Cheetah
Cheetah I
Priscilla Rich
Cheetah II
Deborah (Debbi) Domaine
Cheetah III
Barbara Ann Minerva
Cheetah IV
Sebastian Ballesteros
Cheetah I
Criminal
Debutante
Cheetah II
Criminal
Social Reformer
Cheetah III
Archeologist
Criminal
Cheetah IV
Criminal
Cheetah I
Citizen of the United States with a criminal record.
Cheetah II
Citizen of the United States with a criminal record.
Cheetah III
Subject of Great Britain with no criminal record.
Cheetah IV
Deceased
Cheetah I
United States
Cheetah II
United States
Cheetah III
Nottingham, England
Cheetah IV
Unknown
Cheetah I
Cheetah II
Secret Society of Super-Villains
Cheetah III
Secret Society of Super-Villains
Cheetah IV
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Cheetah I
Washington D.C.
Cheetah II
Mobile
Cheetah III
Europe
Cheetah IV
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Cheetah I
5' 4"
Cheetah II
5' 7"
Cheetah III
5' 9"
Cheetah IV
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Cheetah I
110 lbs.
Cheetah II
120 lbs.
Cheetah III
120 lbs.
Cheetah IV
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Cheetah I
Green
Cheetah II
Green
Cheetah III
Brown
Cheetah IV
Golden
Cheetah I
Brown
Cheetah II
Auburn
Cheetah III
Brown
Cheetah IV
Brown with grey temples.
Cheetah I
Caucasian
Cheetah II
Caucasian
Cheetah III
Caucasian
Cheetah IV
Hispanic
Cheetah I
Normal human with superb hand-to-hand combat skills and cat-like grace and ferocity.
Note: Rich suffers from schizophrenia.
Cheetah II
Normal human with superb hand-to-hand combat skills and cat-like grace and ferocity.
Cheetah III
Herbal chemical augmentation graining superhuman feline abilities including; superhuman speed, strength, agility, stamina, senses, ferocity, razor sharp talons and teeth and a prehensile tail.
Cheetah IV
Herbal chemical augmentation graining superhuman feline abilities including; superhuman speed, strength, agility, stamina, senses, ferocity, razor sharp talons and teeth and a prehensile tail.
Cheetah I
Cheetah Costume: Uniform equipped with razor-sharp talons.
Cheetah II
Cheetah Talons: Artificial fingernails capable of cutting though steel.
Cheetah III
Urzkartaga: Deity in the form of a blood drinking plant which bestows the power of the Cheetah.
Cheetah I
Cheetah II
Cheetah III
Cheetah IV
Cheetah I
Wonder Woman Vol. 1 #6 (Fall, 1943)
Cheetah II
Wonder Woman Vol. 1 #274 (Dec. 1980)
Cheetah III
Wonder Woman Vol. 2 #8 (Sept. 1987)
Sebastian Ballesteros
Wonder Woman Vol. 2 #170 (July, 2001)
Cheetah IV
Wonder Woman Vol. 2 #171 (Aug. 2001)
Pre-Crisis
A wealthy young socialite Priscilla Rich suffered from an overwhelming inferiority complex. Organizing a charity benefit Rich became insanely jealous when as the host she lost attention to Wonder Woman. After a surreptitious attempt to murder Wonder Woman, Rich returned home to find her evil persona confronting her in a mirror. Rich's alter ego explained that she was her true self - a treacherous, relentless huntress. Crafting a costume in the form of a predatory cat she became the Cheetah.
The niece of Priscilla Rich, Debbi Domaine had feelings of guilt about her wealth and privilege which lead her to join extreme ecological groups. Summoned to her aunt's deathbed Rich died before she could reveal her criminal secret to her niece. Recoiled by the sight of her dead aunt Domaine staggered and was knocked unconscious.
Domaine awoke to find herself in the hidden headquarters of the cult leader Kobra. He explained his intent to recruit the Cheetah, but now that she was dead he would have to make a re-creation. Exposing Domaine to mental conditioning and shock therapy Kobra created the hopelessly insane Cheetah.
Post-Crisis
Renowned archeologist and treasure hunter Barbara Minerva sought proof of the existence of a tribe of feline humanoids in South America. In her search she came upon the temple of Urzkartaga and a strange and rare blood-drinking plant tied to the legend of the cat-people. Added by a local mystic Minerva used the herb to perform a ceremony that transformed her into a ferocious Cheetah.
Eventually a new heir to the power of Urzkartaga would arise, Sebastian Ballesteros, an agent of the Amazons' old enemy Circe. Feeding the mystic plant a blood sacrifice and partaking in the herbal potion he would become an even more powerful Cheetah.