Cassie Sandsmark
Cassie Sandsmark is a female comic superhero who features in DC Comics.
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Biography
Origin
Cassandra "Cassie" Sandsmark was a blonde haired female human who was the daughter of Helena Sandsmark. (Wonder Woman v2 #105)
Cassie Sandsmark first acted alongside Diana during a battle against Decay. She entered the fight using magical artifacts borrowed from her mother’s museum — Hermes’ sandals and a magical gauntlet — which granted her the ability to fly and enhanced her strength. Cassie launched herself at Decay, slamming into the monster with raw force, and hurled debris to shield civilians caught in the chaos. Although inexperienced, she persisted in distracting Decay long enough for Wonder Woman to finish the battle, showing determination even when her strikes only staggered the creature. (Wonder Woman v2 #105)
Cassie then made a plea to Zeus himself where she asked to have power so that she could help Wonder Woman with him stating that he would grant her fondest wish. (Wonder Woman v2 #122) She was then transported to Jason Blood's apartment where she arrived alongside her mother and Diana. The place was then attacked by Artemis whose target was Blood who revealed his true nature as the demon Etrigan. (Wonder Woman v2 #123)
She was responding to an incident when a cat was being attacked by some kids who she fought off though the feline ended up scratching her before running away. It was then that she was approached by a ghostly figure called Secret who wanted her help stating that it was to save Superboy, Robin and Impulse. Cassie officially joined the team during a confrontation with Harm. She flew into the battle, striking with heavy blows to force Harm away from her teammates and intercepting his attacks with her gauntlet. At one point, she carried Robin out of Harm’s line of attack, then returned at full speed to knock the villain backward through a wall. Despite her youth and lack of training, Cassie fought fiercely and refused to retreat, pressing her attacks in tandem with Superboy and Impulse until Harm was forced to withdraw. (Young Justice v1 #4)
Teen Titans
Cassie took on a leadership role when the Titans fought against Deathstroke’s daughter, Ravager. She flew directly at Ravager, exchanging a rapid series of blows, and used her lasso to bind and disarm him when he attempted to overwhelm Beast Boy. During the chaos, she physically shielded Starfire from an explosive trap by dragging her clear of the blast zone, then immediately returned to the offensive to keep Ravager contained. Her aggressive and coordinated strikes alongside her teammates ensured the Titans held their ground despite being ambushed. (Teen Titans v3 #1)
Whilst near the library, they heard people screaming that the place was haunted by a ghost. Upon investigating the site, Robin determined that it was actually Impulse who was moving at such high-speeds that no one could see him and he was not interacting with them. Whilst Robin and Superboy spoke, Cassie heard a voice calling out to her and went outside the building where she saw in the glass the Greek god of war Ares. He expressed an interest in her as they were related and promised that he would not abandon her as the others had with him gifting her a magical lasso that he claimed was linked to Zeus himself. Before she could ask more, the glass shattered leaving her alone but now armed with a new weapon. (Teen Titans v3 #4) She then joined the team in battling Deathstroke where they learnt from the older Titans that it was actually the villain's son Jericho who had possessed his father and was on a mission to end the Teen Titans team from forming as he believed it only brought the tragic death of a young hero. Jericho moved through multiple Teen Titan's members before disappearing when Raven arrived who also vanished when something took her away. Wonder Girl later rendezvoused at Titan's Tower with the others where she and Superboy shared a kiss as they spoke about each other's lives. Superboy was then thrown to the side by Wonder Woman who expressed her unhappiness at Cassie joining the Teen Titans with her stating that she was there to take Sandsmark back home. (Teen Titans v3 #5)
Wonder Girl's class discussed Wonder Woman's murder of Maxwell Lord, and they directed their anger at Wonder Girl, causing her to turn violent. She left school to help the Teen Titans deal with an army of demons unleashed on Los Angeles by Brother Blood. The Titans fought the demons and the New Titans, a group of former Titans resurrected by Blood, while Raven and Beast Boy went into the afterlife and found that Brother Blood had Kid Eternity chained in the opening of the door between life and death, allowing the opening to widen. They freed him, and he sent the demons and New Titans back to the afterlife, and temporarily resurrected Blood s predecessors, who tore him to bits. (Teen Titans v3 #31) Superboy Prime confronted Superboy because he wanted to take his place, and was willing to kill him to do it. Superboy took a beating from Prime, but called Wonder Girl and the Titans and their reservists on an emergency signal. There were casualties, but Flash Jay Garrick, Flash and Kid Flash took Prime out of action by running him into the Speed Force. Superboy's heart stopped, but he was revived by Raven. (Teen Titans v3 #32)
Cassie was still very furious at Diana, who she felt abandoned her during the last year. She was also not pleased that Robin was aware of Diana's disappearance, but never told her about it. Diana and Cassie had not been able to discuss their past differences, partially due to the kidnapping of Donna Troy. When Donna questioned Cassie's hesitance to be near Match due to his resemblance to Superboy, Cassie finally broke down and told Donna how hurt she was over Superboy's death after all that time. Adding to her pain, Cassandra attended Bart Allen's funeral. During a heated and controversial eulogy, she vowed to get revenge for Bart's death. (Countdown v1 #43)
Cassie and Supergirl discovered that their friends and family had been placed in an internment camp due to their ties to the Amazons. After a failed attempt to aid them, the two heroes agreed to bring the U.S. President to Hippolyta in order to stop the war. They are ambushed by a group of Amazons in the process, which caused the President to become mortally wounded. The actions of the Amazons and Wonder Girl's own involvement caused public outcry and hatred against all those who had followed in Wonder Woman's footsteps. Ultimately, Cassie declared that despite her training and past, she was not an Amazon, preferring her ties to the Teen Titans over that of Paradise Island. (Teen Titans v3 #49)
An army of Earth's heroes, including Wonder Girl and the Teen Titans, appeared to take Superboy-Prime down during the Sinestro Corps invasion of Earth. The heroes focused on wrecking his armor, because after a year on Oa, and away from a yellow sun his Kryptonian body still wasn't at full strength, and his armor collected sunlight. Superboy bragged that once the sun rose on Earth he'd be at full power. Superboy was battered by Wonder Girl and Wonder Woman, who blamed him for Superboy's death, as well as Supergirl and Power Girl, who blamed him for the death of the Superman of Earth-2. As the fight went against him, Superboy broke down in tears. He tried to wipe them away, saying that it was impossible foir boys to cry, and then whining that no one ever thanked him for sacrificing his Earth to save the multiverse. The battle lasted until dawn, and he flew into the sunrise. As he achieved full power he declared himself the one, true Superman. The Guardians arrived with Sodam Yat, the new Ion, and pitted him against Superboy-Prime. (Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Superman-Prime v1 #1) The Sinestro Corps War raged on Earth, and while Wonder Girl and an army of superheroes battled the Corps the Anti-Monitor prepared to unleash an anti-matter wave to destroy Earth. With Earth s destruction, the entire 52 would fall, and he would once again rule all that was. The GLC ruptured the heart of Anti-Monitor s Warworld, the Sinestro Corps central power battery, and created a shield around Warworld and the Monitor. The ensuing blast nearly destroyed the Anti-Monitor, and he was finished off by Superman-Prime, who betrayed him for having destroyed his home, Earth-Prime. GL Hal Jordan defeated Sinestro in personal combat, and the Sinestro Corps, lacking any leadership, fled Earth. The heroes rejoiced and began rebuilding the damage made by the the Sinestro Corps. (Green Lantern v4 #25)
In the months following the kiss, Cassie and Tim continued to go through 'will-they-won't-they' moments in which they both questioned the validity of their relationship. It was after a battle against an army of future Titans, the pair finally decided to date. Unfortunately, their relationship is short-lived, as after their first official date Cassie ended the relationship, feeling guilty that she was using Tim. (Teen Titans v3 #55)
Due to personal responsibilities, neither Conner nor Bart returned to the team, though Cassie still continued to lead. However, following the demise of Red Devil, Cassie started questioning her leadership and began to make mistakes. During a massive battle with Cinderblock in downtown San Francisco, Cassie refused to let her team attack the villain directly, causing massive destruction to the area. The heroes continued in their fruitless stalemate until Beast Boy arrived and took command of the team, leading to their victory. In the aftermath of the battle, Beast Boy told Cassie that she had to stop dwelling on Red Devil's death or else more innocent people were going to get hurt, something she did not take kindly. (Titans v2 #17)
Robin made the decision to leave the Teen Titans for an undetermined length of time in the wake of Batman's death, leaving Cassie with the task of assembling and leading a new team. After an unsuccessful attempt by Kid Devil to recruit teen metahumans such as Klarion, Shining Knight, and the teen members of the Justice Society of America, Cassie eventually gaieds three new Titans in Static, Aquagirl, and Kid Eternity. Kid Eternity's ability to summon the spirits of the deceased briefly tempted Cassie into having him summon Conner's spirit. She eventually decided against it, telling Eternity never to grant her such a request, even if she were to beg him. (Teen Titans v3 #71)
After this, Cassie travels to New York to confront Cyborg about Beast Boy's statements. He assures her that she is capable of leading the Titans, and she returns to the team and admits to them that she is done moping over Conner and Eddie. She then leads the team to the city of Dakota in order to rescue Static, who had been kidnapped by a superhuman gangster named Holocaust. (Teen Titans v3 #79) After hearing about a battle between Static and Holocaust in downtown Dakota, Cassie arrives on the scene with Bombshell and Aquagirl. The three heroines are easily defeated and captured by Holocaust, who then informs them that he plans on killing them and weaponizing their powers in order to sell. Beast Boy and the other Titans arrive at the compound to retrieve their comrades, but end up being overpowered and defeated themselves. At the last second, Cyborg bursts into the compound with Superboy and Kid Flash, preparing to rescue the other Titans. (Teen Titans v3 #81) Cassie is soon freed, and assists Superboy in holding off Holocaust while the other Titans make their escape. In the final battle, Cassie uses her lasso to bind the villain, allowing Kid Flash to finish him off by sending him plummeting into the Earth's inner core. On the plane ride back to San Francisco, Conner remarks that Cassie seems to be ignoring him, and she simply responds by telling him that he is correct. (Teen Titans v3 #82)
Post-Flashpoint
Following the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events.
With most of her earlier life erased from memory, Cassie returned to her mother's side as she travelled from digsite to digsite. Eventually, she met the art thief Diesel when he saved her from local police. Not having had any friends, she immediately fell for the impressive figure. The two started 'dating' - Diesel would meet up with Cassie whenever she went on an expedition with her mother, and they would sneak off together, stealing art, meeting fences and business partners, and living in luxury hotels. Diesel called her his biggest treasure, and was uneasy that she still spent time on the dig sites. Several months later, at a dig site near Angkor Wat in Cambodia, everything changed. Diesel had gone ahead and explored a dangerous section of a temple. When Cassie found him, he was being attacked by a liquid metal. Because she could not get it off, she searched for tools in the temple. She found two ancient bracelets, which turned out to be related to the metal. They transformed her clothes into armor, and gave her new insights into what the metal was. It was an alien parasite, and she knew Diesel was not strong enough to control it. She conned the metal to release him and choose her instead, but instantly regretted it, as she could not master it with ease. Diesel was outraged that Cassie stole his biggest find, his ticket to greatness. Before he could attack her, the temple collapsed. Cassie escaped, but found no trace of Diesel. The disaster severely damaged Helena's reputation, and with it, her relationship with her daughter (Teen Titans v3 #13)
She he was ambushed on the coastal highway by a fake policeman. Red Robin, who had been tracking N.O.W.H.E.R.E., intervened. When he explained why he was there, Cassie was distrusting and reluctant. Not just because this metahuman-hunting organization now attacked a non-metahuman, but also because Red Robin was aware of her criminal activities. A renewed attack forced her to activate her armor. Though she defeated the attacking helicopter, she realized her life wouldn't be the same. (Teen Titans v4 #1) Cassie took Red Robin to her home, where he spent the night on the couch. He explained he was going to investigate other metahuman kids, but Cassie told him she was not interested in teaming up. She did decide to track his movements as he investigated Skitter, and saved him in an ambush by N.O.W.H.E.R.E. agent Thrice. (Teen Titans v4 #2) She started doing more research into N.O.W.H.E.R.E., and enjoyed it. (Teen Titans v4 #3) Her research had made her a renewed target; N.O.W.H.E.R.E. ordered its prime agent Superboy to bring her in. (Teen Titans v4 #5) On New Year's Eve, she was attacked in New York City. She held her own, and with the help of Red Robin and his new allies (Skitter, Bunker, Kid Flash and Solstice) they escaped. Superboy, realizing he'd been used, betrayed N.O.W.H.E.R.E. (Teen Titans v4 #4) Red Robin wanted to rescue Superboy from N.O.W.H.E.R.E., but the others didn't agree, after their fight earlier. Wonder Girl was the first to budge. At the secret facility where Superboy was held, Cassie defeated Ravager and Templar. Once they freed Superboy and tried to escape, they were captured by the villain Harvest. (Teen Titans v4 #7)
She later met with Hippolyta at the Hall of Justice who revealed her quest in finding a newly discovered Amazon that played an important role according to prophecy. Cassie came to offer to help her in finding this person and was told that the Amazon was located in Brazil. Wonder Girl then went on the mission travelling across the country in search for the Amazon. In pursuit of a lead, she was attacked by Artemis who mistakenly believed that Cassie was following her as she was on her own quest for the person. This led to a brief fight between the pair when they were confronted by a pair of Amazon assassins who were looking to eliminate the girl of prophecy as she was deemed a threat to their people. (Wonder Girl v3 #2)
Overview
Personality and attributes
In appearance, Cassie Sandsmark was a young female with blonde hair, blue eyes, and an athletic build. (Wonder Woman v2 #105) By her Teen Titans years, her costume was streamlined into a battle-ready Amazon-style outfit that balanced both her heritage and her role as Wonder Girl. (Teen Titans v3 #1)
Cassie was consistently portrayed as passionate, bold, and outspoken, often rushing into action when others hesitated. She carried an innate confidence in her power, though it was paired with frustration at being underestimated because of her age. Loyal to her teammates, Cassie often acted as the emotional core of Young Justice and the Titans, encouraging others while also demanding their best. Her strong will and determination to prove herself were defining traits, and her close connection to Wonder Woman gave her both inspiration and occasional friction as she tried to forge her own heroic identity. (Young Justice v1 #4)
Her mother was noted archaeologist Professor Helena Sandsmark who was an expert on Greek myth. (Wonder Woman v2 #105)
It was shown that she used to have a crush on Superboy. (Young Justice v1 #4)
Powers and abilities
Cassie’s powers initially came from magical artifacts — Hermes’ sandals granting flight and a gauntlet of Atlas amplifying her strength. Later, she was blessed directly by Zeus, which permanently granted her super-strength, enhanced durability, and flight without needing the items. As Wonder Girl, she wielded a lasso imbued with magical energy, capable of forcing others to obey the truth or unleashing bursts of lightning. While not on the same scale as Wonder Woman, her physical might allowed her to contend with superhuman threats, and her Amazonian combat training refined her into a skilled warrior. (Wonder Woman v2 #105)
She was later given a golden lasso called the Lasso of Lightning that became her signature weapon. With it, she could wrap someone up in the rope and if she thought of hurting them then it emitted lightning from it. (Teen Titans v3 #5) The lasso responded to her emotions as when she got angry it could release lightning strikes though she struggled in controlling the voltage. (Teen Titans v3 #10)
The armor was said to had been forged in the heart of the Sun with it said that no force on Earth could scratch or melt it. (Teen Titans v4 #11) It was said that the longer she was covered in the armor than the less control she had over herself. The Silent Armor was said to be parasitic and that it could not survive without a host. (Teen Titans v4 #12)
Cassie was once given magical strength and the power of flight by Zeus. (Wonder Woman v2 #122)
Notes
- Cassie Sandsmark was created by John Byrne where she made her first appearance in Wonder Woman v2 #105 (January, 1996).
Alternate Versions
- In Teen Titans v3 #17 (2004), an alternate version of Wonder Girl appeared in a possible future timeline known as Titans Tomorrow that existed in a world within the Multiverse.
- In Bombshells United v1 #1 (2017), an alternate version of Wonder Girl appeared in the DC Bombshell reality that existed in a world within the Multiverse.
- In DCeased v1 #4 (2019), an alternate version of Wonder Girl appeared in the DCeased reality that existed in a world within the Multiverse.
- In Young Justice v3 #8 (2019), an alternate version of Wonder Girl appeared in the Earth-3 reality that existed within the Multivere.. On that world, she was a brunette haired warrior who went by the name of Amaxon Thunder who dominated other young heroes that she brought under her control where they ruled parts of Earth after the disappearance of the Crime Syndicate of America.
In other media
Television
- In Young Justice, Cassie Sandsmark as Wonder Girl appeared in the animated television series 2nd season Invasion starting in the episode "Happy New Year" where she was voiced by actress Mae Whitman. Cassie Sandsmark joined the team during the five-year gap following the Reach invasion's precursors, serving under the mentorship of Wonder Woman while sporting a tactical costume and her signature Lasso of Persuasion. She quickly established herself as a powerhouse operative, participating in the high-stakes mission to intercept an interstellar Krolotean force at their base on Malina Island, where she utilized her Amazonian strength to dismantle robotic sentries alongside Batgirl. During the team's ongoing struggle against the Reach, she faced off against the lethal hunter Lobo at the Hall of Justice, demonstrating her resilience by engaging him in hand-to-hand combat to protect her teammates. Following the tragic death of Kid Flash during the magnetic field disruptor crisis, she comforted her peers and eventually entered into a relationship with Tim Drake, though this bond became strained during the subsequent 'anti-Light' operations. As the galactic conflict shifted toward Apokolips and the metahuman trafficking crisis on Bane's island of Santa Prisca, she continued to serve as a frontline combatant, eventually joining the Outsiders to help change public perception of heroes through social media-driven missions.
Films
- In Justice League: Throne of Atlantis, though not named a character resembling Cassie Sandsmark appeared in the animated film as a person at a diner where Superman and Wonder Woman were having a date.
Video games
- In DC Universe Online, the Cassandra Sandsmark Wonder Girl appeared in the MMORPG where she was voiced by actress Mindy Raymond. Cassie Sandsmark operated as a prominent member of the Teen Titans and a key ally to the Justice League during the global crisis precipitated by Brainiac’s planetary invasion. Stationed frequently within the Watchtower and the Titan’s Island facility, she coordinated with newly empowered metahumans to repel Exobyte-enhanced threats and magical incursions across Metropolis. During the Battle for Earth, she joined the frontline defense against the Brainiac Sub-Constructs and later ventured into the Amazonian civil war, where she fought to stabilize Themyscira against the corrupting influence of Circe and her Bestiamorph legions. Alongside Donna Troy and Wonder Woman, she navigated the fractured gates of the Underworld, utilizing her divine strength and the Lasso of Lightning to subdue undead warriors and celestial entities. Throughout the conflict with the Crime Syndicate and the subsequent Darkseid offensive, she remained a steadfast guardian of the Titans, participating in high-stakes tactical strikes to reclaim occupied territories and ensuring the survival of her teammates amidst the escalating multiversal chaos.
Appearances
- Wonder Woman v2: (1996)
- Young Justice v1:
- Teen Titans v3:
- Wonder Girl v1:
- Teen Titans v4:
- Young Justice v3:
- Wonder Girl v3: (2021)
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