The last panel: Diana flying upward through the earth’s crust toward the sunlit sky. Morgan standing alone at the bottom of the world, lighting a cigarette, the glow the only light for a thousand miles.
Morgan, seeing Diana fall, charges the corrupted Hippolyta. Instead of killing her, he wrestles her into the Lasso of Truth. Diana, bleeding, whispers, “ Mother… remember the shore. ” The lasso glows gold. The shade weeps. And for one panel, Queen Hippolyta smiles before crumbling to dust. Wonder Woman Vs Warlord Part 2