Wondra Fall Of A Heroine Instant

For six years, readers worshipped her. The issue where she sat with a dying child for twelve hours, using her chrono-stasis field to prolong their final moments, is still considered a masterpiece of the medium. The "Fall" arc began insidiously in Wondra #47 , with a three-panel splash page of her missing a rescue. A train derailment caused by a new villain, Reverie . Wondra arrived thirty seconds too late. Thirty-seven people died. For a normal hero, this is a tragedy. For Wondra, who had never lost a civilian in her career, it was a psychic amputation.

The arc’s brilliance was in its pacing. Writer Elena Cross (who has stated this arc was her “love letter to Icarus”) didn't turn Wondra evil overnight. Instead, we watched her obsess. She stopped sleeping. She began stockpiling neuro-toxins "just in case." She secretly used her access to the Global Justice Network to spy on her own teammates, convinced one of them was a traitor. Wondra Fall Of A Heroine

By Elias Vance

So they did neither. They just waited for the next savior to fall. Elias Vance is a pop culture historian and the author of "The Golden Mask: Deconstructing 21st Century Heroism." For six years, readers worshipped her