List of Wonder Woman enemies
This is a list of fictional characters from DC Comics who are or have been enemies of Wonder Woman.
Central rogues gallery
In alphabetical order.| Villain | First appearance | Description |
| Angle Man | Wonder Woman #70 | Originally a clever schemer who "knew all the angles" known as Angelo Bend, the updated Angle Man possesses an object known as an Angler which can alter objects and locations according to the holder's wishes, sometimes defying gravity or through teleportation. The Angle Man was created as a recurring foil for Wonder Woman during the 1950s and 1960s. |
| Ares | Wonder Woman #1 | Ares, referred to by the Roman name Mars for most of the pre-Crisis period, is the God of War and son of the Greek god Zeus. In post-Crisis continuity, Ares had plotted to start World War III, which led to Diana becoming Wonder Woman. In The New 52, Ares is mostly referred to as War and, in a major departure from the character's longstanding history as one of Wonder Woman's archenemies, is re-imagined as a benign supporting character. Post-DC Rebirth Ares returns to a more antagonistic role but is still less malevolent than his Golden Age incarnation. |
| Blue Snowman | Sensation Comics #59 | Byrna Brilyant is a small town teacher and scientist who uses her late father's invention of "blue snow" for self-gain. Byrna disguised herself and unleashed the petrifying power of the blue snow upon the farming community of Fair Weather Valley, demanding each farmer's "life savings" in return for the chemical antidote that will free the crops, livestock, and people from the snow's effects. She was discovered in her mountain sanctuary by Wonder Woman, who forces her to defrost the valley. She later joined the first Villainy Inc. as they attempted to take over Paradise Island. The variety of gadgets at her disposal include a "telescopic snow ray" that can create petrifying blizzards, a "defroster ray" for reverse effects, a hat that produces blue snow, and a smoking pipe that projects icicles. She also controls an army of robots attuned to her brainwaves. |
| Cheetah | Wonder Woman #6 | The original Cheetah, Priscilla Rich, was a beautiful debutante and philanthropist who developed an odd sort of split personality when she felt overshadowed by Wonder Woman. |
| Cheetah | Wonder Woman #274 | A second Pre-Crisis Cheetah, Deborah Domaine, the niece of the original, was an ecologist; she was kidnapped, brainwashed into a feral eco-terrorist, and trained in unarmed combat by Kobra. Post-Crisis, Deborah never became the Cheetah. |
| Cheetah | Wonder Woman #7 ; #8 | The current Cheetah, Barbara Ann Minerva, is a former archeologist and treasure-hunter who sold her soul to the plant-god Urtzkartaga for power and immortality, not realizing she would be bound in eternal servitude to him. She, aside from Circe and Ares, is arguably Wonder Woman's deadliest archenemy. Post-DC Rebirth Barbara Ann was a close friend and mentor to Wonder Woman before being tricked into becoming the Cheetah by the Children of Ares. |
| Cheetah | Wonder Woman #171 | Minerva briefly lost her power to Argentine businessman Sebastian Ballesteros, who became Circe's consort and funded the transformation of Vanessa Kapatelis into the Silver Swan. He lost the Cheetah power in a deadly battle with Minerva and later was found slain by Minerva after having abducted Kapatelis and again transforming her into the Silver Swan. |
| Circe | Wonder Woman #37 | Circe is based on the Greek mythological character of the same name. A witch and sorceress of vast power, specializing in illusion and transformation spells, Circe became one of Wonder Woman's most formidable foes in the Post-Crisis DC continuity, and even triggered a War of the Gods and later made herself the Goddess of Magic. |
| Deimos | Wonder Woman #183 | Deimos is the God of Dread and the son of Ares and Aphrodite. He planned to ignite a war between the United States and the Soviet Union, though his plans were thwarted by Wonder Woman. After the events of DC Rebirth, Deimos and his brother Phobos took the appearance of handsome twins and plotted to find Themyscira so that they could free their father Ares. Their actions led to the formation of Godwatch. |
| Devastation | Wonder Woman #143 | The Titan known as Cronus created Devastation much the same way Wonder Woman was created: by having life breathed into a clay female figure. With his Titan children each blessing her with dark gifts, she is Cronus' champion who he hopes will defeat Olympus' champion: Wonder Woman. With almost the same powers, this demigoddess is almost an exact copy of Wonder Woman, save for the dark twist behind her powers. |
| Doctor Cyber | Wonder Woman #179 | A female criminal mastermind and head of an international crime syndicate, Doctor Cyber was Wonder Woman's nemesis during a period when she had given up her Amazon powers and become a white-costumed karate expert. During an early battle, Cyber's face was horribly burned. Vowing revenge for her ruined beauty, she became obsessed with having Wonder Woman's face removed and surgically grafted on her own. She also teamed up with Batman foe Doctor Moon in this period. Post-DC Rebirth, Doctor Cyber is an AI clone of Veronica Cale's deceased assistant, Adrianna Anderson, and became a member of the organization Godwatch. |
| Doctor Poison | Sensation Comics #2 | Princess Maru became Doctor Poison who, disguising her gender via a bulky hooded costume and mask, was the leader of a Nazi spy ring whose ultimate goal was to wreak havoc by contaminating the Army's water with "reverso", a drug that caused people to do the opposite of what they are told. |
| Wonder Woman #151 | In recent years, an unnamed granddaughter of the original Doctor Poison appears in league with Devastation, Villainy Inc., and the Secret Society of Super Villains. Having used herself as a subject for biochemical experiments, she has developed the ability to secrete various toxins and chemicals. | - |
| Doctor Psycho | Wonder Woman #5 | Ridiculed as a child for his small stature and strange appearance, Doctor Psycho grew up to be highly sexist and misogynistic. Formerly a brilliant student, he went mad and turned to crime after being framed for a crime by a rival who stole the only girl he ever loved. A little person with occultic abilities, he originally was intended to be an archetypical mad scientist and medium, but that image was dropped Post-Crisis. He is one of Wonder Woman's deadliest foes. |
| Duke of Deception | Wonder Woman #2 | A servant of the evil god Mars from his base on the planet Mars, he embodied deceit, confusion and treachery, using his godlike powers of illusion, shapeshifting and influencing minds to further the cause of war. One of Wonder Woman's most persistent foes, he plagued her throughout the Golden, Silver and Bronze Ages. Little is known about the true history of the Duke of Deception. He appears to be a minor god who existed for thousands of years, drafted by Mars to battle Wonder Woman. He uses his powers to spread falsehoods to provoke humanity into conflict and war, and played a major role in the Golden Age origin of another notable Wonder Woman villain, Doctor Psycho. Post-Rebirth, the Duke of Deception has been reimagined as Dolus, a Roman personification of Deception. |
| Eris | Wonder Woman #183 | The Goddess of Discord and one of the Children of Ares in the Pre-Flashpoint continuity, where she was known as Eris. She used the Golden Apples of Discord to cause chaos in the United Nations. She was eventually slain by the Son of Vulcan, though she was revived at one point by her brother Phobos and possessed the body of Poison Ivy. In The New 52, Eris was called Strife and was Diana's half-sister through Zeus; she is portrayed as sarcastic and a heavy drinker. |
| Giganta | Wonder Woman #9 | Giganta was originally a gorilla who was super-evolved into a woman by Professor Zool. Her modern day version is Doctor Doris Zuel, a medical doctor suffering from a fatal disease who hoped to transfer her life essence into Wonder Woman. When Wonder Girl foiled her attempt, her essence was placed into a gorilla. She then transferred her essence into Olga, a circus strongwoman. Post-Crisis, she has the power to grow to gigantic size. |
| Maxwell Lord | Justice League #1 | An evil businessman with mind control powers. Initially only a Justice League villain, Lord manipulated Superman to attack Batman and Wonder Woman during Infinite Crisis; she found that the only way to stop him was to kill him and snapped his neck, causing her to become wanted for a time. He later returned as a personal adversary to Wonder Woman, during Blackest Night, when came back to life as a Black Lantern with the sole goal of seeking revenge on her. |
| Medusa | Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #52 | Based on the legendary Gorgon from Greek mythology, Medusa is known for her ability to turn anyone who looks into her eyes to stone. She was killed by Wonder Woman, but resurrected by her sisters, Euryale and Stheno, only to be killed once again by the Amazon. In The New 52, Medusa once again returned and battled Wonder Woman and Batwoman. Post-Rebirth, Medusa was purified by Nubia and invited to live peacefully on Themyscira. |
| Paula von Gunther | Sensation Comics #4 | Wonder Woman's first recurring nemesis, Paula von Gunther is a German baroness, ruthless Nazi spymaster, evil scientist, and femme fatale. Blackmailed into serving the Nazis because they held her daughter prisoner, she changed sides after Wonder Woman rescued her daughter, Gerta, and joined the Amazons as their chief scientist. Pre-Crisis, Paula von Gunther had standard Amazon powers, such as superhuman strength capable of breaking chains, leaping great heights and speed and stamina enough to deflect bullets and other projectiles from her Amazon bracelets. She was also a skilled hand-to-hand combatant. Post-Crisis, von Gunther was empowered when possessed by the Dark Angel, who had vast powers, and was able to perform a variety of feats including mind control, altering her size, teleportation and altering the time stream. Post-DC Rebirth, Paula von Gunther was a descendant to the Valkyries who was taken from Neo-Nazi parents by Wonder Woman when she was a child. Upon discovering her heritage, she adopted the name the Warmaster and formed the Four Horsewomen from Wonder Woman's other enemies to kill the Amazons, but she was defeated and reformed by Wonder Woman. |
| Phobos | Wonder Woman #183 | The God of Fear and the son of Ares and Aphrodite. Phobos’ jealous desire to win the approval of his father led him to create the nightmarish demon Decay, one of the first overt threats the Post-Crisis Wonder Woman faced after leaving her home on the island of Themyscira. He would go on to make multiple appearances as a foil for Wonder Woman, such as in 1988's Wonder Woman #23-24, in which he teamed with the Gorgon Euryale and the colossal Ixion the Assassin. He would resurface later as a key figure in DC Comics' 1992 company-wide crossover event The War of the Gods, this time allying himself with Eris and the sorceress Circe in a treacherous plot to kill Ares. After the events of DC Rebirth, Phobos and his brother Deimos appear as handsome twins. |
| Queen Clea | Wonder Woman #8 | Cruel ruler of the Atlantean city of Venturia, where women were large, strong and powerful and men were stunted, weak and servile, Queen Clea often forced her subjects to battle in gladiatorial combat. Wanting to take over all of Atlantis, she eventually stole the trident of Poseidon to make herself supremely powerful. She was stopped by Wonder Woman and later joined Villainy Inc. in an attempt at revenge. As an Atlantean, Queen Clea can breathe both above and under water. Clea can also physically withstand the great amounts of undersea depth pressures. Because of this, her body is resistant to most physical injury and provides a form of super strength. When in possession of the mystical trident belonging to Poseidon, Clea's strength levels increase and she has limited control over water. The trident also has the ability to fire force blasts. Due to a spell by the witch Circe, Clea now also has the ability of flight. |
| Silver Swan | Wonder Woman #288 | Pre-Crisis, Helen Alexandros was a homely ballerina passed up for roles until she struck a bargain with her ancestor, the war-god Mars: power and beauty in exchange for killing Wonder Woman. She had great strength, the ability to fly, and a powerful sonic scream. |
| Silver Swan | Wonder Woman #15 | Post-Crisis, Valerie Beaudry was deformed by her parents' exposure to radiation, but had nascent abilities to control sound. Industrialist Henry Armbruster seduced and even married her to convince her to submit to experiments that enhanced her sonic powers and transformed her into a beautiful woman. However, she remained insecure and emotionally dominated by Armbruster, who used her as a weapon against Wonder Woman. |
| Silver Swan | Wonder Woman #171 | A third Silver Swan, Vanessa Kapatelis, was actually a longtime friend of Wonder Woman, kidnapped by Circe, Doctor Psycho and others, brainwashed into hating her former idol, and turned into a murderous cyborg. Post-DC Rebirth, Kapatelis is once again transformed into the Silver Swan after her mother, Julia's, death, although she is later reformed by Wonder Woman. |
| Veronica Cale | Wonder Woman #196 | Scientific genius and part owner of Cale-Anderson Pharmaceuticals, Veronica Cale has made it her goal to destroy Wonder Woman. Her reasoning is that Wonder Woman was handed many privileges in life, whereas Veronica had to work hard for everything she has accomplished. Along the way, she has worked with other enemies of Wonder Woman, such as Doctor Psycho and Circe. Post -DC Rebirth Cale only becomes an enemy of Wonder Woman after the Children of Ares force her to by holding her daughter hostage. |