Children of Ares (DC)
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The Children of Ares were a family that feature in DC Comics.
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History
Pre-Crisis
The Children of Ares
Post-Crisis
Following the Crisis on Infinite Earths, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events.
Post-Flashpoint
Following the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events.
Overview
Members
- Deimos : a male member of the Olympians who was twin brother Phobos are the personification of the sheer terror that is on brought by war. He is the son of Ares the god of war and and Aphrodite the Goddess of Love. Due to their ruthless nature Deimos and his brother lived in the Underworld, from where they help their father in plans of conquest and war on the mortals. Like their father they despise the Amazons, as well as the other Olympian Gods. At first Phobos attempted to slay the Wonder Woman, who had been chosen by combat and the Gods to oppose Ares' plan, by bringing to life the creature called Decay, but Wonder Woman destroyed Decay after a savage battle across the city of Boston. Wonder Woman accompanied by four humans who she had befriended, brought the battle against Ares to the Underworld. Here she confronted twin gods and a struggle to the death began. During the battle Deimos attempted to poison Wonder Woman with the venomous bite of his serpentine hair, venom that would fill Wonder Woman with terror. But before she could succumb to the venom, Wonder Woman hurled her Tiara at the Deimos, decapitating him. Phobos, fearing for his own life fled swearing vengeance on the Wonder Woman. The twin gods teamed up with their sister Eris, with a plan to regain support from their father. The gods took over Gotham City's most insane individuals Poison Ivy, Scarecrow and the Joker. Deimos was unable to keep control over his own sanity while trapped in the Joker's body. Wonder Woman and Batman battled the possessed villains. When Ares finally appeared, disgusted with his children, and sends them back to the Underworld.
- Phobos :
- Eris :
- Eros :
- Harmonia :
- Lycus :
Notes
- The Children of Ares were created by William Moulton Marston and Harry G. Peter where they made their first appearance in Wonder Woman v1 #2 (1942).
- There is no group known as "the Children of Ares" in any DC Comics continuity; the term has never been used as an in-story proper team name, such as "Justice League" or "Suicide Squad". However, during DC's post-Crisis continuity, the trio of Deimos, Phobos and Eris were designated as "Ares’ Children" in an illustrated encyclopaedic entry by that title in 1999's Wonder Woman Secret Files and Origins #2.
- Several years later, a similar entry titled "Children of Ares" grouped the same three characters in Wonder Woman: The Ultimate Guide to the Amazon Princess, a Wonder Woman encyclopaedia published in 2003 in conjunction with DC Comics.
- Though Wonder Woman uses the phrase "children of Ares" to address the Crow Children in 2010's Wonder Woman v3 #41, she is not naming them properly but rather indicating her knowledge of their parentage and fealty.
In other media
Television
Films
Appearances
- Wonder Woman v1: (1942)
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