The history of DC Comics has included a wide variety of armors and weaponry for its heroine Wonder Woman., but one piece of her aresenal stands out as something completely different — and proof that the future Wonder Woman Nubia is a fighter more than equal to Diana herself.
Nubia and the Amazons #5pits the titular heroine against Medusa, a foe that has been part of the Amazons' rogue gallery for years. However, Nubia is prepared to take on the Gorgon, particularly thanks to her new helmet. In DC's Future State event, Nubia was revealed to be a wearer of the Wonder Woman mantle. She has been an Amazon champion for Themyscira, guarding Doom's Doorway, but as of late she has been the queen of Themyscira as Hippolyta's successor. As part of her role, Nubia has had to tackle several new threats, including escaped monsters from Doom's Doorway, and even the famous mythological gorgon Medusa.
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Nubia and the Amazons #5 delivers the new armor detail, from creative team Vita Ayala, Stephanie Williams, Mark Morales, Alitha Martinez, and Romulo Fajardo Jr.. Set in the build-up to the Trial of the Amazons event, the realm of the Amazons is beset on all sides from threats both external and from within. So having been recently crowned Queen Nubia of the Amazons, there's only one person capable of taking on the monsters directly. But to take on a monster who turns to stone any poor soul who meets her gaze, Nubia reveals a new suit of armor… with a helmet designed to take her eyes away from her first.
While the helmet does get knocked off once the heroine is clenched in Medusa's grasp, it shows that she came in prepared to fight blind as a result of her decision
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