'Wonder Woman 1984' Easter Egg References a Key DC Comics Location

There are a lot of references and Easter eggs in Wonder Woman 1984, but there's one mention of a fictional DC Comics country that might make comic book fans particularly excited.

And if that lede wasn't enough of a clue, here's a proper Spoiler Warning: This article will spoil parts of Wonder Woman 1984. If you haven't seen the movie already, then we recommend bookmarking this tab and not coming back until you've watched it.

The main antagonist of Wonder Woman 1984 is Maxwell Lord (Pedro Pascal), a conman who seeks power and wealth. With his business failing, Lord seeks an ancient relic called the Dreamstone that is known to grant people's wishes.

After obtaining the relic, Lord makes a wish to become the Dreamstone itself. Now with the power to grant people's wishes (and to also take something of theirs for himself), he turns his attention to Egypt and Emir Said Bin Abydos (Amr Waked), an oil tycoon whose wealth Maxwell wishes to obtain.

When Lord asks Abydos what he wishes for, the businessman requests the return of the land of the Bialyan Dynasty, and to keep people out of it. After Abydos makes the wish, walls erect from the ground, separating the poorer neighborhoods from this new land and the only source of water.

In return, Lord wants Abydos' oil—but he's already sold it to Saudi Arabia, so Lord decides to take the tycoon's private security for himself.

Now, the mention of the Bialyan Dynasty might seeming like a throwaway line, but those who are familiar with the world of DC Comics may recognize the name Bialya.

Bialya was first introduced in 1987's Justice League #2, and while it's referred to as a Dynasty in Wonder Woman 1984, it's actually a country in the DCU's Middle East. In the comics, it's military-controlled and has been the location of some significant moments in DC Comics history.

Bialya is where archaeologist Dan Garrett found the Blue Scarab before using it to become the first hero to adopt the Blue Beetle moniker. It's also where Black Adam massacred thousands of people.

During 2006's "52" storyline, the living embodiments of the Horseman of the Apokolips use Bialya as a base. Bialya is a neighboring country of Black Adam's home nation of Khandaq; at one point, the Horseman of Death kill Black Adam's wife and brother-in-law, sending the powerful anti-hero into a fit of rage in search of his family's murderer.

This should be interesting to DC fans because a Black Adam movie starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is in the works. While we don't know for sure if there's a direct connection between Bialya and the upcoming Black Adam film, the mere mention of that nation builds out the world of the DCEU a little bit.

Fans of the Young Justice animated series may also recognize Bialya as the country where The Team make numerous trips while on missions. In that series, Bialya is a military dictatorship run by Queen Bee, who uses her country and military might in her dealings with the villainous group The Light.

It'll be interesting to see later on if Abydos ended up renouncing his wish, like so many others at the conclusion of Wonder Woman 1984, in order to take down Lord, or if this new country of Bialya is here to stay in the DC films.

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