Wonda-Myths
Mythical son of Amazon Queen Antiope, VIRBIUS REX, first appeared, as infant 'Prince Hippolytus', in Wonder Woman, Volume Two, Issue #33 (1989). He is king of Nemi, a hero in the classical Amazon myth...the one we learn in college? He has a GREAT backstory, that shows him married to a hot, forest elemental and fighting in the Trojan War! He is the king of a cool, enchanted forest, full of wild spirits and magic beasts - basically, the AQUAMAN of the woods - a-aand ..he's Wonder Woman's built-in, super-warrior cousin...
So, why have we never seen this badass, real-life mythological hero, in action? Where is he (the action figure, comic book, plastic Ben Cooper Halloween costume, Justice League membership, etc)? When is DC Comics going to put him, BACK in the Wonder-comics?
Is it because he's a dude? Is it because he's married?
Wonder Woman has a Wonder-man cousin--myth ..or not-myth? NOT a myth!
Here's Leandro Lorkalt's Wonder Man, ..re-imagined as Virbius Rex, superheroic protector of World War II Italy!
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