Drusilla (DC Comics)

Drusilla
Publication information
Publisher DC Comics
First appearance Wonder Woman Vol 1,
#182 (June 1969)
Created by Mike Sekowsky
In-story information
Alter ego Drusilla
Species Amazon
Place of origin Themyscira
Team affiliations Amazons
Partnerships Wonder Woman
Hippolyta
Notable aliases Wonder Girl
Abilities
  • Superhuman strength
  • Superhuman stamina
  • Highly developed fighting skills
  • Swordsmanship
  • Cross-Dimensional Travel

Drusilla is an Amazon who appeared in Wonder Woman Vol 1, #182 to #184, of DC Comics in 1969.[1][2][3] Created by Mike Sekowsky. She was modified as Wonder Woman's younger sister when she was featured on the Wonder Woman Television series played by Debra Winger.

Fictional character biographies

Drusilla, was an Amazon messenger, then came to the former Wonder Woman with terrible news. In the dimension now hosting Paradise Island, Ares was attempting to force Hippolyta to give him the secret of transdimensional travel. Hippolyta kept refusing him, and Ares sent his troops against the Island, killing many Amazons. Ares’s daughter Eris then put Hippolyta into an enchanted sleep.

A Time to Love a Time to Die!

During Diana's adventures with I-Ching, In another dimension, Queen Hippolyte tells an Amazon named Drusilla that she must bring Princess Diana back to her using a magic cross-dimensional amulet. Drusilla locates Diana and I-Ching, who then follow her, and brings them both across dimensional barriers to the land where Paradise Island now exists.

Return to Paradise Island

The land is ravaged by war, and Queen Hippolyte lies comatose and tormented. An Amazon reveals that Ares, his sister Eris, and his sons Diemos and Phobus came to Hippolyte and demanded the secret of dimensional travel so that they could travel to Earth and plunge it into bloody war. Hippolyte refused, and battle ensued, in which the Amazons were defeated. But Hippolyte still withheld the secret, whereupon Eris cursed her with a nightmare sleep that would only end when her secret was wrested from her.

Now Mars appears to Diana and tells her that she can end her mother’s suffering by asking her to reveal the secret. But Hippolyte, even in sleep, grasps Diana’s hand, signifying her answer is still “No”. When Mars and his family attempt to kidnap Hippolyte, the Amazons surround their queen and prevent it. Mars withdraws, promising to return with troops. Diana rallies the Amazons to fight at her side against their foe, which outnumbers them five to one. Diana later dons battle armor and leads the Amazon army against Deimos’s and Phobus’s Beast Men, during which battle the enemy snatches Hippolyta. The Amazons recover their queen in a raid led by Diana, and they withdraw to a mountain pass where they intend to make their last stand against Mars’s troops.

The Last Battle

Diana hits on the idea of going to another dimension where King Arthur and heroes of legend still exist and asking for their help in repelling Mars’s troops. Drusilla, the Amazons’ messenger, takes her to that realm, in which Arthur is holding a tournament of heroes. But none of them wish to go to war again, even after Diana tells them Mars is on the march again. A fight begins between Diana and Siegfried, but the Valkyrie Brunhilde stops it and tells Diana she and her Valkyries would be proud to aid the Amazons. Thus, Diana returns with the Nordic war-women and begin their final engagement with Mars’s forces. Before long, they are joined by Roland and the other heroes from Arthur’s realm, and Mars’s army is defeated. Hippolyte awakens from her sleep, and Mars brings an unconscious Diana back to her, honoring his opponent, but telling her that he will eventually return. Roland, Brunnhilde, and all the other heroes and Valkyries depart. Paradise Island is rebuilt, and I-Ching opts to stay there awhile and study its ancient mysteries. With the crisis over, Drusilla takes Diana back to her apartment on Earth where they part ways and say their goodbyes.

Alternate versions

In other media

Wonder Woman

In 1976, a version of Wonder Girl (Drusilla instead of Donna Troy) appeared in the Wonder Woman television series and was played by Debra Winger.

Debra Winger as Wonder Girl (Drusilla).

Although the pilot episode revealed that Wonder Woman's alter-ego, Princess Diana of Paradise Island, was Queen Hippolyta's only child, later episodes featured Diana's younger sibling, Drusilla.

This version of Drusilla was different than the one-time character in the comics. She was heavily modified for the TV Series.

Drusilla first appeared in the two-part episode The Feminum Mystique. In that episode, Queen Hippolyta (Carolyn Jones) sends Drusilla to America in order to bring her sister home to Paradise Island. (It should be noted that Queen Hippolyta is never referred to by name in any of the televised specials in which she appeared.)

Drusilla gets tangled up in a Nazi plot to discover the secret of Wonder Woman's magical bracelets, and in the process masters the spinning transformation used by her older sister. Although Drusilla creates the persona of Wonder Girl, the distinction is lost on the Nazis, who believe her to be Wonder Woman and abduct her.

Drusilla appeared again in the final episode of the first season Wonder Woman in Hollywood. A Wonder Girl series was in development when actress Debra Winger broke her contract and left the series.

Trivia

In the comics, Drusilla was a regular amazon who appeared in Wonder Woman #182, 1969 who was an ally to Wonder Woman. The Debra Winger version of Drusilla made a cameo appearance in Infinite Crisis #6, as the Wonder Girl of Earth-462. Cassandra Sandsmark would later adapt the alias of Drusilla as Drusilla Priam temporarily to protect her identity.

References

  1. ↑ Wonder Woman Vol 1, #182
  2. ↑ Wonder Woman Vol 1, #183
  3. ↑ Wonder Woman Vol 1, #184
  4. ↑ Infinite Crisis #6
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