Nubia (Earth-One)

Wonder Woman
Mainstream Universe‎, 1950s-1986
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Real Name	Nubia
Main Alias	Wonder Woman
Relatives	Hippolyta (mother) Diana (sister) Donna Troy (adopted sister) Ares (grandfather)
Affiliation	Amazons of Paradise Island
Base Of Operations	Paradise Island · Floating Island
Status
Alignment	Good
Identity	Public Identity
Citizenship	Amazon
Marital Status	Single
Occupation	Warrior
Characteristics
Gender	Female
Height	6' 3"
Weight	155 lbs (70 kg)
Eyes	Black
Hair	Black
Origin
Universe	Earth-One
Creators	Robert Kanigher · Don Heck
First Appearance	Wonder Woman #204 (February, 1973)
Last Appearance	Supergirl #9 (January, 1974)

Nubia was an Amazon warrior, a rival to the title of Wonder Woman.

History

Nubia was the oldest twin daughter of Queen Hippolyta, formed from clay as a twin to Diana (Wonder Woman), the dark-skinned Nubia was kidnapped by Mars, who raised her, controlling her mind so that she would help him bring down the Amazons.

After a session in the Amazon memory banks, Diana was confronted by an armored female warrior who challenged her to single combat. The two initially wrestled, then faced each other with swords. Diana and the intruder seemed evenly matched until the intruder knocked the sword from Diana's hands, and then hesitated to kill her, giving Diana the chance to wrestle her to a draw.

The stranger declared herself as Nubia. Queen Hippolyta wondered if this was indeed the same Nubia who was to be raised as Diana's sister.

Nubia left the Amazons and returned to her mist-concealed Floating Island (named Slaughter Island by Mars). She told Diana that they will meet again and one of them will be proven the true Wonder Woman. She eventually did return, and reiterated her claim to the title of Wonder Woman. Later on, Nubia put down a challenge to her rule by one of the male warriors of Slaughter Island; she defeated the man but let him live, stating that "A woman doesn't destroy life, she cherishes it!"

Sometime later, Supergirl was made an honorary Amazon. When it was discovered that Nubia was suffering from a mutated shark's poisoning, Hippolyta sent Kara to retrieve a rare root needed to cure her.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

• Divine Empowerment: After being given life by Aphrodite, Nubia was taken by Mars and empowered by him. As such, she did not have the blessing of Aphrodite, Mercury, Athena and Hercules.
  • Superhuman Strength
  • Superhuman Durability
  • Superhuman Stamina
  • Superhuman Agility

Abilities

• Hand-to-Hand Combat (Advanced)
• Swordsmanship

Notes

• This version of Nubia, including all history and corresponding appearances, was erased from existence following the collapse of the original Multiverse in the 1985–86 Crisis on Infinite Earths event and later restored following the rebirth of the infinite Multiverse during the Dark Crisis of 2022-2023. Even though other versions of the character may have appeared, this information does not apply to those versions.

Related

• 5 Appearances of Nubia (Earth-One)
• 3 Images featuring Nubia (Earth-One)
• 1 Quotations by or about Nubia (Earth-One)
• Character Gallery: Nubia (Earth-One)

External Links

• Nubia, the Illustrated Index

Footnotes

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