Wonder Woman 2: How is Steve Trevor alive and young 40 years later? Didn't he DIE?

In the comicbooks, fans have seen a bewildering number of variations of the Steve and Diana relationship.

In varyin storylines, he has been old enough to be her father, married to Etta and even in love with Lois Lane. He has also been brought back to life by Aphrodite.

Fans already saw Ares in the first Wonder Woman movie and The Justice League movie gave a tantalising glimpse at more of the ancient gods in the flashback battle sequence with Steppenwolf. 

fans have already seen Wonder Woman in the present day and Steve Trevor is seemingly not part of her life anymore. In fact, Steve is a sore spot for Diana – one Batman exploited in the modern day scenes of Wonder Woman and again in Justice League. When Batman insisted on resurrecting Superman (and taunted her by mentioning Steve Trevor), Diana vehemently argued with Bruce about bringing the dead back life. Is this because she knows no good comes of it and does that tie into her experience with Steve in 1984? Could Diana have lost him a second time?

Bringing Steve Trevor to the 1980s is a brilliant way to reverse one of the most fun aspects of Wonder Woman. There are very few details on how the ex-spy finds himself in 1984, but going by the look of confusion on his face as he stands in the middle of a shopping mall (and the era-appropriate attire of the people surrounding him), it’s been theorized that, this time, Steve will be a fish out of water in the 80s. This is a welcome reversal of how he was Diana’s mentor who indoctrinated her into the confusing rules of Man’s World earlier in the 20th century.

Season 2 of Lynda Carter’s Wonder Woman TV series, where she teamed with Steve Trevor, Jr. in the 1970s (who looks exactly like his father), feels unsatisfactory. Fans will definitely reject a cheap, cop-out explanation for Steve’s return and they may also not like it if Pine isn’t playing the same man from the first film.