The first Cheetah used a cheetah costume and pulled off robberies.

The second Cheetah used only a costume, like the first one.

The third Cheetah, through a ritual in Africa is an avatar of Urzkartaga.

The fourth Cheetah, was a man, but was killed by Cheetah III when she came after him to reclaim her powers.

Barbara Ann Minerva

Urzkartaga and his pride.

Barbara Ann Minerva, an archaeologist, was searching an Urzkartaga temple in Africa with her expedition. They searched for two months before finding it. A witch doctor was leading them, but little did they know they weren't lead to the city, but to a trap. Minerva managed to escape with one of her team members. Together they sneaked into the city, and saw how the captured team members were sacrificed. Minerva felt nothing for them, she was only interested in relics. The tribe was trying to reawaken the Cheetah, but the chosen one was shot by group of men, who wanted to destroy the cult of vine. When Chuma was facing an imminent death, Minerva saved his life, but they were trapped inside the Urzkartaga temple. She was told the story of the Cheetah and the plant god Urzkartaga. Hearing it she wanted the long life being the bride of Urzkartaga offered. The one who managed to escape with Minerva first time was still alive, he used explosives to help Barbara out of the temple. She used the opportunity to slay him thus making him a needed sacrifice to the plant god, Chuma prepared the ritual. And she was transformed to Cheetah, she killed all the temple attackers, and ate their flesh. Back in England she started to get weaker, it turned out that the pride of Urzkartaga needed to be a virgin, Barbara was not. Now she was weak when human, and strong when Cheetah, and only thing that could sustain her was flesh. She needed to turn into a Cheetah on every full moon by putting on the cheetah skin and drinking the potion and was in pain between the moons.

Minerva had read that Wonder Woman possesses a Girdle, and she wanted it for herself. She sent her a note, that she might have the second girdle. When Diana handed her the golden lasso, she was forced to speak the truth, and Diana left. She then prepared the potion and became the Cheetah. She went to Wonder Woman’s loft, with an intention to steal the lasso. Cheetah fought valiantly with Wonder Woman and just when she was about to win, she was shot by Julia Kapatelis.

Minerva returned back to her previous jobs, she stole an ancient vase from Egypt, then she was after Mayan artifacts in Mexico. By killing one man she angers Balum, the jaguar god, Wonder Woman saves her from death.

Second time Barbara tried to steal the lasso she succeeded. She used hired help to break two Khunds out of armored convoy. She then sent the Khunds to fight Wonder Woman, one of them got tied up with the lasso, and that was part of the plan. Another Khund threw Diana’s friend off the cliff, and then Barbara game and flew away with Khunds. Knowing that lasso could be removed only when the bound one is dead, she killed the Khunds. Then she strapped bombs to them and threw them out of helicopter. Wanting to leave no traces she invited the hired help to her back yard. There she hunted and killed them as a Cheetah. When Wonder woman came to Barbara’s house, Chuma tried to poison her but failed, and she found out that Minerva went to Egypt. There Minerva traveled as a Cheetah in the desert, she found an ancient hidden city, where amazons dwelled. The lasso lead her to altar, where she found a pyx. But something had happened she couldn’t hold the blood anymore, and the plant god was wilting. It seemed that Urzkartaga saw her obsession with the girdle as love for another god. So she needed to renew her bond with plant god. When the desert amazons raid the city in search for their stolen treasure, Wonder Woman and Cheetah fought. Chuma tries to help Cheetah but is killed. The battle between two woman is long and brutal, finally The amazon gains an upper hand and severely beats Cheetah. Cheetah is imprisoned in the desert amazons city. Wonder Woman asks Hermes to help Minerva get rid of the addiction to Urzkartaga, he however is unable to do that. When the amazon city disappears, Minerva along with Hermes and Wonder Woman survive. She then is sent to England to recover, and after that she is locked up in Arkham Asylum.

In Arkham, she was visited by Mikos, a Circe’s assistant. He fed her a potion that fused the Cheetah and Minerva into one being, so there was no need for the blood rituals to Urzkartaga anymore. Cheetah wanted to help Wonder Woman to defeat Circe, to be rid of serving her, for Circe made her a slave to the drug that awakened her. Circe ordered Minerva to gather artifacts for her hellfire spell. Cheetah sneaked around to learn of Circe’s plan, she saw how Hippolyte was turned to new Shim’tar. Some amazons tried to interfere, she killed them, and took the goblet that changed Hippolyte. She later told the story to Inspector Indelicato, and then ran off.

Nothing is heard of Cheetah for a while. She then surfaces in Muldavia when she is captured by Drax's men. She is wanted to be a host for his bride, but she reverts back to her human form and she is no good to them. Meanwhile Wonder Woman have learned that Cheetah is held captive, and what fate waits for her, she goes for her rescue. Diana lets herself to be captured to gain faster access to Minerva. She then casts an illusion to fool the Drax’s mate. A fight ensures, blood is spilt. Weakened Minerva licks the blood of the floor and transforms to Cheetah again. Seeking adventure she jumps through the gateway to another dimension and it closes after her.

Demonic.

When Dr. Brewster experiments with gate to extradimensions, she makes contact with the one Cheetah was in. She is hired by Julianna Sazia and sent after Diana. Diana falls fast as she is hurt already. However in Sazia’s lair Wonder Woman, soon after waking, escapes. Cheetah, Cheshire and Poison Ivy go after her. When Cheshire tries to backstab Diana, Cheetah saves her, to bay back the rescue from Drax. When Paulie Longo’s golems attack, Cheetah and Diana join forces to destroy them. Joker escapes with Sazia, Diana and Cheetah follow them. Diana heads inside to battle Joker, and Cheetah stays outside on the watch. When White Magician arrives and wants to send the house where Diana is, into another dimension, Cheetah jumps on him and he miscasts the spell onto himself and Cheetah. After coming back from the night realm, White Magician has imprisoned Cheetah, but he soon sacrifices her along with Cassandra Arnold to keep his demonic form. When Diana and Artemis face against White Magician, he summons demonic form of Cheetah and Cassandra to his aid. In the fierce battle White Magician seems to be winning. Then arrives Circe who teleports herself and demonic Cheetah and Cassandra away. Dying Artemis gives the Gauntlet of Atlas to Diana who uses it to defeat demonic White Magician.

Animalistic.

Neron gathers villains to empower them on the cost of their souls, Cheetah seems to be back to her more human form, somehow rid of the Demonic appearance. Barbara Minerva however did not want power, she wanted her friend Chuma back from the dead. She hoped that Chuma could help her control the Cheetah side more, but without human soul the animal in her started to take over. Chuma now looks help for Minerva in LexCorp, not able to get it he looked up Wonder Woman to help Minerva. Wonder Woman and Cheetah battle in an old zoo, Chuma distracts Minerva for a moment and Diana uses the chance to subdue her. Chuma then prepares a ritual to restore Barbara’s soul. Wonder Woman and Mike Schorr arrive into soul realm, where Diana manages to turn Minerva back to her human form.

Cheetah's Fury.

Sebastian Ballesteros stole Minerva's Cheetah powers by offering Urzkartaga more potent fighter, himself. Minerva however wanted to get Cheetah power back. She hired Angle Man to steal an artifact that can control the power of Furies She used it to power herself and went on a hunt for Ballesteros. After the great battle and interventions by Wonder Woman, the battle is ended by a collapsing building. Later Minerva is revealed to have killed Ballesteros, gaining back her Cheetah powers. After Ballesteros revived the blood ritual, Minerva has continued that tradition, first of the sacrifices was Ballesteros himself.

She rescues Zoom with an intention to gain speed. Zoom tells that she might get better if she would be only Cheetah, and tells her to kill Priscilla Rich, the first Cheetah. Flash and Wonder Woman arrive, Cheetah now faster, takes on Flash. She is asmost winning until she kisses him, Flash steals her speed, and she is no match for him. When Wonder Woman returns with Zoom, Cheetah slices Diana's wrist and they escape. Cheetah takes Zoom to Doctor Dr. Psycho.

When Wonder Woman lets herself Arrested for killing Maxwell Lord, Cheetah sneaks to her quarters, killing a few guard to reach there. She reveals that she hates Wonder Woman for her purity and innocence, she attacks her with an intent to kill and devour, but is quickly beaten down.

Human again.

She tries to set herself up in the East End, but is captured by Batman. She is bound to a lamp post by him and when the police arrives she fights them bound there, finally she is submitted and taken away. After the worldwide prison break she goes to live in the forest and feeds on animals, until she gets the offer to join Secret Society of Super Villains. She helps them capture Catman and his gang and during the Infinity Crisis she helps take down Uncle Sam’s team.

After the villains fall, she teams up with Felix Faust and Talia. Faustus shields Cheetah with magic and she looks like human. They try to get Black Alice to join their side, but that doesn’t go that well. Birds Of Prey intervene and Alice turns on them, and sends them away.

Some time later Circe has somehow reverted Cheetah back to her human form, she now can switch between human and cheetah on will and can communicate with real cheetahs. She is seen with Giganta and Dr. Psycho while they are after Wonder Woman. They manage to kidnap Donna Troy and Wonder Girl. Wonder Woman follows them to Circe’s island. Cheetah with others battle Diana until her friends arrive and spoil their victory.

Next group she involves herself is Injustice League, she was one of three founding members, along with Lex Luthor and Joker. On one of their recruiting trip, they beat up Firestorm and get Killer Frost into their team. Cheetah, along with Dr. Light and Killer Frost ambush Wonder Woman in the hospital where Firestorm has held. Next on the hit list is Superman, Black Lightning however interferes on his capture and they must leave with consolation prices: Vixen and Black Canary. Later, Superman crashes their hideout, and Firestorm releases the prisoners, Injustice League is defeated and delivered into Suicide Squad hands. Then they are sent to alien planet. There she meets Catwoman, they seem to have some unfinished business. Lex Luthor sends Cheetah and Catwoman down into some shaft to look a way home, they find a machine and Cheetah turns it on, hoping to be teleported home, but it’s Catwoman who disappears. Cheetah then goes with Lex and joins other villains in the camp. When thing turn worse and two sides are formed: one by Luthor, one by Joker. Cheetah chooses the third variant and goes on a search for safe zone under the leadership of Vandal Savage. Phobia and Lady Flash are other women who join them. She visits the Luthor's camp for a while and again clashes with Catwoman, and then returns back to safe zone just as Parademons attack. Lex Luthor teleports his machine to safe zone along with all the villains, and activates it. Cheetah returns to earth that day.

Back on earth Cheetah is seen with other villains gathering under Libra's leadership, and is already arrested once.

Priscilla Rich.

Priscilla Rich

A wealth society girl with an overwhelming inferiority complex, Priscilla Rich organized a charity benefit and became insanely jealous when more attention was paid to the guest of honor Wonder Woman than was paid to her. After a failed attempt on Wonder Woman's life, Priscilla returned home to find her own evil persona, clad in a cheetah costume, confronting her in the mirror. Explaining that "I am the real you, the Cheetah, a treacherous relentless huntress" this evil persona took hypnotic control of Priscilla, commanding her to make a real Cheetah costume. Then in the guise of the Cheetah, Priscilla embarked upon a life of crime. She clashed with Wonder Woman of several occasions.

Deborah Domaine.

Deborah Domaine

A wealthy young woman who felt guilty about her wealth and attempted to make amends by joining ecological extremist groups such as the Organisation for Ecological Sanity, Debbi Domaine found herself summoned to the deathbed of her egocentric and reclusive aunt, Priscilla Rich. But before the dying old woman could reveal her deepest secret to Debbi, Priscilla Rich breathed her last.

Recoiling from the sight of the dead woman, Debbi staggered back against a closet and was knocked unconscious by a mannequin that fell from within, a mannequin clad in a bizarre cat-like costume. In the last instants before darkness overcame her, Debbi saw a weird figure in a reptilian costume enter the room.

Debbi awakened to find herself prisoner in a hidden headquarters of the would be world conqueror known as Kobra, hanging spread eagled from the ceiling of a room filled only with sophisticated projectors.

Kobra had originally come for Priscilla, who had secretly been the super villainess called the Cheetah, wanting to employ her in his plans, but now she was dead, he would need a substitute.

Despite Debbi's protests, Kobra filled the room with holographic images, hundreds of scenes, each worse than the one before; factories polluting air and water, tankers spilling oil, hunters killing helpless seals. These images were calculated to fill Debbi with fury, and combined with a series of electrical shocks they drove her insane.

Released from her constraints and given a costume similar to that of her aunt, Debbi was told by Kobra that she was now the avenger of wronged nature - the Cheetah. At Kobra's command, the new Cheetah battled Wonder Woman, but the amazon princess finally overcame her and Kobra.

Sebastian Ballesteros.

Sebastian Ballesteros

Sebastian Ballesteros learned of the cat god whose power became manifested in the form of a woman, The Cheetah. Ever the scheming businessman, Ballesteros bargained with the god, offering a deal he couldn’t refuse…Ballesteros provided a host for Urzkartaga’s godly energies. No longer would a useless female be the conduit for his ancient powers. Now Urzkartaga would have a male host for his power…a host that would allow him to hunt , and to feed.

Minerva had a chance to kill Ballesteros and took it. Now his blood feeds Urzkartaga.