After dropping Steve Trevor off at a military hospital, Hermes takes Diana to the Harvard University library so she can learn the secrets of the talisman she recieved last issue. Diana meets Julia Kapatelis who is a history professor at the university. Meanwhile, Phobos creates Decay to destroy Diana while Deimos influences groups of people with fear and hatred.
Steve Trevor escapes the hospital where the nurse and General Tolliver, influenced by Deimos, attempt to kill him, and then frame him for murder after Steve escapes.
Julia takes Diana to her home, hoping to learn more of Diana's strange talisman, begins to teach Diana english. Their studies are interupted by the horrible Decay.
