Name: Cheetah (Deborah Domaine)
First Appearance: Wonder Woman #274 (1980)
Creators: Gerry Conway and Jose Delbo
Abilities: Chrome steel claws. Peak human reflexes. Mastery of all martial arts.
Backstory: The second of 3 Woman to be the Cheetah, Deborah Domaine, would inadvertently inherit the title from her aunt (the original Cheetah) Priscilla Rich, and serve as Wonder Woman’s feline foe during the Bronze Age. Deborah was a woman born into a family of wealth who saw the ecological plight facing the world with pollution destroying the eco system and smothering the wildlife and declared that she wanted to do something about it!
Joining the Organization for Ecological sanity, a group which chronicled disasters caused by pollution to bring attention to the issues by getting those events recorded and spread to the masses. Deborah would make use of her private yacht and finances to aid the O.E.S in their efforts to aid the world.
When Deborah heard word that her beloved aunt Priscilla was dying, Deborah rushed to her side, unknowingly becoming the victim of Kobra who was seeking out Priscilla because they intended to force the Cheetah to join their organization.
Cheetah presuming that despite Deborah being in the dark about her aunts villainous alter ego would take to it because genetics, proceeded to kidnap her, brainwash her, and then undergo invasive surgery. Rebuilding her and training her to be a new Cheetah. Intent on making her their assassin. To kill in their name.
Taking advantage of Deborahs devotion to ecological activism, they would use this as a focus in their brainwashing. Turning Deborah into an eco terrorist bent on killing those who would destroy the world. Then simply feeding Deborah the narrative that all of the targets given to her were such threats to the planet, they would sit back as she blew up dams and went after political targets. Unknowingly serving their purpose.
When Kobra fell, Deborah would slip through the cracks. Surviving an accident during a fight with Wonder Woman wherin she was presumed dead, Deborah would feeling betrayed, believe that Wonder Woman had abandoned and given up on her.
Thus Deborah would also swear her revenge on Wonder Woman. Swearing to seek out her death for leaving her.
