Wildcat (Yolanda Montez)

She withdraws from active heroing, but is later brought out of retirement to fight Eclipso.[8] She joins a mixed team of superheroes, which include Major Victory, the first Steel, Creeper, Peacemaker and what is assumed to be the Mark Shaw Manhunter. They call themselves the Shadow Fighters.[9] Several Shadow Fighters, including Wildcat, infiltrate the small country that Eclipso has conquered. Using various forms, he kills them all; Yolanda is slain personally with a stroke of his sword.[10]

Several of the surviving members of the team risk their lives in order to retrieve the bodies of the dead.[11] Her body was then brought by her mother to a witch who was able to bring Yolanda back to life, but was exposed as a scam by the original Wildcat.[12]

Yolanda is also the cousin of former JSA Museum curator Alexander Montez, who later defeats Eclipso and takes control of his power using sacred tattoos to keep the power contained, all in an attempt to avenge Yolanda.[13] Alex ultimately loses control of Eclipso when his tattoos are damaged, driving Alex to commit suicide by jumping off a building after Eclipso killed Alex's current lover Nemesis.[14]

In the "Watchmen" sequel "Doomsday Clock", Doctor Manhattan undid the experiment that erased the Justice Society of America and the Legion of Super-Heroes in main continuity. Yolanda appeared with Ted Grant when both restored teams helped Superman defeat the rampaging metahumans.[15]

In the pages of "The New Golden Age", Wildcat is with the Justice Society of America when they fight Angle Man and an army of inter-dimensional Bizarros until Angle Man is defeated by a Huntress from an alternate future. After Green Lantern's ring confirms Huntress' story and her encounter with Per Degaton, Wildcat suggests that they call Ted Grant. The JSA is then confronted by Per Degaton.[16] Following the fight against Per Degaton, Wildcat talks to Doctor Mid-Nite how they always fight the same opponents. She then mentions to Wildcat that she can hear Eclipso's voice and asks for a Lazarus Pill.[17] Wildcat is among the JSA members that fight Per Degaton and the versions of him throughout time.[18]

After DC rebooted its continuity in 2011 as part of The New 52, Yolanda Montez appears in the series Earth 2: Worlds' End in 2014 as the Avatar of the Red on the world of Earth 2, the force of nature connected to "animal life",[19] making her an analogue of Green Lantern (Alan Scott), who is the Avatar of the Green ("organic life",[19] primarily flora) and Solomon Grundy, who is the Avatar of the Gray (death). The new interpretation of Yolanda is a red-haired Mexican student. She is shown to have acquired the role by intercepting the messenger of the Red, a horrible animal hybrid, as it came to claim her brother Alejandro as the Red's Avatar. Pleading with it to take her instead, she is instantly transformed into a large red demon with horns. She united with the other Avatars of the Parliament of Earth to face off against the New Gods, demonstrating an ability to shapeshift.[19] Later, she is captured by the evil New God Desaad and transformed into an enormous, ferocious shapeshifting red monster loyal to Darkseid.[20]

During the "Convergence" storyline, Yolanda is eventually restored to her original self upon surviving Earth 2's destruction.[21]