Wonder Woman #79 [Direct]

(October 1993)

Taking the Spear (Table of Contents: 1)

Wonder Woman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

William Messner-Loebs (credited as Messner-Loebs)

Pencils

Steve Carr (credited as Carr); Deryl Skelton (credited as Skelton)

Inks

Ande Parks (credited as Parks); Aaron McClellan (credited as McClellan)

Colors

Trish Mulvihill (credited as Mulvihill)

Letters

Clem Robins (credited as Robbins)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It was morning when they came to this store

Genre

superhero

Characters

Etta Candy; The Flash [Wally West]; Wonder Woman [Princess Diana]; Mayfly; Ares Buchanan; Donna Milton; Inspector Ed Indelicato; Camille Sly

Synopsis

Needing to spare Mayfly's life, Wonder Woman attempts a desperate tactic. Meanwhile, Ares Buchanan initiates a more subtle ploy to destroy his Amazon enemy.

Reprints

• in Wonder Woman (DC, 2020 series) #2 - Ares Rising (2020 [April 2021])

Indexer Notes

Wonder Woman describes "taking the spear," a tactic devised by Hippolyte when Hercules' [sic] men invaded Themyscira: the Amazons would let down their guard to provoke a thrust from their opponent, bringing the men close enough for the kill. Wonder Woman is shot in defeating Mayfly. Donna Milton moves into Camille Sly's boarding house.

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

Wonder Woman / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Brian Augustyn (credited)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Jason Vester, Ryan Waters, E. J. Viveiros, Nancy Champion and William T. Ritter.

Ruben Diaz wrote the "Perez complex" column in Wonder Woman (DC, 1987 series) #76.