(This article contains some spoilers for “Wonder Woman 1984”)
Movies based on DC Comics properties, including the first “Wonder Woman” movie, didn’t used to do the whole post-credit thing, but that has changed in recent years as the DC Extended Universe franchise has evolved. And “Wonder Woman 1984” also joins this party with a bonus scene that appears in the middle of the final credits.
This intermediary credits scene does not trigger any future DC Extended Universe films like “The Suicide Squad” or “Aquaman 2”, but it may possibly suggest something about future “Wonder Woman” films. Perhaps. Although we think it’s probably just an extra fun moment that harks back to something that Wonder Woman herself, Diana Prince (Gal Gadot), said at the beginning of the film.
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In the scene, we see a woman walking through a kind of outdoor market when a large wooden pole begins to fall. This woman casually takes the heavy stick with one hand, saving a family with a young child who was in danger.
The mother thanks the woman, who turns around revealing the face of Lynda Carter, who played Wonder Woman on the 1970s TV series. Carter introduces herself as Asteria.
Diana gave a background story about Asteria at the beginning of the film. In ancient times, Amazons were enslaved by humans, but freed themselves, and Asteria, their greatest warrior, maintained the “300” line while the others escaped. She was helped in this endeavor by gold armor forged with the combined armor of the other Amazons.
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In Diana’s version of events, Asteria apparently died saving the others, as her body was never found – only the empty armor, which Wonder Woman wore for the final battle with Cheetah and Max Lord.
If you assumed that the lack of a body meant Asteria lived, well, you were right. And she’s apparently still out there, and how Diana is basically keeping her superheroes in the DL, although what else she’s doing remains unknown.
In any case, the intermediate credits scene could just be a fun Easter egg for fans of Carter’s 1970s Wonder Woman TV series. But that It’s conceivable that Carter and Asteria will appear more prominently in the future sequences of “Wonder Woman”.
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After all, Asteria It’s mentioned as part of folklore in the main story. Her existence matters to the plot, rather than being totally strange. In addition, it can be a little strange to have two Amazons wandering around the world without ever meeting.
Just don’t look at DC Comics folklore for clues as to where things might be going. At the time this book was written, the character had no equivalent in the continuity of DC Comics. In fact, as far as we can tell, the only mention of a superhero with that name comes from “Elseworlds: Supergirl & Batgirl”, 1998.
In short, “Supergirl & Batgirl” is as the title suggests a short story from “Elseworlds” – this is the DC comic line exploring different realities in unique stories – set in a universe, officially known as “Earth 1098”, where Supergirl and Batgirl are the first superheroes in the world, like Batman and Superman, are normally. The great team of superheroes in this universe is called the Justice Society, and is led by Wonder Woman, who acts as a kind of maternal figure for Supergirl.
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At the beginning of the story, several members of the Justice Society go to Gotham City for a gala party, but, as with the Justice League, some helpers are left behind to watch things at the Justice Society headquarters. This would be a version of Tim Drake’s alternate universe, which in the mainstream continuity is Batman’s third robin, and Asteria. Here is the scene from “Elseworlds: Supergirl & Batgirl” page 21.
The Best of Elseworld: Supergirl and Batgirl; Matt Haley art
Asteria appears as a background in some other panels, but is unable to dialogue. And that is literally it. She doesn’t show up again, so we never found out about her powers, whether or not she has a secret identity, or what corner of the DC universe she should be associated with.
But that doesn’t mean that adding her to the “Wonder Woman” family of characters is entirely random. Asteria is Besides that the name of a Greek goddess whose history is much more salty than the version seen in “Wonder Woman 1984”. It seems that she was one of the many, many gods and goddesses with whom Zeus wanted to relate and, to escape her advances, she fled Mount Olympus and ended up becoming the island of Delos. Later, she ended up having a son: Hecate, goddess of magic and witchcraft.
But Greek myths look a lot like comic books, so there are a lot of mutually contradictory stories out there. Including a version of events where Asteria actually consented to Zeus’ advances and ended up being the mother of Hercules. Which means that there is a lot of fertile ground from which to draw if “Wonder Woman” 3 wants to go even deeper into Greek mythological influences.
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In the meantime, we will appreciate Asteria as something profound, profound for comic book nerds – and perhaps a new character who will return in future “Wonder Woman” films.