Darkseid’s Daughter Has Returned To Fight DC’s New Wonder Woman

Warning! Spoilers for Nubia In Future State #1 from the pages of Future State: Immortal Wonder Woman #1 below

Darkseid’s daughter Grail has returned in the pages of DC Comics. The spawn of DC’s most powerful villain has made her presence known before and now she’s back to acquire a powerful artifact that can open doors to ancient evils in alternate realities – and Nubia, AKA Wonder Woman, is going to try to stop her before she unleashes chaos upon her world.

Grail first debuted in Justice League #40 (2015) and was co-created by Geoff Johns and Jason Fabok. Grail was the daughter of Darkseid and the Amazonian assassin Myrina the Black. Born at the same time as Diana on Themiscyra, Grail would grow up and become one of Darkseid’s strongest allies, as she had many of the same powers as her evil dad, with the father-daughter duo teamed-up in the Darkseid War. Grail has been seldom seen (outside appearing in Wonder Woman: Children of the Gods) since the defeat at the hands of the Justice League but she has returned in a big way in Nubia In Future State #1.

In the Nubia-starring story by L.L. McKinney, Alitha Martinez, Mark Morales, Emilio Lopez, and Becca Carrey, in this week’s Future State: Immortal Wonder Woman, the comic opens with Grail attempting to steal artifacts from a museum. Just as she’s about to kill a security guard whose life she lied about pretending to spare, Nubia appears just in the nick of time. The two exchange a series of blows, as Grail questions why Nubia remains after Amazonian forces were recalled from a man’s world. Nubia tells her it’s so that people like Grail couldn’t take advantage of the situation.

After Wonder Woman gets a hold of the artifact Grail was attempting to steal, it gives her visions of war, but simultaneously gives a protective aura that prevents Nubia from being harmed. Grail departs vowing that her “desires will have to wait. For now.” So, what is Grail after? As Nubia’s Aunt Gracy later explains, the artifact she held is one of nine pieces of a key that can open doors to ancient evils from alternate realities. The bad news is Grail seems to already have eight of the pieces she needs.

Bringing back Grail as the adversary of Nubia makes for an exciting first issue of the new Wonder Woman’s solo adventures. With eight of the artifacts already at her disposal, Nubia will have to do everything in her power from preventing Darkseid’s daughter from unleashing unknown evils on Earth. Grail is back and is up to no good. Nubia In Future State #1 from the pages of Future State: Immortal Wonder Woman #1 is in stores now.

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