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Post by Reptisaurus! on May 27, 2015 8:27:29 GMT -5
I keep reading that as Captain Strong, who is one of my favorites.
And, man, these covers for Wonder Woman have been GREAT. (I'm not so much of a fan of the intereriors, but the covers have been really good!)
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Post by wildfire2099 on May 27, 2015 10:02:08 GMT -5
I agree about the covers.. they remind of Golden Age Marvel ones (Namor especially)
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Post by Cei-U! on May 28, 2015 7:25:12 GMT -5
Freedom Fighters #10September-October 1977 (June 13, 1977) $.35  Cover Art: Rich Buckler (Penciller), Jack Abel (Inker), signed “Murder in Miniature” 17 pages Jack C. Harris (Editor), Bob Rozakis (Writer), Dick Ayers (Penciller), Jack Abel (Inker), no lettering or coloring credits FC: The Black Condor, Doll Man, The Human Bomb, Phantom Lady, The Ray and Uncle Sam, teamed as the Freedom Fighters SC: Martha Roberts, Martha Roberts of Earth-X (in flashback; death depicted in this story), Michael Tulane (in flashback) Villains: The Cat-Man; The Silver Ghost (as The Americommando) Reintro: Firebrand [of Earth-X] (Rod Reilly), identity not revealed in this story Reintro: Doctor Roberts (first name unknown), in flashback (death depicted in this story) Reintro: Falco, in flashback to Feature Comics #27. Intro: Fred Snyder Intro: The Tomcats (all unnamed) SynopsisHelpless to aid Doll Man, the remaining Freedom Fighters split up. The Black Condor will search for the missing Ray while the others investigate a robbery in Minneapolis that could send New York City into bankruptcy, a crisis that smacks of the Silver Ghost. 24 hours earlier, the Ghost — still disguised as the Americommando — battles the Ray over the forests of upstate New York. Forest rangers alert the State Police, who converge on the site in helicopters. Ray is felled by a stray bullet. The Ghost leaves him for dead. A mysterious figure approaches the stricken super-hero. A jailed Doll Man confides in Martha Roberts, retelling his origin and the sordid story of her Earth-X dopplegänger's murder, and meets court-appointed defense attorney Fred Snyder. In Minnesota, the Freedom Fighters confront Cat-Man, an old foe of Earth-One's Batman. He and his new gang, the costumed Tomcats, committed the robbery that caught Uncle Sam's attention. Though they defeat the crooks, the FF are disappointed to learn Cat-Man has no connection to the Ghost. The grateful police let the fugitive heroes escape. ContinuityThe newspaper headline announcing Doll Man's arrest is dated June 23, 1977, despite that event occuring the previous December, as noted in the first Continuity note for Freedom Fighters #7. The problem is confounded by Black Condor's comment that they are “already a day behind [the Ray],” indicating the story occurs the day after the previous issue. It is not clear when the deaths of Martha Roberts and her father occurred. Doll Man says only that it happened “before the Nazis were defeated on Earth-X,” which places it sometime before June 1973. However, given that the Roberts look no older in that scene than in the 1939 origin sequence and that their Nazi murderers are dressed in 1940s clothing, it may actually have occurred several decades earlier. The Good GuysDoll Man's origin is recapped in this story. The Bad GuysUncle Sam notes that the four faux Crusaders' superpowers “faded away” behind the scenes immediately after their appearance in the previous issue. Although the implication is that they reverted to their original forms, this cannot be confirmed. Fashion WatchUncle Sam recovers his costume's jacket in this issue. Points to PonderAccording to the newspaper account of Pearson's murder, Doll Man “forced his way into [the] office after luring [Pearson's] secretary away from her desk,” raising anew the question of how the supposedly-armed hero could have gained entry to the building and gotten as far as the DA's inner office unchallenged.
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Post by Hoosier X on May 28, 2015 15:37:50 GMT -5
Is FF #9 the first appearance of Catman since Detective Comics #325 in, I think, 1964?
I have Catman's second appearance in Detective Comics #318 and I think he's such a great character! I wish the other Silver Age Catman comics would be reprinted! On the cover of Detective Comics #311, he's riding a giant robot-cat and he's about to squash Batman and Robin with it! I've been wanting to read that story for years!
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Post by Cei-U! on May 29, 2015 7:23:01 GMT -5
All-Star Comics #68September-October 1977 (June 27, 1977) $.35  Cover Art: Al Milgrom (Penciller), Jack Abel (Inker), signed “Divided We Stand!” 17 pages Credits: Joe Orlando (Editor), Paul Levitz (Writer), Joe Staton (Penciller), Bob Layton (Inker), Liz Berube (Colorist), no lettering credits FC: Doctor Fate, The Flash, Green Lantern, Hawkman, Hourman, Power Girl, The Star-Spangled Kid, Wildcat, teamed as the Justice Society of America GS: Green Lantern [of Earth-One] SC: Batman (as Bruce Wayne), Robin (as Dick Grayson) Villain: The Psycho Pirate SynopsisReturning to their headquarters after their mission in Alaska, the Justice Society learns of Green Lantern's recent rampage. Doctor Fate's crystal ball locates GL at Gotham International Airport, where the Emerald Crusader refuses to let planes land unless paid $1,000,000 in cash. Confronting their estranged teammate, the JSAers make little headway in calming him down. Though Fate deduces the involvement of the Psycho Pirate, the knowledge comes too late. The Pirate immobilizes the heroes long enough for he and the Lantern to escape. Not long after, Bruce Wayne meets an incoming flight from South Africa carrying Dick Grayson and a con-valescent Hourman. Wayne tells them of his arrest order for the active JSA membership but suggests that fur¬ther action is needed, action that requires their help. At JSA HQ, an argument breaks out over their inability to locate Green Lantern and the Psycho Pirate. The normally-amiable Flash abruptly quits the team in a fit of anger and flees. Discussing this newest development, Fate suddenly realizes their quarry has fled to Earth-One. Pursuing them across the interdimensional barrier, the team battles their turncoat members to a standstill. Nonetheless, the Pirate's powers nearly win the day until Wildcat, keeping his eyes shut to resist the villain's power and relying on the psychology of boxing, kayoes the Pirate, freeing the rest of the team—including Flash and the Lantern—from his control. But though the Justice Society comes out on top once more, a secret meeting in Bruce Wayne's office hints at more trouble ahead for the beleaguered team. The Good GuysDoctor Fate's powers manifest themselves as Stars of David at one point in this story. The Bad GuysThe Psycho Pirate reveals in this story that he is responsible for the discord among the active JSA membership in the last few issues. The Psycho Pirate displays power over three distinct emotions in this story: despair, overconfidence and fear. Internal evidence suggests that he evokes several other emotions as well, including the Flash's disgust with Wildcat, but this is not portrayed clearly. Fashion WatchThe Flash begins wearing his large vertical ‘tucked in’ insignia again in this issue. Green Lantern begins wearing a collared version of his costume's blouse in this issue. This collar is sometimes worn over the cord of his cape and sometimes beneath. It is also at times colored the same dark violet-blue as his cape. Because these errors occur throughout GL's subsequent appearances in Earth-Two continuity, this index will not note any further occurrences. Hourman is wearing yet another variation of his costume in this issue, combining a dark red bodyshirt and briefs with a belt similar to the one he wore in the “Justice Society of America” story in DC Special #29 but colored yellow instead of red. Power Girl's belt is red again as of this issue.
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Post by Cei-U! on May 30, 2015 8:14:08 GMT -5
Wonder Woman #235September 1977 (June 27, 1977) $.35  Cover Art: Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez (Penciller), Vince Colletta (Inker), signed “The Biology Bomb!” 17 pages Denny O’Neil (Editor), Gerry Conway (Writer), Jose Delbo (Penciller), Vince Colletta (Inker), no lettering or coloring credits. FC: Wonder Woman GS: Doctor Mid-Nite SC: General J. Blankenship, Freida Freidrich, Horst Freidrich SA: General Dwight D. Eisenhower, President Franklin D. Roosevelt Villains: Armageddon and his Nazi agents Intro: Muutor (Major Steve Trevor) SymopsisWonder Woman foils a sabotage attempt on a military supply train. Leaving Horst and Freida Freidrich at a Jewish orphanage, she assumes her Diana Prince identity and reports to Steve Trevor at Walter Reed Hospital, where he is being examined following his escape from Armageddon last issue. His doctor, Charles McNider, is concerned about a suspicious swelling on Steve’s arm. A maintenance worker attacks the blind physician to prevent his ordering further tests on the intelligence officer. Changing into his Doctor Mid-Nite costume under cover of a blackout bomb, McNider wrings an admission of Armaggedon's involvement from his assailant. The next morning, Steve and Diana attend a White House meeting with FDR and the Joint Chiefs. The meeting is barely underway when Trevor breaks out in a strange fever. He transforms into a horrid three-ton monstrosity, his twisted mind filled only with the need to kill. Wonder Woman is forced to injure the savage brute that was once the man she loved to keep him from murdering President Roosevelt and the others. Dr. Mid-Nite locates Armageddon's secret hideout and confronts the masked spymaster. Armageddon boasts that Trevor has been injected with a drug that will transform him into “a muutorr-- an artificial mutant…” Unaware the transformation has already occured, Mid-Nite fights his way back out of the spy den. As McNider once more, he joins Wonder Woman and General Blankenship at the Washington Monument. Muutor is cornered. The Amazing Amazon's hopes of capturing Steve without harming him are shattered in a burst of tank fire. Dr. McNider pronounces Trevor dead. ContinuityThis story begins two hours after the conclusion of Wonder Woman #234. A footnote in this issue states that “the JSA was formed in early 1941,” contradicting the “Justice Society of America” story in DC Special #29 placing the team's first adventure in December 1940. The Good GuysDoctor Mid-Nite states in this issue that he has “trained myself to ‘see’ with my other senses” a la Marvel Comics' blind super-hero Daredevil. This contradicts both the character's Golden Age solo series, in which Mid-Nite can see in darkness or through special lenses, and the statement in the “Justice Society of America” story in All-Star Comics #61 that the hero sees in the infra-red spectrum. Charles McNider is depicted in this issue as “only an intern, even with [his] special status as an Army therapist for the blind,” instead of the accomplished surgeon and true crime writer he was in his Golden Age solo series. Fashion WatchDoctor Mid-Nite's hair is white instead of blonde throughout this issue. Doctor Mid-Nite's gloves are colored white throughout this issue. They are colored their usual gray on the cover.
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Post by wildfire2099 on May 30, 2015 11:46:44 GMT -5
Things like that (the JSA date founding being wrong) really gets my goat. I mean, how hard is that to check? Or, if you don't know, do use the actual date!
When I was younger, I used to assume that Marvel and DC had some sort of Character Guide or portfolio that each writer had to give them the essential facts of a particular character/team, and that when they wanted a guest star, they could get that info easily.
If only that were really true....
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Post by Cei-U! on May 31, 2015 7:50:01 GMT -5
Justice League of America #147October 1977 (July 4, 1977) $.60  Cover Art: Dick Dillin (Penciller), Frank McLaughlin (Inker), main image; Mike Sekowsky (Penciller), Bernard Sachs (Inker), Flash headshot “Crisis in the 30th Century!” 32 pages Julius Schwartz (Editor), Paul Levitz and Martin Pasko (Writers), Dick Dillin (Penciller), Frank McLaughlin (Inker), Milt Snapinn (Letterer), Anthony Tollin (Colorist). FC: Batman, Black Canary, The Flash, Green Arrow, Green Lantern, Superman, teamed as the Justice League of America GS: Doctor Fate, The Flash, Green Lantern, Hawkman, Power Girl, The Star-Spangled Kid, Wildcat, teamed as the Justice Society of America GS: Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Lightning Lad, Princess Projectra, Saturn Girl, Shadow Lass, Sun Boy, Ultra Boy, Wildfire, teamed as the Legion of Super-Heroes SC: The Psycho Pirate Villain: Mordru Villains: Abnegazar, Ghast, Rath, teamed as the Demons Three SynopsisIn the Justice League satellite orbiting Earth-One, the Justice Society reclaims the Psycho Pirate, held by the League while their Earth-Two counterparts recovered from the Pirate’s latest rampage. An enormous hand materializes out of thin air, seizes ten heroes ― five from each team ― and carries them a thousand years into the future. The hand belongs to Mordru, dethroned dictator of the planer Zerox and sworn foe of the 30th Century's Legion of Super-Heroes. The evil wizard, stripped of much of his power by his fellow Zeroxians and mystically bound to the planet Earth, is searching for the Red Jar of Calythos, the Green Bell of Uthool and the Silver Wheel of Nyorlath, the three mystic talismans which longtime JLA foe Felix Faust once used to free the demons Abnegazar, Rath and Ghast. If he can release them, the demonic brothers will free Mordru from his exile. Snatching the heroes was an unintended consequence of this attempt. The good guys do their best to bring their captor down but not even Dr. Fate possesses the requisite mystic might. Rendering them helpless, Mordru decides — under the influence of Fate's “spell of suggestion” — to make slaves of the time-lost heroes instead of killing them. He'd previously captured five Legionnaires to blackmail their teammates into retrieving the talismans. When they failed to return from their missions, Mordru made a blind grab for the artifacts from their last known location: the JLA satellite in the late 20th Century. Too weak now to make another such attempt, he proposes to spare the heroes' lives if they bring him the Bell, Jar and Wheel… and warns that the lives of Green Arrow and the Black Canary, imprisoned in a mystic hourglass, are forfeit should they fail. As the League and Society travel to their destinations, Mordru tells GA and the Canary that “at some point in the past millennium, the [JLA] satellite exploded… and its contents were scattered throughout space! The Jar fell to Earth-- but the other relics were flung across the cosmos!” Having divined the location of the Bell and Wheel through sorcerous means, he dispatched two teams of Legionnaires to fetch them. On the planet Antares-II, the Legion's Sun Boy and Wildfire are prisoners of the strange little people ― each one shaped like a small silver wheel ― of that planet. Rescued by Superman, Hawkman and Dr. Fate, the super-teens explain that the Antareans are shapeshifters who assume the form of their most sacred object, in this case the Silver Wheel of Nyorlath. The heroic quintet use their combined powers to convince the Antareans that their relic has exploded in a huge fireworks display. Now in the form of tiny starbursts, the natives watch passively as their captives fly away with the Wheel. On the planet Vaxon, the peculiar sounds made by the Green Bell of Uthool keep at bay marauding space dragons that have terrorized the Vaxonians for generations. Needless to say, they are loath to give it up, even to save the lives of five Legionnaires. The pleas of Brainiac 5 and Princess Projectra fall on deaf ears until the newly-arrived Batman proposes they build a “scarecrow.” The Green Lanterns use their power rings to terraform the planet’s uninhabited continents into a bas-relief of the dragons' most fearsome natural predator. The dragons flee in terror and the Vaxonians gratefully turn the Bell over to the heroes. Power Girl and the Flash enter the dimension where the LSH stored the Red Jar of Calythos. After a brief skirmish with the locals, they find the Jar and return to the Earth-One universe. Flash refuses to turn over the talisman until all of Mordru's prisoners are released. The three super-teams try once more to stop Mordru but, hampered by the plight of Black Canary and Green Arrow in their hourglass prison, fail to prevent his completing the spell and freeing the Demons Three. Gratitude is an alien emotion to Abnegazar, Rath and Ghast. Rather than share their power with Mordru ― power they demonstrate by casually destroying the JLA/JSA heroes ― they strike the wicked sorcerer down. Once they destroy the talismans, nothing can stop the demons from ruling the Earth of the 30th Century as they once ruled it in prehistory. ContinuityThe story in Justice League of America #147-48 takes place in between the events of All-Star Comics #68 and 69. The Bad GuysThe Psycho Pirate does not have his face covered in this issue, as he normally does once captured to prevent him from using his powers. Perhaps Doctor Fate has created an invisible version of the mystic mask he has placed on the Pirate in the past. Fashion WatchThe Flash is depicted wearing his shirt with the small lightning bolt insignia and Wildcat is depicted wearing his second, simpler costume in this issue and the next. Since they are wearing their other costumes in the two All-Star issues that bookend this crossover, this should probably be attributed to an artists' error rather than a conscious choice on the heroes' part.
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Post by wildfire2099 on May 31, 2015 11:28:39 GMT -5
That sounds like an awesome story... I'll have to track it down sometime!
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2015 12:37:00 GMT -5
That sounds like an awesome story... I'll have to track it down sometime! This is my second favorite JLA/JSA crossover story. My # 1 favorite had the Fawcett heroes as guest stars. |
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Post by Cei-U! on Jun 1, 2015 7:22:57 GMT -5
Secret Society of Super-Villains #10October 1977 (July 4, 1977) $.35  Cover Art: Al Milgrom (Penciller), Jack Abel (Inker), signed “Triumph and Treachery” 17 pages Credits: Jack C. Harris (Editor), Gerry Conway (Writer), Dick Ayers (Penciller), Jack Able (Inker), no lettering or coloring credits FC: The Angle Man, Bizarro, Funky Flashman, Grodd, Poison Ivy, Sinestro, Star Sapphire, The Wizard, teamed with The Creeper as the Secret Society of Super-Villains GS: Captain Comet, The Creeper SC: The Atom [of Earth-One] (as Ray Palmer), Jean Loring SC: Lemurians (all unnamed) Villain: The Trickster Cameo: Aquaman, in flashback to Super-Team Family #13 SynopsisAfter witnessing the events of Super-Team Family #13, Star Sapphire suggests the Secret Society kidnap Jean Loring. While she and the Creeper handle that task, Grodd and the Wizard bully Funky Flashman into helping steal the fourth Sorcerer's Treasure, a cloak of invisibility, from the Denver branch of S.T.A.R. Labs. Captain Comet gets his ass kicked trying to stop them. Invading the underwater city of Lemuria, Sapphire and Creeper catch Ray Palmer off guard and escape with the comatose Jean. Comet catches up with the Society at the quarry where the Treasures are cached. While Grodd subdues Comet and a rebellious Sapphire, Wizard runs away and Flashman sneaks off with the booty. Creeper trails Funky as Jack Ryder, hoping to unmask his secret employer, but ends up nabbing Wizard with the goods instead. Funky returns to headquarters to find Grodd in command of a new roster. ContinuityThe story of Grodd's incarnation of the Secret Society continues in DC Special Series #6 (a.k.a. Secret Society of Super-Villains Special 1977) and Super-Team Family #14 (December 1977-January 1978). Because neither the Wizard nor any other Earth-Two character participate in those events, this guide will not examine those issues.
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Post by foxley on Jun 1, 2015 8:47:04 GMT -5
That sounds like an awesome story... I'll have to track it down sometime! This is my second favorite JLA/JSA crossover story. My # 1 favorite had the Fawcett heroes as guest stars. My favourite has them fighting the Secret Society of Supervillains. |
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Post by Hoosier X on Jun 1, 2015 11:04:18 GMT -5
This is my second favorite JLA/JSA crossover story. My # 1 favorite had the Fawcett heroes as guest stars. My favourite has them fighting the Secret Society of Supervillains. My favorite for a long time was the one with the Seven Soldiers of Victory. But I read the one with the Secret Society of Super-Villains a few months ago and I'm starting to think that, yes, it's the best one. And I have it on comixology so I can read it whenever I want!
Also, the massive cross-over with the All-Star Squadron! Don Heck wasn't always so hot later in his career but he does a great job on that one.
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Post by Cei-U! on Jun 2, 2015 7:24:11 GMT -5
World’s Finest Comics #247October-November 1977 (July 18, 1977) $1.00  Cover Art: Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez (Penciller), Dick Giordano (Inker), signed “The Man in the Doomsday Mask!” 15 pages Credits: Jack C. Harris (Editor), Gerry Conway (Writer), Jose Delbo (Penciller), Vince Colletta (Inker), no lettering or coloring credits FC: Wonder Woman SC: Steve Trevor SA: General Sir Claude Auchinleck, Prime Minister Winston Churchill Villain: Baron Blitzkrieg Intro: Mlle. Marie (last name unknown; see Cosmology note below) SynopsisWonder Woman's dilemma of how to capture Baron Blitzkrieg without harming his hostages ― Prime Minister Winston Churchill and 8th Army commander General Auchinleck ― is resolved when British commandos burst into the room, weapons blazing. The Amazon deflects their fire for fear of a stray bullet injuring or killing the hostages. Blitzkrieg takes advantage of her distraction to spirit his captives away. Commandeering Steve Trevor’s jeep, the Nazi super-villain makes his escape. The commandos try to arrest Wonder Woman for her interference but that’s easier said than done and she too gets away. At the nearest airport, Blitzkrieg steals a bomber and forces Steve to fly the Baron and his prisoners back to Berlin. An English airplane over German-held territory naturally attracts attention and the bomber is soon under attack by a fighter squadron. Wonder Woman, following in her invisible plane, destroys the Messerschmidts but one collides in mid-air with Blitzkrieg's stolen aircraft. A moment later, the plane is a flaming ruin spread across the French countryside. The Amazing Amazon is relieved to find the passengers alive, albeit captured by a German patrol. After a brief, lethal argument with the patrol's commanding officer, Blitzkrieg assumes command and sets out once more to deliver his prisoners to Berlin. Fearing that direct action may lead to unnecessary deaths, Diana dons civilian clothes and boards the train on which the Baron and his captives are to travel. Meantime back in London, General Blankenship learns from British intelligence that the French underground, unaware that Churchill and Auchinleck are aboard, plan to blow up the train… and there is no way to get word to the guerrillas in time to prevent that attack. Once more Wonder Woman is forced to battle her natural allies ― in this case, Mademoiselle Marie's cadre of freedom fighters ― to protect the men held by Baron Blitzkrieg. Understandably, Marie and her men assume WW is a Nazi collaborator and act accordingly. Eventually, the Amazon persuades the Underground she’s on their side. Confronting Blitzkrieg again, Wonder Woman defeats him by reflecting his heat vision off her bracelets and melting his metallic facemask. In the resulting confusion, she escapes with Steve and the other hostages back to England. CosmologyAs mentioned in the Cosmology note for The Brave and the Bold #84, longtime DC editor Robert Kanigher insisted that the adventures of the company's war heroes did not occur in any of the super-hero universes. As with Sgt. Rock, we must assume the existence of a Mlle. Marie doppelgänger in the Earth-Two dimension if the story indexed here is to be considered canonical. This is, therefore, the first appearance of the Earth-Two Marie. The Bad GuysBaron Blitzkrieg adds heat vision to his arsenal of super-powers in this issue. Fashion WatchBaron Blitzkrieg's helmet changes color from pink with a yellow faceplate to all yellow between last issue and this. The helmet is colored white in one panel.
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Post by Cei-U! on Jun 3, 2015 8:12:03 GMT -5
Wonder Woman #236October 1977 (July 25, 1977) $.35  Cover Art: Rich Buckler (Penciller), Vince Colletta (Inker), signed “Armageddon Day” 17 pages Denny O’Neil (Editor), Gerry Conway (Writer), Jose Delbo (Penciller), Vince Colletta (Inker), no lettering or coloring credits FC: Wonder Woman GS: Doctor Mid-Nite SC: Col. Hammond Belushi, Gen. J. Blankenship, Pvt. Etta Candy, Maj. Steve Trevor (also appears as Muutorr) Villains: Armageddon and his Nazi agents Reintro: Diana Prince (White?) SynopsisA distraught Wonder Woman, blaming men in general and the military in particular for the death of Steve Trevor, destroys the tank that shelled him and threatens to do the same to others. The Amazon does not regain control of herself until Charles McNider announces he has detected a faint heartbeat beneath the armor-like skin of the artificially mutated brute Steve has been turned into. General Blankenship, on the advice of Colonel Belushi, tells WW that she can no longer be trusted due to this outburst and is therefore no longer welcome on the Armageddon case. Privately revealing his Doctor Mid-Nite identity to Diana, McNider fills her in on his encounter with Armageddon, information he could not pass on to Blankenship without blowing his cover as a blind man. Following that lead, Wonder Woman finds the costumed traitor's lair abandoned. Before she can investigate further, she hears a radio broadcast concerning a fire at the Treasury Building. Convinced Armageddon is responsible, she flies to the scene. Inside the burning building, Princess Diana battles Armageddon, who has a distinct advantage: his costume's boots generate destructive vibrations. A well-placed kick destroys one of WW's bracelets, triggering the enchantment that causes the Amazon to go berserk. The master saboteur sneaks away in the ensuing chaos. Though Wonder Woman overcomes the spell through sheer will power, Colonel Belushi orders her arrested. She disappears into the night before a hand can be lifted to stop her. A chance remark by Etta Candy about boating helps Diana Prince identify a brass object found in Armageddon's hideout as a fishing rod brace from a yacht. Following the trail of this clue, Wonder Woman walks into a trap. Recovering consciousness later, she finds herself bound in her magic lasso by Armageddon. The Nazi sympathizer taunts her with the antidote to the mutation that is slowly killing Steve. He invites her to witness “my final act of sabotage in America… perhaps my greatest blow against international freedom!” His plan: to destroy an American test rocket with a larger version of the seismic generator that gives him his super-power and restore Germany’s lead in the nascent race for space. For a mastermind, Armageddon isn’t very bright. Although Wonder Woman would be compelled by the power of her enchanted lariat to obey any command, the traitor hasn't given her any. She frees herself from the rope and destroys the vibration machine. Forced to choose between capturing Armageddon and saving Steve, WW allows the saboteur to escape. Trevor begins making a slow recovery thanks to the antidote. But more trouble is brewing on the horizon for the young intelligence officer and the Amazon princess he loves: the real Diana Prince ― the Army nurse whose identity and credentials Wonder Woman bought shortly after coming to America ― has returned, intent on exposing the woman using her name as an Axis agent. Continuity[/n]
Wonder Woman is startled to learn that Charles McNider is also her JSA teammate Doctor Mid-Nite and that he is aware of her dual identity thanks to his enhanced senses. This conflicts with the “Justice Society of America” story in All-Star Comics #11 (June-July 1942) in which, during the team's first encounter with the Amazon (she would not become a member until the following issue), Hawkman tells her that the JSA is aware of her Diana Prince identity but does not say how they know.
The Good Guys
The real Diana Prince was last seen in the “Wonder Woman” story in Sensation Comics #9 (September 1942). She should not be confused with her Earth-One counterpart introduced in Wonder Woman #162 (May 1966).
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