Story: "The Silver Wing of Terror" (22 Pages)

Credits:

George Perez (plot)
Mindy Newell (script)
Chris Marrinan (pencils)
Romeo Tanghal (inks)
Agustin Mas (letters)
Carl Gafford (colors)
Karen Berger (edits)

Feature Character:

Wonder Woman

Supporting Characters:

Etta Candy
Steve Trevor

Villians:

Silver Swan
Henry Cobb Armbruster
Mister Choi

Other Characters:

Solomon Buchman
Maxine Sterenbuch
Gloria Sullivan

Synopsis:

It's the return of Silver Swan and this time around, she's merciless!

Honed to kill with her soundblasts as powerful as being hit by one of Zeus' thunderbolts, Valerie Beaudry a.k.a. Silver Swan unleashes her fury on the enemies of Hank Armbruster, her benefactor. Armbruster's ultimate goal for the Silver Swan is to kill Diana, the epitome of all that is perfect (which the Silver Swan is not). But it won't be that easy since Armbruster is up against three people that may foil his plan; Maxine Sterenbuch, Solomon Buchman and Diana.

We learn that Valerie is a battered wife of Armbruster. Everytime she fails Armbruster, he strikes her. Valerie does not mind this at all since she owes more than her life to Armbruster. She's totally devoted to Armbruster as if she was brainwashed. When Valerie failed to destroy to smithereens Diana's statue used in her trainings, Armbruster strikes her and humiliates her.

Diana finally hears from Steve. She learns of Steve and Etta's cooling off. She also learns that Hermes was with Steve (they both came in the bar together). Hermes is still learning the ways of men and this got Steve in trouble because Hermes was hitting it off with someone else's girl. Barroom brawl and we see Hermes triumphant while Steve suffered some cuts and bruises.

Meanwhile, the Kapatelis' home in Boston was broken into. Apparently, there was a woman among those who broke in. While back in Wakefield, Diana is roused by footfalls. Ninjas have overpowered Solomon Buchman and he's now unconscious. Diana overpowers them all and ties them up with her golden lasso. And before she can ask Solomon who he was, she hears gunshots inside the house and saves Maxine just in time. But the madness won't stop there, gunshots echoed once more outside the house as Solomon tries to shoot Valerie, the Silver Swan.

As Diana flies out of the house, she was hit by Valerie's sound blast throwing her lasso away from her. Diana and Maxine see that Valerie has captured Solomon. Maxine tries to talk Valerie out of it, that she's not bad at all, that Armbruster has corrupted her and that she refuses to see her beauty within. Diana coaxes Maxine to bargain with Valerie some more as she makes a dash for her lasso.

Valerie explains that she is not trying to kill Solomon. She is just after the pouch. Maxine tries to surrender the pouch while Solomon was talking Maxine out of it. Valerie then realizes that Diana is not in sight and sees Diana make a dash for the lasso.

Caught by surprise and anger, Valerie draws in a sharp breath and lets out a death scream as Diana tries to lasso her.