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Issue
8: Time Passages
Professor Julia Kapatelis wrote an entry in her "Wonder
Woman" journal about Diana's speaking tour. Julia
had been her interpreter, as Diana was still a bit uncomfortable
with the English language. They'd had their ups and
downs on the trip. Diana decided to cancel the final
leg of the tour and headed home with Julia. During the
G. Gordon Godfrey situations (the Legends event - when
all "superheroes" were banned), Julia's home
was attacked. Diana left for Paradise Island not wanting
her friend to be harmed due to her presence. She returned
during the final confrontation and was asked to join
the newly reformed Justice League, but she declined
as she was not yet ready to venture fully into man's
world.
As a woman traveled to Boston in hopes of nabbing Diana's
lasso, Etta wrote a letter to Steve Trevor: the army
had put her through all sorts of tests to find out what
she was and what she could do. She passed them all:
bullets vs. bracelets (three marksmen fired on her at
close range, and she deflected all shots), she kept
a jet from taking off by using her lasso, destroyed
a tank with her bare hands, and she outmaneuvered the
plane in the air.
Julia's daughter got her first boyfriend due to her
friendship with Diana. After Diana held a lecture at
her school, she got into a fight with some boys who
were making fun of her new hero.
Barbara Minerva arrived in Boston and began her quest
for the lasso. She sent a letter to Diana's publicist.
Issue
9: Blood of the Cheetah
Barbara Minerva's servant performed a ritual on her
- as she slept in a trance-like state, he slit her wrist
and gave the blood to the plant god. Mindi Mayer, Diana's
publicist, set up a meeting between her client and Minerva
(who claimed to have another part of Gaea's girdle -
what the lasso was made from). Diana's excitement for
the situation turned to dread as the meeting neared.
When Minerva touched the lasso, she blurted out that
there was no second piece. Diana lashed out at Mindi
and flew away.
Barbara Minerva applied her war paint as Chuma prepared
the elixir from the "god-plant." When she
drank it, she became bestial - a Cheetah. She found
Diana in the woods near the Kapatelis' home. They fought.
Diana realized her lasso had no affect on the beast,
and they were quite evenly matched. Julia interrupted
their brawl by shooting the creature. Diana chased her
into a nearby body of water, but her search came up
empty.
A few days later, Julia and Vanessa Kapatelis tearfully
said their good-byes to Diana as she returned home to
Paradise Island.
Issue
10: Paradise Lost
As the Amazonian council pondered the items Diana had
brought back from "man's world," Zeus decided
to meet the princess. He summoned her and ordered her
to worship him physically. When she told him that must
be a mutual decision, he blasted her with a lightning
bolt. Her mother also defied Zeus, but he was pulled
back to Olympus before he could wreak vengeance.
Diana and Hippolyte went to the Oracle; Diana was summoned
to Olympus. The gods put a challenge before her: she
was to take on the beasts which lived in the cave below
Paradise Island. She defeated Cottus and was met next
by the Hydra.
Issue
11: Fire and Torment
The Gods watched as Diana battled the Hydra. Once it
was defeated, she was allowed rest before her next challenge.
Hippolyte, after being visited by a vulture, donned
her armor and went out to help her daughter. Diana awakened
to the screams of the Amazons who'd fallen protecting
the door. She saw Julia being tormented and carried
on. She fell into the clutches of Echidna. Hippolyte
defeated Phillippus, who tried to stop her from entering
the cave. Diana defeated Echidna and continued on. After
seeing visions of Col. Trevor's doomed plane, she arrived
before the warrior for which she was named.
Back on Earth, Steve Trevor learned of his father's
death.
Issue
12: Echoes of the Past
Diana learned the former Diana was Steve Trevor's mother.
As Hippolyte neared her daughter, she was attacked by
skeletal warriors borne of the Hydra. The queen was
victorious and followed the vulture deeper into the
cave. Diana told her namesake about her past - she'd
been a test pilot and had crashed an experimental jet
after it was struck by lightning. She washed up on the
shores of Paradise Island. She heard screams - the Amazons
were being attacked. Using her pistol, she went in blazing.
Diana Trevor died in the assault, but she was given
a warrior's funeral.
Hades appeared and continued the story. She left with
him to be reunited with her husband. Diana then encountered
Pan, who prepared to take her to the home of the Green
Lanterns - she would go up against the Manhunters.
Hippolyte was attacked by Harpies.
Issue
13: Demon Plague
Hippolyte encountered Heracles, now as a stone statue.
Further on, she found a sleeping Cyclopes and the skull
of Pan. The gods were angered when they saw this; Hermes
was dispatched to save the Amazons - an impostor was
leading Diana. Hermes grabbed Diana and removed her
from man's world, where she was preparing to help the
Justice League deal with the Manhunters. She freed her
mother from the awakened Cyclops. Hippolyte then went
to free Heracles. Echidna and her minotaur grabbed the
queen. The blind Cyclops happened to grab the minotaur
and they fell into a bottomless pit. Ares' daughter
appeared to them and gave Diana a piece of the talisman.
Heracles was freed, releasing countless demons. Diana
was able to capture them in Harmonia's amulet. She handed
it over to Ares. Hermes gave Diana one last challenge:
find the manhunter who impersonated his son and bring
him to justice.
Issue
14: For the Glory of Gaea
Diana returned to find Heracles holding Paradise Island
on his shoulders. She rescued her mother. When she returned
to help Heracles, Zeus lifted the burdens from both.
Heracles apologized to the Amazons and was welcomed
with open arms. He became the first man to set foot
on Paradise Island.
As Hippolyte healed, the Amazons ceremoniously burned
their weapons and armor.
Heracles was pleased to learn that Diana was not his
daughter from his previous (maddened) encounter with
Hippolyte. He returned to Olympus.
Diana was to return to the outside world to both teach
and learn.
Etta and Steve professed their love for each other.
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