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"Sacrifice (Part IV of IV)"

Part of the OMAC Project, and Infinite Crisis events

Gallery Alternate Covers:
Original Textless cover with blindfold Textless cover Jose Ladrönn second printing variant Textless Jose Ladrönn variant

Wonder Woman Vol 2 #219
September, 2005

Variant Cover Artists:
Variant #1 Jose Ladrönn

Writers

Greg Rucka

Pencilers

Tom Derenick, Georges Jeanty, Karl Kerschl, David Lopez, Rags Morales

Inkers

Nelson DeCastro, BIT, Bob Petrecca, Mark Propst, Dexter Vines

Colourists

Tanya Horie, Richard Horie

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You'll forgive me for saying this Princess, but you do look good on your knees.

-- Maxwell Lord

Appearing in "Sacrifice (Part IV of IV)"

Featured Characters:

Wonder Woman

Supporting Characters:

Superman

Villains:

Maxwell Lord (Dies)

Other Characters:

Unknown

Locations:

Unknown

Items:

Vehicles:

None

Synopsis for "Sacrifice (Part IV of IV)"

Wonder Woman confronts Maxwell Lord at Checkmate headquarters. A mind-controlled Superman is meanwhile suffering from delusions that someone is attacking his loved ones. Diana attempts to talk Max into releasing Superman, but he refuses, and uses his powers to cause Superman to attack her.
During their battle, Max begins recording it using the Brother Eye satellite. He explains to the satellite's Artifical Intelligence that he is motivated by the fear that Metahumans like Superman and Wonder Woman could easily kill all the humans.
Diana manages to subdue Superman by banging her Bracelets of Submission against his ears, but he soon recovers. She calls upon flocks of birds to distract him, while she returns to trap Maxwell Lord in her Lasso of Truth. She brings Superman back to sanity by cutting him with her tiara, and demands to know how to end the mind-control. When under the influence of the Lasso, Maxwell Lord reveals that the only way to end his control would be to kill him. Understanding that this must be the truth, she then breaks Maxwell Lord's neck, killing him instantly.

Notes

This issue is the conclusion to a story which took place across the Superman Titles.

This issue is an OMAC Project tie-in.

The second printing of this issue featured an alternate cover illustrated by Jose Ladrönn.

This issue was reprinted in Superman: Sacrifice, the Omac Project trade paperback and Wonder Woman: Mission's End.

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Links and References

Sacrifice
Part I: Superman #219	Part II: Action Comics #829	Part III: Adventures of Superman #642	Part IV: Wonder Woman #219

Crossover

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