We take a look at some of the more obscure superheroes, and this week we're profiling Nubia, DC Comics' first Black female superhero.
Nubia debuted in January 1973 in Wonder Woman #204, created by Robert Kanigher and Don Heck. In her original story, she was introduced as Diana's long-lost twin, both sculpted from clay by Queen Hippolyta and brought to life by the gods, but Nubia was raised separately and grew into a warrior powerful enough to match Diana in combat. She appeared on and off through Wonder Woman's stories over the following decades.
Nubia has had a real resurgence in modern DC continuity. She featured prominently in the 2021 Future State event as a future Wonder Woman, got her own young-adult graphic novel, Nubia: Real One, and headlined the 2021-2022 series Nubia & the Amazons, in which she's crowned Queen of the Amazons, ruling alongside Diana. A sequel graphic novel, Nubia: Too Real, followed in September 2025, sending her back to Themyscira for Amazon training.
She still hasn't appeared in live action, but that may not last. Asked directly about bringing her into the rebooted DC Universe, DC Studios co-head James Gunn told ComicBook.com in mid-2025, "Yes, we are very much talking about that. I want to have all sorts of people represented in the DCU." The likeliest home for her debut is Paradise Lost, a prequel series set on Themyscira before Diana's birth, though she could also turn up in a supporting role in the still-unwritten-into-production Wonder Woman film, which has a script from Ana Nogueira but no director or Diana attached yet.
