The letter claims that Minerva has found a second Amazon lasso (made from another of Gaea’s girdles) and that she wants Diana to see it before she goes public with it. Myndi has received a letter from archaeologist Barbara Minerva that she thinks will make Diana feel better. Myndi is pretty proud of herself, but worries that some of the negative stuff (sexism, religious people bitching about Diana being a “pagan”, and all the anti-superhero stuff Godfrey stirred up) might be getting to her. The next part is Myndi Mayer, Diana’s publicist, writing to Julia about Diana’s various appearances and schmoozing (she even met the President). When some other guys drew a smutty picture of Wonder Woman, Vanessa and Barry beat the shit out of them and Vanessa got grounded by her mom. That got Vanessa some positive attention from her fellow students, including the guy she has a crush on (Barry). The third part is Vanessa Kapatelis writing in her diary about how much she admires Wonder Woman and how she convinced Diana to come give a talk at her school. His attitude didn’t improve when she refused to let the military analyze her bracelets and lasso. The guy in charge (Major Warren) was impressed by her powers, but contemptuous of her regard for life. Diana impressed everyone (and maybe scared them a bit too) by deflecting bullets, tossing a tank around, and holding a jet fighter back from taking off. (I guess that means the first seven issues of Wonder Woman took place before Legends.) The next story is Etta Candy writing a letter to Steve Trevor, telling him about Wonder Woman’s tests with the U.S. It was during this time that the Legends mini-series took place and Wonder Woman ended up joining other heroes to fight Glorious Godfrey’s influence on society.
Even the Americans were skeptical, so she had to go prove herself to the military. She was trying to convince everyone that Ares was behind the near-nuclear war, but apparently some people just chose not to believe her, while others denigrated her for various reasons. The first part is Julia Kapatelis writing in her journal about Wonder Woman’s testimony in front of the United Nations. I get the feeling Perez might’ve been having deadline problems and this was a way to ease the pressure. These mini-stories are interspersed with scenes of Cheetah and her manservant heading to the United States to find Wonder Woman … or more specifically, her magic lasso. Most of the text is told in the past tense, reminding us of what’s happened in the first seven issues and bringing us up to date on events since last issue. This is kind of a downtime issue that uses a different format for a lot of the story, combining a handful of images with page-long blocks of text. Wonder Woman #8 – “Time Passages” – Len Wein/George Perez/Bruce Patterson
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