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WONDER WOMAN

WONDER WOMAN ANNUAL Vol. 2 #3 1992 [$2.50] Cover Credits: Joe Quesada (penciler; signed), Kevin Nowlan (inker; signed)

Story: "Shadows and Eclipses" (48 Pages)

Credits: William Messner-Loebs (plot; script); John Dennis, David Johnson (pencils); Ande Parks (inks); Clem Robins (letters); Matt Hollingsworth (colors); Frank Pittarese (edits)

Feature Character: Wonder Woman (appears in between Wonder Woman #65 and Eclipso: the Darkness Within #2)

Supporting Characters: Queen Hippolyta (in between Wonder Woman #62 and #76), Cassie Arnold (first appearance; a WTBN reporter; next in Wonder Woman #71), and (in Wonder Woman #_ _)

Villians: The White Magician (first appearance; Asquith Randolph; next in Wonder Woman #66) and Eclipso (no appearance; behind the scenes during the various other issues of the Eclipso: Darkness Within crossover)

Other Characters: Mala (first appearance; next in Wonder Woman #90); "Whizzer" Wypijewski (first appearance; a WTBN cameraperson; next in Wonder Woman #84)

Comment: This is a Eclipso the Darkness Within crossover tie-in.

Synopsis:

Wonder Woman talks a member of Altered Strain, a group of Metagene carriers who manifest no powers, into surrendering. The terrorists meets his death when the White Magician, Asquith Randolph, recklessly interferes. Later, Randolph invites her to dinner with the excuse that he wants to make it up to her. At the Randolph mansion he and Cassie Arnold take every occasion to anger her. he gives her an armband inset with a black diamond. After which, he uses an illusion to push the Amazon into a rage that will release Eclipso. He hopes to bind Eclipso/Wonder Woman and use the combined force to bolster his own fading power. Eclipso is too powerful for Randolph to hold. The possessed Wonder Woman rages through the Randolph Mansion hunting for the corrupt magician. Inside Wonder Woman's spirit struggles to break free from god of wrath's possession. Eclipso/Wonder Woman leaves the mortals to prepare for the coming battle.