Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman's History

Maria Mendoza is Wonder Woman, who wields the Tapac-Yauri that give her powers.

Daughter of a local judge (called a "Juez" in Peru), Maria works as an activist protesting against the ruthless excavation of an ancient holy site in Cuzco. The man in charge of the endeavor was Armando Guitez, a man who sought the power of the runes within the site to gain enough strength to rule the world. When Maria's father is killed by Guitez, she sneaks onto the site to get revenge however she stumbles upon two runes.

Armando arrived and shattered the dark rune, gaining the mystical powers of dark spirits. The second rune, one of light spirits, was shattered by Maria and she was whisked away by the Sun God of the Incan people. Attempting to save the life of Steve Trevor, the man who had saved her from Armando himself, Maria was given the golden staff and imbued with incredible powers. Chasing Armando to Los Angeles, Maria saved a handsome reporter from certain death which earned her village of Santa Atalaya the privilege of being the first place to be destroyed when Armando would rule the world.

The two battle in the streets of L.A. until the newly christened Wonder Woman takes to the skies and impales the monstrous Armando Guitez on a church spire and eradicates his malicious spirits. Returning to her normal identity, Maria assumes life as a new resident of L.A. with a job at a local newspaper company under the direction of the man she had saved while fighting her worst enemy.