DC Special #3

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Wonder Woman: "The Cheetah's Thought Prisoners"

A judge orders Priscilla Rich to appear before the court. Priscilla's uncle has left her three million dollars but she must appear in court to make arrangements for the transfer of the money. Steve Trevor informs the judge that Priscilla has been taken to reform island for her crimes as the Cheetah. Steve enlists the help of Baroness Paula Von Gunter to travel to reform island to retrieve Priscilla. Queen Hippolyte agrees to cooperate with the court by turning over the Cheetah. Paula then produces a green headband that she has developed to use as a thought control tool to keep Priscilla from being dominated by her Cheetah identity. Paula uses the headband to control Priscilla as she flies her back for her court appearance. During the flight, the Cheetah obtains the headband and uses it against Paula causing her to jump out of the plane. Wonder Woman happens to be flying nearby and rescues Paula from falling to her death. Wonder Woman then captures Cheetahs airplane and forces it to land. Priscilla is taken into custody, but everyone is unaware that she is still in possession of the thought control headband. Priscilla Rich appears before the court and is ordered to turn over her three million dollar inheritance over to her father since she is still a convicted criminal. Priscillas is furious and vows revenge. She secretly remains in control of Paula Von Gunter and uses her to carry out her master plan. Wonder Woman later receives a call from Etta Candy who reports that the Beta Lamda Sorority house is being attacked by a gang of Cheetahs. Wonder Woman arrives at the scene only to find that the struggle is over and that the Cheetah gang has abducted many of the Lamda girls. The Cheetah then disguises herself as a nightclub dancer named Tigra. She learns about a group of Billionaires that is meeting at a conference and she decides to abduct the rich men with the help of her Cheetah gang which includes newly hypnotized Lamda girls. She intends to hold the rich men for a ransom of 3 million dollars as revenge for the money she was forced to give up. Wonder Woman rushes over to Paulas lab in hopes of finding both her and Priscilla Rich. As she arrives she is quickly subdued by the Priscilla Rich and she is shrunken down to a small size. Steve Trevor then arrives on the scene and shoots the mind controlling headband from Priscillas head. She automatically loses control over Wonder Woman and the rest of the captive Cheetah girls. Priscilla is taken into custody and returned back to Reform Island.

| StoryTitle2 = Supergirl: "The Maid of Menace!" | Synopsis2 = Action Comics Vol 1 304|2 ! | StoryTitle3 = Black Canary: "Special Delivery Death!" | Synopsis3 =A pair of thugs named Nifty and Bobo watch as JJ Marvin places a mysterious envelope in his wall safe. Marvin states that he will hold the envelope until the heat cools off. The pair is suspicious of Marvin, they are afraid that he might leave town with the envelope, so they decide to stake out his office. They soon observe private eye Lance Lane enter Marvin's office and decide to stick around. Marvin hands off the envelope to Lane with instructions to meet him at the airport at 5 O'clock and he will give him five thousand dollars. As Lane leaves the office he is trailed by one of the thugs. The second thug Nifty, confronts JJ Marvin in his office and murders him for attempting to double cross them. Lance Lane is then followed as he visits the florist shop where Dinah Drake is working. He attempts to hold a conversation with Drake but she is too busy to chat so Lane decides to leave her alone. As he steps into the sidewalk, he is confronted by the thug that has been following him. He is held at gunpoint as the thug orders him back into the shop. Drake sees what is happening and immediately changes into her Black Canary outfit. She subdues the thug but gets surprised by the first Nifty who also enters the shop. The Canary makes short work out of both of them. Lance Lane grabs their gun and holds them for the police. The police arrive and Lance Lane explains that the thieves were after an envelope given to him by JJ Marvin. The police explain that Marvin has been murdered and that Lance is holding the gun that killed him. The thugs catch on and pretend that they know nothing of Marvin or an envelope. They claim they were simply trying to rob the shop. The police then begin to suspect that Lane is the murderer. The Black Canary meets privately with the police and asks them for a chance to prove Lane's innocence. She lets the thugs overhear that the envelope is being delivered back to Marvin's office. The police then allow the pair of thugs to escape. Later that night the thugs wait in an alley and attack the Black Canary but they are no match for her. She subdues them both and places their unconscious bodies inside Marvin's office. As they come to, Lane uses his ventriloquist voice to make it appear that one of the thugs is talking. The thug named Bobo announces that he has the diamond bracelet that was inside the envelope and that he is taking over. The other thug becomes agitated and announces that it was he that bumped off Marvin as he loses his temper over his Bobo's remark. The police suddenly appear along with the Canary and Lane. They announce that they had staged the scene to get the thugs to confess and to put Lane in the clear at the same time.

| StoryTitle4 = The Girl in the Golden Flower | Synopsis4 = Strange Adventures Vol 1 18|2

| StoryTitle5 = Green Lantern: "The Secret Life of Star Sapphire!" | Synopsis5 = Green Lantern Vol 2 16|1

| Appearing1 = **Featured Characters:** * Wonder Woman (Earth-Two)) **Supporting Characters:** * Steve Trevor (Earth-Two)) * Baroness Paula von Gunther (Earth-Two)) * Hippolyta (Earth-Two)) * Holliday Girls (Earth-Two)) ** Etta Candy (Earth-Two)) ** Alumna Banker **Antagonists:** * The Cheetah (Earth-Two)) **Other Characters:** * Judge Strait * Nadine Petit * Mr. Rabbit * Benjamim Banker **Locations:** * Earth-Two, 1940s ** Paradise Island ** Washington, D.C. *** Holliday College *** Tigra's Oriental Ballet **Items:** * Lasso of Truth * Mental Radio * Venus Girdle * Captron circlet **Vehicles:** * Wonder Woman's Invisible Plane * Baroness' plane | Appearing2 = Action Comics Vol 1 304|2 | Appearing3 = **Featured Characters:** * Black Canary) **Supporting Characters:** * Larry Lance) **Antagonists:** * **Other Characters:** * **Locations:** * Earth-Two **Gotham City **Items:** * **Vehicles:** * | Appearing4 = Strange Adventures Vol 1 18|2 | Appearing5 = Green Lantern Vol 2 16|1

| Notes = * *The Cheetah's Thought Prisoners* is a previously unpublished Wonder Woman story written and drawn in the 1940s. It is reprinted in Wonder Woman: 80 Years of the Amazon Warrior Deluxe Edition (Collected). * *Special Delivery Death!* is a previously unpublished Black Canary story written and drawn in the 1940s. It is reprinted in The Black Canary Archives Vol. 1 (Collected). | Trivia = | Recommended =

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Creative credits

Writers: William Moulton Marston, Leo Dorfman, Robert Kanigher, Gardner Fox, John Broome

Interior art: Harry G. Peter, Jim Mooney, Carmine Infantino, Alex Toth, Gil Kane

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