Wonder Woman Has Some Competition

Agent Diana Prince shakes her head as she gets out of her Mercedes 230SL, having finally found a parking spot in the AIDC garage. Usually she's an early bird, but it had been a long night for Wonder Woman, and a somewhat embarrassing one.

First she'd clumsily slipped on several dozen marbles, dropped by clever bank robbers to deter their pursuers. The normally heroic Amazon had splatted unceremoniously onto the pavement, letting the bad guys get away as she landed on her plump derriere. Then there was the sassy little Asian bitch who'd surprised her with some fast kung fu moves, reducing her to cowering and covering her face as astonished onlookers shook their heads. Diana really needs to brush up on her martial arts skills.

And, to top it off, the police lieutenant normally assigned to follow her has been replaced by a mere patrol officer, a tall, buxom black woman who obviously resents being relegated to cleaning up after the prissy heroine. The officer's first words to the famous Amazon were, with a sneer, "I thought you'd have bigger tits!" Not exactly the best beginning with a new police liaison.

It didn't help that the officer had to help her find her golden girdle after it popped off during a scuffle, then watch impatiently as the harried heroine fumbled, trying to secure the belt around her belly.

Anyway, that was last night. Now, after a couple of hours' sleep, Diana locks her car and clutches her purse and a couple of manila folders as she walks toward the elevator.