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 (pen name Charles Moulton), 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 six volumes of DC comics as well as books, movies and TV shows. Here is the comic history:
• Volume 1: issues 1-329 (June 1942 to February 1986), 600-614 (August 2010-October 2011), and 750-800 (March 2020-August 2023). After Vol1, #800, the series was numbered from Vol6, #1
• Volume 2: issues 1-226, plus 0 and 1,000,000 (February 1987 to 2006)
• Volume 3: issues 1-44, plus one annual (August 2006 to July 2010). After Vol3, #44, the series reverted to legacy numbering (Vol1, #600)
• Volume 4: issues 1-52, plus 0, 23.1, 23.2 and one annual (September 2011 to July 2016)
• Volume 5: issues 1-83 (August 2016 to February 2020). After Vol5, #83, the series reverted to legacy numbering (Vol1, #750).
• Volume 6: issues 1-xx (November 2023-xxx). Vol6, #17 (LGY #817) was March 2025.
Registry
I have created Registry sets for these comics in nine sets as follows:
• Golden Age (#1-97, Earth 2, Pre-crisis, 1942-58)
• Silver Age (#98-177, Earth 1, Pre-crisis, 1958-68)
• Bronze Age (#178-287, including the Diana Prince period issues #178-204, 1968-1982)
• Copper Age (#288-329, 1982-1986)
• Wonder Woman (1987): Volume 2, Post-crisis, 1987-2006
• Wonder Woman (2006): Volume 3, Post-crisis, 2006-2010
• Wonder Woman (2011): Volume 4, Post-crisis (New 52 era), 2011-2016
• Wonder Woman (2016): Rebirth era, 2016-2023
• Wonder Woman (2023): Volume 6, LGY #801-???; from November 2023 THIS SET
Notes
1. The set was created new on 19th February 2025.
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Wonder Woman (2023) 1 Variant Cover |
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Wonder Woman 1 Modern |
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Owner Comments
Wonder Woman, Volume 6, issue #1, LGY #801, November 2023. Variant cover by Artgerm.
Wonder Woman: Outlaw (more...)Wonder Woman, Volume 6, issue #1, LGY #801, November 2023. Variant cover by Artgerm.
Wonder Woman: Outlaw Part 1
Part of Dawn of DC, a branding initiative (logo lower-right corner) in 2023 and 2024.
Back cover promotes DC Dual Force, a digital collectible card game.
The story continues from the epilogue of the "Trinity" story in Wonder Woman #800; the Prime Earth events are narrated by the future counterpart of The Sovereign that Lizzie Prince met in the epilogue of that story.
The story starts in Montana; a brawl has broken out at Kanigher's Cues, a pool hall in West Billings, which resulted in a series of violent killings. The nineteen victims were men, and the perpetrator was a blond woman dressed in a uniform similar to that of Wonder Woman. News outlets are quick to cover the incident. The perpetrator has been identified as an Amazon, which puts both the Amazon embassy and the American government in a difficult situation...
Public opinion has become increasingly divided over the Amazons' continued presence in America. Some people, like little girls, love Wonder Woman. Others, like grown men, don't take kindly to the idea of women possibly wanting the entire world to be like their island. They believe that the Amazons are engaging in some kind of genocide and Americans should do something about it. In time, the Congress passed the Amazon Safety Act, which was signed by the President. Amazons were banned from the country, with the Amazon Embassy in DC getting shuttered; most Amazons living in the country, for whatever reason, agreeing to return home peacefully.
Wonder Woman becomes America's enemy and the government issued an arrest warrant for her. As the hunt for Wonder Woman begins, Diana goes to Washington DC and talks to Steve (Trevor). According to Diana, Steel was following orders from someone simply known as "the Sovereign".
Meanwhile, in a mansion, a servant puts a crown on the head of his master, who is dressed like a king and holding a black lasso, the Lasso of Lies. He is The Sovereign (real name Henry Charles) and he rules America with lies.
Notes:
1. The man who would be known as the hidden monarch of America originated as Henry Charles, whom hails from an infamous familial cadre of taciturn schemers who used a powerful mystical lariat to suborn the founding fathers of a burgeoning U.S. capital state 300yrs ago.
2. So there's a comic-book phenomon called "putting the toys back in the toy box", where writers usually reset things to a status quo so the next writer can do what they want without distraction. But that notably doesn't happen with WW. Instead, the writers tend to do what they want. Jimenez and Rucka are the only two that come to mind that played with established continuity for Diana as focal points of their runs. Tom King here is generally bad about it, but he's not alone in that regard. It's not too difficult to do an issue or two transitioning from the old status quo to the new, but TK doesn't bother with that; he prefers to write in a vaccum. Tom said he was inspired by Perez to do this run, which means that Tom is trying to give Wonder Woman a grand fresh start that doesn't technically erase continuity, but he's just not going to bother with past continuity.
CGC census 2/2025 = 330. 314 @9.8, just one higher @9.9.
Cover price: $5.99
William Moulton Marston (pen name Charles Moulton) - creator
Tom King - writer
Stanley "Artgerm" Lau - cover
Daniel Sampere - pencils and inks
Tomeu Morey - colourist
Clayton Cowles - letterer
Chris Rosa, Brittany Holzherr, and Paul Kaminski - editors. (48) (less...)
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