The Vigilante

Never could quite figure out The Vigilante. He was a Golden Age hero who'd come out of retirement, yep, got that, but was he an actual cowboy who'd travelled forward in time to the '70's, which would be cool, or just a modern day average wrangler who'd decided to fight crime for no apparent reason?
And what was with that lame ass bike he rode around on? Shouldn't somebody called The Vigilante be riding some big hog like a Harley or something?
Regardless, what was fun about him, apart from the fact his disguise consists solely of a kerchief, was that he went to great pains to remind us that he lived up to his name, as here where he lasso's a bad guy and hangs him off a balcony, while telling him, and us, that: I ain't no cop, so I don't have to mess with such nonsense as rights!

And the tough guy, proto-Punisher fun continues here, where he solves the drug issue not by gathering evidence or making a citizen's arrest, but by the simple expedient of going to the bad guy's office and beating the crap out of him. I'm sure you feel better, Vig, but that doesn't actually solve the problem, does it?

Diana Prince As The New Wonder Woman

Mike Sekowsky's early '70's run on Wonder Woman seems to be one of those series that people either love or hate. Feminist and political activist Gloria Steinhem loathed it, for instance. She'd adorned the cover of Ms. magazine with Diana's image, and thought The New Wonder Woman a betrayal of what made her a feminist and feminine icon, and she was maybe at least a little bit right.
WW had been depowered and decostumed to such a point that she was, in essence, an almost completely different character, that character being Diana Rigg.

But what other series has such variety? With a free hand to ignore continuity and the character's long history, writer / artist Sekowsky went mad, and Diana went through superhero adventures, spy thrillers, ghost stories, fantasy epics, relevancy tales, and just about anything else Mike felt like doing that month.
Dick Giordano inked and softened Mike's wonkier anatomy, and the whole thing was just a big barrel of fun, even if WW's new sidekick, smug / all-wise blind Kung Fu master I-Ching, was more than a little bit irritating.
Sekowsky had an answer to the nay sayers anyway, as seen in this letters page excerpt:

And you can't knock his work ethic. Here he is, putting in the hours at the studio.

Hey, y'know how sometimes you see people in the street, and they look a bit like they might've been drawn by Ditko? Or Kirby? Or Andru? Is it me, or was Mike designed by Don Martin? That's just weird.
Meanwhile, things hadn't changed that much in other areas, such as Diana's long, long dalliance with the dark world of S & M imagery. For instance, there's this ad that's possibly by Mike & Dick, though it also looks a bit Terry Austin. Actually, this one may juuust be a step too far. Work out your kinks in your own time, guys, not ours.

Anyway here, after a transition story in Ish # 178, and with a helping hand from Denny O'Neil, is how it all started:

Jason's Quest pt. 2: The Deadly Chase

Welcome back to part 2 of Mike Sekowsky's groovetastic Jason's Quest. This week, Jason meets more than a little bit forward southern belle Billie Jo Brock, who really should've got her own series as well.
As should French hitmen Charles & Armand, a couple of arch queens reminiscent of Messrs. Wint & Kidd from Diamonds Are Forever. 
( 'Alright, let's see what you can do with that sprayer of yours' ???? What're you alluding to, Mikey Boy? We only work within the comics code authority around here, y'know. )
Having set up the premise last time round, Sekowsky is free this issue to indulge in what amounts to an issue long, pedal to the metal, rock n' roll chase scene. Strap yourselves in, turn it up loud, and away we go.