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In addition to demonstrating this interesting security device built into
the US Air Force's nuclear bombers ...
... Wonder Woman 214 also reprinted a classic Golden Age story that I've
always liked, "The Masquerader". Having taken a vacation as Diana Prince so
Wonder Woman could help Steve Trevor track down a gang of international
racketeers Princess Diana was very surprised when Steve mentioned that Diana
Prince had returned early from her leave of absence and was back at work at
Military Intelligence. So she accepted his invitation and accompanied Steve
back to the office where she was very surprised to meet herself.
Something similar had happened once before but this time the double
wasn't Diana White (nee Prince) the woman who had provided her secret
identity. It was in fact her mother Queen Hippolyte returning to Man's World
after 4000 years on Paradise Island.
Having seen a dire future for her daughter in the Magic Sphere she had
asked Aphrodite for leave to aid Diana and been told yes on two conditions;
first absolutely no one was to learn her true identity, secondly return in
three days. Intending to make use of their family resemblence Hippolyte
planned to take her daughter's place in both identities thus preventing the
fate she had seen and was forewarned to expect. Which inevitably lead to the
confrontation below since Diana wasn't about to turn her identity over to a
masked imposter without a struggle. So just as inevitably an amazon catfight
erupted.
In these more enlightened times it would have lasted the rest of the
issue but in the forties all you got was one page of wrassling amazons.
You may wonder why Wonder Woman couldn't see past a simple mask to
recognise her mother. It's obviously a trait that runs in the family as
Hippolyte couldn't recognise her masked daughter during the trials to pick the
amazon to go to Man's World in the first place despite Diana being the only
masked contestant.
Nuff said, on with the family feud!
Great Hera! A faceful of amnesia gas! What will happen to Wonder Woman now?
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