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WONDER WOMAN #99

Cover Date: July 1958
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1958-05-15

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Ross Andru
Inks: Mike Esposito
Colors: Jack Adler


Story: "Stampede of the Comets!" (16 Pages)

Credits:

StoryRobert Kanigher
PencilsRoss Andru
InksMike Esposito
LetteringGaspar Saladino
EditingRobert Kanigher

Feature Character(s):

Wonder Woman

Supporting Character(s):

Amazons of Paradise Island (none named)
Paula Von Gunther (last in flashback in Teen Titans #22; creates a transparent space suit for Wonder Woman; next in Metal Men #21)
Col. Steve Trevor (has undergone high-altitude flight training)
General Phillip Darnell (first Silver Age appearance; mistakenly called Dartwell in this story)

Villain(s):

Silicons (first appearance; an alien crystal race that eat remains of planets; destroyed by their own comets)

Location(s):

Paradise Island

Comment(s):

Wonder Woman is flying her jet powered Invisible Plane in space.

Story Reprinted in:

Showcase Presents: Wonder Woman #1 (2007)
Wonder Woman: The Amazon Princess Archives #1 (2013)
Wonder Woman: The Silver Age Omnibus #1 (2022)


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Second Story: "Top Secret!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryRobert Kanigher
PencilsRoss Andru
InksMike Esposito
LetteringGaspar Saladino
EditingRobert Kanigher

Feature Character(s):

Wonder Woman (in flashback only; creates the Diana Prince identity and earns a commission in the Air Force as a Lieutenant and as an office worker in Steve's division)

Supporting Character(s):

Col. Steve Trevor (in flashback only)

Location(s):

Washington, DC?

Comment(s):

This is a flashback story showing how Wonder Woman created her Lt. Diana Prince identity.

Story Reprinted in:

The Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told (1991)
Wonder Woman: The Greatest Stories Ever Told (2007)
Showcase Presents: Wonder Woman #1 (2007)
Wonder Woman: The Amazon Princess Archives #1 (2013)
Wonder Woman: A Celebration of 75 Years (2016)
Wonder Woman in the Fifties (2021)
Wonder Woman: The Silver Age Omnibus #1 (2022)


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