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Issue Details

Issue #98
Published May 1958
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Robert Kanigher (actual editor)
Notes Bob Kanigher launches a Silver Age revamping of the book, starting from square one with a new, blonde Queen Hippolyta officiating the contest that sends Princess Diana to Man's World. In the next few issues, Diana will assume a secret identity as secretary to Col. Steve Trevor in Military Intelligence, and many of the old Golden Age villains will be relaunched.

Cover Details - "The Million Dollar Penny!"

Characters Wonder Woman
Genre superhero
Pencils Ross Andru
Inks Mike Esposito
Reprinted In Showcase Presents: Wonder Woman (DC, 2007 series) #1

8 page Wonder Woman story "The Million Dollar Penny: Ch. 1: The Secret Amazon Trials"

Characters Queen Hippolyta; Pallas-Athena; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Orana
Synopsis Athena asks Hippolyta to choose a champion from the Amazons to go to Man's World and fight crime and injustice.
Genre superhero
Script Robert Kanigher
Pencils Ross Andru
Inks Mike Esposito
Notes Origin of the Silver Age Wonder Woman.
Reprinted In Showcase Presents: Wonder Woman (DC, 2007 series) #1

1 page Marriage A La Mode filler

Genre fact
Script Julius Schwartz?
Pencils Morris Waldinger?
Inks Tommy Nicolosi?

8 page Wonder Woman story "The Million Dollar Penny: Ch. 2: The Undersea Menace"

Characters Queen Hippolyta; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Steve Trevor (intro)
Synopsis Steve Trevor crashes his plane over Paradise Island and is rescued by Princess Diana.
Genre superhero
Script Robert Kanigher
Pencils Ross Andru
Inks Mike Esposito
Notes Wonder Woman rides on air currents for the first time?
Reprinted In Showcase Presents: Wonder Woman (DC, 2007 series) #1

1 page Buzzy public service announcement "That Deep Dark Secret"

Genre teen
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Bob Oksner
Inks Bob Oksner

1 page text article "A Message From Sally Townsend"

Letters typeset

1 page Peg filler

Genre teen humor
Script Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks Henry Boltinoff (signed)

9 page Wonder Woman story "The Million Dollar Penny: Ch. 3: The Impossible Bridge"

Characters Steve Trevor; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]
Synopsis Wonder Woman has to turn a penny into a million dollars in 24 hours.
Genre superhero
Script Robert Kanigher
Pencils Ross Andru
Inks Mike Esposito
Reprinted In Showcase Presents: Wonder Woman (DC, 2007 series) #1