The book-length "Red for Death" is written and drawn by Mike Sekowsky and inked by Dick Giordano. Continuing from the previous issues, Diana Prince and Patrick McGuire plan to illegally enter Red China in pursuit of I-Ching who has crossed the border to find his daughter Lu Shan. Diana and Patrick disguise themselves as Chinese peasants and fly a small plane across the border, but are soon shot down near the village of Ashai, where Diana believe I-Ching was headed..
They escape the wreckage and make their way to the village where they are greeted by I-Ching, who has temporarily given up his pursuit of daughter Lu Shan in order to help the local villagers. Their government has ordered the villagers to work in the mines to the north, where they will all die. Ching and his friends help them pilot an old river boat, loaded with old World War II weapons, toward the southern border.
When the Chinese army finds the village empty, they begin a search of the river heading south. They locate the group where they have hidden the riverboat for the day and though Diana's group try to kill them all, a radio message does get out. Realizing they can no longer wait for the cover of darkness, the band makes a run for it in the riverboat in broad daylight. They are shortly attacked by three MIGs. Diana and Patrick shoot down two of the enemy planes, but the third has them in his sights. It is shot down in the nick of time by the British as the boat had crossed the southern border.
Once back in Hong Kong, Inspector McLean explains that due to incident Diana's passport is being revoked, and she will have to leave the country. The artwork by Sekowsky in this issue is killer, a lot of that due to Giordano's stunning inks. This story was reprinted in Diana Prince: Wonder Woman Vol. 2 TPB.
Edited by Mike Sekowsky.
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