| Wonder Girl | |
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 Cassie Sandsmark on the variant cover ofWonder Woman (vol. 6) #13 (December 2024). Art by Stanley 'Artgerm' Lau Card. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Wonder Woman (vol. 2) #105 (January 1996) |
| Created by | John Byrne (writer & artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Cassandra "Cassie" Sandsmark |
| Species | Human-OlympianDemigoddess |
| Team affiliations | Teen Titans Young Justice |
| Partnerships | Wonder Woman |
| Notable aliases | Wonder Girl |
| Abilities | See list
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Cassandra "Cassie"Sandsmark, also known asWonder Girl, is asuperheroine appearing inDC Comics. She was created byJohn Byrne and first appeared inWonder Woman (vol. 2) #105 (January 1996). The second Wonder Girl, Cassie is asidekick of the superheroineWonder Woman and has been featured as a member of theTeen Titans.[1]
When Cassie was introduced, she was the daughter of an archaeologist, Dr.Helena Sandsmark, a friend of Wonder Woman's. To help Wonder Woman during an adventure, she borrowed magical artifacts which bestowed upon Cassie superpowers, with which she fought crime as Wonder Girl. Later,Zeus, king of the Greek gods, grants her real powers. Later revelations showed that Cassie was in fact ademigoddess and the daughter of Zeus and Dr. Sandsmark.[2] In 2011, when DCrelaunched Wonder Woman and revealed she was Zeus's daughter, the publisherretroactively changed Cassie's backstory to establish she was actually Zeus's granddaughter, making her Wonder Woman's niece.[3]
Cassandra Sandsmark initially appears as a supporting cast member inWonder Woman. She later appears as part of an ensemble inYoung Justice andTeen Titans. She appeared in supporting roles in52,Supergirl, and the2006 relaunch of theWonder Woman series. In September 2007, she appeared in the six-issue limited seriesWonder Girl: Champion[4] written byJ. Torres and illustrated by Sanford Greene andNathan Massengill.
Cassie spent most of her time at her mother's place of work, the Gateway City Museum of Antiquities, where she had a penchant for getting into trouble. She quickly befriended her mother's new employee,Wonder Woman, and was eager to help her. During a fight with aDoomsday clone and another battle with Decay, she created a costume and used magical artifacts (theSandals of Hermes and theGauntlet of Atlas[5]) to help Wonder Woman, much to her mother's horror. Cassie later had the opportunity to askZeus for a boon, and requested real superpowers. Zeus granted her request, but gave Dr. Sandsmark the ability to deactivate them. Dr. Sandsmark, however, reluctantly accepted her daughter's wish to be a superheroine and rarely, if ever, used this ability.Artemis was assigned as her teacher.
Even without her powers, Cassie was a problem child, and frequently had to change schools. Throughout her teens, she attended Holliday School for Girls, Brewer High School, Dennis Peterson High School, Gateway City High School, and eventually the Saint Elias School for Girls.
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Cassie heavily idolizedDonna Troy, the originalWonder Girl, and to that effect wore a black wig over her natural blonde hair (it also helped to conceal her identity). Donna gave Cassie the second costume she wore as Wonder Girl, but Cassie was afraid to wear it lest it were ruined. As Wonder Girl, Cassie joinedYoung Justice[6] due to her crush onSuperboy. She became close friends withArrowette,Secret, andEmpress. During her time with that group, the dark godOblivion caused Wonder Woman's Wonder Dome palace to destroy Gateway City. Artemis ordered Cassie to help with crowd control instead of wasting time putting on her Wonder Girl disguise. Agreeing with her, Cassie revealed her secret identity before news cameras for the first time in her superhero career.[7] Towards the end of the Young Justice series, Cassie became the leader of the team, beating Robin during an election for command due to inner-team tension following the recent revelation ofBatman'ssecurity protocols against the rest of the Justice League, which made Young Justice uncomfortable that Robin had similar plans to use on them. Her secret identity was again publicly revealed when the secondSilver Swan attacked her at her high school.[citation needed]
Young Justice was disbanded after the events ofGraduation Day,[8] a crossover withTitans. During these events,Optitron offered to fund both the Titans and Young Justice. Donna Troy was seemingly killed by a rogueSuperman android, leaving Cassie shaken and causing both teams to disband.
Cassie later joined some former members of Young Justice in the newest incarnation of the Teen Titans.[9] Early on, she was gifted with a lasso[10] byAres, the Greek god of war and frequent enemy of Wonder Woman and the Amazons. Despite appearing similar to Wonder Woman's lasso, Cassie's expelled Zeus'lightning when used in anger.[11] Over the course of the series, Ares often appeared to Wonder Girl to warn her about "the coming war".[10][12][13] During her time with the Titans, Cassie also developed a relationship with Superboy, for whom she had harbored feelings before and throughoutYoung Justice.
In "Titans Tomorrow,"[14] the Titans were thrown 10 years into their future, where they encountered future versions of themselves. In this future, Cassie inherited the mantle of Wonder Woman after Diana was killed during "the Crisis." She was also referred to as "Ares' champion" and was in a relationship with Superboy. It was not revealed whether they were married or merely dating.
It was also during her Titans membership that she was revealed to be Zeus' daughter, a fact both Zeus and her mother kept from her for most of her life. Cassie was originally told by her mother that her biological father had died. Wonder Woman knew about Cassie's link to Zeus but chose to hide this from Cassie as well at the request of Cassie's mother. In "The Insiders,"[15][16] she was beaten by Superboy as a result of his possession byLex Luthor; though she recovered, Superboy secluded himself at the Kent farm inSmallville,[17][18][19] and there was a strain on their relationship until the events ofInfinite Crisis.
When the Teen Titans and theOutsiders learned that Donna Troy was still alive inThe Return of Donna Troy, Cassie was among the heroes that traveled to the planet Minosyss to reunite with her. Having had false memories implanted by the Titans of Myth, Donna savagely beat Cassie until Cassie was able to restore her true memories.[20]
During a battle againstBrother Blood and a handful of zombie Titans, she acknowledged that her powers were fluctuating and sometimes disappearing altogether.[21] Despite this, Cassie attempted to helpSuperboy after he was beaten to near-death bySuperboy-Prime[22][23] After saving him, Wonder Girl and the Titans infiltrated aLexCorp laboratory to find a way to cure Superboy.[24] While the other Titans flew toBlüdhaven following an attack from the Society, Cassie remained at Titans Tower to watch over Superboy. When he awoke, the pair of them reconnected and remembered their past in Young Justice, which seemed so much happier and easier. Conner then took Cassie to Smallville, and, afraid that it would be their last night together, they consummated their love.[25]
Ares again appeared to her and informed her that the reason behind her weakening power was that Zeus was taking back the powers he had granted to her as he left the mortal plane. Ares then offered Cassie some of his power in exchange for becoming his champion and acknowledging him as her brother.[26] She joined Superboy and Nightwing up north, with powers returned, to assist in the assault onLex Luthor's tower. Superboy sacrificed his life to defeat Superboy-Prime and destroy the tower.[27]
Directly after Infinite Crisis, the Teen Titans fall apart. Cassie, feeling abandoned by her best friends, leaves the Titans during the year in which52 takes place, following Robin's departure. Cassie becomes involved in a cult heavily influenced byKryptonian culture. She sets up an altar inTitans Tower with Kryptonian crystals and a gold figure with the Superman-insignia, which means "hope" in Kryptonian. Soon,Ralph Dibny approaches her because someone defaced the grave of his wifeSue with an upside down 'S' Shield, which in Kryptonian means "resurrection".
About five days later, Cassie and her fellow cult members meet with Ralph. Cassie mentions that it was another member,Dev-Em, who led her to join. Cassie explains that the goal of the cult is to resurrect Superboy. As a test of their process, they intend to resurrectSue Dibny. Cassie and Ralph attend a ceremony designed to resurrect Sue, but Ralph grows suspicious and with the help of other superheroes, disrupts the ceremony, destroying the Kryptonite which was essential to the process. Cassie leaves with Dev-Em, blaming Ralph for destroying her chances to resurrect Superboy. After stoppingWeather Wizard in Metropolis, Cassie meetsSupernova and refers to him incorrectly as Kon-El, who actually turns out to be Booster Gold in disguise.
During "One Year Later", Wonder Girl is seen attempting to stopGemini of theBrotherhood of Evil from escapingS.T.A.R. Labs with valuable technology, revealing that she had been following the Brotherhood for some time. She also sports a new costume influenced by that of the late Superboy. She now wears aGolden Age Wonder Woman-themedt-shirt anddenimjeans.[28]
She temporarily rejoins the team,[29] under the suggestion ofCyborg so that they may combine forces to defeat theBrotherhood of Evil. After the Teen Titans andDoom Patrol defeat the Brotherhood of Evil, she decides to rejoin the team permanently. When she goes to tell Robin of her decision, she discovers his secretive and unsuccessful attempts to bring back Superboy. Though obsessed with having Conner back, Cassie reacts in horror and in an attempt to quell Robin's anger at Cassie, the two kiss. For a while the two refused to talk about the incident beyond coming to the agreement that it was a mistake, but they both have discussed it with others.[30][31][32] With her life in disarray, Cassie has been having difficulty with her personal life, often having major confrontations with her mother. Cassie has gained a new friendship with the recently returned Supergirl,Kara Zor-El, who has shared with her in mourning the loss of Superboy and Paradise Island.[33]
Cassie was also still very furious at Wonder Woman following the events ofInfinite Crisis, due to her belief that Wonder Woman abandoned her after Conner's death to play secret agent in a new civilian identity thatBatman created for her after Infinite Crisis. She was also not pleased that Robin was aware of Diana's whereabouts during the year after Infinite Crisis and did not inform her about it. Diana and Cassie have not been able to discuss their past differences, leading to Cassie to turn to Supergirl and the now resurrectedDonna Troy instead for emotional support dealing with Conner's death.
Following the resurrection ofJericho at the hands of Raven, Wonder Girl and Robin request that Raven use the same ceremony to resurrect Superboy. Raven calmly explains that is not possible, because Jericho's resurrection was a special case: Jericho's soul was still on Earth, imprisoned inside of a computer disk, while Conner's has moved on to the afterlife. In the middle of this conversation withRobin andRaven, Wonder Girl is captured byDeathstroke's villainousTitans East after an attack byInertia andMatch. Each member of Titans East has been recruited to negate a specific Titan. Deathstroke selected Match, a Bizarro-type clone of Superboy, to counter Wonder Girl due to his strength and his warped visage as being a psychological edge against her.[34]
The Titans battle furiously against the Titans East, during which they are able to convinceBatgirl andDuela Dent to switch sides. Unfortunately the team is defeated by Slade's team a second time. However, Raven, Cyborg, and Duela Dent manage to get aid fromNightwing, Donna Troy,Beast Boy, and Flash (Bart Allen). Together the Titans defeat Slade, who along with Inertia, manages to escape. During the fight, Jericho possess Match, and the team is reluctant to release Match due to the danger he poses.
In theCountdown limited series, Cassie attendsBart Allen's funeral and during a heated and controversial eulogy, she vows to get revenge for Bart's death.
Cassie then becomes involved in theAmazon's attack on Washington D.C. Supergirl and Wonder Girl discover that their friends and family have been placed in an internment camp due to their ties to the Amazons. After a failed attempt to aid them, the two heroes agree to bring the U.S. President toHippolyta to stop the war. They are ambushed by a group of Amazons in the process, which causes the President to become mortally wounded. The actions of the Amazons and Wonder Girl's own involvement cause public outcry against all those who have followed in Wonder Woman's footsteps. Ultimately Cassie declares that despite her training and past that she is not an Amazon, preferring her ties to the Teen Titans over that of the Amazons.[35] Accepting her decision,Artemis wishes her well and leaves Cassie to her devices. Wonder Girl celebrates by sharing another kiss with Robin in front of her teammates.
In the months following the kiss, Cassie and Tim continue to go through 'will-they-won't-they' moments in which they both continue to question the validity of their relationship.[volume & issue needed] Then following a battle against an army of future Titans, the pair decided at last to date. Unfortunately, their relationship is short-lived, as after their first official date Cassie ends the relationship, because she feels she is using Tim.[36] This has resulted in a growing animosity between the pair, which has begun to bleed into their relationships with the other Titans.[volume & issue needed]
Wonder Girl recently appeared in a six-issue self-titled mini-series written byJ. Torres and with art and covers by Sanford Greene andNathan Massengill. In this series, Wonder Girl attempts to make up for the mistakes made by the Amazons on her own. Cassie adopts a secret identity, taking up the name "Drusilla" (the same name used by Wonder Girl in the '70sWonder Woman television series). However, as she attempts to apprehend a group of mystical beasts left over from the Amazons' attack, she finds herself confronted by her half-brotherHercules, who claims to want to help her become a true champion of the gods and to rebuild Olympus. Cassie is reluctant to trust him. Hercules persists and chases after Cassie, taking the form of Superboy to get her attention.
Together, Hercules and Cassie try to discover who is attacking the remaining Olympian gods. Soon into their search they are attacked by theFemale Furies. Hercules stops the fight by explaining that he has allied with the Furies in hopes of rescuing the gods, or, failing that, starting a new pantheon with them. The Furies have their own plans and are only using Hercules to get to Wonder Girl. The Furies soon betray Hercules, withBloody Mary using her bite to gain power over Hercules, forcing him to do what the Furies want. The Furies then kidnap Cassie's mother to lure her into a trap. Aided by theOlympian, Wonder Girl goes into battle, being forced to fight her own brother. The Teen Titans, Empress, Arrowette and Wonder Woman show up to help. After Bloody Mary is murdered by theNew Gods killer, Hercules is freed from her spell and immediately saves Wonder Girl from being kidnapped by the Furies. Hercules goes free after he reveals he is now a demi-god and that Zeus released him to help stop "the Great Disaster". Hercules then leaves to perform certain "labors".
The series ends with Cassie reconciling with Wonder Woman, who tells Cassie that she has become her own woman.
Cassie is later attacked by her nephewLycus, the son of Ares. He attempts to take her title as Ares' avatar, along with her power. Although he is successful in stealing Cassie's powers derived from Ares, Cassie discovers that she no longer needs to be blessed with powers from the gods as she willed her own innate power to surface. Cassie now possesses a high level of super-strength all her own.
Robin ultimately makes the decision to leave the Teen Titans for an undetermined length of time in the aftermath ofBatman R.I.P, leaving Cassie with the task of assembling and leading a new team. After an unsuccessful attempt at having Kid Devil recruit teenmetahumans such asKlarion,Shining Knight, and the teen members of theJustice Society of America, Cassie eventually gains three new Titans inStatic,Aquagirl, andKid Eternity. Kid Eternity's ability to summon the spirits of the deceased briefly tempts Cassie, who considers having him summon Conner's spirit. However, she eventually decides against it, telling Eternity never to grant her such a request, even if she were to beg him.[37]
Some months later, between theFinal Crisis and theBlackest Night, Cassie becomes aware of Conner's rebirth byBrainiac 5's hand. Despite meeting him briefly at his return,[38] Cassie decides to wait, untilMartha Kent herself, now sheltering Conner at her place, invites Cassie for dinner, essentially granting Cassie and Conner a date. At first skeptical and fearing toend asLana Lang, basically forgotten and replaced as Conner relocated to Smallville and gained a new circle of friends, she's touched by Conner opening his heart to her about her fears and dreams for their future life, and thus decides to tell Conner about herself and Tim Drake. Conner quickly forgives her, arguing that even if Cassie still loves him, she could not have known of his impending resurrection in the immediate aftermath of the Infinite Crisis, so she has nothing to blame. Happily, Cassie accepts to rekindle their relationship.[39]
Due to personal responsibilities, neither Conner nor Bart return to the Teen Titans, though Wonder Girl still continues to lead. However, following the demise ofKid Devil, Cassie begins questioning her leadership and begins to make mistakes. During a massive battle withCinderblock in downtown San Francisco, Wonder Girl refuses to let her team attack the villain directly, causing massive destruction to the area. The heroes continue in their fruitless stalemate until Beast Boy arrives and takes command of the team, leading to their victory. In the aftermath of the battle, Beast Boy tells Cassie that she has to stop dwelling on Devil's death or else more innocent people are going to get hurt, something she does not take kindly.[40]
A few days later, Beast Boy makes the decision to move back into Titans Tower and replace Cassie as the head of the team, declaring that they need a more experienced leader to get back on track. Though Cassie initially says nothing about this, she ultimately becomes angry and tells Beast Boy that no one asked for his help, and that she can lead the team just fine. Beast Boy simply replies by saying that the Teen Titans need help, and that everyone, including Cyborg, think so.[41]
During the events ofBlackest Night, Cassie joins Kid Flash and Beast Boy as part of a small group of past and present Titans who assemble at Titans Tower. Lacking assistance from Static, Miss Martian, Blue Beetle,Bombshell, and Aquagirl (each of whom are presumably defending other cities), the team barely survives the onslaught.[42]
AfterDawn Granger uses her abilities to destroy the Black Lanterns, Cassie and the others travel toCoast City to assistBarry Allen andHal Jordan in their battle withNekron, the leader of the Black Lantern Corps. To the horror of the gathered heroes, Nekron uses his abilities to transform several once-dead heroes into Black Lanterns, including Superboy, Kid Flash, Donna, and Wonder Woman.[43] In the ensuing battle, Cassie is killed when Donna Troy violently tears her heart out. However, it is then revealed that the entire battle was an imagination of Wonder Woman, and Cassie is shown to still be alive.[44] When Black Lantern Conner attacks Cassie, all the while attempting to break free from the Black Ring's control, Conner manages to break the control in temporary, short lapses, which he uses to alert Cassie about the solution to his Black Ring problem. The battle moves to the fortress, where Cassie realizes what Conner was referring to when he told them to move to theFortress of Solitude Conner's corpse, placed where he awaits his resurrection inLegion of Three Worlds. The Black Ring, confused, leaves the living Conner and tries to attach itself to his corpse, but Conner awakens his freeze breath ability, which freezes the ring, and Cassie throws it into orbit. After reconciling, the pair heads back to Coast City for the final battle with Nekron's army.[45]
After this, Cassie travels to New York to confront Cyborg about Beast Boy's statements. He assures her that she is capable of leading the Titans, and she returns to the team and admits to them that she is done moping over Conner and Eddie. She then leads the team to the city of Dakota to rescue Static, who had been kidnapped by a superhuman gangster namedHolocaust.[46] After hearing about a battle between Static and Holocaust in downtown Dakota, Cassie arrives on the scene with Bombshell and Aquagirl. The three heroines are easily defeated and captured by Holocaust, who then informs them that he plans on killing them and weaponizing their powers to sell. Beast Boy and the other Titans arrive at the compound to retrieve their comrades, but end up being overpowered and defeated themselves. At the last second, Cyborg bursts into the compound with Superboy and Kid Flash, preparing to rescue the other Titans.[47] Cassie is soon freed, and assists Superboy in holding off Holocaust while the other Titans make their escape. In the final battle, Cassie uses her lasso to bind the villain, allowing Kid Flash to finish him off by sending him plummeting into the Earth's inner core (though thanks to his superhuman durability, Static remarks that the core would not kill him). On the plane ride back to San Francisco, Conner remarks that Cassie seems to be ignoring him, and she simply responds by telling him that he is correct.[48]
Cassie later travels to Gotham City alongside several of her fellow Titans afterRa's al Ghul begins targeting people close to Tim Drake. She attempts to rescueBarbara Gordon from members of theLeague of Assassins, but arrives to find that she has already defeated the men that attempted to kill her.
During the events ofBrightest Day, Cassie confrontsOsiris when he arrives at Titans Tower, looking for help from his former teammates. Cassie tries to convince Osiris to turn himself over to the police for the murdering thePersuader during52, but he angrily brushes her off and flees before Cassie can contact the authorities.Blue Beetle asks if the Titans should go after him, but Cassie simply replies by saying that Osiris will return, and then rhetorically asks, "where else can he go?"[49]
After a disastrous mission to another dimension to rescue Raven, the Titans are torn asunder. Miss Martian is rendered comatose, Static is left temporarily depowered, and Aquagirl and Bombshell are missing and presumed dead at sea. Despite her pleas for Static to stay, Wonder Girl is ultimately left with a roster consisting of only herself, Superboy, Kid Flash, Raven, and Beast Boy.[50] A short time after this, the Titans rescue Bombshell and Aquagirl, who are both removed from the team by Wonder Girl. When asked about this decision (as well as the subsequent choice to invite the unstableRose Wilson back into the team), Wonder Girl states that Kid Devil's death has forced her to realize that inexperienced teen heroes have no place on the team. At the same time, she admits to Conner that she is having trouble reconciling her knowledge as a leader with her fear of losing him again.[51]
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In January 2011, Wonder Girl was given a one-shot, which was written byJT Krul, drawn byAdriana Melo, and covered byNicola Scott.[52]
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In September 2011,The New 52 rebooted DC's continuity. In this new timeline, Cassie Sandsmark is reintroduced in theTeen Titans series. This version of Cassie, who dislikes being called "Wonder Girl", started out as a teenage thief, who started at the age of sixteen and lost touch with her mother, who stole a pair of enchanted bracelets from a temple before meetingRed Robin. Living in Hollywood surviving on a crime spree and bought a little house with the money she made. She first crossed paths with Red Robin after she was rescued from an organization calledN.O.W.H.E.R.E., who were capturing young teenagers who were developingmetahuman abilities for their own nefarious purposes. She caught the organization's attention when her exploits were attaching attention her from the media which they dubbed her "Wonder Girl". She stole a car but was later pulled by a police officer in the Pacific Coast Highway, the latter was revealed to be an agent of N.O.W.H.E.R.E. and tried to capture her but Red Robin intervened. Red Robin was tracking down N.O.W.H.E.R.E and news coverage of teenagers with abilities and their actions in a lecture by Lex Luthor about aliens on earth.[53] She is later revealed to be the daughter of Helen, an archaeologist who reputation was destroyed when Cassie stole the bracelets which resulted in the death of one of Helen's colleagues, who was Cassandra's one time love interest and mentor in stealing, and Lennox Sandsmark, a British super-soldier, who left the family when Cassie was only four years old.[54] As Lennox is a demigod son of Zeus, and also a half-brother of Wonder Woman, Cassie, for the first time, is related to Wonder Woman.[3]
In the Super Sons of Tomorrow crossover, the version of Cassie Sandmark from the Titans Tomorrow future briefly arrived in the present timeline of Rebirth alongside other members of the Titans of Tomorrow.
InYoung Justice #2, Zeus refers to Cassie as "the future of the pantheon of the gods". As part of her birthright, Zeus offers her a necklace that is said to contain immense powers. However, Cassie decides to hold off on taking this gift until she does something to truly earn it. Zeus calls her a "giant pain, just like her mother".
Cassie Sandsmark next appears inYara Flor's new series Wonder Girl Volume 3 Issue 2, where she is tasked byQueen Hippolyta to find Yara Flor due to Yara Flor being part of a prophecy to destroy the Amazons.[55]
Cassandra originally received her powers from a number of mystical artifacts employed byArtemis during her time as Wonder Woman. These included the Gauntlet ofAtlas and the Sandals ofHermes, which provided her with the powers of strength and speed/flight, respectively.[56] She was eventually granted similar abilities byZeus as "her fondest wish".[57] Discouraged by previously shown arrogance in his children (Ares andHeracles), Zeus also blessed Cassandra's mother with the ability to take away her powers for a short time via a simple touch.[57]
Shortly after joining the Teen Titans, Ares approached her and gave Cassandra her own magic lasso.[10] Unlike Wonder Woman'sLasso of Truth, Cassandra's is a weapon which channels Zeus' lightning when she becomes angry.[11] When the Greek gods left the mortal plane as a result of the events ofInfinite Crisis, taking Cassandra's powers along with them, Ares offered her some of his power, saying that she would be "more powerful than [she's] ever been". What this entails is not made entirely clear, though she appeared to have retained all of her former abilities.[27][28] In a storyline taking place "One Year Later", Cassie was shown catching a fallingjet, which she was surprised at being able to accomplish.[58] However, while trying to stop the military from detaining her mother, Ares causes her powers to fluctuate when he believes she is wasting them on frivolous matters.[volume & issue needed]
In the end, Ares was not pleased with Cassandra as his champion. He returned another to take her place. During a battle with Ares' son, King Lycus, who also drew power from him, Cassie was able to cast away her connection to the war god, and tap into her own powers as a demi-god (like her brother Heracles). Her real powers increased to an even greater level of strength than before. Currently, having tapped into her own demi-goddess powers, Cassie is an Olympian powerhouse. Although she is not as powerful as Wonder Woman or Donna Troy, Cassie is still a powerful young woman. Her lasso has apparently also changed, enabling her to turn Lycus to dust with a simple order.
Cassie was trained by the Amazon Artemis and is extremely well trained in the use of various weapons and in various martial arts. She is also a very capable leader and strategist.
After the New 52 reboot, Cassie's powers have changed yet again. Her powers are now derived from the Silent Armor that she wears, which was forged in the heart of a sun and is apparently related to the demon known as Trigon. The armor is invisible unless she summons it or is in a combat situation, but she is always able to use its powers. The armor usually appears as a glittering red bodysuit, golden gauntlets and, occasionally, a hood. The armor grants her powers similar to those of her pre-reboot counterpart such as superhuman strength (sufficient for her to be on par with Superboy and fight him for a while), durability (though she is still vulnerable to piercing weapons), superhuman reflexes, superhuman speed, superhuman senses, and the power to fly at high speeds. The armor also grants her a glowing red lasso that appears similar to barbed wire. The lasso is infinite in length, is virtually indestructible, and can drain the life force out of those wrapped in its confines. Cassie's armor also appears to have a mind of its own and has taken over her mind and body on a few occasions. It was later revealed that Cassie has divine heritage as well, as her father was revealed to be Wonder Woman's elder brother Lennox. Cassie discovered she was the granddaughter of Zeus and that she still had her powers even without the Silent Armor. Because of her divine heritage, she was able to resist the Silent Armor's influence.[59]
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Cassie Sandsmark / Wonder Girl appears inYoung Justice, voiced byMae Whitman.[62][63] Introduced in the second season,Invasion, this version is a member of theTeam's Beta Squad who goes on to dateTim Drake by the end of the season. In the third season,Outsiders, her relationship with Drake becomes strained after he leaves the Team. Despite this, she helps found the titularOutsiders. In the fourth season,Phantoms, she takes on a leadership role after the Outsiders' leaderBeast Boy falls into depression followingSuperboy's presumed death.
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