Wonder Woman #39 – “Poisoned Souls” – George Perez, Mindy Newell/Chris Marrinan/Mike Machlan
Last issue, Diana was ambushed by Eris (Goddess of Discord) who had already taken over Menalippe and Penelope. Eris wants to sow chaos on Paradise Island for the guests from the outside world and she’s off to a pretty good start, replacing the three Amazons with simulacra and using them to stir up trouble. Diana’s soul is trapped but tries to fight back out of pure instinct. Elsewhere, Hermes senses Diana’s struggle and freaks out, scaring the hell out of Steve Trevor. Hermes lets Steve know that Diana’s soul is being held
somewhere and that he’ll try to locate it. On Themiscyra, everyone is about to sit down for the big feast, which Eris’s minions have sabotaged with Apples of Discord. Lois Lane notices how hollow Menalippe’s speech is and sees Diana watching her suspiciously. When everyone else eats the apples, Rovo (who’s blind but could ear something wrong in Menalippe’s voice) warns Lois not to eat them. Unfortunately, Diana notices. But Lois soon has other things to think about, as all hell breaks loose at the feast. Most of the Amazons (including Hippolyte) guests start arguing, which leads to physical altercations. Lois, Rovo, and Cantwell (who didn’t eat the apples) grab Lin 
Koo (who did, but she’s always been kind of feisty) and retreat. Diana’s soul witnesses the chaos and tries to fight free but can’t leaving Hermes (who almost established contact with her) despondent. Lois and the others are caught by Diana, but they soon realize this isn’t the real Wonder Woman when she tries to kill Lin Koo. Lois smashes her with a rock and “Diana” starts strangling her. Lois can see the real Diana struggling not to kill an innocent and her simulacrum can’t handle the strain, melting away like the Wicked Witch of the West. Lois and the others figure out that the apples are causing the strife and that Menalippe has probably been replaced like Diana was. They take off
on some horses, pursued by crazed Amazons. They find Doom’s Doorway open and head inside to look for the real Diana. Lois thinks she feels her presence and rushes forward, but falls into a chasm where she finds Diana … in the clutches of Eris.
Green Arrow #29 – “Coyote Tears” – Mike Grell/Dan Jurgens/Dick Giordano, Frank McLaughlin
This story is obviously based on the Exxon Valdez oil spill, although DC covers their ass with a disclaimer so they won’t get sued. In this version, the company is Argon Oil and the ship is called the Argon Warrior. Another similarity to the real-life disaster is that the captain (here called Springsteen) was suspected of being drunk when the ship crashed. Argon Oil tries to mitigate the bad PR, but it’s an uphill fight. They decide to get Springsteen out of the way to keep him from being lynched (and as a possible fall guy to help their image). Springsteen is sent to a remote cabin in the far North.
Part of the story is narrated by a coyote (or The Coyote, the Native American trickster god), who laments the ecological chaos humans have caused with pollution and pipelines that cut off ancient migration routes. After a couple of weeks, people are starting to wonder where Springsteen disappeared to and Oliver (Green Arrow) Queen decides to find him. Meanwhile, we get plenty of scenes of oily animals and the Argon execs lie when they say they have no idea where Springsteen is. Green Arrow heads north and soon figures out where Springsteen might be hiding. He stalks through the woods, followed by the coyote, until he finds the cabin where Springsteen is hiding. Green Arrow busts in to find Springsteen holding a rifle.
Firestorm #94 – “The Dead Past” – John Ostrander/Tom Mandrake
This one begins in media res, with Martin Stein being stalked through the halls of Vandermeer University by Killer Frost. Stein thinks back about how he ended up in this mess: he was investigating Dr. Lagrieve’s shooting, not just because Lagrieve was his therapist, but to clear his own name since Lieutenant Blackbourne thinks he might’ve shot Lagrieve. As Killer Frost gets closer, Stein ends up stuck in a classroom and wonders who let Killer Frost out of her cell … and why she wants to kill him so much. We get a flashback to the first time Killer Frost went nuts upon seeing Stein at the university, which baffled him since it
was her predecessor who had the grudge against him. Stein spoke to Professors Pangloss and Caius (who were too busy arguing over which of them was more likely to be the killer to shed any light on things) and Professor Morrison, who told Stein his theory about Killer Frost’s powers being caused by a virus. Morrison hinted that Firehawk might be the killer and Stein went to see her, although he didn’t really suspect her. She told him that he used to be part of the Firestorm matrix, which surprised him. Stein kept investigating, looking through Morrison’s files and finding some incriminating stuff. 
Stein recalled that Morrison worked at the Hutchings Institute (where Whitney Frost, the original Killer Frost, also worked) and that the Institute were caught trying to engineer meta-humans. Killer Frost corners Stein but before she can kill him, Firestorm shows up. Stein realizes Morrison will try to finish Lagrieve off, so he heads for the hospital. Firestorm defeats Killer Frost by absorbing all the surrounding heat and heads for the hospital himself. At the hospital, Stein sees Morrison enter Lagrieve’s room, but security won’t let him follow. Firestorm shows up to help, but it turns out Blackbourne is way ahead of them. He knew about Morrison’s shady past at the Hutchings
Institute, so he pretended to suspect everyone else while waiting in Lagrieve’s room for Morrison to show up and finish him off. Stein and Firestorm talk and Firestorm admits there’s still a bond between them (which is how he knew Stein was in trouble at the university).