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Issue: Wonder Woman #256
Publication Date: June 1979
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Issues: #256 of 329 Issues (475 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Standard Distribution
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/20/1979
Volume: 38
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893072506
Price: $0.40 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Joe Orlando (managing editor); Ross Andru (editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #166.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; standard Silver Age US; 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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The Return of the Royal Flush Gang

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Jose Delbo
Inker(s): Vince Colletta
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Wonder Woman
Character(s): Wonder Woman; Royal Flush Gang
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWundergirl #44 published January 1979
as Die Kartenbande ist zurück [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-977
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The Return of the Royal Flush Gang

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Levitz
Penciller(s): Jose Delbo
Inker(s): Vince Colletta
Colorist(s): Jerry Serpe
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Wonder Woman
Character(s): Wonder Woman; Red Tornado (cameo); Royal Flush Gang [Jack; Queen; Ace of Spades; King; Ten [Mike Bailey]]; General Novak; Stacey Macklin; Farley (UN security); Justice League of America (cameo) [Flash, Batman, Hawkman]; Conrad Starfield
Synopsis: Wonder Woman is confounded by a series of robberies around the NASA base by the Royal Flush Gang, especially the location and identity of the hidden card-- the Ten.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWundergirl #44 published January 1979
as Die Rückkehr der Kartenbande [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Job Number: J-5932
Disclose Notes: Wonder Woman notes she can't go very far, or very fast, riding wind currents. Diana Prince is under investigation by Farley of UN security, who is shown holding Diana's file, which was stolen by Bushmaster in the previous issue, Wonder Woman (DC, 1942 series) #255. Mike Bailey is revealed as the Ten, the inside man at NASA for the Royal Flush Gang. Diana Prince quits the astronaut program and moves back to New York to resume work at the UN.
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Superman Meets the Orbitrons!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Tex Blaisdell
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman; Hostess Twinkies
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art credits confirmed from sale of original art at Heritage Auctions (https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/complete-story/curt-swan-and-tex-blaisdell-hostess-twinkies-ad-complete-1-page-story-superman-meets-the-orbitrons-original-art-dc-1974-/a/121848-11181.s?ic16=ViewItem-BrowseTabs-Auction-Open-ThisAuction-120115).
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Wonder Woman
First Line: How would you like to come to New York City... ...And become a character in my Wonder Woman comic?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: contest rules
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack C. Harris [as JCH]
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wonder Words
Synopsis: Letters from Sarah Finnegan and Mike Burkhalter.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: L-253
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Volume 76 [79] Issue 12 - Week of March 19, 1979

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): Bob Rozakis
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daily Planet
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: P-312

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