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Wonder Woman has had many supporting cast members over the years. One of the most prominent within the last decade has been Cassie Sandsmark, the current Wonder Girl. Cassie wasn't always the way she currently is, and as with all Wonder Woman characters have, she has a little bit of a jumbled history.
Fans didn't like Cassie that much. She seemed to be a rip off of Vanessa. Not just similar, but a rip off. She lived with her single mother in something that was similar to a library and ended up being with Wonder Woman when ever she was near trouble. Why the writer/artist John Byrne didn't use Vanessa Kapatelis and her mother? Many fans have assumed he did this because John Byrne wanted to leave his "big mark" on Wonder Woman. I personally believe he did this out of respect for the concept of Vanessa Kapatelis and her mother. Really, why didn't Vanessa become Wonder Woman? She had enough spunk, and enough energy to become Wonder Girl, didn't she? Well John Byrne stated that he felt the John Byrne run was 90% perfect, and he wanted to add the extra ten percent to make Wonder Woman a 100% perfect comic book. Well Vanessa had recently been terrorized by Dr Psycho and probably wouldn't be mentally stable enough to become Wonder Girl anymore so John Byrne decided to use new characters to reintroduce the concept of a Wonder Girl named sidekick to help Wonder Woman.
Wonder Woman has had many supporting cast members over the years. One of the most prominent within the last decade has been Cassie Sandsmark, the current Wonder Girl. Cassie wasn't always the way she currently is, and as with all Wonder Woman characters have, she has a little bit of a jumbled history.
Diana had decided to move towards the West Coast, settling in Gateway City (basically San Fransico). While there she rescued the owner of the Gateway City museum from a giant stone creature that was accidentally set off by the owner's daughter Cassandra Sandsmark. So started one of Wonder Woman's most interesting relationships throughout her post crisis career. She and Diana hung out a lot but weren't close in the beginning. Cassie decided for herself that she was ready to become Wonder Woman and stole certain artifacts from Wonder Woman and decided she was ready to become Wonder Woman. The two didn't agree about the fact at first but Wonder Woman came to except it.
Fans didn't like Cassie that much. She seemed to be a rip off of Vanessa. Not just similar, but a rip off. She lived with her single mother in something that was similar to a library and ended up being with Wonder Woman when ever she was near trouble. Why the writer/artist John Byrne didn't use Vanessa Kapatelis and her mother? Many fans have assumed he did this because John Byrne wanted to leave his "big mark" on Wonder Woman. I personally believe he did this out of respect for the concept of Vanessa Kapatelis and her mother. Really, why didn't Vanessa become Wonder Woman? She had enough spunk, and enough energy to become Wonder Girl, didn't she? Well John Byrne stated that he felt the John Byrne run was 90% perfect, and he wanted to add the extra ten percent to make Wonder Woman a 100% perfect comic book. Well Vanessa had recently been terrorized by Dr Psycho and probably wouldn't be mentally stable enough to become Wonder Girl anymore so John Byrne decided to use new characters to reintroduce the concept of a Wonder Girl named sidekick to help Wonder Woman.
Wonder Girl then went through some pretty big changes. She decided to join Young Justice, the "Teen Titans" of the mid to late 1990s. She began to make friendly relationships with Superboy, Robin (Tim Drake), and Impulse (Bart Allen). This wasn't the biggest change however. Vanessa came back to the Wonder Woman world and wasn't very happy. She was changed by other Wonder Woman villains into a cyborg version of the Silver Swan, and began directing her anger towards Wonder Woman and her sidekick, Wonder Girl. She attacked Wonder Girl's current school and revealed Cassies's secret identity towards the world. It was a big change for Cassie and also made her mature very fast. She wasn't in the happy, fun superhero world anymore. It was a harsh world.
She also had to deal with her friend Donna Troy being killed by a robot from the future called Indigo. It was a very hard time for Cassie Sandsmark, because she became depressed about how she was in a harsh world, more and more. Young Justice disbanded, never to be seen again. The members were depressed and their elders realized that they needed to get back together again. They decided to form the Teen Titans, in order to have their pupils hang out and also learn more about how to use their powers to help people.
Cassie began to take her relationship with Superboy (Conner Kent) to the next level, with the two of them kissing. Wonder Woman wasn't happy however. She and Cassies mother, Helena were still deciding wether or not they wanted Cassie to join the team because of the school problems that Cassie had recently been having and the recent loss of Donna Troy. Wonder Woman brought the rest of her superhero team in order to see if the Teen Titans were practicing in safe activities. The Amazing Amazon left with the realization that everything was safe and well at Titans Tower.
On missions Cassie started to become angrier and angrier. The god of war, Ares decided to take advantage of this and Cassie's frustration with Diana and her mother in their disapproval in her joining the Teen Titans. On a mission where she fought the Teen Titans nemesis Deathstroke she was given a golden lasso by the god. She began to realize that this lasso had different properties then Diana's did, such as the ability to channel Cassie's anger into lightning. This was the start of a downward spiral for Cassie...
Cassie began to take her relationship with Superboy (Conner Kent) to the next level, with the two of them kissing. Wonder Woman wasn't happy however. She and Cassies mother, Helena were still deciding wether or not they wanted Cassie to join the team because of the school problems that Cassie had recently been having and the recent loss of Donna Troy. Wonder Woman brought the rest of her superhero team in order to see if the Teen Titans were practicing in safe activities. The Amazing Amazon left with the realization that everything was safe and well at Titans Tower.
On missions Cassie started to become angrier and angrier. The god of war, Ares decided to take advantage of this and Cassie's frustration with Diana and her mother in their disapproval in her joining the Teen Titans. On a mission where she fought the Teen Titans nemesis Deathstroke she was given a golden lasso by the god. She began to realize that this lasso had different properties then Diana's did, such as the ability to channel Cassie's anger into lightning. This was the start of a downward spiral for Cassie...
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