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Issue Details

Issue #288
Published February 1982
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.60 USD
Pages 36
Editing Len Wein; Mike W. Barr (associate editor)

Cover Details - "Look Out, World! The Sensational New Wonder Woman Is Bustin' Loose!"

Characters Wonder Woman
Genre superhero
Pencils Gene Colan
Inks Dick Giordano
Notes New logo, first seen in DC Comics Presents (DC, 1978 series) #41. Homage to Wonder Woman's first cover appearance, Sensation Comics (DC, 1941 series) #1.

27 page Wonder Woman story "Swan Song!"

Characters Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Steve Trevor; Hercules (flashback); Mercury (flashback); Queen Hippolyte (flashback): Dr. Prescott; Silver Swan [Helen Alexandros] (villain; introduction; origin); Etta Candy; General Darnell; Mars (flashback); Doctor Psycho
Synopsis Diana Prince and Etta Candy invite Helen Alexandros to be their new roommate, unaware she's secretly the Silver Swan, an agent of Mars intent on killing Wonder Woman.
Genre superhero
Script Roy Thomas
Pencils Gene Colan
Inks Romeo Tanghal
Colors Carl Gafford
Letters Ben Oda
Notes Gerry Conway receives special thanks as "technical advisor." Wonder Woman wears the new emblem she adopted in DC Comics Presents (DC, 1978 series) #41. Splash page is an homage to the splash page of TALES OF SUSPENSE (Marvel, 1959 series) #73, a Roy Thomas scripted story that marked Gene Colan's debut on the Iron Man feature. First appearance and origin of the Silver Swan [Helen Alexandros]. Helen is a descendant of both Mars, God of War, and Helen of Troy.

1 page Wonder Words letters page

Synopsis Letters from Pat White; Matt Kurtz; Charles D. Brown; Jim Asal
Script Tamsyn O'Flynn
Letters typeset