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WONDER WOMAN #105

Cover Date: April 1959
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1959-02-12

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Ross Andru
Inks: Mike Esposito


Story: "Secret Origin of Wonder Woman!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryRobert Kanigher
PencilsRoss Andru
InksMike Esposito
LetteringGaspar Saladino
EditingRobert Kanigher

Feature Character(s):

Princess Diana (showing her "birth", receiving her gifts and her feats as a teenager)

Supporting Character(s):

Queen Hippolyta
Aphrodite
Pallas Athena
Mercury
Hercules
Amazons of Paradise Island

Location(s):

Paradise Island

Comment(s):

As related in this story, Diana was born, not created "centuries ago" and help lead the Amazons to Paradise Island, where they remain youthful due to the fog that surrounds the island.

Story Reprinted in:

Secret Origins Giant #1 (Summer 1961)
DC Special Series #19 (Fall 1979) [four-panel excerpt]
Showcase Presents: Wonder Woman #1 (2007)
Wonder Woman: The Amazon Princess Archives #1 (2013)
DC Universe Secret Origins (2013)
Wonder Girl: Adventures of a Teen Titan (2017)
Wonder Woman in the Fifties (2020)
Wonder Woman: The Silver Age Omnibus #1 (2022)


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Second Story: "Eagle of Space!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryRobert Kanigher
PencilsRoss Andru
InksMike Esposito
EditingRobert Kanigher

Feature Character(s):

Wonder Woman (last in flashback in Justice League of America #144)

Supporting Character(s):

Col. Steve Trevor

Villain(s):

Titanian dinosaurs (first appearance for all)

Other Character(s):

Cave people of Titan (first appearance for all; resemble humans; given knowledge of civilization by Wonder Woman by telepathy)

Location(s):

Titan

Story Reprinted in:

Wonder Woman 80-Page Giant #1 (February 2003)
Showcase Presents: Wonder Woman #1 (2007)
Wonder Woman: The Amazon Princess Archives #1 (2013)
Wonder Woman: The Silver Age Omnibus #1 (2022)


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