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Issue: Wonder Woman #2
Publication Date: November 2004
 
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Title: Challenge of the Gods
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 09/09/2004
Volume: 2
Pages: 180
ISBN: 1401203248
UPC/EAN: 76194124354200111
Price: $30.95 CAD
$19.95 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 30 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Anton Kawasaki (Editor, Collected Edition); Karen Berger (Editor, Original Series)
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Publication Type: Trade Paperback
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: cardstock cover
Binding: softcover
Publishing Format: collected editions
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Cover, Front
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Title Page
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
George Perez (signed)
George Perez (signed)
Tom Smith (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman [Diana]; Cheetah [Barbara Minerva]
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Miscellaneous
1
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Wonder Woman: Challenge of the Gods

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Perez
George Perez
?
typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman [Diana]
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FlagWonder Woman #12 [Direct] published January 1988
was Challenge of the Gods! Part III [Illustration on Cover, Front]cover, enlarged and modified
 
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Frontispiece.
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Wonder Woman: Challenge of the Gods

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Perez
Bruce Patterson
Tatjana Wood; Carl Gafford; Heroic Age (color reconstruction and enhancement)
typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
Wonder Woman
Hippolyte; Diana Trevor; Cheetah [Barabara Minerva]; Wonder Woman [Diana]; Polyphemus; Zeus
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Title page with credits and publishing data. Includes vignettes from (in order) Wonder Woman (DC, 1987 series) #13, 11, 9, 12, 10, 11, 13, 10, and 10.
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Our Story So Far...

Reprise  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bob Rozakis; ? (revisions)
George Perez
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Wonder Woman [Diana]; Hermes
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FlagWho's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #26 [Direct] published April 1987
was Wonder Woman II [Character Profile on Interior Page(s)]text only, with revisions
 
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Illustration probably from the Wonder Woman letters page header.
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Time Passages

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Perez (signed)
George Perez (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman [Diana]; Superman; Green Lantern [Guy Gardner]; Black Canary [Dinah Lance]; Martian Manhunter; Flash [Wally West]; Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson]; Blue Beetle [Ted Kord]; Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Changeling; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Julia Kapatelis; Barbara Minerva [Cheetah]; Chuma; Vanessa Kapatelis; Lieutenant Etta Candy
Reprinting
FlagWonder Woman #8 [Direct] published September 1987
was Time Passages [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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Wonder Woman: Chapter One

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Perez
Bruce Patterson
Tatjana Wood; Heroic Age (color reconstruction and enhancement)
typeset
Subject Matter
Wonder Woman [Diana]; Vanessa Kapatelis
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Illustration from Wonder Woman (DC, 1987 series) #8.
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Time Passages

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Perez (plotter, scripter); Len Wein (scripter)
George Perez
Bruce Patterson
Tatjana Wood
John Costanza; typeset [as L. S. Macintosh]
Subject Matter
superhero
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman [Diana]; Julia Kapatelis; Myndi Mayer; G. Gordon Godfrey; Green Lantern [Guy Gardner]; Martian Manhunter; Black Canary [Dinah Lance]; Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson]; Changeling; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Flash [Wally West]; Superman; Robin [Tim Drake]; Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Blue Beetle [Ted Kord]; Angelina Michaelis; Vanessa Kapatelis; Barbara Minerva [Cheetah]; Chuma; Lieutenant Etta Candy; Colonel Steve Trevor (in photo); General John Hillary; Major Dennis Warren; Tamsyn McConnell; Barry Locatelli; Johnny Meekins; Louie Lucas; Vinnie Cepola; Johnny Carson; Ronald Reagan; George Perez; Jenette Kahn; Karen Berger; Len Wein
Four women write how their lives have recently crossed with Wonder Woman's. Julia Kapatelis records how she witnessed Diana's mission to America interrupted by anti-superhero hysteria fomented by G. Gordon Godfrey. Etta Candy writes to Steve Trevor how the military have dealt with Wonder Woman in the wake of the Ares Assault. Vanessa Kapatelis writes in her diary how Diana has affected her school life. And Myndi Mayer composes a letter to Julia to discuss the publicity campaign she had run for Wonder Woman. But at the same time, a stranger asks to meet the princess in a letter of her own.
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FlagWonder Woman #8 [Direct] published September 1987
was Time Passages [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Though the story is not strictly broken up into chapters, each narrator's section is subtitled. Julia's is "Journal," Etta's is "Dispatch," Vanessa's is "Dear Diary...," and Myndi's is "Tour Update."
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Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Perez
George Perez; Bob Wiacek (inking reconstruction)
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman [Diana]; Cheetah [Barbara Minerva]
Reprinting
FlagWonder Woman #9 [Direct] published October 1987
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
Miscellaneous
1
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Wonder Woman: Chapter Two

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Perez
Bruce Patterson
Tatjana Wood; Heroic Age (color reconstruction and enhancement)
typeset
Subject Matter
Cheetah [Barbara Minerva]
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Illustration from Wonder Woman (DC, 1987 series) #9.
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Blood of the Cheetah

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Perez (plot); Len Wein (script)
George Perez (layouts)
Bruce Patterson (finishes); Bob Wiacek (inking reconstruction, pp. 1-4, 8-17, 19-22)
Tatjana Wood; Heroic Age (color reconstruction and enhancement)
John Costanza
Subject Matter
superhero
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman [Diana]; Cheetah [Barbara Minerva]; Chuma; Myndi Mayer; Julia Kapatelis; Vanessa Kapatelis; Lieutenant Etta Candy; Colonel Steve Trevor; Diana Trevor (in photo); Ulysses Trevor (in photo)
Diana meets with Barbara Minerva and shows her the lasso made from Gaea's girdle, but holding it, Minerva must reveal that she brought Diana to meet her under false pretenses. Later, Minerva transforms herself into the Cheetah and tracks Diana in order to wrest the lasso from the princess. To defend Diana, Julia shoots the villainess, but Cheetah slips away. Several days later, Diana says her good-byes to Julia and Vanessa and heads for home.
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FlagWonder Woman #9 [Direct] published October 1987
was Blood of the Cheetah [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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In credits: "Thanks to Bob Smith."
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Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Perez
George Perez
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman [Diana]; Philippus; Menalippe; Euboea; Hippolyte; Demeter; Hestia; Hermes; Hera; Artemis; Zeus; Hephaestus; Apollo; Athena; Aphrodite; Dinoysus
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FlagWonder Woman #10 [Direct] published November 1987
was The Challenge of the Gods Begins! [Illustration on Cover, Wraparound with Gatefold]
 
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Only the center of the original wraparound, gatefold cover used here.
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Wonder Woman: Chapter Three

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Perez (layouts)
Bruce Patterson (finishes)
Carl Gafford; Heroic Age (color reconstruction and enhancement)
typeset
Subject Matter
Wonder Woman [Diana]
Reprinting
 
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Illustration from Wonder Woman (DC, 1987 series) #10.
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Paradise Lost!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Perez (plot); Len Wein (script)
George Perez (layouts)
Bruce Patterson (finishes)
Carl Gafford; Heroic Age (color reconstruction and enhancement)
John Costanza
Subject Matter
superhero
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman [Diana]; Pan; Dionysus; Eos; Zeus; Apollo; Artemis; Hestia; Euboea; Mnemosyne; Philippus; Acantha; Hippolyte; Menalippe; Hera; Athena; Aphrodite; Hermes; Hephaestus; Persephone; Cottus; The Hydra
Goaded on by Pan, Zeus decides to take Diana as his lover, but she refuses. As punishment for her refusal, Zeus challenges the princess to enter the portal that leads beneath Themyscira to face a series of labors assigned her by each of the gods until all of Olympus is convinced of her worth. Armed for her task, Wonder Woman enters the portal and begins her quest, facing first Cottus and then the seven-headed Hydra.
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FlagWonder Woman #10 [Direct] published November 1987
was [Challenge of the Gods, Part 1] Paradise Lost! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Perez (signed)
George Perez (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman [Diana]; Julia Kapatelis
Reprinting
FlagWonder Woman #11 [Direct] published December 1987
was Challenge of the Gods! Part II [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
Miscellaneous
1
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Wonder Woman: Chapter Four

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Perez (layouts)
Bruce Patterson (finishes)
Carl Gafford; Heroic Age (color reconstruction and enhancement)
typeset
Subject Matter
Wonder Woman [Diana]
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Illustration from Wonder Woman (DC, 1987 series) #11.
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Fire and Torment

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Perez (plotter); Len Wein (scripter)
George Perez (layouts)
Bruce Patterson (finishes)
Carl Gafford
John Costanza
Subject Matter
superhero
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman [Diana]; Apollo; Aphrodite; Athena; Hephaestus; Zeus; Hera; Pan; Hermes; Hestia; Artemis; Morpheus; Colonel Steve Trevor; Lieutenant Etta Candy; Doug Aanonson; Hippolyte; Menalippe; Julia Kapatelis (an illusion); Echidna; Philippus; Diana Trevor
As Diana fights the horrors beneath Themyscira, including the Hydra and Echidna, Philippus tries to prevent Hippolyte from joining her daughter. But Hippolyte puts Philippus down and enters the portal, as Wonder Woman encounters a surprisingly familiar figure.
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FlagWonder Woman #11 [Direct] published December 1987
was Challenge of the Gods, Part 2: Fire and Torment [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Perez
George Perez
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman [Diana]
Reprinting
FlagWonder Woman #12 [Direct] published January 1988
was Challenge of the Gods! Part III [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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1
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Wonder Woman: Chapter Five

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Perez (layouts)
Bruce Patterson (finishes)
Carl Gafford ; Heroic Age (color reconstruction and enhancement)
typeset
Subject Matter
Wonder Woman [Diana]; Diana Trevor
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Illustration from Wonder Woman (DC, 1987 series) #12.
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Echoes of the Past

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Perez (plot); Len Wein (script)
George Perez (layouts)
Bruce Patterson (finishes)
Carl Gafford
John Costanza
Subject Matter
superhero
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman [Diana]; Hippolyte; Colonel Steve Trevor; Ulysses Trevor; Lieutenant Etta Candy; Edna Aanonson; Diana Trevor; Pan; Doug Aanonson; Hades; Heracles
While Hippolyte traces her daughter's footsteps and faces new horrors sent by Pan, the princess learns how Diana Trevor came to Themyscira years ago and faced the horrors beyond the portal. Her task complete and now joined by the soul of her husband, Diana Trevor heads off with Hades. Pan appears to Wonder Woman and gives her her next task, to assist the heroes of Earth as they fight the Manhunters. Hippolyte remains below Themyscira, however, and is shocked to recognize the voice of a long-forgotten acquaintance.
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FlagWonder Woman #12 [Direct] published January 1988
was Challenge of the Gods, Part 3: Echoes of the Past [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Perez
George Perez
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman [Diana]; The Minotaur
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FlagWonder Woman #13 [Direct] published February 1988
was Challenge of the Gods! Part IV [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
Miscellaneous
1
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Wonder Woman: Chapter Six

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Perez (layouts)
Bruce Patterson (finishes)
Carl Gafford; Heroic Age (color reconstruction and enhancement)
typeset
Subject Matter
Polyphemus
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Illustration from Wonder Woman (DC, 1987 series) #13.
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Demonplague

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Perez (plot); Len Wein (script)
George Perez (layouts)
Bruce Patterson (finishes)
Carl Gafford
John Costanza
Subject Matter
superhero
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman [Diana]; Heracles; Hippolyte; Polyphemus; Pan (skeleton); Zeus; Hera; Hephaestus; Hermes; Athena; Artemis; Aphrodite; Brain Wave, Jr.; Martian Manhunter; Captain Atom [Nathaniel Adam]; Green Lantern [Arisia]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Firestorm [Ronnie Raymond; Martin Stein]; Flash [Wally West]; Green Lantern [Guy Gardner]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Superman; Jade; Geo-Force; Silver Scarab; The Minotaur; Echidna; The Chimera; Harmonia; Ares
The gods discover that the real Pan has been replaced by an impostor and send Hermes to retrieve Diana and return her to her quest just in time to save her mother from Polyphemus. Together, Diana and Hippolyte face another trio of horrors, but receive the aid of Harmonia who returns her talisman to Diana to use to deliver the remaining demons trapped within Heracles to their new host, Ares. The demons turned over to Ares, Diana believes her quest to be complete. But Hermes arrives and informs her she has one more task before her -- avenge the murder of his son Pan.
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FlagWonder Woman #13 [Direct] published February 1988
was Challenge of the Gods, Part 4: Demonplague [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Perez (signed)
George Perez (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman [Diana]; Hippolyte; Philippus; Euboea; Heracles
Reprinting
FlagWonder Woman #14 [Direct] published March 1988
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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There are many other unidentified Amazons in the illustration.
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Wonder Woman: Chapter Seven

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Perez (layouts)
Bruce Patterson (finisher)
Carl Gafford; Heroic Age (color reconstruction and enhancement)
typeset
Subject Matter
Wonder Woman [Diana]
Reprinting
 
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Illustration from Wonder Woman (DC, 1987 series) #14.
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For the Glory of Gaea

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Perez (plotter); Len Wein (script)
George Perez (layouts)
Bruce Patterson (finishes)
Carl Gafford
John Costanza
Subject Matter
superhero
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman [Diana]; Heracles; Hippolyte; Euboea; Menalippe; Zeus; Hera; Athena; Dionysus; Hephaestus; Aphrodite; Hestia; Artemis; Apollo; Demeter; Hermes; Colonel Steve Trevor; Lieutenant Etta Candy; Diana Trevor (in photo); Ulysses Trevor (in photo); Philippus; Mnemosyne; Myndi Mayer; Julia Kapatelis; Vanessa Kapatelis
Her task for Hermes accomplished, Diana returns to find Heracles bearing the weight of Themyscira over the battered body of her mother. After delivering Hippolyte to the surface, Diana returns to help shoulder the burden of the island, but the gods relieve them both of that task. After much recovery and reconciliation, the gods accept Heracles into their number and the Amazons decide to appoint an ambassador to allow for a greater exchange of ideas between Themyscira and the rest of the world. They choose, of course, Diana, who returns to Boston and the Kapatelis' home.
Reprinting
FlagWonder Woman #14 [Direct] published March 1988
was For the Glory of Gaea [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Wonder Woman Gallery: Volume Two

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Perez (signed)
George Perez (signed)
Tom Smith (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman [Diana]
Reprinting
from Amazing Heroes #106 [from cover, recolored]
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1
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Cheetah

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Len Wein
George Perez
George Perez
Tom Smith
typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
Wonder Woman
Cheetah [Barbara Minerva]; Chuma; Wonder Woman [Diana]
Reprinting
FlagWho's Who: Update '87 #2 [Direct] published September 1987
was Cheetah II [Character Profile on Interior Page(s)]recolored
 
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1
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
George Perez
George Perez
typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman [Diana]; Hippolyte; Menalippe; Philippus; Lietenant Etta Candy; Colonel Steve Trevor; Julia Kapatelis; Vanessa Kapatelis
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from History of the DC Universe portfolio
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There are other Amazons pictured, as well as probably General John Hillary and possibly Colonel Matthew Michaelis.
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Wonder Woman Poster

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
George Perez
George Perez
Tom Ziuko
typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman [Diana]; Philippus; Menalippe; Euboea; Hippolyte; Demeter; Hestia; Hermes; Hera; Artemis; Zeus; Hephaestus; Apollo; Athena; Aphrodite; Dinoysus; Polyphemus; Heracles; Colonel Steve Trevor; Lieutenant Etta Candy; Diana Trevor; Pan; The Hydra
Reprinting
FlagWonder Woman #10 [Direct] published November 1987
was The Challenge of the Gods Begins! [Illustration on Cover, Wraparound with Gatefold]
 
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The full wraparound and gatefold cover of Wonder Woman #10, as was sold as a poster, at a much-reduced size.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
George Perez
George Perez
?
typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman [Diana]; Julia Kapatelis
Reprinting
FlagWonder Woman #11 [Direct] published December 1987
was Challenge of the Gods! Part II [Illustration on Cover, Front]illustration, from cover
 
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On back cover.

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