And in Central City, Hermes battled his Roman counterpart Mercury until Mercury disappeared. With Eris, the goddess of Discord's help - Mars the Roman god of War attacked Ares in his own home, Areopagus. And Phobos unleashed Quetzalcoatl against Superman, in a hope that the Man of Steel's attention would be taken off Circe and the conflict on New Olympus. Celae, a Thanagarian goddess took possession of Hawkwoman in Chicago and the Justice League battled the Norse Gods in Norway. While Firestorm and Firehawk fought in Africa. The Babylonian god Kingu and the monster Tiamat fought against Aquaman and Power Girl in Atlantis. The spell also called on the War Gods of various pantheons, each wanting to destroy the reality and remake it in their own image. A spell that would go round the earth and start to destroy it and the fabric of reality itself. Wonder Woman reappeared on earth while Captain Marvel was sent across the galaxy.Ĭirce used the God War to make her Hellfire Spell. The gods quickly went to war with each other as did Wonder Woman and Captain Marvel before being teleported off the Mount. They had with them their champion - Captain Marvel. It was then that the Roman Gods showed themselves and claiming Olympus as theirs. Donna Troy had also materialised on Olympus trapped in an energy field that no-one could break through. Just the the newly returned Olympian Gods ushered Diana to New Olympus, where they explained that something had corrupted Olympus spirit and had made it a cosmic prison.

On Themyscira the Amazons voted to invade America before America brought the war to them and demanded that Diana lead the fight in the absence of her mother, the Queen. At this realisation, Wonder Woman fled the police and having found a couple of Amazon sisters, fled with them back to their island. Wonder Woman came to the realisation that her enemies were collectively trying to destroy her and her whole nation.

The UN declared a state of war between itself and the Amazons. Across the nation the Banas bombed embassies and public places and framing the Themyscirans as they did it. After freeing herself from the villains mental powers, Diana handed herself into the police. Dr Psycho continued to manipulate the minds of Wonder Woman and Hermes, making them battle each other above Boston. Having last their Mount Olympus when the Greek Gods destroyed there own. Meanwhile in South America, Circe assembled the stolen relics at her altar while coercing the roman Gods to battle their greek counterparts. The police arrived and opened fire on the Amazons badly wounding General Phillipus, as Police Commissioner gordon called for a city wide hunt for the fugitive Amazons. Enraged, the Cheetah took out her frustrations on the remaining Amazons - killing Hellene before fleeing back to Boston. At the same time, Bana Amazons arrived at the Queens hotel to kidnap her and her Amazons and take them back to Circe. In Gotham City, the Cheetah sought out Hippolyte and hired Maxie Zeus to steal the Goblet of Heracles from the Amazon Queen. But the Banas left countless dead and the police began investigating Wonder Woman and her Amazons, suspecting a connection. Finally Circe lured the children of Ares, Phobos and Eris to her side - promising them greater power when her War of the Gods ended with her as victor.Īs planned the Egyptian Amazons stole the relevant relics from various cities at the same time as the Themyscirian Amazons began their Tour. He then turned on the weakened Hermes, who was then bested by his Roman counterpart Mercury. Psycho another of Wonder Womans enemies distracted the Amazon Warrior by invading the minds of her closest friends the Kapatelis', and turning them against her. Mikos, Circe' right hand man had learnt of the Amazons visit to the United States and with the Amazons of Bana-Mighdall framed the Themyscirans for the apparent theft of the valuable artifacts. It would be the first time in 3000 years that any of the Amazons had set foot in the world of man.Ĭirce along with Barbara Minerva and Konrad Kaslak a museum curator of unscrupulous morals, collected ancient relics dedicated to the war gods of various pantheons. She teamed up with a host of Wonder Womans enemies to unleash her 'Holy War' just as Queen Hippolyte led a delegation of Amazons from their home, Themyscira to mans world.

In the name of Hecate the goddess of witchcraft and the source of Circe's power. War of the Gods was orchestrated by the sorceress Circe, to destroy reality and re-create it in her own twisted vision.

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