If they were equal. WW wouldn't have been able to fight her off while holding back. Or restrain her. And Cheetah wouldn't go down by electricity if she was her equal, since Diana wasn't affected by it. Barbra wished to be like her, her power should have been on par but it wasn't. This is what happens when a script is weak.
Priscilla and Barbara from Wonder Woman ‘77
Despite being a video game, I still think this is the best media adaptation of Barbara through and through. To her being smart and cunning with her own motives to actually being godly powerful (defeating Supergirl and pushing her shoulder back in without a fret? Badass!) to most importantly being British.
In my mind the Injustice game, JL Doomed and Batman the Brave and the Bold are the only media adaptations that seriously did her justice and not humiliate/undermine/nerf her.
I haven’t seen WW84 yet but from what it sounds like Cheetah was pretty underutilized and again nerfed. Kinda hoping that this was more of an introduction to Barbara Minerva personally and what she’s capable of, and have the third film bring in Circe who turns her into an even more powerful and permanent Cheetah form (like the comics) so she can be a more viable threat and central villain.
Emma Frost, Rogue, Felicia Hardy, Helena Bertinelli, Allison Blaire, Barbara Gordon, Monica Rambeau, Carol Danvers, Illyana Rasputin, Ororo Munroe, Harleen Quinzel, Lorna Dane, Irene Adler, Kate Kane, Rachel Grey Summers, Jean Grey, Diana Prince, Barbara Ann Minerva, Donna Troy, Jennifer Walters, Gwen Stacy, Wanda Maximoff = PERFECTION!
Yeah, that's such a bad Lego Etta. They weren't even trying, and that set is $40! Cheetah and Wonder Woman seem identical to the ones that were released individually, so even though I'm a Cheetah superfan (and that display would be so cool to put on a shelf), I passed on that. If Etta looked better, I would've made the plunge.