Hippolyta (Earth-Two)

Queen Hippolyta was indigenous to the reality commonly referred to as Classic Earth-Two. Earth Two is now the primary nomenclature used to refer to the antimatter universe Earth which is populated by the Crime Syndicate of AmeriKa, the modern version of the Pre-Crisis Earth-Three criminal organization.

Place of Birth

Presumably Amazonia

Place of Death

Presumably Paradise Island during the destruction and elimination of Earth-Two during the Crisis on Infinite Earths

First appearance

Last appearance

All-Star Comics #8
(January, 1942)

Crisis on Infinite Earths #11
(February, 1986)

History

Queen Hippolyta's specific history of how she was selected as the Queen of the Amazons was never revealed in exact detail. What is known is that despite being given immortality by the Olympian Gods and leadership of her subjects she felt that she was incomplete and unhappy. One day while she was engaging in creating clay figurines for her amusement she created a figure of a female babe so perfect and lifelike that she immediately knew what it was that she was missing from her life -- her own child. Fixated upon the statue she pleaded with the gods to grant her desire and give actual life to the statue. After a period of time the goddess of love granted Hippolyta's request and animated the statue with true life. Hippolyta was overjoyed and obeyed the gods command and named her child Diana after the goddess of the hunt which would prove prophetical in that the child would advance into the greatest protective huntress of the Amazons later in life as Wonder Woman. Hippolyta raised her daughter with all of the best elements available to her native land over the centuries. It would be centuries later after Diana had advanced into adulthood during the early 1940s that Diana rescued then Captain Steve Trevor and fell in love with him and won the right to represent the Amazons to the outside world as "Wonder Woman" winning certain above average enhancements to the already superhuman powers of the Amazons.

While Hippolyta was proud of her daughter's exploits in the role as Wonder Woman, she had always held out hope that her daughter would return home permanently one day. When Diana refused to return to the Amazon homeland after the mission (most regarded as World War 2) was deemed over, Hippolyta forced her daughter to choose between her own life among the outside world or immortality with her mother. Diana gave up her immortality and remained separate from the Amazons. But Hippolyta did not remove none of Diana's other enhanced abilities granted to her from winning the original contest to represent the Amazons in the role of "Wonder Woman".

While it was never shown in story that Hippolyta and her granddaughter ever interacted before the Crisis, it was assumed that they did for on at least one occasion, Lyta was shown being trained in Amazonian skills and events and Diana did name her daughter after her mother, signifying that they had repaired any hurt feelings between the elder Hippolyta and Diana.

Like all of those who had existed in the Earth-Two plane of reality, Hippolyta was erased from existence following the events of the "Crisis on Infinite Earths". In the wake of the Crisis, a new incarnation of Hippolyta was established with varying differences from the original.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

Immortality granted by the Olympian gods.

Abilities

Superhuman speed, agility and strength native to all Amazons.

Strength level

Superhuman Strength as native to all Amazons. The specific level of her superhuman strength is not known

Paraphernalia

Equipment: None known.
Transportation: None known.
Weapons: None known.

Notes

Hippolyta was exclusive to the Earth-Two reality and was not known to have ever interacted with other dimensional beings other than the Olympian Gods of Earth-Two. Hippolyta was erased from existence due to the Crisis on Infinite Earths and only remembered by her daughter and husband who survived the Crisis. But as they themselves are now completely removed from existence, there is no one left in the current reality who remembers this specific version of Hippolyta.

Trivia

No trivia.

Links and References

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Footnotes

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Hippolyta (Earth-Two)

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