Wonder Woman Annual #1 [Direct]
([November] 1988)

DC, 1988 Series
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Price
1.50 USD; 2.00 CAD; 0.60 GBP
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
annually
On-sale Date
1988-08-11
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Karen Berger (editor); Art Young (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

Amazons (Table of Contents)

Wonder Woman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
George Pérez (signed)
Inks
George Pérez (signed)
Colors
John Stracuzzi (signed)
Letters
Todd Klein (sourced)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Wonder Woman [Diana]; Hippolyte; Antiope; Vanessa Kapatelis; Menalippe; Philippus; Mnemosyne; Euboea; Julia Kapatelis; Pythia
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Amazons (Table of Contents: 1)

Wonder Woman / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
George Pérez
Pencils
Brian Bolland
Inks
Mark Farmer
Colors
Carl Gafford
Letters
Todd Klein

Job Number
G-3517
Genre
superhero
Characters
Wonder Woman [Diana]
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Prologue (Table of Contents: 2)

Wonder Woman / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
George Pérez
Pencils
Chris Marrinan
Inks
Will Blyberg
Colors
Carl Gafford
Letters
Todd Klein

Genre
superhero
Characters
Wonder Woman [Diana]; Julia Kapatelis; Vanessa Kapatelis; Hippolyte; Pythia
Synopsis
Diana takes Julia and Vanessa to Themyscira.
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Chapter 1: The Diving Bird (Table of Contents: 3)

Wonder Woman / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
George Pérez
Pencils
Arthur Adams
Inks
Arthur Adams
Colors
Carl Gafford
Letters
Todd Klein

Job Number
G-3517
Genre
superhero
Characters
Wonder Woman [Diana]; Vanessa Kapatelis; Julia Kapatelis; Euboea; Pythia; Panopea
Synopsis
Euboea tells how a young Diana learned to dive from the cliffs of Themyscira and properly honor the sea.
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Chapter 2: Dust (Table of Contents: 4)

Wonder Woman / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
George Pérez
Pencils
John Bolton
Inks
John Bolton
Colors
Carl Gafford
Letters
Todd Klein

Job Number
G-3517
Genre
superhero
Characters
Wonder Woman [Diana]; Julia Kapatelis; Vanessa Kapatelis; Hippolyte; Antiope; Hypsipyle; Phthia; Calchas; Jason
Synopsis
Seeing Julia and Vanessa riding reminds Hippolyte of a time when she was riding with her sister and they met Queen Hypsipyle of Lemnos. The Amazons helped return Hypsipyle to her city, only to find that in the queen's absence the citizens had let their hatred destroy them.
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Chapter 3: The First Statue (Table of Contents: 5)

Wonder Woman / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
George Pérez
Pencils
José Luis García-López
Inks
José Luis García-López
Colors
Carl Gafford
Letters
Todd Klein

Job Number
G-3517
Genre
superhero
Characters
Wonder Woman [Diana]; Vanessa Kapatelis; Philippus; Egeria; Hippolyte; Consivia
Synopsis
Philippus tells Vanessa how Egeria was the first Amazon to sacrifice her life defending Doom's Doorway.
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Chapter Four: Into the World Go Forth (Table of Contents: 6)

Wonder Woman / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
George Pérez
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
Bob McLeod
Colors
Carl Gafford
Letters
Todd Klein

Job Number
G-3517
Genre
superhero
Characters
Wonder Woman [Diana]; Julia Kapatelis; Mnemosyne; David Kapatelis; Pythia; Thetis; Hippolyte; Agostos Deneiros; Maria Deneiros; Peter Deneiros; Diana Trevor; Steve Trevor
Synopsis
With the help of Mnemosyne and Pythia, Julia comes to realize that she had an encounter with the Amazons long ago.
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Chapter 5: Flight of the Icarus (Table of Contents: 7)

Wonder Woman / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
George Pérez
Pencils
Ross Andru
Inks
George Pérez
Colors
Carl Gafford
Letters
Todd Klein

Job Number
G-3517
Genre
superhero
Characters
Wonder Woman [Diana]; Hippolyte; Julia Kapatelis; Vanessa Kapatelis; Pythia; Steve Trevor; Lieutenant Etta Candy; P. J. Palmer; Gordon Hall; Icarus; Euboea; Phillipus
Synopsis
Hippolyte asks Diana about Steve Trevor, and the princess tells her mother how she recently helped Steve and Etta expose a saboteur at a military contractor.
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Epilogue (Table of Contents: 8)

Wonder Woman / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
George Pérez
Pencils
Brian Bolland
Inks
Mark Farmer
Colors
Carl Gafford
Letters
Todd Klein

Genre
superhero
Characters
Wonder Woman [Diana]; Pythia; Julia Kapatelis; Vanessa Kapatelis
Synopsis
After saying their good-byes, Diana, Julia, and Vanessa head for home.
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Testament (Table of Contents: 9)

Wonder Woman / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
George Pérez
Pencils
George Pérez
Inks
George Pérez
Colors
Carl Gafford
Letters
Todd Klein

Job Number
G-4304
Genre
superhero
Characters
Wonder Woman [Diana]; Stanley Feldman; Julia Kapatelis; Vanessa Kapatelis; Chrissie Fenton; Myndi Mayer; Mr. Mayer; Mrs. Mayer; Lili Mayer; Leo; Lili's daughter; Irwin; Kevin Mayer
Synopsis
Diana attends the viewing of Myndi Mayer's video will and comes to understand Myndi's final request of her.
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Indexer Notes

Part of the "Private Lives" series of short stories running through DC's annuals that year.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Amazons
    Wonder Woman
  2. 1. Amazons
    Wonder Woman
  3. 2. Prologue
    Wonder Woman
  4. 3. Chapter 1: The Diving Bird
    Wonder Woman
  5. 4. Chapter 2: Dust
    Wonder Woman
  6. 5. Chapter 3: The First Statue
    Wonder Woman
  7. 6. Chapter Four: Into the World Go Forth
    Wonder Woman
  8. 7. Chapter 5: Flight of the Icarus
    Wonder Woman
  9. 8. Epilogue
    Wonder Woman
  10. 9. Testament
    Wonder Woman
This issue was modified by, among others
  • John DiBello
  • Merlin Haas
  • John Monagle
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Antonio Pontes Junior
  • Jim Van Dore