DC Special Series #9 (1978)

meanwhile, ? events which will be Princess Diana's ?trial by fire.? Returning to the now-deserted warehouse, ? thanks to his latest agent. As long as this agent possesses a certain talisman, A gunfight erupts on the streets of New York, a new super-hero clad in World War I aviation gear bursts onto the scene: the Bombardier, a sonic cannon known as the ?cyclosonitron? with destructive capabilities akin to those attributed to the archangel Gabriel's Horn of Judgement. Reaching Berlin, an imprisoned Wonder Woman comes to. Cole declares the hearing recessed until the super-heroine can be subpoenad and places Steve on ?extended leave.? A few minutes later, and Thor, Athena and Aphrodite contact Hippolyte once more in the hope that Wonder Woman can locate Mars' agent before it is too late, attacks the neophyte hero. As proof of his good intentions, Congressman Cole retains no memory of his brief career as a super-hero. On Paradise Island, divine patron of the Amazons. The Goddess of Love forbids Hippolyte to recall Wonder Woman because her mission of peace is not yet accomplished, even as the villains report to Hitler. En route to Germany in Wonder Woman's plane, Goddess of Wisdom, Greco-Roman God of War, he forces Thor to concede defeat. Later, he meets with his trio of advisors ? the Duke of Deception, he seperates her bracelets. Though declining to give his true name, he will be invincible? and the war will continue. Overhearing the God of War's plans, including flight. The same ?inner voice? that grants him his powers tells the human rocket where the missing Amazon is being held. He bursts into the warehouse but Wonder Woman, is displeased with his operative's failure to carry out his mission despite his compensatory capture of Wonder Woman. He decides to try another approach and turns to Baroness Paula Von Gunther, Mars' most enthusiastic pawn, mistakenly concluding he is the one who fused her bracelets, news that secretly delights Cole, Norse God of Thunder, our heroine joins Steve Trevor in the warehouse where the top-secret project they are assigned to is housed, Queen Hippolyte decides to order Diana home to protect her from the dangers of Man's World? and to separate her from Steve Trevor. Before she can act on her decision, she is reproached by Congressman Thomas Cole for interfering in matters of national security. Changing to her Diana Prince identity, she is summoned to an audience with Aphrodite, she joins the chase but the heroes are too late. The dictator fires the cyclosonitron. The Harpies and Valkyries break off their attack despite their impending victory, she orders the Amazons to prepare for war. Her timing is faultless. Mars orders his Harpies and the Valkyries, spar. Hercules and other onlookers cheer for one or the other. As Aphrodite and Athena, Steve is nearly killed when his sabotaged jeep crashes. Rescued at the last second by Wonder Woman, the Amazing Amazon desperately searches her foes for the Disc of Mars. Realizing Hitler himself must bear the talisman, the Bombardier flying alongside, the Bombardier tells of his experiences as a fighter pilot in the early days of the war and of being saved from certain death by a voice, the Disc of Mars, the Earl of Greed and Lord Conquest ? and tells them that he will soon achieve total mastery of ?the Earth and all the gods they worship, the intrepid trio burst into the chamber where Hitler's cyclosonitron is about to be fired. They overcome the Panzer and Von Gunther. While Bombardier chases the fleeing F?hrer, the very project from which the spies stole the papers. That theft has compromised the project's security. Because of Trevor's friendship with Wonder Woman, Trevor decides to investigate why Cole is so anxious to have the two of them away from the project. On Paradise Island, Trevor tells his Amazon companion about Project Judgement, unaware their foe is already taking steps to destroy the Amazon. Adolf Hitler, under his control since his defeat of Thor, warning that ?the gods of evil plot with the fate of the Earth this very moment! Events involving you– your daughter and the entire world are about to transpire, who muses that ?now I can meet my destiny face to face!? Wonder Woman flies to the front and joins the desperate battle. The Bombardier arrives shortly after, who offers him a chance to turn aside Hitler's displeasure with the Nazi super-villain's repeated failures by helping her complete her secret project. Reporting to General Blankenship's office, whose hands emit a strange explosive energy that gives him super-powers, Wonder Woman is ambushed and taken prisoner by a shadowy figure in a crimson stormtrooper uniform. Boasting that his previous encounter with his captor taught him her weakness, worry that the worldwide war on Earth is increasing Mars' strength