Wonder Woman #220

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Synopsis

Wonder Woman has agreed to undergo a series of trials to re-earn her place in the ranks of the Justice League of America. A carrier pigeon is teleported up to the Justice League of America's satellite headquarters, where it is received by the Elongated Man and Red Tornado. At a prior meeting, Superman flipped a coin to determine who would monitor Wonder Woman's tenth trial, the Atom or Hawkman. When the coin lands on it's edge, the Tiny Titan and the Winged Wonder enter into a wager as to who can monitor Wonder Woman's next adventure first. The arrival of the carrier pigeon would seem to indicate that Hawkman has won the wager. Upon closer inspection, though, the Elongated Man discovers the Atom's report, written out on gum wrappers.Diana Prince had just returned from an assignment in the Catskill Mountains. After passing a routine fitness exam, Prince settled back into her workday routine. The doctor who examined Prince noticed his watch was missing. In New York to secretly monitor Prince, the Atom, in hid civilian guise of physicist, Ray Palmer, also noticed his watch was missing. The television game show, Palmer was watching in his hotel room, "Race The Clock", is cancelled, mid-show, when it's clock suddenly goes missing. Palmer dialed the time, only to find the service out of order. Realizing a crisis was afoot, Palmer dialed Prince's number, and rode the telephone currents to her location, as the Atom. Upon arrival, the Atom ducked out of sight, so that he could surreptitiously watch Wonder Woman in action.Prince was informed of the strange phenomenon by her boss, Morgan Tracy. Changing into her Wonder Woman costume, the Amazon Princess got a sense of the escalating dilemma through the United Nation's security feed. Wonder Woman lept out the window, and lassoed the entire United Nations building. With the occupants of the building compelled by the power of the lasso to obey her, Wonder Woman prevented a mass panic. Summoning her invisible jet, Wonder Woman used...