Colonel Matthew Michaelis

A military man moving in extraordinary circles, Colonel Matthew Michaelis made his entrance in the pages of Wonder Woman #2 in 1987 — right at the heart of George Pérez and Greg Potter's celebrated relaunch of the Amazon princess for DC's Copper Age. With only a handful of appearances to his name, he's a supporting figure rather than a headliner, but the company he keeps is anything but ordinary: sharing pages with Princess Diana herself, Colonel Steve Trevor, Lt. Etta Candy, and even the god Hermes puts him squarely inside one of comics' most iconic mythological corners. For collectors piecing together the full tapestry of that landmark Wonder Woman era, Michaelis is one of those quietly essential figures who helps the world feel real.