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Issue Details

Issue #271
Published September 1980
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.50 USD
Pages 36
Editing Len Wein
Notes -first Huntress as co-feature -10 cent price jump

Cover Details - "Renewal on Paradise Island"

Characters Wonder Woman; Queen Hippolyte; Huntress [Helena Wayne] (inset)
Genre superhero
Pencils Ross Andru
Inks Dick Giordano

17 page Wonder Woman story "Renewal on Paradise Island"

Characters Wonder Woman; Steve Trevor; Queen Hippolyte; Aphrodite; Cleo; Artesia; Ken Toshiba; Kobra (unnamed; villain)
Synopsis Destiny decrees that Princess Diana win the contest and return to man's world, seeking the source of recent global chaos-- but does she want to return to the world she so recently abandoned?
Genre superhero
Script Gerry Conway
Pencils Jose Delbo
Inks Dave Hunt
Colors Jerry Serpe
Letters John Costanza
Notes -Aphrodite explains that this Steve Trevor came from another, unknown Earth in the multiverse -the goddess uses the mists of Nepenthe to wrap the entire Earth so that the whole world forgets about the previous Steve Trevor, just as Diana has -in Diana's "new" reality, her career until this time is intact, just without Steve Trevor -first Earth-One appearance of the Purple Ray and Magic Sphere in the Wonder Woman comic; in this incarnation, the Sphere is a freestanding giant crystal ball, not wall-mounted -the Purple Ray is kept in the temple of Athena -Cleo and Artesia are called Diana's closest friends -unlike previous contests, a 3-way swordfight is the final contest, not bullets and bracelets

8 page Huntress story "Into Darkness Once More"

Characters Huntress [Helena Wayne]; Solomon Grundy; Arthur Cranston; Carole Martin (secretary); Winston Pitt; Sidney (Fence); Harry Sims
Synopsis Beauty dies when an artist's paintings are destroyed-- can the beast responsible be far behind?
Genre Superhero
Script Paul Levitz
Pencils Joe Staton
Inks Steve Mitchell
Colors Gene D'Angelo
Letters Ben Oda
Reprinted in Huntress: Darknight Daughter (DC, 2006 series) #[nn]

1 page Wonder Words letters page

Synopsis Letters from T.M. Maple; Phil Brierly; Irene Blaho
Script Bob Rozakis [as Ted P. Skimmer]
Letters typeset