A.K.A.: N/A
First appearance: Wonder Woman I#6 (October 1943)
Abilities: Speed, strength, fangs
Quote: "I am the REAL you-the Cheetah-a treacherous, relentless hunter!"
Worst act: Trying to kill Wonder Woman
Created by: William Moulton Marston (script), Harry G. Peter (pencils/inks)
Much like Two-Face and Lex Luthor, I'll be spending the 22nd looking at a foe I've always fancied. Unlike many of the foes listed here and previously, the Cheetah is a legacy villain. While her current version may be best known, I'll focus on the Golden Age one.
Priscilla Rich is your typical poor little rich girl. She also suffers from extremely poor self esteem and a split personality (although she doesn't know that just yet). When she hosts a gala party in DC and invites Wonder Woman, the Amazing Amazon causes this personality to emerge when she has the audacity to take the guest's attention away from her.
She then slips on a cheetah skin costume and dedicates her life to killing Wonder Woman. She'd come close a few times, and even tried to reform once before joining Villainy, Inc. Ms. Rich hasn't had the best time in modern comics though, as she finally showed up after thirty odd years just to be killed off by the latest one before being retconned out of existence.
Sometimes a foe can be have a personal connection, or be a victim of a perceived slight. Sometimes both.
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