Meet The BRAINWASHED CHEETAH | Wonder Woman VS Debbi Domaine 

Wonder Woman writers: Let’s change Cheetah out cause she’s only human & Diana is ageless. Meanwhile Joker, Penguin, the Riddler are 80 years old looking spry.

I have a feeling she would get along well with Poison Ivy

I really do hope this means we're getting a full series going over each of the Cheetahs.

- 1st Cheetah: hates a person she used to like because she's envious - 2nd Cheetah: was (allegedly) hitting on a woman with super strength and she got abused/tortured into hating people and becoming a villain - 3rd Cheetah: is a feline human hybrid - All the Cheetas: occasionally make cat noises That's official, The Cheetah was the original Catra

She’s alright, but the original Cheetah is just too funny. When your “good” side is an attempted murder (over pettiness, no less) there really is no hope for you.

The Canadian goose thing cracked me up. Definitely had some flashbacks to being attacked by hissing, angry Canadian geese running at me with their wings spread wide open. The horror. The horror.

Am I the only one who wanted to know about power girl and huntress on the bottom of the comic cover? What was their side story about?

I can read cursive. WW could also read shorthand. She was a WWII secretary.

Debbi got short shrift. She sadly only appeared in 2 stories during her tenure as Cheetah. I liked her design far more than the golden age Cheetah because her tail was not at all fluffy and her hair was gorgeous. I wish Debbi had gotten more time in the spotlight and I desperately hope she is brought back/retconned/flashedback/time-jumped or anything and becomes a formidable character.

Poor Cheetah II, got shelfed hard. May she come back in some throwaway reference.

I wonder if the Kobra brainwashing department have only the one setting, super villain. Can the stop like a smoking addiction? Help one actually go to the gym they signed up for? (A before time thing) or help pass college exams?

I always found Deborah really tragic... if I remember correctly, by the time Kobra was defeated her mental trauma was irreversible, and she ended up being sent off to spend the rest of her life in Arkham Asylum. Although that DOES raise the question of how a Wonder Woman villain gets sentenced to a Gotham City psychiatric facility... does the entire DC Universe just ship their crazy villains off to Gotham? Because that would explain a lot about that town.

Debra is going for the Josie and the Pussycats look.

Canadian Geese Casually Comics’ worst enemy

I was not too impressed with this version of Cheetah, she lost her agency, she was now someone else's tool. Even the original had some say in the matter of her villainy as it was a sorta split personality. I have never understood the how earlier Cheetahs were supposed to hold their own against Wonder Woman. Wonder Woman is super-powered, the earlier Cheetahs were just people in suits and not even enhanced suits. Wonder Woman had to be holding back.

2nd Cheetah: I'm completely forgotten, but at least I look good in this suit. Yeah, I can cursive, I took cursive in 3rd grade, and a bit in the 4th, and that's about it, my class must've been last ones to learn, because the past 17 years afterwardhas been "We stopped learning cursive".

For me, the second Cheetah is the "real" Cheetah just because she started out when I was beginning to read comics. For me, it's a shame not to mention her other appearances, such as when she was a member of the version of the Secret Society of Super-Villains formed by the Ultra-Humanite that fought the JLA and JSA in a JLA/JSA crossover. And one thing that the first two Cheetahs have over all the others... at least they're not running around naked. Also, I think this Cheetah's creation is a precursor of Strikeforce Kobra, where Kobra decided to create a bunch of supervillains with the same codename as a bunch of old Batman villains. So Kobra can just do that. He just create any supervillain with any powers whenever he wants. He wasn't even just duplicating the powers that the old villains had; the new villains are often completely different. So, yeah, that's a thing he can do.

Congratulations on your new baby, also I'm jealous of your kids because they get to here you read bedtime stories in the characters voices.

I like Debbi in the way that she was the Cheetah at the time of CoIE. People remember Priscilla because she was the first and Barbara because she's the Post-Crisis Cheetah/current Cheetah, but Debbi has been involved in a lot of great Wonder Woman moments imho that get forgotten.

I know pretty much nothing about the Wonder Woman mythos, so it's always completely fresh to me when I see videos on it. The only Cheetah I knew was the Minerva one.

6:30 That much clumsiness, and it's *not* Hal Jordan? Pretty hard to believe that there could be more than one DCU person who's that inept...

Oh Cobras in this?! GI Joe crossover! Seriously I know what Kobra is, but would love to see a video about groups like hydra and how they're related ( also came for the superheroing, stayed for the sitcom dating tropes!)

Ah yes, I like to watch my comics instead of reading them. Also, I still can read cursive writing with ease, it wasn't in my curriculum but it's still manageable

Clearly, there was a Priscilla Rich version of the Cheetah on both Earth-One and Earth-Two. There were Luthors on both Earths. There were Jokers on both Earths. The Debbi Domaine of Earth-One became the second Cheetah of Earth-One.

I loved your first Cheetah vid! Especially when you read along with the comics.

Less purring in Sashas cheetah voice than I'd expect...have to look at old videos to hear her catwoman voice! Did cheetah and catwoman ever have major interaction?

“Tell me I have less than a week to live. The doctors wanted to keep me locked up in the hospital, but I told them, if I must die, I’ll die in my home. You remember the north shore house, don’t you, Dear Deborah? Perhaps you could visit me this Friday. There’s something I must tell you.” I can read this letter. :)

Did the first two Cheetahs really run around with a batting-filled tail dragging behind them? Like a stuffed animal toy?

i love all the Cheetahs. I love how Alex Ross took the Priscilla Rich version and kinda combined her with Barbara's powers in the Justice series. I actually have all these issues from the Priscilla era to now. can't wait until Wonder Woman 1984 comes out. yes I've been waiting for a live action battle between wonder woman and cheetah for years.

Cant wait till Mancheetah! LOL

Very fun videos! I enjoy you visiting older comics, brings great life to them!

I think we should always put a good story over continuity (I’d be a terrible editor, lol). I like the costume update. It would’ve made more sense if the OG Cheetah taught her daughter the ways of the petty. Multi generational salt!

I love how passionately you read the comics :) I think my fave version of the Cheetah design is from JLU but I like these old fun comic origins. What do you think about the WW2 real life action Cheetah? I thought she looked a bit odd in the trailer but then again the camera was moving so fast.

How are the first two Cheetahs able to go hand to hand with Diana? There's no mention of either of them having super powers or using tech to level up to Diana.

A video about Wonder Woman lore with a Doctor Who reference?!? Perfection.

Kobra: You are the avenger of the oppressed. You are my servant and I am your master; Cheetah: But doesn't that make me the oppressed and you the oppressor? Kobra: Well, um, yes, but-- Cheetah: So I should fight you. Kobra: What, wait. No-- Cheetah: Rrrraaahhh.

Debbie became a downer, by trying to kill Wonder Woman. Also I can read cursive. It's a lost art.

This origin was a bit contrived, but the character is ok far as Cheetahs go, IMO. Having her heel turn be a product of torture give her a bit of useful pathos, which was briefly revisited later in Justice League of America when she joined the Secret Society of Supervillains. But mostly I see this tale as evidence that Kobra, who was at the time being pushed as something of a major opponent for Wonder Woman, had not mellowed down. He was still cruel and ruthless. The story works better as a prelude to the confrontation with Kobra than as a debut for the second Cheetah, unfortunately. As for the continuity issues, I don't think it is useful to think too much about them. There were many characters who existed in a gray zone, and you could make a case for them existing in Earth-Two only, Earth-One only, or both. The original Cheetah was clearly one of those.

I never knew much about DC so this is all new to me. Changing continuities, soft rebooting backstories, and a little bit of "deadline's Tuesday, this is good enough, not like people will be reading this decades into the future". It was a little jarring when you mentioned Cobra. From context I did manage to figure out it's probably a DC/WW group of villains. But at the time my mind jumped to the GI Joe terrorist organization, because they sometimes cross over into Marvel comics. I thought that might amuse you.

The Cheetah story that was in Wonder Woman #230 was an Earth-Two story. This was at the time of the WW TV series when it was set in WWII, so the book was changed to be the Earth-Two WW in the 1940s. That lasted about a year, because the TV show was changed to be set in current time and was subsequently cancelled. The original Earth-One Cheetah just falls into the same category of the Earth-One and Two Lex Luthors, Jokers and others of the Superman and Batman rogues galleries. Also, I can read cursive because I read WW #230 when it came out in the 1970s.

Ok, where's Destro and the Baroness?

It's probably for the best the first two cheetahs were written out as they're both one dimensional and theyre both standard villain of the week. There isn't much you do with either of these characters

Makes me wonder if they did a Cheetah 2 and Poison Ivy team up at any point. It seems like an easy logical bit. I will say I like the cat ears in the hair over the swim cap. Also slightly makes me wonder where this was in relation to Josie & the Pussycats and if the ears of one inspired the other.

It's my opinion that either Gerry Conway didn't take the multiple Earths into account when creating the second Cheetah, or he just went ahead and made the original Cheetah to be Debbi's aunt knowing most people either wouldn't catch the error or wouldn't care. I elaborate more on your video regarding the original Cheetah from a few days ago.

As someone fairly new to comics, these introductions /origin videos are my favourite. Keep being amazing and informative, Sasha!

It used to be confusing as to whether I was reading an Earth1 or Earth 2 WW story. Some artists would differentiate the two by having Earth 2 WW wear her tiara over her hair but not all artists did this.

I do love the look back at legacy characters. its almost like a redo of things not liked about the original.

interestingly, the issue was the first time that I read the word "raped" in a comic.

The Kobra story arc were the first real comic stories I read & remember, published as they were back then in Australia, in B&W, in an omnibus edition. Alongside the TV show they’re what got me started as a lifelong Wonder Woman fan. This is such a blast from the past! 🙏🏼🤩

I am 20 and learned cursive in 3rd grade and still uses it XD. An old classmate of mine said, "the teacher ruined you for life, huh?" when we went in collage with each other XD. The letter reads; "Tell me I have less than a week to live. The doctors wanted to keep me locked up in the hospital, but I told them, if I must die, I'll die in my home. You remember the north shore house, don't you, dear Deborah? Perhaps you could visit me this Friday. There's something I must tell you."

Class of '97... we were taught Cursive circa Grade 3 (or 1987-ish) ... I think my nephews were still being taught it in the late 90s...

Thank you so much for this series. Its long overdue for this character.

Something about the way you said "She's dead!" reminded me of the old song "Everybody Run, The Homecoming Queen's Got A Gun!"

I love cheetah - ever since Challenge of The Superfriends - thanks for breaking it all down Sash !

man this channel is great....you know their backgrounds and your pretty damn funny!

All of this could have been avoided if GI Joe had been doing there jobs.

I learned to read and write cursive in elementary school, but that was so long ago they made students say the Lord's Prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance until I entered Grade 5.

They're phasing out cursive writing in the U.S. too. I learned it when I was in school and sometimes I'll write in half cursive and half plain writing.

I read cursive, gotta love Lutheran school in 2012. I love looking back at the older cheetah. Its always kinda of cheesy fun for me.

Interesting point on the base knowledge of cursive. When I went to school learning cursive was not mandatory but my second grade teacher still taught it to us. I don’t use it much, but I can still read cursive although it does take me quiet a bit longer to read cursive than printed words.

I love learning about people's origins. Even characters I only vaguely know by their name

Sasha, I am loving this deep-dive into all things Cheetah. I def look forward to more on this series. To your question... DD.... I think they threw Cobra into the mix to explain the costume enhancements (def an improvement). The brainwashing was to endear her to the audience and may have been the start to WW being sympathetic to the struggles that Cheetah fights (we see a few glimpses of that through the cannon) and can see it hinted at in the trailers for WW84. Do I like DD as a character? ... I don't think so. She brings some elements to the Cheetah crew, but all in all, is a transitional character.

Teacher, "Do you know cursive?" Bart, "Well, I know damn and heck."

I really hope that they named her domaine because they were trying to keep the character from going into the public domain lol 😂

3:21 Yeah it's a come on. Trust me I ask people to use my shower all the time. Little do they know the water is really my tears.

*Sasha: **_"Okay, maybe I've lived in a motel on Shipper Alley off of Gutter Street for too long, but that sounded like a come-on."_* 🤭🤭🤭

3:55 Canadian Geese are like that one friend that turns into a mean asshole when he's drunk, except there's a bunch of them

Debbie Domaine had to have been inspired by Patty Hearst. My very favorite Cheetah! Great series!

I’m 20 and learned cursive very poorly. I can read it but never bother writing it because I got nerve damage from them trying to fix my pencil grip technique.

I'm over a half-century old, so yes, I can read and write in cursive. I can also drive a stick-shift and watch black-and-white television programs without losing my mind. Those are my super-powers.

Sassy petty Wonder Woman! YASSSS I'm here for it!!! Loving your Cheetah voice LOL

Hi Sasha. I really enjoy your RU-vid channel… And I always look forward to new videos that you put out. In regards to this video, I do have some information which I am not sure if anyone else has commented yet. It’s possible that they have, but I decided not to run through every single comment to see. So if I’m repeating another comment than I apologize. The Cheetah and Diana in issue #230 are both from Earth 2. In the 70s, the wonder woman TV show premiered with her adventures initially happening during the World War II era. The comic books at that time decided to take the Wonder Woman adventures to Earth 2 in order to coincide with the same timeframe that was happening on the TV show. When the TV show was picked up by a different network, who updated it the 1970s, then the comic book went back to Earth 1 so her adventures were in present day. It’s actually very interesting to see how they made the transition in the comic books. If you have the time, you should go back and see the different comics where Wonder Woman transitions from Earth 1 to Earth 2 and then back to Earth 1 again. Anyway, again, if you have already seen this comment or know about this than I apologize for repeating it, but if not, hopefully it gives you a little bit more insight. Thanks again for the great videos.

So Diana has Debbi, Steve and Darnell hitting on her all at once? Wow. Boundaries, people. Time to just get some alone time on the JLA satellite.

Answering the question at 4:34 > yes I can read that letter perfectly.

Have you ever thought of covering miss Masque , the fighting yank , and the black terror .

I just noticed the Jonny the Homocidal Maniac book on your shelf. Hell yeah.

I only ever got to learn how to write my name in cursive before they took it off the curriculum

I really enjoy these reviews. I've been a comic fan all my life and you are still able to show me something I didn't know. Thank you, keep making these wonderful videos. 👍 I look forward to every new video

Well, to be honest. before this issue my only exposure to the Cheetah was from the animated Super Friends series Challenge of the Super Friends and the characters portrayal as a member of the Legion of Doom. It wasn't until later on that I saw the older stories with Priscilla Rich as the original. That being said, for me the story worked at the time. It gave a sense of of how they were able to use her beliefs and passion as a tool to turn her into the Cheetah and with the fact that the original was her aunt there is the legacy factor and the fact that the potential was already there. I wonder though, if she had had time to process who her aunt was before Kobra got their hands on her, would she have been appalled that her aunt was Cheetah, or would she have, at least in part, understood how and why? I will admit I was a little disappointed myself that they didn't show Diana trying to have two dates at once. Admittedly that is probably because the necessity of there being a comedic take to it could have distracted from the serious nature of the rest of the story. I can imagine her, among other things, trying to make certain that Steve and the General don't see each other as on would most certainly invite the other, and their date to join him and his date and that would have made the illusion of being in two places at the same time much harder to maintain. (Too bad she didn't take a page from Superman's playbook and have a robot built in her secret identity for emergencies like he does, but I digress.) Or even if she had been seen in her other identity by the one she wasn't on a date with the same could have happened. The potential for comedy was there...and in a different...more lighthearted...issue that was more focused on her personal life than on fighting super villains it might have been right but here...maybe not so much...although it could have been a nice break from the serious tone...especially set against the Clockwork Orange brain washing that Debbie undergoes. What do you think? Would such a sequence have worked in the issue or been out of place?

love these videos

Loved the Cheetah videos. So funny! Please do one for the guy Cheetah and of course Barbara if you have time 👍🏻

I was never taught cursive but I can still read it as I learned it from reading books that thaught the subject. I was one of the very few in my class to actually know as all the others who did knew as well also had to learn it outside of school

Completley off topic but I was wondering: What´s with the costumes of the JSAs: Atom, Robin and Red Tornado 1. As for this Cheetah agree in both opinions: 1)the costume is a slightly improvement and 2)while it was nice to have her as the original Cheetah´s niece the stoy didn´t work. Maybe, if she had a different story (still Pricilla´s niece and Diana´s friend) then she could have made it as the modern age Cheetah (meaning the current look) without the need for Barbara.

I think one could go a bit mad thinking about multiverse continuity more deeply than the writers and editors did. I am reminded of the line at the end of Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow: "This is an imaginary story. Aren't they all?"

I despised cursive so much that I vowed to always print everything except my payroll signature (as we called it in the military,...but even that has fallen by the wayside thanks to direct deposit and paycall no longer a thing) and to this day I keep that promise. I am,...The Printer!!! LOL. Hmm, does that mean my arch-nemesis is The Calligrapher???

They don’t teach cursive here in the USA anymore either. Employers complain that they can’t read the cursive handwriting that their employees learn in school.

If u look back far enough Greek the use to paint thereselves up as cheetahs and jaguars

So when do we see Rum Tum Tugger Cheetah? You know, the dude?

I can still read and write cursive. I remember when I was in grade school and even a bit into high school, where they used to make us write in cursive because it would be the only accepted way to write (in college), which then lead me to not ever using cursive if I didn't have too. On the other hand, after basically years of not using cursive I challenged myself to write my college notes in cursive just to make sure I could. It was a math class, which is why I wasn't using my tablet to type notes.

I'm old enough to have learned cursive but have never used it at any point in my life. It's alleged use is speed but if you actually do it quickly it becomes incredibly illegible while sloppy, rushed printing reads fine.

I think my age range was one of the last to learn cursive, because my teacher really just half-assed teaching us it😅🤷‍♂️ as a result i can only half read cursive Still, that letter is easier to read than the time i tried to read voyage of the beagle😭 after reading that, i understand how dyslexic people feel🤦‍♂️😅🤣 🤣🤣🤣Anytime anyone complains about anything from now on, my reply will be "Ok, but what about wonder woman on two dates?!?!“

I can partially read the letter and filled in the blanks. I never formally learned cursive but I had taken an interest in it when I was a kid and did minimal practice with it.

I can read cursive, but only because I am old enough to remember the first run of the second cheetah! Sad they don't teach it any more.

I could read the cursive letter but I had to read it slowly. I learned a little bit of cursive when I was in 4th grade. I can't read the cursive in Peanut's comics though

7:00 GI Josephine!

I hope you cover the power girl and huntress side story as I'm sure it was more interesting than this story lol.

12:55 Very interesting hand gestures on “Oh no! Wonder Woman has two dates!”

I really enjoy how they tried to connect the two , and family could be blood related or not we’ll never know just like the dates lol details they won’t explain

I think currently in Ireland cursive is taught but as soon as you leave primary they don't care how you write as long as it's your best looking writing. I can read cursive myself. It's more to do with someone's handwriting on whether I can read it

I thought this was a very interesting version of the Cheetah; she definitely has a unique story.