Wonder Woman (1942 1st Series DC) comic books

Wonder Woman (1942 1st Series DC) 36 CGC 4.0

Paper: Off white

Label #1207804026

Wonder Woman stars in "The Girl Who Saved Paradise Island," "Wonder Woman's Double" and "The Return of the Flying Saucers!" Art and cover by Harry G. Peter. Two-page article, "The Kid and the Clock." One-page Tootsie-Roll ad, "Captain Tootsie and the Mysterious Plan" (art by C.C. Beck). 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Wonder Woman (1942 1st Series DC) 38 GD 2.0

Cover and centerfold detached.

Cover by Harry G. Peter. "The Girl from Yesterday," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; Wonder Woman gets involved with a woman whose aunt has kept her living in the past. "Wonder Woman Captures the Moon," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter. Wonder Women of History: three-page Hannah Moore bio by Julius Schwartz, pencils by Arthur F. Peddy, inks by Bernard Sachs. Two-page article, "Music Makers." "The Five Tasks of Thomas Tighe," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; Wonder Woman must help the Holliday Girls succeed at five tasks where men have failed in order to secure a million dollars for the Holliday College scholarship fund from a misogynist. One-page Tootsie Roll ad, "Captain Tootsie Saves the Day," art by C.C. Beck. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Wonder Woman (1942 1st Series DC) 119 VG- 3.5

Cover pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito. "Mer-Boy's Secret Prize," script by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito; Mer-Boy, trying to win the heart of Wonder Girl, participates in an Atlantean contest to win a pearl tiara by catching the most unusual fish; Instead, she has to save him when he accidentally catches a giant bird; Later, she has to intervene again when he catches a giant sea monster; Another Atlantean wins the pearl tiara for his girl. Superman Annual ad. "Three Wishes of Doom," script by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito; Inez Grey, a star athlete at Holliday College, beats Etta Candy and her three friends in bouts of swimming, jumping, tennis, and fencing; When Wonder Woman comes to console the Holliday Girls, Inez tells her that she could do anything Wonder Woman can do if she only had the use of her bracelets, tiara, and lasso. Wonder Woman refuses to lend her equipment to the girl. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Wonder Woman (1942 1st Series DC) 119 GD 2.0

1" Cumulative spine split. Pen on interior margins.

Cover pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito. "Mer-Boy's Secret Prize," script by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito; Mer-Boy, trying to win the heart of Wonder Girl, participates in an Atlantean contest to win a pearl tiara by catching the most unusual fish; Instead, she has to save him when he accidentally catches a giant bird; Later, she has to intervene again when he catches a giant sea monster; Another Atlantean wins the pearl tiara for his girl. Superman Annual ad. "Three Wishes of Doom," script by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito; Inez Grey, a star athlete at Holliday College, beats Etta Candy and her three friends in bouts of swimming, jumping, tennis, and fencing; When Wonder Woman comes to console the Holliday Girls, Inez tells her that she could do anything Wonder Woman can do if she only had the use of her bracelets, tiara, and lasso. Wonder Woman refuses to lend her equipment to the girl. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Wonder Woman (1942 1st Series DC) 139 GD+ 2.5

Water damage.

Cover pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito. "The Day Wonder Woman Revealed Her Secret Identity," script by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito; When Steve Trevor is frustrated by Wonder Womans refusal to marry him until all crime and injustice is erased from the Earth, he wishes aloud that she would forget who she is; Shortly thereafter, she destroys two enemy missiles by hurling them against each other, and is caught in the explosion, knocked unconscious, and given amnesia when she awakens; Upon reviving, she flatly tells Steve that she is Diana Prince, and that Wonder Woman has lent her her costume for a masquerade ball she and Steve will be attending, but that she is not Wonder Woman. The Strange Lives of Batman and Robin ad. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Wonder Woman (1942 1st Series DC) 148 VG 4.0

Centerfold detached at one staple.

Cover pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito. "Olympics of the Doomed," script by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito; The Duke of Deception makes Wonder Woman unable to distinguish reality from illusion by creating realistic illusions that deceive her; Finally, he tricks her into a trap that brings her back to Mars, where she is imprisoned in a cage which, he says, will not free her unless he takes her place, and made to participate in the Olympics of the Doomed before the Martian people; Despite being in a cage, Wonder Woman triumphs, and finds that she can transmit her own illusions; Thus she makes the Duke believe she has escaped the cage, whereupon he opens it to check, frees her, and imprisons himself; Wonder Woman returns to Earth in a borrowed space ship. Rocky and Bullwinkle star in a one-page Cheerios ad. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Wonder Woman (1942 1st Series DC) 160 VG 4.0

Cover pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito. "The Amazon of Terror," script by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito; Wonder Woman and Steve Trevor stop the Cheetah and her gang from robbing a zoo of its priceless extinct animal exhibit for a client; But the Cheetah escapes, and later hypnotizes Trevor into smooching with her; When Wonder Woman sees them, as the Cheetah had planned, she is tear-stricken and upset, allowing the villainess to take her by surprise, steal her magic lasso, and encircle her with it; Wonder Woman, enslaved by the Cheetah, is forced to take her and Steve to the Cheetahs private island. "Dr. Psycho's Revenge," script by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito; To show Athena and Aphrodite that Wonder Womans beauty and wisdom, derived from goddesses, are nothing compared to the god-derived powers of strength and speed she possesses, Mars steals her Herculean strength and Mercurian speed temporarily and gives them to the woman-hating Dr. Psycho, who has been rejected by all women as a suitor because of his ugliness. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Wonder Woman (1942 1st Series DC) 171 GD/VG 3.0

Centerfold detached at one staple.

Cover pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito. "Terror Trap of the Demon Man-Fish," script by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito; While Wonder Woman is visiting Paradise Island, she and a group of Amazons are netted by Man-Fish, a huge, scaly merman who competes with his brothers to see who can net the perfect catch; Wonder Woman breaks herself, her sister Amazons, and a bevy of mermaids free of his clutches. Blackhawk ad. Teen Titans ad. "Menace of the Mouse Man," script by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito; Mouse-Man breaks free of his cage with the help of a pack of mice which obey his commands; He leads them and a gang of human crooks on a series of robberies. When Wonder Woman intervenes, she is at first bested by Mouse-Man when he encircles her with her own Magic Lasso. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Wonder Woman (1942 1st Series DC) 180 VG+ 4.5

Cover pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Dick Giordano. "A Death for Diana!", script by Denny O'Neil (plot & dialogue), pencils by Mike Sekowsky (art & continuity), inks by Dick Giordano; Private eye Tim Trench joins Diana and Ching in their pursuit of Doctor Cyber and helps them fight off an attack by the villain's henchmen; After returning to her training, Diana receives a call purportedly from the hospital, saying Steve Trevor is asking for her, but it is a trap; After escaping a submerged taxi, Diana rejoins Trench and Ching who receive another tip about Cyber's whereabouts. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Wonder Woman (1942 1st Series DC) 205 CGC 7.5

Paper: White

Label #4584116023

Cover by Nick Cardy. "Target Wonder Woman!", script by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Don Heck, inks by Bob Oksner; A terrorist named Dr. Domino tries to force U.N. troubleshooter Morgan Tracy to spill the knowledge of a deadly weapon by tying Wonder Woman to a missile and launching it. Half-page text describes the magic lasso, the robot plane, Wonder Woman's bracelets, and the tiara. "The Mystery of Nubia," script by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Don Heck, inks by Vinnie Colletta; On the floating island where she reigns, Nubia stops a fight between two rivals for her hand by offering to fight one of them herself. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.

Wonder Woman (1942 1st Series DC) 210 VF+ 8.5

Cover by Ric Estrada. "The Golden Women and the White Star!", script by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Ric Estrada, inks by Vince Colletta; Wonder Woman and her sister Amazons are captured by giant golden women from outer space; Rehash of Wonder Woman #26, "The Golden Women and the White Star." "The Shrinking Formula," script by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Ric Estrada, inks by Vince Colletta; When Wonder Woman tries to stop an evil scientist from auctioning off a shrinking formula to the highest bidder, she is shrunken to miniature size herself; Rehash of Wonder Woman #31, "The Shrinking Formula." 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.

Wonder Woman (1942 1st Series DC) 211 GD/VG 3.0

Water damage.

100-page giant. Cover by Nick Cardy. New stories: "The Maniacs of Mercury," script by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Ric Estrada, inks by Vince Colletta; When a space mission in Wonder Womans robot plane goes awry, the heroine saves herself and two sister Amazons from falling into the sun by diverting their course to land them on Mercury; There they become prisoners of the giant Mercurian males, led by King Celerito, who have enslaved all their women; Rehash of Wonder Woman #26, "Speed Maniacs from Mercury." Reprints: "The Origin of the Amazon Plane!", script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; Wonder Woman discovers a miniature sun in the crater of an atomic bomb test and recovers it for study in Paradise Island; The Amazons discover that an atom of uranium from the sun is really a miniature planet, controlled by female "protons" led by Queen Atomia. "Wonder Woman Amazon Teen-Ager!", script by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito; Origin of Wonder Girl's costume. "The Winning of Wonder Woman's Tiara!", script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter. "Wonder Tot and Mister Genie!", script by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito. "The Secret of Wonder Woman's Sandals!", script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter. "The Mirage Mirrors!", script by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito. Statement of ownership - average print run 313,000; average paid circulation 145,054. 100 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.60.

Wonder Woman (1942 1st Series DC) 228 VF/NM 9.0

Silver Age Wonder Woman teams up with Golden Age Wonder Woman to battle the Nazis in "Retreat to Tomorrow!" Script by Martin Pasko, pencils by Jose Delbo, inks by Vince Colletta. The Joker stars in a one-page Hostess ad, "The Cornered Clown." 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.30.

Wonder Woman (1942 1st Series DC) 259 FN- 5.5

Cover pencils by Jose Delbo, inks by Dick Giordano. "A Power Gone Mad," script by Gerry Conway, pencils by Jose Delbo, inks by Vince Colletta; With the help of a shady ad executive, Mars conspires to seize control of Earth, first by turning Wonder Woman into a public menace. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.40.

Wonder Woman (1942 1st Series DC) 311 FN+ 6.5

Cover pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Dick Giordano. "Gremlins!", script by Dan Mishkin, art by Don Heck; Wonder Woman and Steve Trevor are taken to an island in the sky when their planes are disabled by gremlins. "Crocodile Tears," script by Joey Cavalieri, pencils by Tim Burgard, inks by Mike DeCarlo; Huntress vs. Earthworm. Letter to the editor from T.M. Maple. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.75.