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WONDER WOMAN

WONDER WOMAN Vol. 2 #2 March 1987 [75¢] Cover Credit: George Perez (pencils, inks; signed)

Story: "A Fire in the Sky!" (22 Pages)

Credits: Greg Potter and George Perez (plot); Greg Potter (script); George Perez (pencils); Bruce D. Patterson (inks); John Costanza (letters); Tatjana Wood (colors); Karen Berger (edits)

Feature Character: Princess Diana

Supporting Characters: Colonel Stephen "Steve" Trevor (first appearance in the revamped Wonder Woman continuity; chronologically earlier appearance in the flashback in #12); Queen Hippolyta, Menalippe the Oracle (next in issue #5), Philippus (next in issue #6), and the Amazons of Paradise Island; Lt. Etta Candy (first appearance in the revamped Wonder Woman continuity); Aphrodite, Artemis (both next in issue #4), Hermes, Pallas Athena, Hestia (next in issue #7), Hephaetus (God of the forge; first appearance in the revamped Wonder Woman continuity) and Harmonia (first appearance; the goddess of harmony); General John Hillary (first appearance)

Villains: Ares (behind the scenes); "General Kohler" and "Captain Slade" (first appearance for both; both are actually minions of Ares; both destroyed in this story); Deimos (God of terror), and Phobos (God of fear; first appearance of both of these children of Ares in this story)

Other Characters: Colonel Matthew Michaelis (first appearance); Thetis (first appearance; a sea deity; her name is mistaken for that of the Titan Themis in this story)

Synopsis:

Lieutenant Candy drives Colonel Stephen Trevor to a US airforce base at midnight. There he is assigned to fly a mission by General Kohler, who turned out to be working for Ares.

Cut to Diana in full battle armor waiting pensively in front of the statue of Artemis on Paradise Island. She is waiting for her mission to be revealed. Watching her are Hippolyte, Philippus and Menalippe.

Cut from the statue of Artemis to the real goddess in Olympus. She and her fellow goddesses are impatiently waiting as Hephaestus who is beating one of the two girdles of Gaea into a lasso of truth. This is transported by Artemis down to Diana. Hermes follows it down and takes Diana's hand. They both vanish in a flash of light, leaving a worried Hippolyte.

Cut to Steve Trevor's plane lost, flying through a thunder storm. The navigation on the plane goes and it hit turbulence. It drops into a spin, which Steve manages to pull the plane out of.

Cut back to Diana and Hermes who are flying above Areopagus the home of Ares. It has been decimated by his presence, however Hermes tells Diana that he is not there, he hides in Man's World. Diana enters alone and meets a bandaged woman in rags. This woman turns out to be Harmonia, daughter of Ares and Aphrodite. She presents Diana with a amulet which is only visible from one side. Hermes calls to Diana, telling her that her home is in danger.

Cut to paradise island where we see the amazons being called to arms. Over head we see a jet flying out of a thunderstorm. Steve's co-pilot, Captain Stark, start to strangle him. Telling him that his skill was needed to pilot the plane through Athena's clouds and now he will be responsible for the death of all the amazons. While fighting, Slade sees Diana flying towards the plane and drops the bomb that they are carrying! Diana catches this with the lasso and then throws it back at the plane which explode and drops into the sea. Diana follows the plane down into the water. There she is guided by Themis away from Slade who has dissolved due to the spirit of Ares possessing him, and towards Steve Trevor.

Cut back to the US air force base. Lieutenant Candy has informed Genral Hillary of what transpired during the night. They go to seek an explanation for the midnight mission. Only to find that like Slade, the spirit of Ares has consumed Genral Kohler..

Cut back to Paradise Island where against Philippus' objections Steve is being cared for. Athena appears and tells Diana that to defeat Ares she must find the other half of the amulet. Diana says farewell to her sisters and is transported by Hermes to Man's World.

Cut to the airforce base where Steve's closest friend Colonel Michaelis is being questioned about Steve's meeting with Kohler. Finally we cut back to the nether regions where Phobos and Deimos are watching these events unfold.