Wonder Woman #98 (1995)

The Amazons were a fierce band of warrior women who centuries ago battled the forces of evil. In modern times things became more peaceful and the Amazons retreated to Paradise Island where they lived in peace under the rule of their leader Queen Hippolyta. The Amazons spent their days in physical and martial training, and among them would be Princess Diana, the Queen's daughter. One day the goddess Pallas-Athena appeared to Hippolyta in a dream and announced that it was time to have her loyal worshipers select their greatest champion, so that she could travel out into the man's world and fight evil.

Fearing that she might not be impartial in selecting the chosen Amazon, Queen Hippolyta was stymied about how to proceed. Diana however had a solution, and asked all her fellow Amazons to dress up exactly like her, and wear masks, so that the Queen could not tell the difference among them. As the competitions went on, Amazons were rooted out of the competition and the Queen was pleased to note that Diana was not among them. When only two contestants were left, they had a one-on-one battle, along a long tight rope. Diana won, and was crowned Wonder Woman. With her title won, the Queen offered her the first challenge, to see if she was truly worthy of the title: Giving her a single penny, the queen told Wonder Woman that she needed to turn it into a million dollars within twenty four hours, so that it could be donated to a children's charity.

Just then a plane flying over Paradise Island exploded, and its pilot ejected. When they all saw that it was a man, and feared that if he stepped food on Paradise Island, then they would lose their powers. Wonder Woman swept into action and rode the air currants to save the man, and prevent him from setting foot on the island. The man considered her an angel, and when she tried to put him in the ocean, they noticed some sharks. So Wonder Woman used her breath to blow air into his parachute, and float them to safety on the mainland.

On the mainland, the pilot introduced himself as Colonel Steve Trevor, part of Military Intelligence. Wonder Woman explained to him her challenge of the million-dollar penny, and he found such a feat impossible. Spying an advertisement for the Twin Cities Golden Jubilee, Wonder Woman saw that they were having a penny tossing contest, and that the person who could toss a penny across the Twin Cities river would win $1000.00. Seeing this as a good start, Wonder Woman rushed off to compete in this contest, however along the way she dropped her penny. It was recovered by a young boy, who was jumping rope, and he attempted to use it on a nearby slot machine. When the boy won nothing but the penny back, Wonder Woman asked for it back. Not willing to hand it over until she could prove that she was an Amazon, he challenged Wonder Woman to jump rope one hundred times before her feet touched the ground. Much to the boy's surprise, she pulled off the feat, and he gave her back her penny.