WARNING: Contains Potential Spoilers for Wonder Woman #15!
Wonder Woman’sstory has reached new depths with some of the most impactful changes to her lore yet. After losing the love of her life, Steve Trevor, and embracing her role as a mother to their daughter, Elizabeth"Lizzie"Marston Prince, the Amazon Princess faces a transformed life filled with new challenges. Luckily, she isn’t alone in facing these challenges. Cue her new task force.
One of the biggest lingering questions afterWonder Woman#14 was how Diana’s newfound motherhood would affect her heroics, and issue #15 begins to provide some answers.
Tom King, Daniel Sampere, Tomeu Morey, and Clayton Cowles’Wonder Woman#15opens with Diana Prince embracing her new role as a mother. In a touching moment, she soothes her crying infant daughter, Lizzie, by singing a reimagined version of the classic nursery rhyme“Five Little Monkeys.”
In Diana’s version,“monkeys”are replaced with“little princesses,”and“the doctor”becomes“the goddess,”making the lullaby perfectly tailored for the daughter of the Princess of Themyscira. As the issue progresses,readers discover that this unique twist on the nursery rhyme also inspires the codenames for the members of Diana’s Anti-Sovereign Task Force.
Cassie Sandsmark, Yara Flor, Donna Troy, and Cheetah Debut as Wonder Woman’s Anti-Sovereign Task Force
Diana’s New Team Gets Codenames Inspired by theFive Little MonkeysNursery Rhyme
For months, DC has been teasing the arrival ofWonder Woman’s all-female teamthrough cover art, issue synopses, and in-story developments. So, it came as no surprise whenWonder Woman#15 spotlightedCassie Sandsmark, Yara Flor, Donna Troy, and Cheetah as they joined the fight alongside the Amazon Princess in her war against the Sovereign.This demented Secret King of the United States is responsible for turning the world against the Amazons, orchestrating Steve Trevor’s death, and attempting to break Wonder Woman herself. While the team’s lineup was anticipated, their official debut was nothing short of epic—particularly with the reveal of their codenames.
In this issue’s narrative, Cheetah and each Wonder Girl are tasked with dismantling key assets of the Sovereign’s operation. After completing their missions, they report back to Diana using codespeak over their comms. For instance,after Cassie destroys the Sovereign’s wealth-hoarding battleship, she checks in by saying, “Hey… this is… the first little princess. And… I bumped my head.”Similarly, Cheetah and the other Wonder Girls report in, each identifying themselves by their respective“princess”number and confirming their success. Hence, King seamlessly connects Wonder Woman’s maternal role to her leadership of the task force with this nursery rhyme-inspired code.
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Wonder Woman’s Newfound Motherhood Is Already Affecting Her Heroics
Diana Prince’s New Role in the DCU Is Mother & General
One of the biggest lingering questions afterWonder Woman#14 was how Diana’s newfound motherhoodwould affect her heroics, and issue #15 begins to provide some answers. For one, Diana steps out of the direct line of fire, assuming more of a general’s role as she plans and coordinates attacks on the Sovereign while entrusting her team to execute those plans. Secondly, her role as a mother is subtly shaping her heroics in unique ways—for instance, the codenames and codespeak used by her team are inspired by a nursery rhyme. This creative touch is somethingWonder Womanmight not have devised if her"mom brain"weren’t fully engaged.
