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{{Short description|1997 one-shot comic book by William Messner-Loebs}}
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[[Image:WonderWomanAmazonia.jpg|thumb|Cover to ''Wonder Woman: Amazonia'' (1997), art by [[Phil Winslade]].]]
'''''Wonder Woman: Amazonia''''' is a 1997 [[One-shot (comics)|one-shot]] [[comic book]], written by [[William Messner-Loebs]], illustrated by [[Phil Winslade]], and published by [[DC Comics]] under its [[Elseworlds]] imprint. As with all Elseworlds it tells a [[Canon (fiction)|non-canon]] story of a DC hero, this time [[Wonder Woman]], outside regular [[Continuity (fiction)|continuity]]. The story is set between 1888 and 1928 in an [[alternate history]] with [[steampunk]] overtones, previously considered "[[List of DC Multiverse worlds#Earth-34|Earth-34]]" in the post-''[[Infinite Crisis]]'' DC [[Multiverse (DC Comics)|multiverse]], now considered "[[List of DC Multiverse worlds#New_Earth-19|Earth-19]]" in ''[[The New 52]]'' (post-''[[Flashpoint (comics)|Flashpoint]]'') universe.

==Plot==
The story takes place in a world which [[point of divergence|diverged]] from ours in [[1888]], when a mysterious explosion killed [[Queen Victoria]] and her entire [[British Royal family|immediate family]], with the exception of [[Prince Albert Victor|Duke "Eddy" of Clarence]], who survived as a brain damaged cripple and was thus unable to succeed to the [[King of Great Britain|throne]]. A mysterious [[United States of America|American]] named Jack Planters then appeared with a claim to be a distant royal cousin named "John Charles [[House of Plantagenet|Plantagenet]]", and was crowned King John II, popularly known as King Jack. Little does anyone suspect that Planters himself murdered the Royal Family after having dispatched four [[Whitechapel]] prostitutes for practice ([[Mary Jane Kelly]] is spared in this timeline, and makes a cameo as an old woman). Under King Jack's rule the [[British Empire]] becomes steadily both more militaristic, unjustly making war on [[French Third Republic|France]] and other countries, and misogynistic, suspending all [[women's rights]] and establishing a harsh [[patriarchy]].

Diana the [[Amazons|Amazon]] is snatched away from [[Themyscira (DC Comics)|Paradise Island]] by an invading [[Royal Marines]] squadron captained by [[Steve Trevor|Steven Trevor]], here a wicked villain in contrast to the selfless hero that he is in the mainstream [[DC Universe]]. Trevor takes Diana back to London as his wife, and "civilizes" her. By 1928, Diana is an actress and the leading player of a [[London]] [[theatre]] show which acts out [[Bible stories]]. She eventually runs away and adopts the [[Hero|heroic]] persona of Wonder Woman, organizing resistance against King Jack's cruel regime. Along the way, Wonder Woman learns that the King's son, [[Charles III|Prince Charles]], is as kindhearted and [[Justice|just]] as his father is murderous and tyrannical. Charles becomes Diana's partner in both war and love, leading to the story ending in [[Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer|an inevitable pun]].

==Publication==
* ''Wonder Woman: Amazonia'' (by [[William Messner-Loebs]], [[Paul Kupperberg]] and [[Phil Winslade]], DC, 1997, {{ISBN|0-606-22070-4}})

==See also==
* [[List of Elseworlds publications|List of ''Elseworlds'' publications]]

Other ''Elseworlds'' that involve Jack the Ripper:
* ''[[Gotham by Gaslight]]''
* ''JLA: The Island of Dr. Moreau''
* ''[[Batman: Two Faces]]''

Other comic books presenting a mythologized version of Jack the Ripper:

* ''[[From Hell]]''

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[[Category:1997 graphic novels]]
[[Category:Alternate history comics]]
[[Category:Elseworlds titles]]
[[Category:Wonder Woman titles|Amazonia]]
[[Category:Comics about Jack the Ripper]]
[[Category:Comics set in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Comics set in London]]
[[Category:British Empire in fiction]]
[[Category:Cultural depictions of Charles III]]

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