Hermes (Prime Earth)

Hermes is able to move quickly and freely between the worlds of the mortal and the divine aided by his winged sandals, playing the role of the psychopomp or "soul guide"—a conductor of souls into the afterlife. His main symbol is the Caduceus, a winged staff intertwined with two snakes.

New 52

This section of the history takes place during the New 52, between the events of Flashpoint and DC Rebirth. It was later revealed that much of Wonder Woman's history from this time was an elaborate illusion created by the Gods of Olympus to keep her away from Paradise Island. All or part of this section may have been part of that illusion and no longer valid in Rebirth.

In the false memories fashioned by Zeus Hermes proved a false ally to Wonder Woman and betrayed her and Zola.

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Powers and Abilities

Powers

Godly Physiology
- Cosmic Awareness
- Dimensional Travel
- Flight^[3]
- Immortality
- Metamorphosis
- Superhuman Durability
- Superhuman Reflexes
- Superhuman Speed: Hermes can run and move at speeds imperceptible to the human eye. Only Flash was capable of seeing Hermes.^[4]
  - Invisibility: Hermes imperceptible speed allows him to become practically invisible, allowing him to deliver messages without being seen except for the people who can match him in speed, like The Flash.^[4]
- Superhuman Strength
- Telepathy: Hermes used this when he and the other gods (Hephaestus, Artemis, Eros, and Eris) have entered a mortally wounded Superman's mind and put him through a series of tests to see if he's worthy of being saved.^[5]
- Teleportation

Abilities

Acrobatics
Aerial Combat
Martial Arts
Music: Diana mentions that Hermes plays the harp (but he doesn't seem to be very good at it).^[6]
Swordsmanship
Weaponry: Hermes can turn his Caduceus into an energy sword.

Paraphernalia

Equipment

Caduceus
Harp^[6]
Sandals of Hermes

Notes

This character or object is an adaptation of Hermes, a character or object in traditional stories. These include, but may not be limited to religious texts, myth, and/or folk lore. More information on the original can be found at Wikipedia.org.
Hermes was first adapted by Robert Kanigher, first appearing in Wonder Woman #105. However, in the Prime Earth continuity Hermes first appeared as part of the New 52 DC Universe in Wonder Woman (Volume 4) #1 by Brian Azzarello and Cliff Chiang.

Hermes (Prime Earth)

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