Wonder Woman #298 [Direct]
(December 1982)

DC, 1942 Series
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Volume
41
Price
0.60 USD; 0.20 GBP; 0.75 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1982-08-10
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Dick Giordano (managing editor); Marv Wolfman (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.
This issue has variants:

[Catacombs] (Table of Contents)

Wonder Woman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Frank Miller (signed)
Inks
Dick Giordano (signed)
Colors
?
Job Number
C-157
Genre
superhero
Characters
Wonder Woman [Artemis]; Steve Trevor

Indexer Notes

This cover is referred to in an episode of the "Buffy the Vampire Killer" tv series. The skeletal figure on the cover is not actually Wonder Woman, but Artemis, the Wonder Woman of Ancient Greece.

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Catacombs (Table of Contents: 1)

Wonder Woman / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script
Dan Mishkin
Pencils
Gene Colan
Inks
Frank McLaughlin
Colors
Carl Gafford
Letters
John Costanza
Genre
superhero
Characters
Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Queen Hippolyta; Steve Trevor; Aegeus (villain); Bellerophon; Etta Candy; General Darnell; Sofia Constantinas; Peter (terrorist, death); Athena (goddess)
Synopsis
An ancient enemy of the Amazons seeks a cure for his ailments on Paradise Island, while a young terrorist receives guidance from the goddess Athena.
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Indexer Notes

It is revealed the Aegeus' terrorists have taken refuge on Themyscira, the original island home of the Amazons in Ancient Greece. The island is uncharted, and has mysterious properties that allow it to disappear and appear. Bellerophon refers to the purple ray, which hasn't been mentioned in the series for many years.

The Squeeze on Gotham! (Table of Contents: 2)

Huntress / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Joey Cavalieri
Pencils
Joe Staton
Inks
Frank McLaughlin
Colors
Anthony Tollin
Letters
Phil Felix
Job Number
J-8445
Genre
superhero
Characters
Huntress [Helena Wayne]; Blackwing [Charlie Bullock]; The Boa (villain); Rocco (thug); Toro (thug)
Synopsis
Huntress trails the thugs who captured Blackwing back to their lair, only to find herself in a tight spot.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Wonder Words / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Tamsyn O'Flynn
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-1161
Editing
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [Catacombs]
    Wonder Woman
  2. 1. Catacombs
    Wonder Woman
  3. 2. The Squeeze on Gotham!
    Huntress
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Wonder Words
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  • Richard Thomson
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