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
• 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 (this set)
• 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, #63 with the Karmone Shirahama variant cover, on 28/4/2020 (during the COVID-19 virus outbreak)
2. The set received its 175th viewing on 25th May 2024 - thank you for looking :-)
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Wonder Woman 5 Variant Cover |
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Wonder Woman 5 Signature |
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CGC |
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1368590018
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Owner Comments
Wonder Woman 5 with variant cover by Frank Cho. The cover is subtly marked CHO and WW75 in the bottom right-hand corner.
This beautiful comic with WHITE Pages was signed by comic interior artist Liam Sharp in black sharpie (in his distinctive style) on 28 October 2016, and graded by CGC into the prestigious Signature Series.
Notes on the artist, who was born locally to me: Liam Roger Sharp is a British (born in Derby on 2 May 1968) comic book artist, writer, publisher, and co-founder/CCO of Madefire Inc. He made his debut in the 1980s for the science fiction magazine 2000AD after a year's apprenticeship with Don Lawrence, artist on the Dutch comic Storm. His works included many Judge Dredd stories, the origin of Finn, ABC Warriors series and one of Tharg's Future Shocks. He later moved to Marvel UK, for which he drew the mini-series Death's Head II. Then he began working mainly in the United States on books as diverse as X-Men, Hulk, Spider-Man, Venom, Man-Thing (for Marvel Comics), Superman, Batman (for DC Comics) and Spawn: The Dark Ages (for Todd McFarlane). On 9 April 2011 Sharp was one of 62 comics creators who appeared at the IGN stage at the Kapow! convention in London to set two Guinness World Records, the Fastest Production of a Comic Book, and Most Contributors to a Comic Book. In 2017 Derby Museum hosted a ten week long retrospective of Liam's work, spanning his career from 2000AD to Wonder Woman. Liam was recently awarded a wrought-iron and mosaic star in the city's #MadeInDerby2 campaign, which can be found outside the Standing Order pub in the cathedral quarter.
Cover price: $2.99
Greg Rucka - story
Frank Cho - cover
Liam Sharp - hand-signed cover and interior art. (40)
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Wonder Woman 63 Variant Cover |
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Wonder Woman 63 Modern |
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CGC |
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2018948008
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Owner Comments
Wonder Woman 63: The New World.
First appearance of Nemesis.
This is the Kamome Shirahama Variant cover.
This was my 4th Wonder Woman CGC-graded comic.
Story summary: When Themyscira and the remnants of Olympus fell, the Gods weren't the only refugees to come to Earth. A small horde of mystical creatures have found their way here, and they're determined to start new lives...but what happens when the people of our world are equally determined not to let them? Can Diana open their minds and show them that a centaur is more than half a person? This issue is quite corny, but will hopefully lead to something good in its story arc. We find that Pegasus, Faun and Minotaur (from the last few issues) in a DC customs office looking for help but they aren’t taken seriously, as they look like animals. They break out, and finding themselves hungry, they stop at a diner for food. Again, they have problems as they look like aniimals. The Faun convinces the waitress to help them, and as they are outside Wonder Woman shows up with Ferdinand the Minotaur to help them out. Ferdinand and the female Minotaur (Eirene) have questions, and the two of them walk off talking to each other. In the end we see Dr. Cale in her mansion with what appears to be a dark and dangerous person/creature chained up in a secure room.
Featured Characters: Wonder Woman
Supporting Characters: Cadmus the Winged Horse, Damon the Faun, Eirene the Minotauress, Ferdinand the Minotaur, Maggie
Antagonists: Dr. Veronica Cale
Other Characters: Nemesis (First appearance), LexCorp (Mentioned only)
Locations: United States of America, Washington, D.C., Old Ebbitt Grill, Durovnia (Mentioned only), Themyscira (Mentioned only)
Cover date: Late March 2019
Cover price: US $ 3.99
G. Willow Wilson - writer
Emanuela Lupacchino - penciller
Ray McCarthy - inker
Romulo Fajardo Jr. - colourist
Patrick 'Pat' Brosseau - letterer
Chris D. Conroy, Robert 'Bob' Harras, Patrick 'Pat' McCallum, Jamie S. Rich and Dave Wielgosz - editors
Kamome Shirahama - cover artist. (39.99 inc. p&p)
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Wonder Woman 750 Sketch Edition |
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Wonder Woman 750 Qualified |
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CGC |
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3748930009
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Owner Comments
Wonder Woman #750, March 2020.
One of 50 covers for this landmark edition, this sketch cover features "original" art by British artist Gary Parkin (called by Rich Johnson of BeedingCool.com the Rob Granito of eBay sketch covers).
The 750th Issue
From her first appearance in All Star Comics #8 in 1941, to her ascendency into the Trinity of DC Comics with Batman and Superman, Wonder Woman has been a key figure in the DC Universe.
This Princess of Themyscira, originally introduced as an American patriot, receives the well-deserved royal treatment seen bestowed upon the other members of DCs premier triumvirate of heroes. Much like Action Comics #1000 and Detective Comics #1000, Wonder Woman #750 received a feature release from DC, with a myriad of publisher and retailer variant covers.
Getting to issue #750 has taken a more winding road than the other two landmark issues, with a few different volumes being published over the years, but this honour is an important milestone in the comic universe.
Steve Orlando - writer
Gary Parkin - "original", signed cover sketch. (10+20)
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