| Bizarra | |
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 Bizarra wrapped in theLasso of Lies, art byEric Powell. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | DC Comics Presents #71 (July 1984) |
| Created by | E. Nelson Bridwell (writer) Curt Swan (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Species | Amazonclone |
| Place of origin | Htrae |
| Team affiliations | Bizarro Justice League |
| Notable aliases | Wondezarro Wonder Woman Bizarro Wonder Woman |
| Abilities | Reverse abilities ofWonder Woman including super-strength and a magic lasso that forces one to tell lies |
Bizarra is a fictional character appearing inAmerican comic books published byDC Comics. Bizarra first appeared inDC Comics Presents #71 (July 1984), in a story written byE. Nelson Bridwell with art byCurt Swan. The character is a distorted version of the superheroWonder Woman, based on theSuperman villainBizarro. She is a very simple-minded being, has reversed character traits, believes women are inferior to men, and speaks in reverse of what her true meaning is.
Bizarro-Wonder Woman is first shown as a member of the BizarroJustice League team of social misfit heroes that inhabitBizarro World.[1] Their home base is an abandoned submarine at the bottom of the sea. The team consists of Bizarro, Bizarro Wonder Woman, BizarroYellow Lantern, BizarroAquaman, and BizarroHawkman.Batzarro had left the team to form the superhero group "The Insiders", a Bizarro version of theOutsiders team.
In the story, Bizarro is bored being able to defeat his fellow Justice League members so he creates a Bizarro version of the villainAmazo. Amazo steals the powers of the Justice League, including Wonder Woman, and helpfully gives them to ordinary citizens of Bizarro World. After realizing the folly of his actions, Bizarro convinces Bizarro Amazo to return the powers to the proper persons.
In 1985, DC Comics introduced a storyline titledCrisis on Infinite Earths. That company-wide story arc erased the established history of almost all DC Comic's characters. Bizarra was then re-introduced as part of an all new Bizarro Justice League team[2] (which included Bizarro, Batzarro, BizarroFlash, BizarroHawkgirl, and Bizarro Yellow Lantern). They live on the cube-shaped planetHtrae which is populated entirely with Bizarro-type humans. At one point, Bizarro Hawkgirl tied up Bizarra (in that story referred to as "Wonder Woman") with her own lasso. It was explained that Bizarra's lasso had the ability to force anyone tied by it to tell only lies. Bizarra seemed to be romantically interested in Bizarro but the feeling was not shared as Bizarro was in love with his world's version ofLois Lane only. During the storyline, it was shown that due to exposure to Htrae'sbluesun, Bizarro gained the ability to create new Bizarro life-forms. Whether Bizarra was created by Bizarro or was a pre-existing character is unclear.
Bizarra is later shown to be working for the villainMonarch.[3] She, along with several other variant super-heroes, tortureTracer mercilessly. Bizarra ends the battle by hanging Tracer with her lasso from afire escape by his neck.
Bizarra is depicted as having all the abilities of Wonder Woman, although in some incarnations several of these traits have been reversed, such as:
In 2005, DC Comics released theAll-Star line of comics. This line is not incontinuity with the other comic book titles released through DC Comics so its storylines have no impact on Wonder Woman's generally established comic book history. In the titleAll-Star Superman, a Bizarro Wonder Woman is introduced.[4] Generally she is a 4- to 5-foot-tall (1.2 to 1.5 m) statue carried around by Bizarro on various Bizarro Justice League missions. Bizarro explains that Bizarro Wonder Woman started out as a beautiful baby who turned into an ugly cheap clay statue. Thus she has the opposite life of the traditional Wonder Woman who started out as a clay statue of a child who was transformed into a flesh and blood woman. Despite being an inanimate statue, Bizarro insists that Bizarro Wonder Woman is a good team player.
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