The Essential Wonder Woman Encyclopedia by Phil Jimenez and John Wells is the ultimate guide to the Amazon Princess, and the first encyclopedia dedicated to the super hero in over thirty years. With over 400 fact-filled pages, this comprehensive guide covers Wonder Woman’s origins, her evolution from her debut in 1942 to today, and biographies of every character in Wonder Woman’s universe. Featuring striking cover art from fan-favorite artist Adam Hughes, black and white original comic book artwork throughout, two sixteen-page full-color artwork inserts, and a preface by current Wonder Woman writer Gail Simone, The Essential Wonder Woman Encyclopedia will give you all the facts on DC Comics’ foremost super heroine.
For twenty-six days Suvudu will post an entry straight from the book. Starting with letter A on day 1 and ending with letter Z on day 26. Twenty-six days celebrating Wonder Woman leading up to the book on sale April 27!
Day 9: I: IXION
In Greek mythology, Ixion, a descendant of the war god Ares, was the king of the Lapiths in Thessaly and the first man in history to kill his own kin. Later, Ixion tried to seduce Hera, the wife of Zeus, king of the Olympian Gods, earning his eternal enmity. For these and even more heinous crimes, Ixion was chained to a flaming wheel by the messenger god Hermes and placed in Tartarus to rot for eternity.
In the post-Crisis universe, Ares’s son Phobos, the god of fear, unleashed Ixion on the unsuspecting public of Boston. Phobos lured Hermes into a well-concealed trap, stole the messenger god’s caduceus, and broke the chains that bound Ixion to his giant wheel of torture. Along with the Gorgon Euryale, Ixion ran riot through Boston, destroying much of the city’s waterfront and killing hundreds, if not thousands, of innocent bystanders.
Summoned to his side by Hermes, Wonder Woman III used her incredible strength and speed to battle Ixion to a near standstill. Stalemated, the Amazon Princess picked Ixion up and flew him away from Boston and to the empty beaches of Martha’s Vineyard. There Hermes bound Ixion in the serpents of his magical caduceus. Refusing the torture of such imprisonment for another thousand years, Ixion summoned the full firepower of a squadron of US fighter planes upon him. Ixion’s body was blasted apart, and the behemoth fell dead into the ocean, his penance paid at long last.
First appearance: Wonder Woman [second series] #23, December 1988
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