  the cheetah is a fictional character appearing in dc comics publications and related media. popularly regarded as the archenemy of wonder woman, the cheetah first appeared in 1943 in wonder woman #6 (volume 1), written by wonder woman creator william moulton marston. since then, the character has undergone several updates as comic book continuities have evolved and shifted. indeed, there have been four different cheetahs since the character's debut, including priscilla rich (the golden and silver age cheetah), deborah domaine (the bronze age cheetah), barbara ann minerva (the post-crisis and current cheetah), and sebastian ballesteros (a male usurper who briefly assumed the role in 2001). in 2009, the cheetah was ranked as ign's 69th greatest comic book villain of all time.cheetah is number 69, ign. ==golden age and silver age comics history== prior to the 12-issue dc comics series crisis on infinite earths in 1985 (which is regarded as the starting point for dc's continuity prior to the 2011 new 52 reboot), there were two women who donned spotted cat costumes to fight wonder woman as the cheetah: socialite priscilla rich and her niece deborah domaine. while modern incarnations of the cheetah possess superhuman powers, rich and domaine do not. ===priscilla rich=== 165px|cover to wonder woman #6, the cheetah's first appearance. art by harry g. peter.|left|thumb the first woman to become the cheetah, in wonder woman #7 (october 1943), is priscilla rich, a 1940s-era blonde washington, d.c. debutante of aristocratic upbringing
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