ote ur , ▁the ▁Baron ess ▁would ▁reform ▁into ▁Wonder ▁Woman ' s ▁al ly ▁( al beit ▁one ▁who ▁occasionally ▁la ps ed ▁into ▁villa iny ), ▁appearing ▁in ▁Wonder ▁Woman ▁stories ▁throughout ▁the ▁Golden , ▁Silver ▁and ▁Bron ze ▁Age ▁of ▁Comics . ▁In ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 9 0 s , ▁the ▁Baron ess ▁was ▁returned ▁to ▁her ▁roots ▁as ▁a ▁villa in ous ▁Naz i ▁master mind , ▁re - im ag ined ▁by ▁Wonder ▁Woman ▁writer / art ist ▁John ▁By r ne ▁as ▁a ▁dev ote e ▁of ▁the ▁occ ult ▁who ▁placed ▁her ▁myst ical ▁knowledge ▁at ▁the ▁service ▁of ▁the ▁Third ▁Reich . ▁ ▁F ict ional ▁character ▁bi ography ▁ ▁Pre - C ris is ▁ ▁Golden ▁Age ▁A ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁noble ▁class ▁in ▁pre - Rep ublic an ▁Germany ▁with ▁the ▁rank ▁of ▁Baron ess , ▁Pa ula ▁von ▁Gun ther ▁first ▁appeared ▁as ▁a ▁fo e ▁of ▁Wonder ▁Woman . ▁She ▁batt led ▁the ▁Amazon ▁numerous ▁times ▁as ▁an ▁agent ▁of ▁the ▁Gest ap o . ▁She ▁murder ed ▁many ▁individuals , ▁kept ▁a ▁small ▁group ▁of ▁women ▁as ▁personal ▁slaves , ▁tort ured ▁them ▁rout in ely , ▁was ▁for ▁a ▁time ▁the ▁leader ▁of ▁all ▁Gest ap o ▁operations ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁in ▁her ▁first ▁appearance ▁forced ▁American ▁female ▁citizens ▁into ▁becoming ▁Naz i ▁sp ies ▁at ▁a ▁sp y ▁school ▁using ▁dru gs ▁and ▁hyp not ism ▁on ▁some ▁of ▁them , ▁attempted ▁to ▁kid