Wonder Woman (1942) #161

"The Curse of Cleopatra"

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The Curse of Cleopatra

Battle Inside of a Brain

Editors

Robert Kanigher

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Wonder Woman #161 is an issue of the series Wonder Woman (Volume 1) with a cover date of April, 1966. It was published on February 3, 1966.

Synopsis for "The Curse of Cleopatra"

When Countess Draska Nishki comes to Lieutenant Diana Prince's office and offers her services as a spy for hire, Diana refuses her offer, and is tossed around the room by the judo-trained spy. Later, Wonder Woman and Steve Trevor are witness to a "war" between two rival movie studios, each one of them trying to turn out a Cleopatra film. Magnum Magnus of Magnus Pictures contacts Wonder Woman and Steve and asks them to play the roles of Cleopatra and Mark Antony, respectively, in his film because the actor and actress who were originally essaying those parts have fallen into catatonia. A mummy-wrapped actress attributes their sleep-spell to a curse laid on the Egyptian queen by a rival. Wonder Woman has to forego her magic lasso while playing the part, and the mummy-wrapped actress, who is really Draska Nishki, steals it, encircles her with its loop, and forces her to try and wreck the movie set on behalf of Nishki's employers, the rival movie studio. But when the giant statue in Wonder Woman's hands threatens to crush the villainess, she lets go of the magic lasso. Wonder Woman rights the statue, takes the magic lasso back, and captures Draska Nishki with it.

Appearing in "The Curse of Cleopatra"

Featured Characters:

Wonder Woman

Supporting Characters:

Steve Trevor

Antagonists:

Draska Nishki (Single appearance) (First appearance)

Other Characters:

Cleopatra (Flashback only)
Magnum Magnus (Single appearance)
Marc Antony (Flashback only)

Locations:

Items:

Vehicles:

Unknown

Synopsis for "Battle Inside of a Brain"

Wonder Woman is asked by General Darnell to make sure Steve Trevor gets to the Pentagon safely with information on a new rocket plane he has tested. On the way, they are stopped and overcome by the Angle Man and his gang. Wonder Woman is encircled by her lasso and held helpless by one of the gangsters while truth serum is administered to Steve, but he resists revealing his secrets. Thus, the Angle Man and his men use a shrinking device to reduce them to microscopic size, at which time they enter Steve's brain and attempt to get the information directly. Wonder Woman knocks out her guard and uses the shrinking ray to reduce herself to microscopic as well, entering Steve's body and defeating the Angle Man and his gang before they can learn the classified secrets, then bringing both herself and the crooks all safely out of Steve's brain and returning both all of them and herself to their normal size.

Appearing in "Battle Inside of a Brain"