There have been two Pre-Crisis Cheetahs; Priscilla Rich and her niece Deborah Domaine. While the later Cheetahs were given more mystical origins, the original Cheetahs were simply women who wore cheetah pelt-patterned catsuits. The first woman to become the Cheetah, in Wonder Woman #6 (October 1943), was Priscilla Rich, a 1940s-era Washington, D.C. blonde debutante who suffered from a split personality. After being eclipsed by Wonder Woman at a charity event, Priscilla retreated to her room and collapsed before her makeup mirror. There she saw an image of a woman dressed like a cheetah. "Horrors!" she cried, as she gazed at her evil inner self for the first time. "Don't you know me?" replied the reflection. "I am the REAL you — the Cheetah — a treacherous, relentless huntress!" The image commanded her to fashion a Cheetah costume. "From now on, intoned the reflection, "when I command you, you shall go forth dressed like your TRUE self and do as I command you..." Priscilla had several run-ins with Wonder Woman before retiring to her North Shore Maryland mansion. In Wonder Woman #274 (Dec. 1980), the villain Kobra attempted to recruit the villainess for his organization. His operative found the reclusive Priscilla an invalid. Priscilla's niece Deborah Domaine had come at her bidding and the operative stayed to observe. Before Priscilla could unburden her alter ego as the Cheetah, she died. Recently in the pages of DC Comics' Justice series, Priscilla Rich once again battles Wonder Woman in her guise as The Cheetah. This series, however, doesn't reflect what is happening in modern DC continuity. The conflict between the Cheetah and Wonder Woman, though updated, harkens back to the Golden Age in its presentation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheetah_%28comics%29