Man, this brings back memories. I was an AOL junkie back when this chat happened, and I recognize a good 80% of the screen names involved. This is right around the time that Byrne began cracking under the pressure of the internet and began publicly lashing out at fans on a regular basis. He’s relatively polite during this transcript, which was the norm during his “official” promotional chat hours, but there’s still some “creepy old man” slipping out.

PVancam709 : I always loved the way Lynda Carter changed into W.W. Any chance of using this method in the book?

PJohnLByrne : Vancam709 - Not really. Mostly Diana’s street clothes are gonna get trashed/torn off.

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