Ares (DC)

**Ares**, also known as **Ares Buchanan**, **Mars** and **Wars**, is a character from the *DC Comics* series.

## **Charactah Account**

Ares, sometimes sporting different names over the years, has since remained one of the character's most long-lasting foes and as Wonder Woman herself has undergone several shakeups and a many continuity reboot, so too has the role Ares has played in Wonder Woman's mythos. More often than not as her big bad but has occasionally taken on the role of an ally, or even a mentor figure in some continuities.

Ares is slightly less ax crazy since Wonder Woman made him see with her Lasso of Truth that destroying the human race, including his own worshipers, would effectively lead to his own disappearance. Now instead of trying to start World War III, Ares sticks to smaller goals such as trying to overthrow his fellow gods on Mount Olympus.

Ares doesn't have to kill mortals who allow him to possess them in order for him to interact with the mortal realm, but he prefers to as he despises the type of human that would generally call him up to make such a deal. When he's done with them he'll set their flesh to boiling and leave a pile of smoldering bone and bubbling fluid for their corpse.

## **Appearance**

### **Comics**

* 100% DC
* 2000 AD
* Adventures of Superman
* Countdown
* Dark Crisis
* DC Definitive Edition
* DC Premium
* DC Special Series
* DC Universe
* DC Universe: Origins
* DCeased: War of the Undead Gods
* Genesis
* Hercules Unbound
* Jack Kirby's Fourth World
* Justice League
* Legends of the DC Universe
* Millennium Edition: Wonder Woman 1
* Pantheon
* Prelude to Infinite Crisis
* Secret Origins
* Sensation Comics Featuring Wonder Woman
* Showcase '96
* Showcase Presents Wonder Woman
* Superman/Wonder Woman
* Superman/Wonder Woman: Whom Gods Destroy
* Tales of New Gods
* Tales of the Teen Titans
* Teen Titans
* Teen Titans/Outsiders: Insiders
* Teen Titans: A Kid's Game
* Teen Titans: Beast Boys and Girls
* Teen Titans: Life and Death
* The Flash Omnibus
* The Legend of Wonder Woman
* The New Teen Titans
* The Spectre
* Trinity
* War of the Gods
* Wonder Girl
* Wonder Woman
* Wonder Woman Annual
* Wonder Woman Archives
* Wonder Woman Chronicles
* Wonder Woman: Blood
* Wonder Woman: Challenge of the Gods
* Wonder Woman: Destiny Calling
* Wonder Woman: Down To Earth
* Wonder Woman: Eyes of the Gorgon
* Wonder Woman: Gods and Mortals
* Wonder Woman: Gods of Gotham
* Wonder Woman: Guts
* Wonder Woman: Land of the Dead
* Wonder Woman: Mission's End
* Wonder Woman: Odyssey
* Wonder Woman: Paradise Found
* Wonder Woman: Paradise Lost
* Wonder Woman: Rebirth Deluxe Edition
* Wonder Woman: Rise of the Olympian
* Wonder Woman: Second Genesis
* Wonder Woman: The Circle
* Wonder Woman: The Twelve Labors
* Wonder Woman: Warkiller

## **Trivia**

* This character or object is an adaptation of Ares, a character or object in traditional stories. These include, but may not be limited to religious texts, myth, and/or folk lore. More information on the original can be found at Wikipedia.org.
* Ares was adapted by William Moulton Marston and Harry G. Peter, first appearing in *Wonder Woman* #1. However, in the Prime Earth continuity Ares first appeared as part of the *New 52* DC Universe in *Wonder Woman* (Volume 4) #4 by Brian Azzarello and Cliff Chiang.
* This character or object is an adaptation of Ares, a character or object in traditional stories. These include, but may not be limited to religious texts, myth, and/or folk lore. More information on the original can be found at Wikipedia.org.
* Ares' Latin avatar is Mars.
* Ares states that compared to modern man he is a dabbler in war.

## **External Links**

* Ares (New Earth) at DC Database
* Ares (Prime Earth) at DC Database