Wonder Woman: Agent of Peace #2 is a chapter in the digital-first series Wonder Woman: Agent of Peace (Volume 1 (Digital)) with a cover date of April, 2020.
Synopsis for "The Curse of K2"
This story is reprinted from Wonder Woman Giant (Volume 2) #2.
Lois Lane's plane while flying towards a K2 base camp in the Karakoram range, in order to investigate and report on women climbers that went missing during a massive quake while climbing the mountain, gets hit by a flock of bar-headed geese. The pilot Jemim receives fatal injuries but tries to land the plane. Meanwhile in the Philippines, Wonder Woman is rescuing people during a hurricane in the Bicol Region. After helping however she can, she hears the news about Lois going missing in a plane crash in the Himalayas and flies off to find her since Superman is away in another galaxy.
At the K2, it's revealed that Jemim managed to safely land the plane before dying and Lois decides to stay in it for shelter amidst the snow storm. While tearing off the padding to protect herself from the cold, she spots one of the climbers outside her plane and follows her into a cave, believing the other climbers might be taking shelter there. At the K2 base camp, the search teams are barred from coming amidst the storm. Diana however offers to find the climbers and those missing in the recent plane crash.
Back in the cave, Lois finds out that the woman she followed is not one of the climbers and is told to follow her. There she notices the cracks in the Earth, the likes of which she has never seen before coming upon the missing climbers tied upside down. The woman reveals that she was responsible and reveals her true form as the monster Shan Xiao who lives only to state himself by eating humans and was imprisoned long ago inside the Earth. With the earthquake however, he was released.
Lois tries to convince Shan Xiao to let the people in the cave go, stating his jailors are long dead, but he states that she's a descendant of her human creators and mankind is corrupting the planet. Before it can unhand eat her, Diana arrives and threatens him to stop his violence. He refuses and starts attacking her but Diana is unable inflict any injury on him. Lois finds out that one of the climbers was eaten by it and tells her how it talked about the world around them favoring it. Diana decides to send it into space to remove its power, releasing all the souls entombed inside it.
Later while eating together at a restaurant, Diana states she wished she could save the lone climber who was eaten up by Shan Xiao and asks if she knows about her. Lois hands her the climber's photo along with her mother who believes she is now at peace and is calm despite her daughter's death. Diana responds that she understands since a bond between a mother and a daughter is the strongest.
Appearing in "The Curse of K2"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Shan Xiao
Other Characters:
- Jemim (Dies)
- Amazons of Thmeyscira (Mentioned only)
- Justice League (Mentioned only)
- Superman (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Pakistan
- Mount K2
- Philippines
- Bicol Region
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