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"Rise of the Olympian Part 6: Uprising": On Themyscira, Alkyone, the leader of the Circle, is revealed to have survived. She calls upon Ares who appears to her. She swears fealty to him and he gives her a

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Wonder Woman (Volume 3) #31 is an issue of the series Wonder Woman (Volume 3) with a cover date of June, 2009.

Synopsis for "Rise of the Olympian Part 6: Uprising"

On Themyscira, Alkyone, the leader of the Circle, is revealed to have survived. She calls upon Ares who appears to her. She swears fealty to him and he gives her a gift, a small stone totem. Meanwhile, Wonder Woman has taken Etta Candy to the hospital where Tom Tresser is also recovering. At the United Nations, Achilles Warkiller breaks in and addresses the assembly. He reprimands them for their lack of faith in the gods and tells them that he will remake the world vowing that they will learn to bow to the gods. Back at the hospital, Athena possesses a nurse and speaks to Wonder Woman, who is at Etta’s bedside. She reveals that she saw a possible future where Ares defeated and killed all the gods as well as all of Earth’s heroes. Athena reveals that Ares has been manipulating events from behind the scenes and caused the creation of Genocide. Further, she reveals that the powerful corpse that was used is a possible future Wonder Woman who died. He brought the corpse back through time. Athena then warns Wonder Woman that the Gargareans are in Russia and they are about to trigger a global war that will lead to Ares’ victory. Wonder Woman goes to Russia where she confronts Achilles. A nuclear weapon is launched in the chaos of their conflict, but Wonder Woman manages to destroy it before it can reach its target. She then resolves to find Genocide and defeat the creature.

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