Helen Alexandros (Earth-One)

Helen Alexandros
Mainstream Universe‎, 1950s-1986
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Real Name	Helen Alexandros
Relatives	Mr. Alexandros (father), Mrs. Alexandros (mother), Mars (ancestor), Zeus (ancestor), Leda (ancestor), Helen of Sparta (ancestor)
Base Of Operations	Washington, D.C.
Status
Alignment	Bad
Citizenship	American
Marital Status	Single
Occupation	Ballerina
Characteristics
Gender	Female
Height	5' 10"
Weight	123 lbs (56 kg)
Eyes	Blue
Hair	Brown · (as Helen); Blond (as Silver Swan)
Origin
Universe	Earth-One
Creators	Roy Thomas · Gene Colan
First Appearance	Wonder Woman #288 (February, 1982)
Appearance of Death	DC Retroactive: Wonder Woman #1

History

Helen Alexandros was named after Helen of Troy, reputedly the most beautiful woman in history, but Helen herself was sadly plain looking and had terrible skin. She grew up with low self esteem which she tried to overcome by joining the ballet, but after being passed over for a leading role because of her ugliness, she called out to the heavens for vengeance on men. The war god Mars answered Helen's call, transforming her into the beautiful, super powered Silver Swan, but would only make the change permanent if Helen agreed to kill Wonder Woman for him in return (until then, the change would only ever last for an hour at a time). The Swan attacked Wonder Woman after first building herself an undeserved reputation as a superhero by taking credit for Wonder Woman's deeds, and was aided in defeating the heroine by the individual known as Captain Wonder, actually a psychic creation drawn from the mind of Steve Trevor by Doctor Psycho. When Trevor broke free of Psycho's control however, Captain Wonder disappeared and Wonder Woman was able to stop the Swan from carrying out Mars's ultimate plan; to kill President Ronald Reagan!

The Swan disappeared, but resurfaced briefly months later and teamed with Captain Wonder, the Cheetah and Angle Man but was defeated again, this time by Lt Etta Candy using Doctor Psycho's 'ectoplasmitron' to create a super powered alter ego for herself.

Finally, the Swan teamed up with Doctor Psycho himself in an elaborate scheme which saw the Swan transformed into a duplicate of Wonder Woman. Psycho wanted Wonder Woman as his mate and told the swan that if she could deliver her, he would give her Captain Wonder as her own. When the Swan realized that Captain Wonder was not real however, she turned on Psycho and abandoned him. Psycho destroyed his own equipment (and himself with it) as an act of revenge, destabilizing the Swan's transformation and causing her to revert to human form several thousand feet above the Earth. Helen Alexandros apparently fell to her death while Wonder Woman and Steve Trevor flew away oblivious to her plight.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

Flight, Superhuman Strength, Sonic Scream

Abilities

Athletic

Related

• 9 Appearances of Helen Alexandros (Earth-One)
• 4 Images featuring Helen Alexandros (Earth-One)
• Quotations by or about Helen Alexandros (Earth-One)
• Character Gallery: Helen Alexandros (Earth-One)

Footnotes

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