Set Description:
My collection of Wonder Woman comics by DC
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman first featured in All Star Comics issue 8 in December 1941. Her second appearance was in Sensation Comics issue 1 in January 1942.
In her homeland island nation of Themyscira, Wonder Woman's official title is Princess Diana of Themyscira. When blending into society outside of her homeland, she sometimes adopts her civilian identity Diana Prince.
In addition to Lynda Carter (1974-79) and Gal Gadot (2016-date), 28 other actors have played and/or voiced Wonder Woman see here.
Creation of the Wonder Woman character
Wonder Woman was created by William Moulton Marston, 1893-1947. He was an American psychologist, and with his wife, Elizabeth Holloway, invented an early prototype of the lie detector. Two women, his wife and their polyamorous life partner, Olive Byrne, are said to have greatly influenced Wonder Woman's creation. On his death, he was succeeded by Robert Kanigher who was the writer of the comic for over twenty years until 1968. Marston was inducted into the Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2006.
The first Wonder Woman artist was H.G. (Harry George) Peter, 1880-1958, even though he was uncredited in her creation. Although Marston died in 1947, Peter continued with Wonder Woman until his death in 1958. He was succeeded by Ross Andru, who began a nine-year run starting with issue #98 (May 1958), where he and writer Kanigher reinvented the character, introducing the Silver Age version and her supporting cast.
Publication history
Since 1942, her adventures have been chronicled in five volumes of DC comics as well as books, movies and TV shows. Here is the comic history:
• Volume 1 issues 1-329 (Summer 1942 to February 1986)
• Volume 2 issues 1-226, plus 0 and 1,000,000 (February 1987 to 2006)
• Volume 3 issues 1-60, plus one annual (June 2006 to August 2011). When published, Vol3,#45 was numbered #600
• Volume 4 issues 1-52, plus 0, 23.1, 23.2 and one annual (September 2011 to 2016)
• Volume 5 issues 1-83 and 750-xxx (June 2016 to date). In January 2020, the series reverted to 'legacy numbering', with the 84th comic in this volume published on 22/1/2020 bearing number #750 (the 750th Wonder Woman comic)
Registry
The CGC Registry presents these comics in a total of eleven sets as follows:
• Wonder Woman 1-200 = Volume 1
• Wonder Woman 178-203 = Volume 1 (Diana Prince, out of costume)
• Wonder Woman 201-329 = Volume 1 (this set)
• Wonder Woman (1987) = Volume 2
• Wonder Woman (2006) = Volume 3
• Wonder Woman 2010 #600+
• Wonder Woman (2011) = Volume 4 (The New 52)
• Wonder Woman Rebirth 2016 = Volume 5
• Wonder Woman '77
• Wonder Woman '77 Meets the Bionic Woman
• Wonder Woman One-Shots
Notes
1. I purchased my first Wonder Woman comic in this set on 23/3/2020 (during the COVID-19 virus outbreak).
2. My set received its 75th viewing on 15th March 2033. Thank you for your interest in my set :-)
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Wonder Woman 211 |
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Wonder Woman 211 Universal |
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CGC |
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0290067014
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Owner Comments
Wonder Woman 211: The Mirage Mirrors cover, featuring Superman
Diana dates Superman
100-page Super Spectacular
Published April-May 1974
CGC census 3/2020: 54. 5 @8.5, 42 higher (3 @9.8 highest). Zero in Signature Series.
Story Summary: The Mirage Mirrors (reprinted from Wonder Woman #130)
After Diana Prince finds that Steve Trevor is too dumb-struck with love for Wonder Woman to consider taking her out, she asks Queen Hippolyte for advice. She tells her daughter how, when Hercules was smitten with her, and did nothing but brag to her of Hippolyte's beauty while the Queen assumed a secret identity as an Amazon soldier, she fooled him with a "mirage-mirror" that gave her two heads, allowing her to assume any shape she wished temporarily. Later, when he asked the normal Queen Hippolyte for a date, Hercules was chagrined to find her going off with Apollo. Queen Hippolyte still has a mirage-mirror on hand, and lends it to Wonder Woman. The Amazing Amazon goes to a charity carnival with Steve Trevor and uses it to distort her appearance into that of a circus fat-girl and a super-tall elongated thin woman, in which guises she thwarts attempts of Angle Man and his gang to rob the carnival. Finally, when Diana Prince appears, Steve asks her for a date, but she turns out to have Superman on her arm, and tells him she has other plans.
Story summary: The Maniacs of Mercury
When a space mission in Wonder Woman's robot plane goes awry, the heroine saves herself and two sister Amazons from falling into the sun by diverting their course to land them on Mercury. There they become prisoners of the giant Mercurian males, led by King Celerito, who have enslaved all their women. Wonder Woman breaks free, encircles Celerito with her magic lasso, and orders him to release her sister Amazons and the Mercurian women. The ladies of Mercury give Celerito and other males a taste of menial work, but Wonder Woman tells them to live with them in love and peace and equality shortly afterward. Then she and the two Amazons return to Earth.
Story summary: The Mystery of the Atom World
Wonder Woman discovers a miniature sun in the crater of an atomic bomb test and recovers it for study in Paradise Island. The Amazons discover that an atom of uranium from the sun is really a miniature planet, controlled by female "protons" led by Queen Atomia, who have enslaved the male "neutrons". Atomia directs the atom-world into a beaker of water in the Amazons' laboratory, creating a vapor that kayos the Amazons and shrinks them into "protons". She binds the Amazons and has them taken prisoner, telling Wonder Woman she intends to enslave her and use her to master the Earth. Wonder Woman uses a telepathic command to have the "neutrons" free her, after which she frees the other Amazons, enlarges them and herself, and returns with them to Paradise Island.
Story summary: Wonder Woman Amazon Teenager (reprinted from Wonder Woman #107)
While out swimming off the shores of Paradise Island, Wonder Girl is shocked when she is greeted by a Merboy named Ronno. The Merboy is instantly smitten by Wonder Girl, but the two must part when Wonder Girl has to return to the mainland. Later, Wonder Girl meet with her mother Queen Hippolyta and they watch their time/space televisor and watch future adventures of Diana when she becomes the super-hero known as Wonder Woman. Seeing her future exploits play out in front of her excites Wonder Girl, they watch as her future self saves a burning plane from disaster. After they have finished viewing, Wonder Girl asks when she can wear the uniform she saw her future self wearing. The queen tells her that she has to win the right to wear it, and devises a contest for her to claim her new uniform.
After having the Amazons of Paradise Island come up with ideas for Wonder Girl's new costume, the queen selects the best one and refuses to show Wonder Girl the winning design. She then has the three components of the costume put in perilous places for Wonder Girl to recover. The first portion of her costume is hidden inside the "cannibal clam," located under the waters near Paradise Island. Wonder Girl manages to recover the first portion, stars for her blue skirt. Witnessing Wonder Girl under water again Ronno attempts to get her attention and gets endangered by a sword fish. When Wonder Girl is momentarily distracted by this, her foot is caught in a clam shell, and she is forced to fight off the sword fish before she can free her self. Pulling Ronno to the surface, she learns why he got in trouble in the first place and she thanks him for his attempt at helping before swimming off for he next feat.
The next item is located at a giant Roc's nest, and Wonder Girl decides to skip it for the time being so that she can go after the next item. She finds that it is her golden lasso and it's suspended over an active volcano. Riding the air currents, Wonder Girl manages to recover the lasso. She then uses it to climb up the peak where the Roc's next is located. When Ronno arrives and is terrified by the Roc who owns the next, Wonder Girl goes to his rescue. The two are grabbed and dropped into the nest, intended to be the unhatched eggs' first meal. There Wonder Girl spots the third part of her uniform: A golden eagle crest for the front of her shirt. The duo then jump out of the nest and Wonder Girl rides the currents to evade the hungry Roc.
Back in the safety of the water, the two new friends swim back to Paradise Island where Wonder Girl gives Ronno one of her hair ribbons as a memento of their adventure together. When she returns to the island victorious, the Amazons throw a celebration for Wonder Girl.
Cover price: 60c
Robert Kanigher - writer
Ric Estrada and Vince Colletta - art
Nick Candy - cover. (50)
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Wonder Woman 214 |
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Wonder Woman 214 Universal |
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CGC |
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0290067003
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Owner Comments
Wonder Woman 214: Wish Upon a Star cover, featuring Green Lantern
100-page issue.
Published October-November 1974.
Cover price: 60c
Elliott S. Maggin - story
Curt Swan and Phil Zupa - interior art
Bob Oksner - cover. (50)
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