segment ofThe Marvel Super Heroes, voiced by Mona O'Hearn.
