Wonder Woman #23.2: First Born #1 3D Lenticular Motion Cover 2013 NM

Wonder Woman #23.2: First Born #1 (2013) is a special standalone tie-in issue titled "First Born". Released in September 2013, this comic was a part of DC Comics' month-long "Villains Month" initiative during The New 52 era. Unlike most Villains Month books that cross over with Forever Evil, this issue stays isolated within the mythic universe of Brian Azzarello's acclaimed Wonder Woman run to deliver a tragic, brutal origin story for the series' ultimate big bad: The First Born.

Key Storyline Points

• Interrogating a Broken God: The issue begins in the present day with Apollo, the newly crowned King of Olympus, receiving a severely beaten and bloody First Born. To understand this threat to his throne, Apollo turns to the Oracles to recount the villain's history.
• The Ominous Prophecy: The Oracles reveal that he was the literal firstborn son of Zeus and Hera. On the day of his birth, a witch prophesied that the boy would one day rule Mount Olympus entirely alone. Jealous and terrified of losing his power, Zeus ordered the baby to be killed.
• Raised by Wolves: The executioner spared the infant, abandoning him in the wild where he was raised by a pack of hyenas. As he grew into a powerful, nameless warrior, he desperately craved the attention of his divine family.
• The Global Slaughter: To get the gods to look at him, he spent his life conquering the mortal world through unmatched brutality and mass slaughter. When the Olympian gods still ignored his conquests, he launched a direct, furious assault on Mount Olympus itself.
• The Ultimate Punishment: The coup failed instantly against the combined power of Zeus and Poseidon. As punishment for his hubris, Zeus stripped him of his name and entombed him alive deep within the core of the Earth, where he suffocated and starved for millennia until his recent breakout.

Creative Team

• Writer: Written by the core series scribe, [Brian Azzarello].
• Artist: Illustrated by guest artist ACO (Arturo Cid), whose gritty linework matches the dark tone of the mythology.
• Colorist: Matthew Wilson, keeping the visual aesthetic consistent with the main series.
• Cover Artist: Main artwork and the premium 3D lenticular motion variant cover were illustrated by Victor Ibáñez.