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1st appearance Ares; Wonder Woman origin retold; 1st solo comic for female superhero; Marston story, H.G. Peter cover/art


Wonder Woman followed her auspicious debut in All Star Comics #8 with her first cover appearance for the newly launched Sensation Comics #1. That book's breakout success would lead to DC creating the first solo comic for a female superhero — with the company following the lead of the Superman and Batman titles with a quarterly Wonder Woman book in the summer of 1942.

In addition to another classic cover from artist H.G. Peter, Wonder Woman #1 contains four new tales of groundbreaking heroism. Those include a revisiting of Wonder Woman’s origin that reveals how the Amazons were sculpted from clay to fight war-mongering men who follow the malevolent god Ares. (In another groundbreaking move, DC acknowledged the heroine’s diverse appeal with Florence Nightingale starting a “Wonder Women of History” series.)

Wonder Woman, of course, was a vital addition to the Golden Age's superhero pantheon, with the style and format of William Moulton Marston's complex comics vision set from the start. This would result in a nearly unbroken run of quality throughout the WWII-era. Early Wonder Woman comics are often still heavily undervalued. There's good reason to expect these books to shoot up in value — especially with Wonder Woman set to emerge as part of James Gunn's big-screen DC Universe, with a prequel series set on Paradise Island already in the works.
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With the announcement that Gal Gadot will not be returning to her role as Wonder Woman in the rebooted DCU, James Gunn is sure to recast the role, thrusting all of the Amazonian Princess’ key issues back into the limelight. There could be no better time to invest in a copy of Wonder Woman #1, while the world waits to find out who will take over the role, some determined bidder will stash this copy away and wait for their savvy investment to bear fruit. This 8.0 copy sits very near the top of the census with only 10 copies above it. The book presents a vibrant yellow background and very bright colors overall, and its state of preservation is quite admirable. The white interior pages add the icing on the cake increasing the collectibility of this ironclad Golden Age key.

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