Rich had her own crew of armed henchmen. They would enter any lucrative mercenary market. From stealing valuable animals from a zoo for a wealthy collector, to hiring out a small mercenary air force and armour squadron for some brushfire war.Ĭheetah had scant appearances. Yet one caption referred to her as Wonder Woman’s arch-nemesis. This history might be similar to the Earth-2’s Cheetah’s. But there’s no way to tell. On Earth-1, Priscilla Rich was a hustling mercenary and thief. She occasionally stole money for her own use, but was usually hired by moneyed interests to provide guile and/or violence. Rich was apparently old Virginian money. She owned a large house on Chesapeake Bay and was quite affluent. Her known family - her niece Debbi Domaine - was also wealthy, lending credence to the idea that much of Pricilla Rich’s wealth was inherited. On the other hand she grossly underestimated her strength, and didn’t know about the bullets and bracers thing. The Cheetah likes playing up the “wait, what ?!?” reaction her strange behaviour and costume evoke. She twice had her henchmen dress in ape costumes. The only point was to confuse witnesses about what could possibly be going on and who were all these crazy people. And it worked !Ĭheetah knew a lot of things about Wonder Woman. For instance that the Amazing Amazon would be compelled to obey her if she caught her in her own lasso, that she was gaga about Steve Trevor, that she had a robot plane she could summon whenever she needed, etc. But this sort of data was not difficult to get pre-Crisis. The Cheetah is physically adept, fast and agile. Jumping and climbing on a telephone pole then sprinting on the less-than-taut cables is not something that gives her pause. She steps lightly, is stealthy, and is super-good at tightrope walking (or sliding, or running). As befits her name, she’s also an excellent sprinter. Her presence is so strong that with a suitable prop she can hypnotise people. However, a mentally strong person like Steve Trevor can eventually shake that yoke. She has tremendous energy, takes a lot of initiatives and something about her just compels people to pay attention. Her charisma has been described as animalistic and it suits the Cheetah just fine. She loves having people looking at her and wondering what the fudge is going on. Cheetah’s most distinctive asset might be her manic intensity and raw presence.
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