You know, I know that it makes sense for the Cheetah to be superpowered if she's to be a difficult adversary for Wonder Woman. And I know that Barbara Minerva is an interesting character in her own right (although I haven't read much of her), and that by now her story is an integral part of the WW mythos. And I know that the role of female villain in a cat costume has already been filled by Selina Kyle. And I know that looking to the past too much is not good for comics, and that I should sit back and accept it. I know all that. But you know what? I DON'T CARE! I LOVE the Priscilla Rich Cheetah, and I wish they'd bring her back. Why do I love her? Well, to start with, she's psychologically fascinating. This Cheetah is not some power-mad adventuress dabbling in black magic, she's one half of a split personality, an inner demon waiting to get out. Priscilla is genuinely SCARED of turning into the Cheetah again - that's a rich source of inspiration for a good writer. Secondly, she may NOT be much of a threat in battle, but really, who cares? The current version of WW has an awfully one-note rogue's gallery, by and large - they're all either mythological bogeymen or superpowered lunatics like Dr. Psycho. This makes for some good battles, but not much variety. The original Cheetah could hold her own in a fight well enough, but that wasn't her forte - she largely operated through wits and trickery and the clever application of her alter ego's enormous fortune. It would do Wondy good to have a foe like that - she needs a few plotters and schemers amongst all the monsters and pummelers. She may be a kickass Amazon warrior, but that's not ALL she is - she has a brain, and going up against a vicious mastermind like Priscilla would force her to use it. Thirdly, the resemblance to Catwoman is really fairly superficial - they both dress in cat costumes; that's all. The Cheetah does not live up to her namesake through a cat theme - she lives up to it by being a huntress, obsessed with stalking down her prey - i.e, Wonder Woman - by any means necessary. Anyway, now that Selina's basically been turned into an antihero instead of a villain, the role of 'villainess in a cat costume' is waiting to be filled, and Priscilla could do so quite nicely. Fourth - and perhaps most importantly to this board - the PR Cheetah is just so PERVERSE! I mean, look at these scans - this is Marston at his finest here. She's got a GROUP OF SLAVE GIRLS DRESSED IN ZEBRA COSTUMES! Furthermore, her hatred of Wonder Woman seems to come not just from a jealousy of her in particular, but a hatred of 'pretty girls'. Looked at through modern eyes, this would seem, to me, to indicate a deeply buried lesbianism and love of sadomasochism - her bevy of themed slave girls is basically a more elaborate version of the sort of stuff you can find all over the internet, usually under such headings as 'Mistress Blackleather knows that you've been a NAUGHTY GIRL! Come buy her new video so she can SPANK YOU!' In short, she's basically a supervillain lesbian dominatrix clothed in a cheetah-skin sheathe, a persona shaped into evil through years of repression and denial, and brought to light by a lust for a certain shapely Amazon that can be expressed no other way. You're telling me that a good writer couldn't take advantage of this? The comics would sell like hotcakes! Anyway, I know that Barbara Minerva is unlikely to be replaced by ol' Prissy anytime soon, but it's a crying shame, is all I can say. At the very least, we should see more of her on here.