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Wonder
Woman 15 Swan Song
Diana awakened from a dream where she and Superman
kissed. Her publicist was planning a fair for charity
in her honor.
Elsewhere, a woman escaped being run down by a car,
only to have its driver pull a gun. The gunman was
shot by another and the woman was shot by the same
man. She (Maxine Sterenbuch) woke up later chained
to a bed. Her captor (who merely shot her with tranquilizer)
introduced himself as Solomon. He told her the Silver
Swan (Valerie Beaudry) had a contract out on her
life. Maxine confided in the man that she'd been
penpals with Valerie for several years and had only
recently met her. Solomon showed her a picture of
a horribly deformed creature nothing like the beautiful
woman Maxine knew. Her parents had been victim of
nuclear testing and she was born that way. Five
years previous, she was brought into the Silver
Swan project due to the mutant powers she'd developed.
Steve Trevor (now resigned from the Air Force) met
Vanessa at the fair. Shortly thereafter, Wonder
Woman was introduced. Another flying woman in white
- the Silver Swan - attacked the fair.
Wonder
Woman 16 Bird of Paradise / Bird of Prey
Wonder Woman saved all the children from the falling
ferris wheel, but the Silver Swan (being controlled
by others) let loose more sonic screams and totally
destroyed the carnival. Hovering above her destruction,
she gave a speech (or rather spoke the words she
was given). Wonder Woman's vanity had ruined the
real purpose of the carnival - needy children. Silver
Swan ordered those below her to hand over the money.
Wonder Woman was told to take it to her.
Solomon took a shot at her when she let down her
sonic force field to receive the money; Wonder Woman
went after her.
After a chase and a battle, Wonder Woman captured
the Silver Swan. Her handlers saw that she was freaking
out, then she let loose a huge scream.
Diana met Steve and gave him his mother's gun. Back
at the Kapatelis home, Diana saw a poster of Superman
on Vanessa's wall. She confided with the youngster
that she had feelings for him. Vanessa urged her
to meet up with him and tell him. She contacted
her agent, who set up a meeting.
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Diana met Superman, who surprised her with a passionate
kiss. They discussed what they were or were not
feeling for each other, then flew away together.
As they discussed powers and responsibilities, Hermes
called out for Diana. She went to him immediately.
Though she told Superman to stay back, he followed
anyway.
Diana found Hermes and freed him from his cell -
a new god had invaded Olympus: Darkseid. After noting
them there, Darkseid sent Kalibak and Amazing Grace
to distract the heroes. Wonder Woman and Superman
saw their adversaries as each other.
Back on Earth, Myndi (Diana's publicist / agent)
put out the word that the two heroes were in love.
Diana and Superman battled their way toward Darkseid.
She made him realize that he could not have taken
Olympus so easily had the Gods of Myth stood in
his way. He'd only encountered Hermes since invading.
He and his minions boom tubed back to Apokolips.
Superman and Wonder Woman returned to Earth and
realized they were too different to pursue a romantic
relationship. Superman introduced himself as "Clark"
to her.
Wonder
Woman 17 Traces
Steve and Etta drove Diana and Vanessa to
the airport - they were heading to Greece for the
winter. On the way, Diana read them a letter from
her mother (a dove arrived with it shortly before
they departed). From the airport, Diana wrote her
mother and sent the dove back to Paradise Island.
The Gods of Myth debated a retaliation against Darkseid
for the damage done to Olympus.
Diana arrived in Greece to much fanfare. In another
part of the country, a plot was devised to destroy
her. As they toured the land, Diana felt her ancestors
and the gods everywhere.
While on a boat, Diana began feeling cold while
looking at a nearby island. She passed out.
Wonder
Woman 18 Creatures of the Dark
Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades journeyed to the final
resting place of their father. From inside his body,
they pulled the Olympian Pact. They destroyed it
and created another.
Diana was released from the hospital and she went
with her friends to the home of Julia's parents.
Spies continued to watch her. Stavros, an old family
friend of Julia's, was called away by a mysterious
note. He met with its sender and was informed of
the plot against Diana by the "witch on the
island."
Throughout the land, people were killed by possessed
beasts.
Stavros was given a scroll to translate. He was
interrupted by Vanessa, who was there to make a
phone call. Later in the evening, Diana and Julia
went to pick her up, but the house was engulfed
in flames. Diana rescued Stavros, but he told her
Vanessa had escaped. Diana found her nearby with
the scroll, but they were confronted by monsters
wanting the document. Vanessa was spared, but Diana
was taken by the beasts. Circe ordered them to bring
the Amazon to her.
Wonder
Woman 19 The Witch on the Island
Circe introduced herself to Diana when the
princess regained consciousness. As she brewed a
spell, she told Diana her backstory and how she
used Antiope to kill Hippolyte. Diana raged and
broke free of her bindings. Circe blasted her.
Locals attacked Circe's island, killing many of
her creatures. They fought their way to the witch's
palace, where Circe neared completion of her potion.
Diana was placed in mud, where the potion were degenerate
her back into her original state. Julia got to the
area and shot the potion out of Circe's hand; she
gave Diana back her lasso, and the Amazon stopped
her from killing the witch. Circe's servants captured
Julia, and Diana was again knocked out. As Circe
neared them for the killing blow, a shout rang out
and she disappeared along with her castle and minions.
The locals, assuming Diana had killed her, celebrated.
Hermes looked on from Olympus - he didn't want Diana
to believe that all the gods had abandoned her.
A week later, as the group readied for the trip
back to the United States, Vanessa showed them a
newspaper - Diana's publicist, Myndi, had been murdered.
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