Wonder Woman #259 [British]
(September 1979)

DC, 1942 Series
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Volume
38
Price
0.15 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893072509
Editing
Joe Orlando (managing editor); Ross Andru (editor)

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of Wonder Woman (DC, 1942 series) #259. There exist further variants:

[A Power Gone Mad] (Table of Contents)

Wonder Woman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
José Delbo (signed)
Inks
Dick Giordano (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Letterese ?
Job Number
C-155
Genre
superhero
Characters
Wonder Woman; Hercules
Reprints
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A Power Gone Mad (Table of Contents: 1)

Wonder Woman / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Gerry Conway
Pencils
José Delbo
Inks
Vince Colletta
Colors
Jerry Serpe
Letters
Milt Snapinn
Genre
superhero
Characters
Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Martin Markham (intro); Lance Gardner (intro); Mars (villain); Hercules (villain); Hermes; Aphrodite; Athena
Synopsis
With the help of a shady ad executive, Mars conspires to seize control of Earth, first by turning Wonder Woman into a public menace.
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Indexer Notes

There is a suggestion Wonder Woman utilizes thermal currents when gliding on air. Although the Roman Mercury has long been the god referred to in the Wonder Woman comic, he appears here as his Greek namesake, Hermes.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Jack C. Harris
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-310
Synopsis
Letters from Kelly Monigal; Anthony Mizzi; Mike Church.

The Answer Man's Guide to the Superman Movie Contest (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

The DC Feature Page / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [A Power Gone Mad]
    Wonder Woman
  2. 1. A Power Gone Mad
    Wonder Woman
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Wonder Words
  4. 3. The Answer Man's Guide to the Superman Movie Contest
    The DC Feature Page
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