Metropolis is struck by a sudden, unnatural winter. Shadows begin to peel off the walls, attacking citizens. The Justice League investigates, but the spectral entities are immune to physical force. Diana realizes these are not ghosts, but the Maniai —ancient spirits of madness and death banished by Hades eons ago.
For decades, Princess Diana of Themyscira has stood as the paragon of truth, justice, and warrior compassion. Unlike the brooding darkness of Gotham or the alien threats of Metropolis, Wonder Woman’s mythology has always been deeply rooted in the classical epics of Greek lore—tales of gods, titans, and heroes. However, in the acclaimed storyline writer and artist team Liam Sharp and Scott Snyder (during the Dark Nights: Metal aftermath and the Wonder Woman Rebirth era) flipped the script. They sent the Amazonian princess not to Mount Olympus, but into the suffocating, shadowy pits of Hades. wonder woman curse of the underworld
The storyline’s legacy is visible in future works: the Wonder Woman 3 screenplay (before its cancellation) reportedly borrowed the "armor of bone" visual, and the Lords of the Dead video game expansion explicitly cites the comic as an inspiration. Metropolis is struck by a sudden, unnatural winter