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Issue: Wonder Woman #290
Publication Date: April 1982
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Issues: #290 of 329 Issues (475 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/15/1981
Volume: 41
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: £0.20 GBP
$0.60 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 4 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Dick Giordano (managing editor); Len Wein (editor); Mike W. Barr (associate editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; then standard Silver Age US; then standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock:  
Binding: saddle-stitched (squarebound #211, 214, 217, 300)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Disclose Reprinted In5
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Capt. Wonder and the Silver Swan!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Ross Andru
Inker(s): Dick Giordano
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Wonder Woman
Character(s): Wonder Woman; Silver Swan; Captain Wonder; The Huntress [Helena Wayne] (inset)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWundergirl #8/1982 published August 1982
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-854
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Panic Over Pennsylvania Avenue!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roy Thomas (plot); Paul Kupperberg (script)
Penciller(s): Gene Colan
Inker(s): Romeo Tanghal
Colorist(s): Carl Gafford
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Wonder Woman
Character(s): Wonder Woman; Steve Trevor; Silver Swan [Helen Alexandros] (villain); Dr. Psycho [Captain Wonder] (villain); Mars (villain); President Ronald Reagan (cameo); Nancy Reagan (cameo); Agent Tomkins (Secret Serviceman)
Synopsis: To retain their idealized forms forever, Captain Wonder and Silver Swan must kill Wonder Woman by sending her invisible jet on a crash course with the White House.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagGigant #7/1982 published January 1982
as Panikk i Det hvite hus [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Job Number: J-8008
Disclose Notes: President and Nancy Reagan make a cameo. Steve Trevor's alternate universe origin from Wonder Woman (DC, 1942 series) #260 is retold; his recent illness is described as an unconscious struggle to return to that home universe. His desire to ultimately remain with Wonder Woman cures the condition.
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Death Atop Its High Tower Calls!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Levitz
Penciller(s): Joe Staton
Inker(s): Mike DeCarlo
Colorist(s): Anthony Tollin
Letterer(s): John Costanza
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Huntress
Character(s): Huntress [Helena Wayne]; Crimelord (villain) (death); Charles; Francie; Arthur Cranston
Synopsis: As they battle in his private castle, Crimelord taunts the Huntress with the impending death of her dear old friend.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWundergirl #13/1982 published December 1982
as Tod über den Dächern der Stadt [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWundergirl #12/1982 published December 1982
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHuntress: Darknight Daughter #[nn] published February 2006
as Death Atop Its High Tower Calls! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: J-7885?
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Tamsyn O'Flynn
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wonder Words
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: L980
Disclose Notes: Letters from Wallace Lee Hopkins; Fred Grandinetti; Neil Ahlquist; Starla Ryan.

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