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Wonder Woman 1

WONDER WOMAN #1

Cover Date: Summer 1942
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1942-07-18

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Cover Credits:
Art: Harry G. Peter


Story: [No Title] (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryWilliam Marston
ArtHarry G. Peter
Associate editingAlice Marble
EditingSheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Wonder Woman (also in flashbacks to All-Star Comics #8/3, expanding the story; creates the Purple Healing Ray)

Supporting Character(s):

Captain Steve Trevor (promoted to Major; in flashbacks)
Colonel Darnell
Queen Hippolyta
Aphrodite (in flashbacks)

Villain(s):

Hercules (in flashback only)
Ares (in flashback only)

Location(s):

Washington, DC
Ancient Greece (in flashback only)
Paradise Island

Story Reprinted in:

Secret Origins #3 (July-August 1973)
Famous First Edition #F-6 (April-May 1975)
Secret Origins of the Super DC Heroes (1976)
Wonder Woman Archives #1 (1998)
Millennium Edition: Wonder Woman No. 1 (August 2000)
Wonder Woman Chronicles #1 (2010)
Wonder Woman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 (2016)
Wonder Woman: The Golden Age #1 (2018)


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Second Story: "Wonder Woman Goes to the Circus" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryWilliam Marston
ArtHarry G. Peter
Associate editingAlice Marble
EditingSheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Wonder Woman

Supporting Character(s):

Major Steve Trevor
Etta Candy

Villain(s):

Strongarm Protection Agency (first appearance; a protection racket; Mike Mulgoon named)
Burmese elephant trainers (first appearance; kill elephants to release their ancestors souls; coerced by Sam Yan, a Japanese spy)

Location(s):

Washington, DC

Comment(s):

Story takes place on June 27th, 1941.

Story Reprinted in:

Famous First Edition #F-6 (April-May 1975)
Wonder Woman Archives #1 (1998)
Millennium Edition: Wonder Woman No. 1 (August 2000)
Wonder Woman Chronicles #1 (2010)
Wonder Woman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 (2016)
Wonder Woman: The Golden Age #1 (2018)


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Third Story: [No Title] (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryWilliam Marston
ArtHarry G. Peter
Associate editingAlice Marble
EditingSheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Wonder Woman

Supporting Character(s):

Major Steve Trevor

Villain(s):

Baroness Paula Von Gunther
Nazis (first appearance for all)
German Navy (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

Washington, DC

Story Reprinted in:

Famous First Edition #F-6 (April-May 1975)
Wonder Woman Archives #1 (1998)
Millennium Edition: Wonder Woman No. 1 (August 2000)
Wonder Woman Chronicles #1 (2010)
Wonder Woman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 (2016)
Wonder Woman: The Golden Age #1 (2018)


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Fourth Story: [No Title] (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryWilliam Marston
ArtHarry G. Peter
Associate editingAlice Marble
EditingSheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Wonder Woman

Supporting Character(s):

Major Steve Trevor
Etta Candy

Villain(s):

Pancho (first appearance; a Mexican working for foreign spies; dies)
Pepita (first appearance; working with Pancho)
Japanese spies (first appearance for all; preparing Mexico for invasion)

Other Character(s):

Mint Candy (first appearance; Etta's brother, a courier in the Army, stationed in Texas)

Location(s):

Washington, DC
Brazos, TX
Mexico City, Mexico

Comment(s):

This story takes place during the July 4th holiday.

Story Reprinted in:

Famous First Edition #F-6 (April-May 1975)
Wonder Woman Archives #1 (1998)
Millennium Edition: Wonder Woman No. 1 (August 2000)
Wonder Woman Chronicles #1 (2010)
Wonder Woman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 (2016)
Wonder Woman: The Golden Age #1 (2018)


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