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The Canonical History of SuperWonder

I love Diana and Clark together, but I found it oddly hard to track down a coherent list of when and how they were canon in the comics, so after consulting multiple lists that were each missing some iterations, I decided to make one myself.

This list turned out very long, because I included pictures of every SuperWonder kiss/one highlight moment from each run as well as brief reviews and warnings (deaths and triggers) to each, so here a TL;DR for those who only want the titles:

1974 - Superman’s Girlfriend, Lois Lane, #136 *

1981 - DC Presents, #32 *

1983 - Wonder Woman, Vol. 1 #300 *

1985 - Superman Annual #11: For the Man Who Has Everything **

1987 - Superman, Vol. 2 #05 **

1988 - Action Comics, Vol. 1 #600

1996 - Kingdom Come (4 issues)

1998 - Distant Fires (oneshot)

1999 - The Kingdom (2 issues)

1999 - Wonder Woman, Vol. 2 #140 & #141

2000 - Created Equal (2 issues)

2000 - Act of God (3 issues)

2001 - JLA: Riddle of the Beast (oneshot) **

2002 - The Dark Knight Strikes Again (3 issues)

2003 - Red Son (3 issues)

2004 - New Frontier (6 issues) **

2005 - All Star Batman and Robin, The Boy Wonder (10 issues) **

2009 - Thy Kingdom Come (18 issues from the Justice Society of America Vol 3) **

2012-2016 - New 52; Justice League + Superman/Wonder Woman

2013-2016 - Injustice: Gods Among Us (73 issues)

2013-2014 - Justice League Beyond 2.0 (24 issues) ****

2014 - Justice League: War (animated movie)

2015 - Justice League: Throne of Atlantis (animated movie)

2016 - Justice League vs Teen Titans (animated movie)

2016 - Justice League: Action (animated show) **

2017-2018 - Injustice 2 (38 issues) **

2020 - Golden Child (oneshot) ***

* fake relationship or a magical dream sequence ** very brief (< one page/one episode) *** Clark/Diana are absent; their children are the main characters **** I can’t explain the caution for this one in one sentence, sorry

If you know any issue/run that feature SuperWonder and that is not listed here, drop me a title so I can read it and add it onto the list!

Now, more detailed recommendations and some pictures under the cut!

1974 - Superman’s Girlfriend, Lois Lane, #136

The first time Clark and Diana are dating in canon, though brace yourselves - it’s only a Fake Relationship Trope. A ploy to protect Lois from Clark’s obsessive stalker and they part again at the end of the issue.

Still, the comic gives us a brief date-scene, two SuperWonder kisses and the entire plot is told through Lois’ POV, who keeps narrating just how well Diana and Clark fit together. So while not a real relationship, it still gives a good first visual and narrative representation of what their relationship would be like.

Definitely recommended, especially as a starting point into this SuperWonder journey.

1981 - DC Presents, #32

Again, not a real relationship - this time, magic made them do it. The god Eros is rejected by Diana and, to punish her, makes her and Superman fall in love.

They try to fight it, but the pull is too strong at times, giving us (including the cover) three SuperWonder kisses, jealousy and tension. It’s a good one for visuals, but the fact that it was all due to magic and is resolved in the end, having them part and go back to Lois and Steve, puts a damper on things.

1983 - Wonder Woman, Vol. 1 #300

The first of three instances where it’s all just a dream. Oblivion holds Diana captive in her own mind, trapping her in various dream-scenarios where someone not Steve lands on Themyscira. Among them, a few pages long dream-sequence where Superman crashes onto the island.

Despite being a dream, it gives a wonderful pitch for a What If, showing how they could have fallen in love had Clark landed on the island. They even get married in the dream. Sadly, even in the dream, they break up before Diana wakes up. I still appreciate seeing this take on how they could have fallen in love though.

1987 - Superman Annual, Vol. 1 #11

The story For The Man Who Has Everything features Diana and Bruce (and Jason Todd) as they free Clark from a mind-prison, a plant that induces a dream of your heart’s greatest desire.

And while the story itself resists the “SuperWonder are canon in a dream”, Clark and Diana do kiss in the end, outside of the dream, back in the real world. Though instead of acknowledging what a splendid idea that is, DC is being strangely winkey about it by having them call their getting together “too predictable” and end it there.

Truly not a lot in here, but a SuperWonder kiss is a SuperWonder kiss, I suppose.

1987 - Superman, Vol. 2 #05

While the very brief scene itself is only a dream, this is simultaneously the first instance of actually making Clark’s feelings for Diana canon. This is not a magic-induced dream, it is fueled by Clark’s real, actual feelings for Diana that are blossoming. While I don’t consider it worth reading if you’re reading for the ship - since it is truly only the first few pages of the issue - it is still an important instance to note in the overall history of SuperWonder.

1988 - Action Comics, Vol. 1 #600

The natural way to celebrate fifty years of Superman; by having Clark and Diana kiss on the cover and them, for the first time in actual canon, admit their feelings to each other. They kiss, for real, with no ploy or dream or magic, and agree to go on a date.

The best first date for two heroes their size is, naturally, to save Olympus from Darkseid. The issue beautifully illustrates what a great team they make and also just how well they already know - within seconds recognizing when a doppelgänger takes the other’s place.

Sadly, in the end, they agree to just be friends, Clark claiming that he does not stand equal with the Gods and that Diana is thus out of his league and Diana needing more time to settle into man’s world. Despite that agreement, it is a wonderful issue showing just how well they work together and having them share their first canon kiss and go on their first actual date.

1996 - Kingdom Come

Earth-22 is the holy grail of SuperWonder. We will revisit this Earth’s timeline two more times in this post, but let’s kick it off with its first run.

Lois is dead and Clark mourns alone. Diana lures him out of retirement and Clark has to face a world he has failed. Though they edge on over the course of the story, they remain each other’s most important pillar through this upcoming war. And, when the dust settles after the fight, they find each other.

In a brief epilogue, the two meet with Bruce to tell him that they are expecting a child, marking the first instance of endgame SuperWonder getting a happy ending; neither of them dead and both starting a family together.

1998 - Distant Fires

Oh boy, do I have mixed feelings about this one. Listen, if you just stop reading at page 49, this is basically perfection. And I am in love with it.

The premise alone is an intriguing one; man-made catastrophe wipes out basically all life on Earth. Lois is dead, and so are Clark’s friends. He thinks he is the sole survivor of the apocalypse, before he finds Diana - and she shows him an entire village of survivors. All heroes have lost their powers in the apocalypse and they now have to adjust to this new reality. As they rebuild a society for themselves, Clark and Diana fall in love, get married and have a son, Bruce Kent.

Instead of exploring this intriguing premise of powerless superheroes rebuilding their own society after the apocalypse, the comic introduces a twisted Billy Batson who is obsessed with conquering the world - and conquering Diana. Ultimately deciding that if he can’t have her, no one can and so he kills Diana. As a rage filled Clark fights Billy to avenge Diana, the Earth literally comes apart and Clark barely manages to send their son away from the exploding Earth, mirroring his own origin stories.

Not only is it incredibly disgusting to see Diana die in such a manner - killed for such a motif - but also to see Billy, of all people, as the antagonist. Yet I’d still recommend it because it’s very intriguing. And if you stop reading at page 49, you get to pretend it has a happy end.

1999 - The Kingdom

Here we have a direct sequel to Kingdom Come. We revisit Earth-22 in time for the birth of their son, Jonathan Kent. But we only get a brief moment to be joyous before a villain comes crashing the party (read New Year’s Evil: Gog from 1998 as a prologue and villain origin story). He ends up kidnapping baby Jonathan and Clark, Diana and Bruce find themselves on a time-traveling adventure trying to get Jonathan back and defeat Gog.

The comic does have a happy ending for our heroes and they are reunited with their son - not just the infant-version though; it is revealed that Jon will grow up to become a hero like his parents and protect the multiverse under the alias Hyperman. Clark and Diana’s past selves, from a time before the triggering disaster from Kingdom Come, wonder if this adventure has changed their timeline too, or if Jon will be born (and, consequently, Diana and Clark will end up together) in their timeline too, to which Jon gives a cryptic answer.

Personally, I enjoyed this as a sequel quite a lot. It gave us a glimpse into their happiness, it teased that their son would grow up to be a hero and it gave a potential of a changed, alternate timeline where just maybe, the heroes of the past manage to avoid the great disaster... and still get their happy ending.

1999 - Wonder Woman, Vol. 2 #140 & #141

I do quite love this two-parter. The premise is a similar one as 1983′s Wonder Woman #300, where Diana is captured in a dream. She dreams of world peace, but it is not enough to keep her captive, because she is lonely.

So to keep her trapped, Oblivion also captures Clark and Bruce - who had come to rescue Diana - and traps all three in a shared dream-reality.

Prior to being captured, we get a look inside Bruce’s thoughts and see him worry if Clark’s romantic feelings for Diana will jeopardize this mission, seeing as there are no other Justice League members as “buffers” (quote), not only driving home that, yes, that Clark has real feelings for Diana, but also that Bruce knows this.

Inside the dream, Diana and Clark are in love and happy - unlike in #300 where their relationship within the dream comes apart. They get married with Bruce as their best man (and, though I try to limit the amount of images in this post, I can’t not include a SuperWonder wedding) and Diana finds out she is pregnant. But even the most beautiful of dreams has to end and while both Clark and Diana express how much they enjoy this dream, they confront the fact that it is not real and break out of it.

While the relationship itself only happens in a dream, Clark and Diana’s feelings are very real and so is their yearning. We end with a shot of Diana, accepting reality but being sad that it was just a dream. The story very beautifully shows the Amazon princess’ lonely status as Wonder Woman and it also shows the potential of Superman as her equal, it also serves to show that they both still have feelings for each other in their reality, while also giving a beautiful dream-sequence of what their life could be like.

2000 - Created Equal

I wasn’t fully sure whether or not to include this one. They’re not explicitely stated to be together, though Diana’s feelings for him are evident and it is heavily implied toward the end that the two of them will end up together. So see this as a warning of sorts. I would still count it, even without the expliciteness.

Now, to the story itself. Lois dies. Again, she does that a lot. Also all men aside from Clark and Lex die of an unknown plague. It’s a pretty interesting two-issue story, I think, though the approach is very... man-hating in how it’s executed. Lex becomes the king of incels and all men are implied to be inherently bad by nature, so if that’s not your cup of tea, maybe steer clear.

2000 - Act of God

This one comes with actual trigger warnings, because it includes themes of alcoholism, depression and nearly attempted suicide. It also comes with a hearty recommendation though.

Remember how, far up above, I complained that Distant Fires didn’t deal with the more interesting elements, such as the power-losses? This three-parter features a so-called “act of god” that caused all super-powered beings to lose their powers and then deals with what this would actually mean for them. Clark and Diana are not the vocal point of the story; the comic focuses on other heroes and how they cope with the loss too.

Lois divorces Clark, because she realizes she “loved the Super more than the Man”, when she can’t deal with Clark’s depression and self-pity anymore. He can’t deal with all of this on his own though and seeks out Diana, someone he feels will and can actually understand what he is going through. Though their relationship is bumpy and they break up in-between - Clark a heavy alcoholic and Diana suicidal - when they hit rockbottom, they find each other again and they pull themselves together again.

Despite Clark sobering up and picking up the pieces of his life again, including his work at the Daily Planet, he does not get back together with Lois; the two reconcile as friends and Clark and Diana get to raise their son together, presenting the second instance of SuperWonder endgame with a happy ending. It also teased the potential for a sequel, revealing their son to have powers.

2001 - Riddle of the Beast

I’m not entirely sure how to describe this. It’s like how I imagine it’d be if the Justice League sat down together and played D&D.

The story is a Lord of the Rings-esque high fantasy setting and all characters are... very far removed from what they are in canon while still echoing their canon selves in certain ways.

In it, Diana and Kal are king and queen of warring kingdoms. They were once engaged but the engagement came off. The main plot happens - it’s centered around Tim Drake and Zatanna mostly, who are on a quest to slay the Beast - and changes both Kal and Diana’s situations.

At the end of the battle, Kal and Diana are reunited and at the very end of the comic, agree to give each other a chance, romantically. Though their interactions are very brief and they are not explicitely shown as a couple, as a fair warning. But they do end up together.

2002 - The Dark Knight Strikes Again

Don’t read this comic. I just... I can not stress enough how much I recommend everyone to not even touch it. The Millerverse is atrocious, obnoxious and misogynistic enough as it is, but this one also comes with horrendously ugly art - and that’s not just in the sense of objective taste; there is no anatomy in this hastily scribbled-looking comic (just look at the proportions below; Clark’s thumb is as thick as Diana’s arm).

Sure, they’re technically canon in this universe, but... at what cost... Clark is a better sperm-bank, purely sexual and not a romantic partner or equal to Diana, who is honestly quite the bitch in this story. They’re a very small fraction of a very large, overall mess. The comic can’t even be recommended for the SuperWonder content, much less for the actual plot.

Here, I’ll spare you the time of going through it for SuperWonder and will provide you with their kiss, which is basically the peak of whatever is going on between them in this comic:

2003 - Red Son

While the premise of “what if Clark grew up in Russia and became an important pawn in the Cold War?” is incredibly intriguing... the execution is sloppy and whacky. Lex Luthor is the good guy and though Kal and Lois literally only exchange one glance once, the story still kind of acted as though there was some romantic will they wont they going on between them - just to reveal (and no, I am not making this up) that Kal is a direct descendant of Lex/Lois who was sent back in time when Earth exploded.

Diana is introduced as a potential match made between Stalin and Hippolyta, but the comic never actually pull through with them. Diana is canonically in love with Clark, but no only does Clark not return those feelings, he also remains oblivious to them, ultimately ending up ruining Diana’s life.

Personally, I wouldn’t recommend it, not just because of the onesidedness of SuperWonder, but also because... seriously, I can not stress enough just how weird not just the ship of Lex/Lois but the fact that Kal is their descendant was and how even more weird the tension between Lois and Kal was, under these circumstances. The whole comic is just... weird.

2004 - New Frontier

While the story itself is more or less entertaining, if you came solely for the SuperWonder, this is not the right comic. They have a total exchange of three pages over these six issues and it ends with them sharing a kiss... right before Diana nearly dies. She does survive, but even as they reunite, the kiss is not spoken of again and they are not romantically involved after.

2005 - All Star Batman and Robin, The Boy Wonder

More Millerverse. Still, can not stress enough how much I dislike this verse, but at least the art is pretty this time. But if you’re really only here for the SuperWonder, this is even less recommendable. They barely have one scene in this that lasts only if I remember right three pages or so.

And for the story itself? Again, it’s the Millerverse. It’s weird, and not in an entertaining way; in a disturbing way. So here, have the one obligatory SuperWonder kiss Miller put in there and move on to better comics:

2009 - Thy Kingdom Come

We’re back on Earth-22... more or less.. in this kind-of midquel to Kingdom Come. This one does require some explaining.

Clark is pulled out of his own reality and sucked into a parallel world, one where Clark Kent has died a while ago and where the Justice Society keeps the peace. An enemy appears who echoes Clark’s own past from his Earth.

But if you came here for the SuperWonder, you can safely skip this one - or at least skip to the final issue’s last five pages, where we are treated to a beautiful, art-style keeping redrawing of Clark and Diana’s getting together scene, as well as brief shots into what their future looks like, including a confirmation that Clark and Diana have four children in this reality.

Though that is really it when it comes to SuperWonder in this comic; it fully takes place on the parallel Earth and even there, Clark’s entire focus is on facing the ghosts of his past - in the form of Lois. He spares no thoughts to Diana or has real interactions with this world’s Diana; he grieves Lois and confronts her, his dynamic with Kara is also explored marginally. As a whole, I’d still recommend it though, because it’s very compelling; the storyline is interesting and well-executed, the characters involved are very compelling and the “man out of his world” plot presented an interesting angle on it all. Also, at the very least, it doesn’t undo anything about Kingdom Come, though it also doesn’t necessarily add much to it either.

2012-2016 - New 52

I have such mixed feelings and with this being the longest run of SuperWonder, there’s a lot to unpack.

For one, there is a lot of SuperWonder in here, which makes sense considering there is an aptly named Superman/Wonder Woman series in the New 52, which I definitely do have to recommend. But maybe stop early, if you aren’t into heartbreak, because Clark dies in the end. And he gets replaced by a Clark who comes with his wife Lois and son. They really just... replace Superman like you’d change a lightbulb, and I’m mad about that.

I do think that the SuperWonder relationship in New 52 is very beautiful. It highlights all their strengths and what makes them work. It also gives them some domestic moments and dates and really quite a lot of kisses and gentleness. If they hadn’t shit the bed with the ending, this could be such a beautiful, contained little SuperWonder universe.

The tricky part is knowing where to find it, outside the SM/WW run. Their relationship actually starts out in the Justice League run, in volume 2, and is also featured in volume 3. If you are only here for the SuperWonder, those are the only two times that their romantic relationship is really acknowledged in Justice League. So if by volume 3 the story is still not doing anything for you, I’d say stop reading there, because if if at that point, SuperWonder is still your driving force, you don’t really need to bother anymore.

Instinctively, you’d go to the separate Superman and Wonder Woman runs too. And you’d be wrong. The Superman run manages to, somehow, be C/ois bait, putting them very close, physically so too, and much in a “will they/won’t they” situation, which seems strange and uncalled for since Clark is with Diana from the get go and stays faithful with her and they quite literally have to kill this Clark off and replace him with a whole new Clark who is in love with Lois. Aside from that, Wonder Woman is an absolute mess and if you are invested in Greek mythology you too might feel personally offended by this as I did, and the Superman storyline wasn’t... the writing wasn’t after my taste, at one point I just started skipping through it for the SuperWonder tidbits.

And because the New 52 are horribly confusing to keep track of with the different series and how they interact, here is a short, chronological order in which SuperWonder are actually featured (for completion’s sake, all Justice League volumes not featuring SuperWonder are also listed but set in braces):

Justice League Vol. 1: Origin

Justice League Vol. 2: The Villain’s Journey

Justice League Vol. 3: Throne of Atlantis

(Justice League Vol. 4: The Grid)

Superman: Unchained

(Justice League: Trinity War)

(Justice League of America: Survivors of Evil)

(Forever Evil)

Young Romance

Superman Vol. 4: Psi War

Superman/Wonder Woman Vol.1: Power Couple

Superman Vol. 5: Under Fire

Superman: Doomed

Superman/Wonder Woman Vol. 2: War and Peace

Superman/Wonder Woman Vol. 3: Casualties of War

(Justice League Vol. 6: Injustice League)

Justice League: Power and Glory

(Justice League Vol. 7: Darkseid War Part 1)

(Justice League Vol. 7: Darkseid War Part 2)

(Superman Vol. 7: Before Truth)

Superman/Wonder Woman Vol. 4: Dark Truth

Superman/Wonder Woman Vol. 5: A Savage End

Superman: Savage Dawn

The Final Days of Superman

If you don’t want to see him die slowly, don’t read the crossed-out issues. If you don’t mind the death, or just want to get to the SuperWonder bits in between, that’s how the story goes and Final Days is where it ends.

2013-2016 - Injustice: Gods Among Us

This is gonna be one of these more complicated reviews again, because there is actually relatively little SuperWonder in this (considering the length of the run), but even so I would wholeheartedly recommend it because I am deeply, madly in love with this universe.

It takes an alternate turn on Kingdom Come, in a way: If you came out of that, thinking “Damn, I wish Clark hadn’t retired to farm in isolation after Lois dies but instead had murdered the Joker” - you have come to the right place. Again, Lois dies. This time, Clark kills the Joker for it and decides “no more”. No more unnecessary death. And what... starts out as a good cause slowly, very slowly and gradually, slips. This is an incredibly well-written slowburn thought-experiment on a corrupted Superman who becomes a tyrant and dictator to the world and I absolutely adore it, seriously, it is so well-written, even when juggling so many sub-threads and characters, it really fleshes their stories and motivations out so well.

The SuperWonder is just a bonus. And a relatively small one, at that, hence the opening of this being a more complicated review. They’re heavily implied to be a couple, Diana definitely is in love with him, there is a beautiful though short dream-sequence where they are happy together. There’s SuperWonder continuously sprinkled in between the story, but well, it’s not the main focus, so if your goal in reading these is to only focus on the SuperWonder, this might be a disappointing read. (The above image is not from the dream sequence; the below one is though.)

2013-2014 - Justice League Beyond 2.0

I’ve tried to write the briefest of warnings in the summary, but this one is too complicated to break down in one sentence, so if the summary note confused you and you ended up here for a full-length dissection of what is going on, take a seat.

This story takes place in the Batman Beyond continuity. Clark is a vocal point of the new Justice League, with a young team. Together, they saved a young boy named Zod-Ur from the Phantom Zone and Clark basically decided to adopt the kid, help him find his footing as a Kryptonian on Earth.

It later turns out Zod-Ur is actually Clark/Diana’s biological son. Only not this Clark.

Diana from the Beyond reality left many years ago to a parallel Earth where Lord Superman and Lady Wonder Woman rule as evil dictators and she went there to fight them. Along the way, she fell in love with that other world’s Bruce Wayne. Other Bruce and other Diana die in the continuous war between Bruce/Diana and Clark/Diana in what might be the strangest ship-war-metaphor possible.

Beyond!Diana then agrees to get married to Lord Superman; a political alliance to bring peace to their people. But they hate each other.

And still, they decide to have a child together because... they want to project all their marital problems onto the kid, I guess. However, the Brainiacs from both their worlds work together to steal the child and hide it away in Beyond’s Phantom Zone, where the boy grew up to become Zod-Ur.

You... can see how this is a bit more complex than a one sentence break-down? A biological child of SuperWonder is one of the main characters (he is a delight and getting to know him is definitely worth the read to claim him in later... better... takes on SuperWonder, since we rarely ever see their children beyond the baby stage). And technically, SuperWonder are married, but... they’re not happy or in love or... even like each other.

Meanwhile, Beyond!Superman... doesn’t have his Lois either, this part confused me because usually Lois being dead means SuperWonder is endgame. But there don’t seem to be romantic feelings between the Beyond versions of Diana and Clark either, though they do... kind of... end up as co-parents to Zod-Ur, since the boy already took to Clark and Diana is here to stay and trying to rekindle her relationship to her son.

I would recommend it still, because I found Justice League Beyond quite engaging and I think it is worth it for Zod-Ur alone if you want to get to know the possibilities of a SuperWonder family more, but if you read it for the ship itself, don’t, because the ship’s not a happy place in this. (Below, Beyond!Clark with Zod-Ur.)

2014 - Justice League: War

This is actually what started all of this for me; my first introduction to SuperWonder. Unlike all prior to it, this is not a comic - it’s an animated movie. And Clark and Diana aren’t (yet) actually together. Though they heavily flirt during multiple instances and their voice-actors brilliantly deliver on the inrigue both characters feel toward each other.

This movie marks the first in a multiple-movies spanning shared universe that I’m personally very fond of; I enjoy the characters’ characterizations, the constellations and the animation, as well as the stories.

2015 - Justice League: Throne of Atlantis

The next movie in the shared universe. And it directly opens up with SuperWonder sharing a kiss over Athens. Over the course of the movie, they bond, go on an actual date and banter throughout.

Aside from being heavy on SuperWonder, the movie introduces Aquaman to the universe - and to this Justice League - and explores the dynamic among this JL lineup more thoroughly. Seriously, I recommend these movies.

2016 - Justice League vs Teen Titans

The third (and last) of the Justice League movies in this universe (though there are more movies set in this world). This time, the Justice League has to face Trigon - in a rather different way, as the demon takes them over and the Teen Titans need to save them.

We see Diana and Clark preparing for a date and later coming from said date, just before Clark is taken over. In the final battle, it is Clark who brings Diana back from her possession.

Now, while I do recommend this universe, from a SuperWonder point of view, I’d advise you to stop after this movie; it is followed by the first Superman solo movies (Death of Superman and Reign of the Supermen) and the first Wonder Woman solo movie (Bloodlines), which... break SuperWonder up for... literally no given reason, just to have them in their usual endgame romances for their solo movies (also the final entry to this universe, Justice League Dark 2: Apokolips War, is simply an atrocity and a gorey mess). Still, that’s a total of 11 animated movies, even without those four. (Not that you can’t watch those four too, it’s just a well-meant warning, particularly if you don’t want to see Clark and Diana broken up for no reason whatsoever.)

2016 - Justice League: Action

This show SuperWonder baited me. It’s a cartoon series that, in theory, has SuperWonder as a canon ship in it, but... they’re only actively seen as a couple in one episode and mentioned in passing one more time. Not that I need a romance at the forefront of a cartoon series, but even for a background ship of two of the main characters, you’d expect it to come up casually more often, through small gestures shared or something.

The one (out of 52) episode that does focus on them is episode 12 Repulse!, where we see them on a date, having a good time, just to be interrrupted by a villain. There is a total of not one, not two, but three (3) interrupted kisses. Which is absolutely ridiculous, seriously if this was a mlm or a wlw ship I would understand the homophobic censoring of preventing them from an on-screen kiss but seeing a man and a woman kiss on screen in a cartoon is... really not that unusual. This cartoon is so strange to me in that they are canon, but they never get an uninterrupted kiss and they don’t even get casual background relationship behavior. It’s treated like a heavily censored queer ship would be treated in a cartoon and that’s just wild.

I’d still, on the overall, recommend the cartoon though, because the animation is cute, the stories are funny and quirky and explore the different members of the Justice League nicely. But if you only came for the SuperWonder... just watch episode 12 and move on, there is literally nothing more in it than that.

2017-2018 - Injustice 2

This is where things get complicated in the recommendation department again, because... there virtually is no SuperWonder in this. As indicated in the table of content/short-list at the top, it amounts to one page, really. And that one page is Black Adam referring to Diana as Clark’s love.

However, that’s not due to, say, them shelving the ship or something. They kind of... shelved both Clark and Diana in the sequel? Clark spends all of this in prison and only appears in the first and last issue of the run, Diana is also imprisoned for a huge junk of the comic. But seeing as it very much sets up a sequel and is itself a sequel to a comic where SuperWonder is canon, I would still recommend it - if you came out of Injustice: Gods Among Us really loving the story, the world and the other characters too. If you came out of that one already only liking the SuperWonder, then there is absolutely nothing in this run for you, aside from the one panel below.

2020 - Golden Child

This one’s different because Clark and Diana aren��t even in it (well, Clark is, very briefly), but they’re still technically a very important angle to this comic - because their children, Lara and Jonathan, are the main characters.

It’s Millerverse, again, by the way. But honestly, I actually kind of liked this one. It was an interesting exploration of how a child would deal with these kind of powers and I find Lara and Jon rather interesting.

#SuperWonder #Clark Kent #Diana Prince #DC Comics #New 52 #Injustice #Kingdom Come #Thy Kingdom Come #JLA: Act of God #Distant Fires #Created Equal #Red Son #JLA: Riddle of the Beast #Justice League Beyond 2.0

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Changes to carbon tax refunds

Beginning in July, rebates issued to residents of Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario, due to the increased costs of carbon pricing will be issued quarterly, instead of annually.

BRITISH COLUMBIA

Milk container refund

In February, containers for milk and milk alternatives are joining B.C.’s list of products eligible for a refund, similar to cans and bottles.

The province estimates the program will help it recycle 40 million more containers each year.

Paid sick leave

Beginning on Jan. 1, part-time and full-time employees in British Columbia are entitled to five days of paid sick leave.

ALBERTA

Day care prices to drop

As part of a $3.8 billion deal with the federal government, Alberta’s day care fees will be cut in half -- on average -- beginning on Jan. 1,with the goal of reaching $10 per day childcare by 2025.

The deal is also expected to create some 40,000 new spaces for non-profit childcare in the province.

New area code

Alberta will welcome its fifth area code, 368, on April 23.

The new code will only be issued once the province runs out of numbers on the existing area codes and will not affect existing phone users.

SASKATCHEWAN

Mandatory smoke detectors

Beginning on July 1, all residential buildings in Saskatchewan will be required to have both a smoke detector and carbon monoxide detector.

The law includes buildings with regular sleeping quarters, such as houses, condos, apartments, townhouses, duplexes, motels and care facilities.

Before this law was introduced, buildings built since 1988 were required to have a fire alarm and buildings built since 2009 were required to have a carbon monoxide detector.

MANITOBA

Changes to investigations of human rights complaints

Beginning on Jan. 1, Manitoba is implementing changes to the Manitoba Human Rights Commission (MHRC) to allow the department to respond to human rights complaints sooner.

The changes allow the commission’s executive director to dismiss complaints and to decline an investigation into some complaints, as well as setting time limits on hearings and decisions.

Under the current system, it can take up to six years for a human rights complaint to be resolved in Manitoba.

ONTARIO

Minimum wage increase

Ontario’s minimum wage is increasing to $15 per hour as of Jan. 1, which critics have said is still not enough to earn a living wage in the province.

Rent hikes are back

Ontario’s rent freeze, a measure meant to help residents during the pandemic, is also slated to end on Jan. 1. The provincial government has set an increase guideline of 1.2 per cent for 2022.

Ease at the pumps?

While gas prices reach all-time highs in the province, Ontario Premier Doug Ford has promised a cut to the gas tax of up to six cents per litre, delivered by March 31.

QUEBEC

Changes to the Quebec curriculum

Beginning in the 2022 school year, classrooms in Quebec will begin teaching "Culture and Citizenship in Quebec" instead of the Ethics and Religious Culture program.

The new program focuses on three main aspects: "culture," "citizenship in Quebec," and "dialogue and critical thinking."

The program will be under a pilot program in 2022, before being taught province wide in 2023.

NEW BRUNSWICK

Changes to address youth vaping

New Brunswick is requiring all vape shops to purchase a $100 licence as of Jan. 4, though it will not be enforced until April 1.

The province says the licences will allow for business inspections, will increase accountability and would allow for communication in case of a recall.

Proposed animal protection measures

Though only proposed, New Brunswick is also planning to implement additional animal protection measures on Jan. 1.

The new measures include requiring all dog and cat sellers to provide a valid certificate of health to purchasers, improved tethering standards and adding two new standards for animal care: the NBSPCA Code of Practice for the Care of Dogs and the Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Rabbits.

NOVA SCOTIA

Changes to adoption records

Nova Scotia is introducing changes to adoption records that allow adopted children and birth parents access to their adoption records once they turn 19.

The changes will take effect as early as April.

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

Minimum wage increase

Effective April 1, Prince Edward Island’s minimum wage is increasing to $13.70 per hour.

The 70-cent increase gives P.E.I. the highest minimum wage in Atlantic Canada.

NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR

Soft drink tax

Newfoundland and Labrador is introducing 20-cent-per-litre tax on drinks with added sugars as of September.

The tax is expected to bring in $9 million for the province.

NORTHWEST TERRITORIES

Increased training for new truck drivers

Those wishing to get into the field of truck driving will need to take a mandatory entry-level training program to receive their Class 1 licence, beginning in January.

Before, new truck drivers would only need to pass a practical and theoretical exam to receive the certification.

YUKON

Ban on single-use plastic bags

Beginning on Jan. 1, single-use plastic shopping bags are banned in Yukon as part of “initial steps towards a broader ban of single-use plastics in the Yukon and reflect feedback received following engagement with Yukoners and Yukon businesses,” according to a news release from the territory.

The territory is also planning a ban on single-use paper bags for Jan. 1, 2023.

NUNAVUT

New holiday

Nunavut did not recognize Sept. 30 as the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, but it will be a territorial statutory holiday in 2022.

In mid-September, the territorial government said it did not have enough time this year to formally recognize the holiday, but would be ready to do so in 2022.

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A list of Salvation Army controversies I dug up for you all (or more reasons not to donate) via /r/atheism

A list of Salvation Army controversies I dug up for you all (or more reasons not to donate)

I saw this post awhile ago and decided to do some digging into the Salvation Army. This is probably preaching to the choir in this subreddit, but here’s a list of controversies that I made for you all.

1986 - the Salvation Army tried to block legislation in New Zealand that decriminalized sex between gay men. (It ended up passing though.)

1988 - supported legislation in the UK to prevent "discussions of acceptance of homosexuality in schools and colleges".

1998 - refused to comply with San Francisco's domestic partners law. Instead they scaled back on three programs for senior citizens and the homeless so they wouldn't have to accept city money.

2000 - the Salvation Army of Scotland submitted a letter to Parliament opposing the repeal of section 28, which was a law prohibiting "the teaching in any maintained school of the acceptability of homosexuality"

2001 - actively lobbied the White House to deny federal grants to states that had non-discrimination laws for LGBTQ+ people.

2001 - denied shelter to a Muslim family because they wouldn't participate in Christian bible study.

2002 - provided financial support to the New Apostolic Reformation in Uganda, a group that campaigns internationally to have homosexuality made punishable by death.

2003 - the Salvation Army of New York fired Jewish, Muslim, and Hindu employees who wouldn't sign a statement saying they'd uphold the organization's conservative Christian beliefs, including "faith in Jesus Christ" and the "Scripture of the New Testament".

2004 - after New York City passed a municipal ordinance stating employers had to provide spousal benefits to LBGTQ+ couples, the Salvation army threatened to close all of their soup kitchens and leave the city.

2004 - 18 current and former employees sue the Salvation Army in federal court for forcing them to sign forms revealing the churches they had attended over the past decade, name their ministers, and agree to uphold the SA's mission to "preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ". Many allege they were harassed to the point of quitting.

2006 - the Salvation Army pays Paul Cermak a settlement of $15 million after he claims he was abused by his SA swim coach as a kid.

2009 - trans woman Jennifer Gale is refused shelter unless she agrees to be housed with cisgender men. She later froze to death on a sidewalk outside the shelter.

2010 - had to be stopped by court order in New York for engaging in illegal proselytization of children in their government-funded foster care program.

2011 - Bil Browning gives an interview to the New York Times about trying to get shelter at a Salvation Army with his boyfriend in the early 90's . They were refused shelter unless they broke up and did not acknowledge each other while staying at the shelter.

2012 - invited Dinesh D'Souza to speak at their annual meeting and fundraiser in the US. Dinesh is a proponent of homophobia and misogyny who believes that 9/11 was caused by "images of homosexuals kissing".

2012 - fired case worker Danielle Morantez in Vermont after learning that she was bisexual.

2012 - Salvation Army spokesperson George Hood said the organization views gay relationships as sinful. "From a church viewpoint, we see that going against the will of God."

2012 - senior Salvation Army official Major Andrew Craibe went on an Australian radio show hosted by queer journalists Serena Ryan and Pepper Dillon to say that gay people should be put to death.

2012 - a bell-ringer in British Columbia, Canada gets pulled from his post because he was wearing a sign that said "if you support gay rights: please do not donate".

2013 - it was revealed that private settlements totaling $15.5 million had been made relating to 474 sexual abuse cases against children sheltered by the organization.

2013 - removed links to ex-gay programs from the Salvation Army website but the practice of referring LGBT people to conversion therapy privately still continues.

2014 - Mark Stiles gives an interview about being sexually abused by a Lieutenant at the former Gill Memorial Boys Home.

2014 - former members of a Salvation Army boys' home in Sydney, Australia allege that they were "rented out" to strangers who sexually abused them.

2014 - an internal document is leaked that says LGBT people can't be in leadership roles within the SA and are required to practice celibacy.

2014 - Jodielynn Wiley files a complaint with Dallas' Fair Housing Office after she's turned down for a two year housing program due to being trans.

2015 - an ex-Salvation army officer faced charges of sexually assaulting four women in the 1970's. The man was moved to another regiment as a cover up.

2016 - refused to back a Safe Schools initiative to combat anti-LGBT bullying.

2017 - the organization's substance abuse centre in New York City violated city laws by refusing to accept transgender people as patients, assigning rooms to trans people based on their assigned sex at birth, and requiring trans patients to undergo invasive physical exams to determine whether they were on hormone therapy or had surgery.

2018 - new social media guidelines are introduced for employees that ban them from posting their opinions about "anything political", such as gay marriage and abortion.

Sources:

https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/12/16/21003560/salvation-army-anti-lgbtq-controversies-donations

https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/24/us/beliefs-salvation-army-hears-dissent-over-gay-views.html

https://thinkprogress.org/transgender-substance-abuse-discrimination-salvation-army-6470b6abc397/

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-salvation-armys-histo_b_4422938

https://thinkprogress.org/transgender-substance-abuse-discrimination-salvation-army-6470b6abc397/

https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/15/us/salvation-army-kettles-lgbtq-stance/index.html

https://texascivilrightsreview.org/2010/07/21/jennifer-gale-death-caused-by-lack-of-shelter-for-transgender-homeless/

https://web.archive.org/web/20130208031118/http://archive.scottish.parliament.uk/business/committees/historic/x-lg/reports-00/lgr00-06-08.htm#3

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/06/salvation-army-official-gays-deserve-death/321193/

https://web.archive.org/web/20191209053033/https://bc.ctvnews.ca/b-c-salvation-army-volunteer-tells-gay-rights-supporters-not-to-donate-1.1081136

https://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/25/nyregion/suit-claims-group-s-staff-is-pressured-on-religion.html

https://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/17/settlement-in-salvation-army-suit-on-proselytizing/?_r=0

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/salvation-army-settles-sex-abuse-case/

https://web.archive.org/web/20140204224610/http://www.goulburnpost.com.au/story/2067793/royal-commission-torture-and-rape-at-gill-memorial/?cs=180

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-01-30/boys-rented-out-for-abuse-at-salvos-boys-home/5227854

https://www.queerty.com/heres-the-internal-document-the-salvation-army-doesnt-want-you-to-see-20141218

https://www.toddstarnes.com/show/exclusive-salvation-army-warns-officers-to-stop-posting-about-gay-marriage/

https://www.advocate.com/politics/transgender/2014/05/04/trans-woman-claims-housing-discrimination-salvation-army

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Bret Blevins, "The Punisher" Annual #1 (Marvel 1988)

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The Punisher Annual (1988) #2

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Today the Church remembers the Vietnamese Martyrs (Vietnamese: Các Thánh Tử đạo Việt Nam), also known as the Martyrs of Annam, Martyrs of Tonkin and Cochinchina, Martyrs of Indochina, or Andrew Dung-Lac and Companions (Anrê Dũng-Lạc và các bạn tử đạo).

Orate pro nobis.

The Martyrs of Vietnam

The Vatican estimates the number of Vietnamese martyrs at between 130,000 and 300,000. The Vietnamese Martyrs fall into several groupings, those of the Dominican and Jesuit missionary era of the 18th century and those killed in the politically inspired persecutions of the 19th century. A representative sample of only 117 martyrs—including 96 Vietnamese, 11 Spanish Dominicans, and 10 French members of the Paris Foreign Missions Society (Missions Etrangères de Paris)—were beatified on four separate occasions: 64 by Pope Leo XIII on May 27, 1900; eight by Pope Pius X on May 20, 1906; 20 by Pope Pius X on May 2, 1909; and 25 by Pope Pius XII on April 29, 1951. All these 117 Vietnamese Martyrs were canonized on June 19, 1988. A young Vietnamese Martyr, Andrew Phú Yên, was beatified in March, 2000 by Pope John Paul II.

Vietnamese martyrs Paul Mi, Pierre Duong, Pierre Truat, martyred on 18 December 1838.

The tortures these individuals underwent are considered by the Vatican to be among the worst in the history of Christian martyrdom. The torturers hacked off limbs joint by joint, tore flesh with red hot tongs, and used drugs to enslave the minds of the victims. Christians at the time were branded on the face with the words "tả đạo" (左道, lit. "Left (Sinister) religion") and families and villages which subscribed to Christianity were obliterated.

The letters and example of Théophane Vénard inspired the young Saint Thérèse of Lisieux to volunteer for the Carmelite nunnery at Hanoi, though she ultimately contracted tuberculosis and could not go. In 1865 Vénard's body was transferred to his Congregation's church in Paris, but his head remains in Vietnam.

The Church in Vietnam was devastated during the Tây Sơn rebellion in the late 18th century. During the turmoil, the missions revived, however, as a result of cooperation between the French Vicar Apostolic Pigneaux de Behaine and Nguyen Anh. After Nguyen's victory in 1802, in gratitude to assistance received, he ensured protection to missionary activities. However, only a few years into the new emperor's reign, there was growing antipathy among officials against Christianity and missionaries reported that it was purely for political reasons that their presence was tolerated. Tolerance continued until the death of the emperor and the new emperor Minh Mang succeeding to the throne in 1820.

Converts began to be harassed without official edicts in the late 1820s, by local governments. In 1831 the emperor passed new laws on regulations for religious groupings in Viet Nam, and Christianity was then officially prohibited. In 1832, the first act occurred in a largely Christian village near Hue, with the entire community being incarcerated and sent into exile in Cambodia. In January 1833 a new kingdom-wide edict was passed calling on Vietnamese subjects to reject the religion of Jesus and required suspected Christians to demonstrate their renunciation by walking on a wooden cross. Actual violence against Catholics, however, did not occur until the Lê Văn Khôi revolt.

During the rebellion, a young French missionary priest named Joseph Marchand was living in sickness in the rebel Gia Dinh citadel. In October 1833, an officer of the emperor reported to the court that a foreign Christian religious leader was present in the citadel. This news was used to justify the edicts against Christianity, and led to the first executions of missionaries in over 40 years. The first executed was named Francois Gagelin. Marchand was captured and executed as a "rebel leader" in 1835; he was put to death by "slicing". Further repressive measures were introduced in the wake of this episode in 1836. Prior to 1836, village heads had only to simply report to local mandarins about how their subjects had recanted Christianity; after 1836, officials could visit villages and force all the villagers to line up one by one to trample on a cross and if a community was suspected of harbouring a missionary, militia could block off the village gates and perform a rigorous search; if a missionary was found, collective punishment could be meted out to the entire community.

Missionaries and Christian communities were able to sometimes escape this through bribery of officials; they were also sometimes victims of extortion attempts by people who demanded money under the threat that they would report the villages and missionaries to the authorities.

The court became more aware of the problem of the failure to enforce the laws and applied greater pressure on its officials to act; officials that failed to act or those tho who were seen to be acting too slowly were demoted or removed from office (and sometimes were given severe corporal punishment), while those who attacked and killed the Christians could receive promotion or other rewards. Lower officials or younger family members of officials were sometimes tasked with secretly going through villages to report on hidden missionaries or Christians that had not apostasized.

The first missionary arrested during this (and later executed) was the priest Jean-Charles Cornay in 1837. A military campaign was conducted in Nam Dinh after letters were discovered in a shipwrecked vessel bound for Macao. Quang Tri and Quang Binh officials captured several priests along with the French missionary Bishop Pierre Dumoulin-Borie in 1838 (who was executed). The court translator, Francois Jaccard, a Christian who had been kept as a prisoner for years and was extremely valuable to the court, was executed in late 1838; the official who was tasked with this execution, however, was almost immediately dismissed.

A priest, Father Ignatius Delgado, was captured in the village of Can Lao (Nam Định Province), put in a cage on public display for ridicule and abuse, and died of hunger and exposure while waiting for execution; the officer and soldiers that captured him were greatly rewarded (about 3 kg of silver was distributed out to all of them), as were the villagers that had helped to turn him over to the authorities. The bishop Dominic Henares was found in Giao Thuy district of Nam Dinh (later executed); the villagers and soldiers that participated in his arrest were also greatly rewarded (about 3 kg of silver distributed). The priest, Father Joseph Fernandez, and a local priest, Nguyen Ba Tuan, were captured in Kim Song, Nam Dinh; the provincial officials were promoted, the peasants who turned them over were given about 3 kg of silver and other rewards were distributed. In July 1838, a demoted governor attempting to win back his place did so successfully by capturing the priest Father Dang Dinh Vien in Yen Dung, Bac Ninh province. (Vien was executed). In 1839, the same official captured two more priests: Father Dinh Viet Du and Father Nguyen Van Xuyen (also both executed).

In Nhu Ly near Hue, an elderly catholic doctor named Simon Hoa was captured and executed. He had been sheltering a missionary named Charles Delamotte, whom the villagers had pleaded with him to send away. The village was also supposed to erect a shrine for the state-cult, which the doctor also opposed. His status and age protected him from being arrested until 1840, when he was put on trial and the judge pleaded (due to his status in Vietnamese society as both an elder and a doctor) with him to publicly recant; when he refused he was publicly executed.

Many officials preferred to avoid execution because of the threat to social order and harmony it represented, and resorted to use of threats or torture in order to force Christians to recant. Many villagers were executed alongside priests according to mission reports. The emperor died in 1841, and this offered respite for Christians. However, some persecution still continued after the new emperor took office. Christian villages were forced to build shrines to the state cult. The missionary Father Pierre Duclos (quoted above) died in prison in after being captured on the Saigon river in June 1846. The boat he was traveling in, unfortunately contained the money that was set for the annual bribes of various officials (up to 1/3 of the annual donated French mission budget for Cochinchina was officially allocated to 'special needs') in order to prevent more arrests and persecutions of the converts; therefore, after his arrest, the officials then began wide searches and cracked down on the Christian communities in their jurisdictions. The amount of money that the French mission societies were able to raise, made the missionaries a lucrative target for officials that wanted cash, which could even surpass what the imperial court was offering in rewards. This created a cycle of extortion and bribery which lasted for years.

Saint Vincent Liem Le Duang.

He was born into the Christian community of Thong-Dong in 1731. From a young age he showed great devotion and ability. He was sent to the Philippines at the age of fifteen and took the habit in 1753. After completing his studies at the University of St. Thomas, he was ordained priest and returned to his native land. As he could speak Vietnamese he started his apostolate immediately. He spent the next fourteen years ministering to Christian communities, teaching at the seminary of Trung-Linh and preaching in the non-Christian areas.

From 1767 the Church in Vietnam came under attack from the authorities. Vincent nevertheless continued to proclaim the Gospel openly, regardless of the obstacles and threats. He was captured in 1773, beaten and imprisoned. He was placed in a cage and displayed like a wild animal. However the local Mandarin believed that this ritual humiliation would not help the authorities’ attempt to crush the Christian religion. Vincent was released from his cage and allowed to walk about the prison. He took advantage of his relative liberty and preached the Gospel to his fellow prisoners and all who would come to listen. This status was short lived and he was put back in his cage and taken to Hanoi and the Imperial Court.

At the Court the Emperor arranged a disputation between Vincent, a Buddhist, a Confucian and a Taoist. His reasoning, clarity and elegance, in defending the true faith, left a deep impressio, so much so that an Imperial Prince declared the superiority of Christianity. However Vincent’s fate was decided after a stormy dialogue with the Queen Mother. He was sentenced to death and was beheaded on the 7th of November 1773.

The persecutions of the Vietnamese Church continue. In 1975, the exodus of Vietnamese friars would result in the formation of a new vicariate outside their motherland: the Vicariate of St Vincent Liem. Every day, the brothers of the vicariate, pray for the conversion of Vietnam, through the intercession of St. Vincent.

Those whose names are known are listed below:

(Please keep in mind that for Vietnamese martyrs these are the anglicized versions of their names)

* Andrew Dung-Lac An Tran

* Augustin Schoeffler, MEP, a priest from France

* Agnes Le Thi Thanh

* Bernard Vũ Văn Duệ

* Dominic Mậu

* Emmanuel Le Van Phung

* Emmanuel Trieu Van Nguyen

* Francis Chieu Van Do

* Francis Gil de Frederich|Francesc (Francis) Gil de Federich, OP, a priest from Catalonia (Spain)

* François-Isidore Gagelin, MEP, a priest from France

* Francis Jaccard, MEP, a priest from France

* Francis Trung Von Tran

* Francis Nguyen

* Ignatius Delgado y Cebrian, OP, a bishop from Spain

* Jacinto (Hyacinth) Casteñeda, OP, a priest from Spain

* James Nam

* Jerome Hermosilla, OP, a bishop from Spain

* John Baptist Con

* John Charles Cornay, MEP, a priest from France

* John Dat

* John Hoan Trinh Doan

* John Louis Bonnard, MEP, a priest from France

* John Thanh Van Dinh

* José María Díaz Sanjurjo, OP, a bishop from Spain

* Joseph Canh Luang Hoang

* Joseph Fernandez, OP, a priest from Spain

* Joseph Hien Quang Do

* Joseph Khang Duy Nguyen

* Joseph Luu Van Nguyen

* Joseph Marchand, MEP, a priest from France

* Joseph Nghi Kim

* Joseph Thi Dang Le

* Joseph Uyen Dinh Nguyen

* Joseph Vien Dinh Dang

* Joseph Khang, a local doctor

* Joseph Tuc

* Joseph Tuan Van Tran

* Lawrence Ngon

* Lawrence Huong Van Nguyen

* Luke Loan Ba Vu

* Luke Thin Viet Pham

* Martin Tho

* Martin Tinh Duc Ta

* Matthew Alonzo Leziniana, OP, a priest from Spain

* Matthew Phuong Van Nguyen

* Matthew Gam Van Le

* Melchor García Sampedro, OP, a bishop from Spain

* Michael Dinh-Hy Ho

* Michael My Huy Nguyen

* Nicholas Thé Duc Bui

* Paul Hanh

* Paul Khoan Khan Pham

* Paul Loc Van Le

* Paul Tinh Bao Le

* Paul Tong Viet Buong

* Paul Duong

* Pere (Peter) Almató i Ribera, OP, a priest from Catalonia (Spain)

* Peter Tuan

* Peter Dung Van Dinh

* Peter Da

* Peter Duong Van Truong

* Peter Francis Néron, MEP, a priest from France

* Peter Hieu Van Nguyen

* Peter Quy Cong Doan

* Peter Thi Van Truong Pham

* Peter Tuan Ba Nguyen, a fisherman

* Peter Tuy Le

* Peter Van Van Doan

* Philip Minh Van Doan

* Pierre Borie, MEP, a bishop from France

* Simon Hoa Dac Phan

* Stephen Theodore Cuenot, MEP, a bishop from France

* Stephen Vinh

* Théophane Vénard, MEP, a priest from France

* Thomas De Van Nguyen

* Thomas Du Viet Dinh

* Thomas Thien Tran

* Thomas Toan

* Thomas Khuong

* Valentine Berriochoa, OP, a bishop from the Basque Country

* Vicente Liem de la Paz

* Vincent Duong

* Vincent Tuong, a local judge

* Vincent Yen Do

Almighty God, who gave to your servants the Martyrs of Vietnam the boldness to confess the Name of our Savior Jesus Christ before the rulers of this world, and courage to die for this faith: Grant that we may always be ready to give a reason for the hope that is in us, and to suffer gladly for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

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