Hippolyte

Hippolyte is the immortal queen of the Amazons of Paradise Island in DC Comics, first appearing in Wonder Woman #1 (1942). As mother to Diana, she shaped her daughter's destiny by molding her from clay and breathing life into her, fulfilling ancient divine purpose.

Few characters can claim a Golden Age debut and still be turning up in comics over eight decades later, but Hippolyte is exactly that kind of enduring presence. Introduced in Wonder Woman #1 in 1942 — created by Henry Morgenthau Jr. — she arrived at the very birth of one of DC's most iconic series and has remained woven into its fabric ever since. With two key-issue appearances to her name and a catalog that stretches from the Golden Age all the way to 2026, she's a figure whose significance clearly outlasted any single era. Sharing pages with Wonder Woman, Princess Diana, Steve Trevor, Etta Candy, and even Green Lantern, Hippolyte moves in genuinely legendary company — and any collector serious about the foundations of DC's mythology will want to know her.