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Issue Details

Issue #105
Published April 1959
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Robert Kanigher
Notes First issue officialy credited to Robert Kanigher as editor.

Cover Details - "The Eagle of Space!"

Characters Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Steve Trevor
Genre superhero
Pencils Ross Andru
Inks Mike Esposito
Notes Cover pencils credit from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided to the GCD by DC Comics (27 January 2008)
Reprinted In Showcase Presents: Wonder Woman (DC, 2007 series) #1

7 page Wonder Woman story "The Secret Origin of Wonder Woman [part 1]"

Characters Wonder Woman [Diana Prince; also as Wonder Girl]; Hippolyta; Aphrodite; Athena; Mercury; Hercules
Synopsis Diana is born "centuries ago" and is bequeathed powers by Aphrodite, Athena, Mercury, & Hercules. When Diana is a teen ager, her father and all the men are killed in "the wars". Young Diana helps her mother bring the Amazons to their new home on Paradise Island.
Genre Superhero
Script Robert Kanigher
Pencils Ross Andru
Inks Mike Esposito
Notes A Wonder Girl Story. Silver age origin of Wonder Woman. Wonder Girl does not appear in costume. The Steve Trevor part of the origin appears in Wonder Woman 98, and the Diana Prince part of the origin appears in Wonder Woman 99. Pencils credit from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided to the GCD by DC Comics (27 January 2008)
Reprinted in Secret Origins (DC, 1961 series) #1 (Summer 1961); in Secret Origins Replica Edition (DC, 1998 series) #1; in Showcase Presents: Wonder Woman (DC, 2007 series) #1

Half page advertisement "Tootsie Roll ad"

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "The Brave and the Bold #23"

1 page public service announcement "What's Your B. Q.*? (*Brotherhood Quotient)"

Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Bernard Baily
Inks Bernard Baily
Letters Ira Schnapp

1 page filler "Marriage a la Mode"

Script Julius Schwartz ?
Pencils Morris Waldinger ?
Inks Tom Nicolosi ?

4 page Wonder Woman story "The Secret Origin of Wonder Woman Part 2"

Characters Wonder Woman [Diana Prince; also as Wonder Girl]; Athena
Synopsis Diana and the Amazons move to Paradise Island.
Genre superhero
Script Robert Kanigher
Pencils Ross Andru
Inks Mike Esposito
Notes Pencils credit from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided to the GCD by DC Comics (27 January 2008)
Reprinted in Secret Origins (DC, 1961 series) #1 (Summer 1961); in Secret Origins Replica Edition (DC, 1998 series) #1; in Showcase Presents: Wonder Woman (DC, 2007 series) #1

Half page advertisement "Tootsie Roll Pop ad"

1 page Linda Lee filler "Hello Bob, I'm sorry I can't keep our date to go out."

1 page text article "Midnight Ride of Betsy Dowdy"

Letters typeset

11 page Wonder Woman story "Eagle of Space!"

Characters Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Steve Trevor
Synopsis Wonder Woman battles dinosaurs in space.
Genre superhero
Script Robert Kanigher
Pencils Ross Andru
Inks Mike Esposito
Notes Pencils credit from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided to the GCD by DC Comics (27 January 2008)
Reprinted In Wonder Woman 80-Page Giant (DC, 2003 series) #1 (February 2003); in Showcase Presents: Wonder Woman (DC, 2007 series) #1

Half page advertisement "Tootsie Roll Fudge ad"