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    Wonder Woman #253

    Wonder Woman » Wonder Woman #253 - Spirit of Silver...Soul of Gold released by DC Comics on March 1979.

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    Spirit of Silver...Soul of Gold last edited by trickled on 09/02/22 10:35PM View full history

    Diana has called Hippolyta and an Amazonian technician team to the moon to inspect the statue left after she apparently defeated the Empress of the Silver Snake.  As Hipployta approaches, the statue returns to life and attacks.  The Empress retreats and Hippolyta commands the Amazons not to pursue.  The Amazons return to Earth.  Diana heads to Houston to attend her next astronaut training session.   
      
    During one of the sessions, the Empress uses her eye beams to attack the facility.  Diana is able to save Mike Bailey.  She departs to confront the Empress in space.  The Amazons meet her en route to the Empress. 
     
    The Amazons attack.  However, they are easily defeated as the Empress fuses or destroys their bracelets.  The Empress grabs Hippolyta and threatens to remove the girdle.  The removal of Hippolyta's girdle will cause all of the Amazons to lose their powers. 
     
    Wonder Woman is confused as to how the Empress knows how to defeat the Amazons so easily.  Hippolyta finally acknowledges that the Empress is in fact her sister Diana.  Diana had been killed by Hercules.  However, her spirit floated through space until she encountered an asteroid of pulsating gold and silver.  The asteroid allowed her to regain solid form.   
     
    Her abilities allowed her to see Earth.  She saw Wonder Woman and believed her to be an evil impostor who had invaded her body.  She returned  to Earth to free her sisters from this evil.  Hippolyta explains she made Diana in her sister's image as a tribute to her lost sister.   The Empress finally realizes she died when Hercules ran her through with a sword.  She is welcomed to the afterlife by Aphrodite and Athena.
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    The cover makes reference to Body Snatchers which was a popular movie from the era (and from the 1950s as well) but it has nothing in common at all with this issue.   The mystery of Astarte is investigated more and Diana eventually returns to Earth to conduct some astronaut training.   The Amazons are summoned back to the moon where they battle Astarte once again.   This sort of wraps up the background Amazon stories which were running 10 issues previous (but sort of doesn’t wrap them up either)...

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