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Introducing Wonder Woman
"Introducing Wonder Woman" is a story from ''All Star Comics'' #8. Released on October 21, 1941 ( cover dated Dec./Jan. 1941/1942), it is notable as the first appearance of Wonder Woman. Plot summary U.S. Army Intelligence pilot Steve Trevor flies his fighter across the Atlantic Ocean in search of a Nazi spy. His plane runs out of fuel and he crash lands on Paradise Island. Two Amazons, Diana and Mala, recover him and bring him to their hospital, though they and the other Amazons show surprise at a man on Paradise Island. Diana spends several days nursing his wounds and slowly begins to fall in love with him. Her mother, Hippolyta, reminds the Amazon that men are forbidden to set foot on Paradise Island, much less remain there. She declares that as soon as Trevor is fit for travel, he is to be returned to the United States. She then, in two pages that were mostly text, tells Diana that in ancient Greece they were the foremost nation, but Hercules attacked them and was defeated du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All-American Publications
All-American PublicationsThe name is spelled with a hyphen per its logo (pictured) and sources includinat Don Markstein's ToonopediaArchivedfrom the original on April 15, 2012. was one of two American comic book companies that merged to form the modern day DC Comics, one of the two largest publishers of comic books in the United States. Superheroes created for All-American include the original Atom, Flash, Green Lantern, Hawkman, and Wonder Woman, all in the 1940s' Golden Age of Comic Books. Publishing history Max Gaines, future founder of EC Comics, formed All-American Publications in 1938 after successfully seeking funding from Harry Donenfeld, CEO of both National Allied Publications (publisher of ''Action Comics'' and other titles) and sister company Detective Comics (publisher of that namesake comic book). As Gerard Jones writes of Donenfeld's investment: While All-American, at 225 Lafayette Street in Manhattan, was physically separated from DC's office space uptown at 4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hippolyta (DC Comics)
Queen Hippolyta is a fictional DC Comics superhero, based on the Amazons, Amazon queen Hippolyta from Greek mythology. Introduced in 1941 during the Golden Age of Comic Books, she is the queen of the Amazons (DC Comics), Amazons of Themyscira (DC Comics), Themyscira, the mother of Wonder Woman, and in some continuities, the adopted mother of Donna Troy. Cloris Leachman, Carolyn Jones and Beatrice Straight portrayed the character in the 1970s ''Wonder Woman (TV series), Wonder Woman'' series. Hippolyta made her cinematic debut in the DC Extended Universe in the 2017 film ''Wonder Woman (2017 film), Wonder Woman'', played by Connie Nielsen; she later appeared in the 2017 film ''Justice League (film), Justice League'' (as well as Zack Snyder's 2021 Zack Snyder's Justice League, cut) and in flashbacks in the 2020 film ''Wonder Woman 1984''. Publication history Golden Age The character Hippolyta (initially spelled "Hippolyte") first appeared in ''All Star Comics'' #8 (December 1941 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |