Wonder Woman #241 is an issue of the series Wonder Woman (Volume 1) with a cover date of March, 1978.
Synopsis for "Three Roads to Destiny"
A new villain appears, the Bouncer with inhumanly strong muscles, able to survive a 24 stories high fall. Meanwhile in Japan, a mysterious fallout victim displays his power to destroy all life with his touch, thanks to radiation sickness, Emperor Hirohito sends him away to kill WW. We learn the backstory of the Bouncer, discovering his strong leg muscles, his socialité mom sends him away to learn ballet, of course this makes him an outcast among other boys, and the years of bitternment warp his mind to hate all pretentious people, wishing to rob and kill them. He takes a child as hostage and WW goes after him, meanwhile the irradiated man patiently waits for the perfect time to kill WW and change the tides of the war. Bouncer is about to kill the other girl and seems that WW cannot do anything to stop him, so the man reveals himself as Sumo, whom WW knows from previous battles and unleashes his power to kill the Bouncer and save the little girl, but with his power depleted, falls dead. Diana thinks the man earned redemption.
Appearing in "Three Roads to Destiny"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Bouncer (Dies)
- Hirohito
- Sumo the Samurai (Dies)
Other Characters:
- Baron Blitzkrieg (Flashback only)
- New York City Police Department
- Superman (Flashback only)
Locations:
- Earth-Two (1943)
- Japan
- United States of America
- New York
- New York City
- Central Park
- Waldorf-Astoria
- New York City
- New York
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