FitzSimons, Charles B. 1924-2001

Wonder Woman Going, going, gone, Spaced out( visu )
1 edition published in 2001 in English and held by 1 library worldwide
In "Going, Going, Gone", a former military scientist named Como uses his expertise at lasers and holography to create a threat that causes a Russian pilot to jettison his cargo: a nuclear warhead. Now that warhead will go to the highest bidder. Getting wind of the situation, Diana Prince goes undercover and is eventually exposed and captured. Como has her taken beneath the surface in his sub, the plan being to jettison her body through one of the torpedo tubes. What they don't expect is for Wonder Woman--adorned in a new underwater outfit--to show up and sink their plans. International thief James Kimball attempts to steal NASA's "collimating crystals" in "Spaced Out". These crystals are used by the space agency to measure great distances, but in the hands of those with more devious desires, could serve as the basis of laser weapons. Through a series of circumstances, the crystals end up at the "Space Quest"(read: Star Trek) convention, which serves as the backdrop of most of the story. Diana as Wonder Woman must recover the crystals and put a stop to Kimball's plans, calling on members of sci-fi fandom to help her do so.

Wonder Woman Disco devil, Seance of terror( visu )
1 edition published in 2000 in English and held by 1 library worldwide
In "Disco Devil", a disco "king" named Infra red has come up with a unique means of discerning what he needs to learn. He opens a disco club, promising the ultimate experience for patrons and then, while they're dancing the night away, he uses his ability to learn the secrets of their mind. The fact that many of his patrons are government officials, makes this particular plan a threat to national security. "Seance of Terror" takes a more supernatural bent, as a young boy who has the ability to create "psychic photographs"--images that are able to see the future or the true motivations of those who are captured within them--is being used to manipulate power brokers around the world, and threaten international peace talks. Wonder Woman must remove this child from the mix, stop those who have been using him and try and give the child a normal life.

Wonder Woman The richest man in the world, A date with doomsday( visu )
1 edition published in 2001 in English and held by 1 library worldwide
In "The Richest Man in the World" multi-millionaire Marshall Henshaw meets with Steve Trevor and a foreign prime minister to report that the Missile Systems Scramber (nicknamed "Missy") is ready for shipping. This is vitally important as the device has the ability to scramble signals from approaching missiles, forcing them to veer off target. It is an incredible offensive weapon. Unfortunately, no sooner does Hewshaw leave this meeting than he is kidnapped. The kidnappers gain the information they need about MISSY, and dump Henshaw's unconscious body into the woods somewhere, believing that he'll die from exposure. While they set a plan into motion in which they'll substitute a fake scrambler with the real thing, an orphan child named Barney finds Henshaw and helps him, saving the man's life in the process. The situation growing more desperate by the moment, Wonder Woman steps in and does what she can to set things right again. In the end, MISSY is delivered to the prime minister and Barney finds himself with a new adopted father. Things aren't quite so soft and fuzz in "A Date with Doomsday," when a biological "slime" that would kill thousands if it should become airborne is stolen. Its creator, Dr. Roberts, is desperately attempting to find an antidote, but it is imperative that Wonder Woman find the sample before it is used by Ward Selkirk in a move against the White House and, in turn, the people of Washingotn D.C. The task is made more challenging when it's revealed that Selkirk has devised a means of developing face and hand masks of anyone he chooses, and it is by this method that he stole the sample in the first place and is ultimately able to steal the antidote as well, giving him complete power. It all comes down to a final few desperate seconds as Wonder Woman attempts to stop Selkirk from achieving his deadly goals.

Wonder Woman The murderous missile, Time bomb( visu )
1 edition published in 2000 in English and held by 1 library worldwide
In "The Murderous Missile", Diana Prince is on her way to a supposedly secret missile test site located within an empty ghost town. She is surprised to learn that there are, indeed, citizens secretly living there, and even more shocked to suddenly find herself their prisoner. Eventually she discovers that these people are planning on stealing this new brand of missile and use it for their own purposes. Diana's dilemma is to stop them without revealing that she is really Wonder Woman. "Time Bomb" has a woman named Cassandra Loren arrive in the present from the year 2155. Her purpose is to use her knowledge of the future to mine a mineral that, in the 22nd century, will make her very wealthy and powerful. Wonder Woman gets involved when another woman arrives from the future, claiming that Cassandra must be stopped because the mining she has undertaken will ultimately destroy Phoenix and have a dramatic rippling impact on future events.

Wonder Woman Phantom of the roller coaster Part 1 & 2( visu )
1 edition published in 2001 in English and held by 1 library worldwide
In what plays somewhat like a live-action version of a Scooby Doo mystery, Diana Prince/Wonder Woman finds herself at the Fun Universe Amusement Park. Her assignment is to help bring down one Harrison Fynch, who is on the verge of acquiring incredibly sophisticated surveillance equipment that will allow him to eavesdrop anywhere in the world and sell that information to the highest bidder. To accomplish this, Fynch has decided that he needs to buy the Fun Universe Park as it would serve as the perfect location for his operations and not a place anyone would think to look for him. The impediment to this plan in the owner, Leon Gurney, who refuses to sell as the park was the result of the dream he shared with his brother, David, who died in Vietnam. Refusing to take no for an answer, Fynch continues to devise a means of getting the park, and decides to use rumors of a horrible creature that is hiding out there. This creature, it turns out, is actually Leon's brother, David, who did not die in Vietnam, but was horribly burned through a napalm accident and has been secretly hiding under the park ever since. Befriended by an orphan boy named Randy, the duo work with Wonder Woman to stop Fynch and save and the park. In the end, David, who has been hiding because of his appearance, must decide whether or not he should do as Wonder Woman suggests, which is come back into the world and into the arms of those who love him.

Wonder Woman The girl with a gift for disaster, The man who could not die( visu )
1 edition published in 2001 in English and held by 1 library worldwide
In "The Girl With a Gift For Disaster", legendary white-collar criminal William Mayfield plans on using stolen cutting-edge technology to plunge Washington DC into a city-wide blackout. While the police and armed forces are taking care of the inevitable riot in the streets, Mayfield will steal the invaluable Declaration of Independence. To help bring his plan to fruition, Mayfield hopes to use Bonnie Murphy, unaware that with Wonder Woman's influence, Bonnie's "gift" could be used for good rather than evil. In other words, it's Mayfield who will fall victim to Bonnie's jinx and not the people fighting on the side of right. Through Bonnie's direct influence, power is restored to the city before the crime can be carried out. Diana, just transferred to Los Angeles, witnesses a traffic accident involving a car and a monkey in "The Man Who Could Not Die". She is shocked to learn that the spider monkey is absolutely fine, and that it's registered to the agency's Dr. Akers. It's revealed that Akers and a fellow scientist named Reichman were conducting some experiments devoted to slowing the aging process. What they found, instead, was serum that would make its user invulnerable to all pain. Akers immediately stopped the experiments, but Reichman, he's afraid, is continuing them with the hopes of building an invincible army that will conquer America and, in turn, the world itself. Wonder Woman has got one problem in particular: how on earth do you stop an unstoppable force? To figure that out, she teams up with one of Reichman's experiments, Bryce Kandel.

Wonder Woman The boy who knew her secret Part 1 & 2( visu )
1 edition published in 2001 in English and held by 1 library worldwide
With a tip of the hat to the science fiction classic, "Invasion of the Body Snatchers", the two-part "Boy Who Knew Her Secret" begins with an alien object landing in the suburb of Crystal Lake. One of the local residents touches a strange device and after a "light show" his entire demeanor seems different. This begins to spread throughout the town as resident after resident comes into contact with an alien tetrahedron. The result is that their personalities are replaced by those of alien beings, who have come to earth in search of one of the deadliest criminals who must be captured and brought to a pyramid-like structure that they are slowly piecing together. When word of strange happenings in Crystal Lake reaches her office, Diana Prince begins an investigation that ultimately brings Wonder Woman on to the scene. Initially she fights the aliens but--after they explain the seriousness of their mission and what it means to the cosmos at large--comes to understand the noble purpose behind their action. In the course of events, though, she unwittingly exposes to young Skip Keller the fact that she and Diana Prince are one and the same. In the end, this turns out to be valuable information when the aliens cause Diana to forget her Wonder Woman persona and it is up to Skip bring back her memory.

Wonder Woman Deadly dolphin, Stolen faces( visu )
1 edition published in 2001 in English and held by 1 library worldwide
In "Deadly Dolphin," Diana Prince has a mystery to solve: a dolphin named Bluebird--which spent four years as an "agent" for the government--has gone missing. Initially everyone believes that Bluebird was lost at sea, but then it arrived in Los Angeles from the Caribbean, arriving just two weeks after it had vanished. The time span, Diana realizes, is too short, indicating that someone must have kidnapped the dolphin. As Wonder Woman, Diana uncovers the ruth behind Bluebird's disappearance: real estate magnate Silas Lockhart is planning on strapping explosives to Bluebird's back, then sending him out to sea to detonate a tanker carrying 500,000 tons of crude oil. The resulting spill, Lockhart reasons, will allow him to snap up nearby real estate he feels is vital to his empire. "Stolen Faces" begins with a child being rescued from a crumbling building by someone who appears to be Wonder Woman, but the supposed super heroine is rendered unconscious and rushed to the hospital. Diana visits her there and is stunned to see the physical similarity between this woman and Diana's alter-ego. Digging further, she learns that fashion designer Edgar Percy has developed a means of creating incredibly realistic looking life masks that "transforms" the wearer into whoever they are supposed to be. Percy's plan is to use doubles of Wonder Woman, Steve Trevor and agents from IADC to rob the rich and famous that are scheduled to attend his next fashion event.

Wonder Woman Formicida, Skateboard whiz( visu )
1 edition published in 2001 in English and held by 1 library worldwide
Wonder Woman seems to have met her match in "Formicida," when she goes up against a woman who has the proportionate strength of an ant (about ten times her body weight) and has developed the ability to communicate with, and take command of, ants. This results in her ordering the insects to destroy the laboratory and research of one Dr. Doug Radcliffe, whose revolutionary insect pesticide has turned out to be more toxic than he's been willing to acknowledge. The genetically altered Formicida, whose goal is purely ecological, ultimately must turn to Wonder Woman to help achieve her goals. "Skateboard Whiz" begins with Diana Prince heading out to visit friends in southern California and quickly finding herself crossing paths with corrupt businessman Evan Donelson. Donelson, it's revealed, is planning on opening a number of illegal gambling operations, a plan that is threatened by the photographic memory of Diana's young friend, Jamie O'Neill, who inadvertently stumbled upon their operation. Donelson puts the word out that Jamie is to be killed, and it's up to Wonder Woman to stop him. To do so, she dons a stylized skateboarding outfit and performs some spectacular moves that would even impress Olympic champions.

Wonder Woman Wonder Woman meets Baroness Von Gunther, Fausta, the Nazi Wonder Woman( visu )
1 edition published in 1999 in English and held by 1 library worldwide
In "Wonder Woman Meets Baroness Von Gunther," Steve Trevor battles for his life and his career when he's accused of espionage and treason in relation to a series of military missions that have gone awry due to acts of sabotage. Investigating the situation, and determined to clear the man she loves, Wonder Woman learns that Trevor is being framed by a Nazi spy ring. In "Fausta, The Nazi Wonder Woman," Hitler's handpicked agent, Fausta Grables, is sent to America to capture Wonder Woman, using a kidnapped Major Steve Trevor as bait. While Wonder Woman frees Trevor, she herself is taken prisoner and brought to Nazi Germany so that Hitler can learn the secret of her powers. It is then up to Steve to mount a rescue mission of his own.