Wonder Woman
#105
(April 1959)
DC,
1942 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly, with the exception of March, June, Sept., and Dec.
- On-sale Date
- 1959-02-12
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Comics Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Robert Kanigher (credited) (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
The Eagle of Space!
Wonder Woman / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Steve Trevor; Wonder Woman [Princess Diana]
- Reprints
-
in Marvila, la Mujer Maravilla (Editorial Novaro, 1955 series) #51 (1 de diciembre de 1959) -
in Showcase Presents: Wonder Woman (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([October] 2007) - in Wonder Woman: The Amazon Princess Archives (DC, 2013 series) #1 ([May] 2013), #1 ([May] 2013)
-
in DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection (Eaglemoss Publications, 2015 series) #7 - Wonder Woman - Die dunkle Seite des Paradies - in Wonder Girl: Adventures of a Teen Titan (DC, 2017 series) ([October] 2017)
- in Wonder Woman in the Fifties (DC, 2021 series) (2020 [March 2021])
- in Wonder Woman: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2022 series) #1 (2021 [March 2022])
-
Indexer Notes
Cover pencils credit from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided to the GCD by DC Comics.
Secret Origin of Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman / comic story / 12.34 pages
- Script
- Robert Kanigher (under house name Charles Moulton)
- Pencils
- Ross Andru
- Inks
- Mike Esposito
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Who is Wonder Woman?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Wonder Woman [Diana Prince; also as Wonder Girl]; Hippolyta; Aphrodite; Athena; Mercury; Hercules
- Synopsis
- Diana is born "centuries ago" and is bequeathed powers by Aphrodite, Athena, Mercury, and Hercules. When Diana is a teenager, her father and all the men are killed in "the wars." Young Diana helps her mother bring the Amazons to their new home on Paradise Island.
- Reprints
- in Marvila, la Mujer Maravilla (Editorial Novaro, 1955 series) #51 (1 de diciembre de 1959)
- in Secret Origins (DC, 1961 series) #1 ([Summer] 1961)
- in DC Special Series (DC, 1977 series) #19 - Secret Origins of Super-Heroes (Fall 1979 (November 1979)) [four-panel excerpt]
- in Secret Origins Replica Edition (DC, 1998 series) #1 ([February] 1998)
- in Showcase Presents: Wonder Woman (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([October] 2007)
- in DC Universe Secret Origins (DC, 2012 series) ([April] 2012)
- in Wonder Woman: The Amazon Princess Archives (DC, 2013 series) #1 ([May] 2013)
- in DC Universe: Secret Origins (DC, 2013 series) (2012 [June 2013])
- in DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection (Eaglemoss Publications, 2015 series) #7 - Wonder Woman - Die dunkle Seite des Paradies
- in Wonder Girl: Adventures of a Teen Titan (DC, 2017 series) ([October] 2017)
- in Wonder Woman in the Fifties (DC, 2021 series) (2020 [March 2021])
- in Wonder Woman: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2022 series) #1 (2021 [March 2022])
-
Indexer Notes
Penciler credit from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided to the GCD by DC Comics. Pages 8 and 13 are 2/3 pages.
"A Wonder Girl Story." Wonder Girl does not appear in costume. Silver Age origin of Wonder Woman. The Steve Trevor part of the origin appears in Wonder Woman #98, and the Diana Prince part of the origin appears in Wonder Woman #99.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page
Indexer Notes
At the bottom of page 8 of the previous story sequence.
[no title indexed]
The Brave and the Bold; The Viking Prince / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Why does the Viking Prince risk his life...
Indexer Notes
On the page immediately following page 8 of the previous story sequence.
What's Your B. Q.*? (*Brotherhood Quotient)
public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy
Indexer Notes
On the page immediately following the previous sequence.
[no title indexed]
Marriage a la Mode! / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It is customary during a Spanish wedding...
- Genre
- non-fiction; romance
- Reprints
- in Marvila, la Mujer Maravilla (Editorial Novaro, 1955 series) #51 (1 de diciembre de 1959)
-
Indexer Notes
On the page immediately preceding page 9 of the previous story sequence.
[no title indexed]
Linda Lee / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hello Bob, I'm sorry I can't keep our date to go dancing...
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
-
in Heart to Heart Romance Library (K. G. Murray, 1958 series) #17 ([September 1959] ?) - in Marvila, la Mujer Maravilla (Editorial Novaro, 1955 series) #51 (1 de diciembre de 1959)
-
Eagle of Space!
Wonder Woman / comic story / 11.67 pages
- Script
- Robert Kanigher (under house name Charles Moulton)
- Pencils
- Ross Andru
- Inks
- Mike Esposito
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The dinosaur age ended on Earth
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Steve Trevor; Wonder Woman [Princess Diana]
- Synopsis
- Wonder Woman battles dinosaurs in space.
- Reprints
- in Marvila, la Mujer Maravilla (Editorial Novaro, 1955 series) #51 (1 de diciembre de 1959)
- in Wonder Woman 80-Page Giant (DC, 2003 series) #1 (2002 [February 2003])
- in Showcase Presents: Wonder Woman (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([October] 2007)
- in Wonder Woman: The Amazon Princess Archives (DC, 2013 series) #1 ([May] 2013)
- in Wonder Woman: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2022 series) #1 (2021 [March 2022])
-
Indexer Notes
Pencils credit from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided to the GCD by DC Comics.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Eagle of Space!
Wonder Woman -
1.
Draw Lincoln
Art Instruction, Inc. -
2.
Secret Origin of Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman -
3.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie Roll -
4.
["Why does the Viking Prince risk his life..."]
The Brave and the Bold; The Viking Prince -
5.
What's Your B. Q.*? (*Brotherhood Quotient)
-
6.
["It is customary during a Spanish wedding..."]
Marriage a la Mode! -
7.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie Roll Pop -
8.
["Hello Bob, I'm sorry I can't keep our date to go dancing..."]
Linda Lee -
9.
Midnight Ride of Betsy Dowdy
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10.
Eagle of Space!
Wonder Woman -
11.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie Roll Fudge -
12.
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales -
13.
[no title indexed]
Littleton Stamp Co. -
14.
[no title indexed]
Charles Atlas -
15.
[no title indexed]
American Seed Co.
This issue was modified by, among others
- Nick Caputo
- Craig Delich
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Jason Sacks
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
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