Nikos Aegeus was a terrorist from Greece who received magical weapons from the goddess Athena. Nikos recieved a magical bridle, the Vulcan's Six Daggers that could cut through anything and a flying stallion named Pegasus.
Aegeus appeared in Washington DC. He attacked an airplane at National Airport and attempted to extort 100 million dollars from the U.S. Superman and Wonder Woman were in the vicinity to help those on the attacked plane. Aegeus destroyed a railroad partially to split the forces of the two heroes. Superman took the oncoming train and Wonder Woman attacked Aegeus. Superman stopped the train and came to aid Wonder Woman, arriving in time to see Wonder Woman capture Aegeus with her lasso.