351 – Death to Steve Trevor

In Sensation Comics #66 (April 1947), Steve Trevor is shot and killed accidentally by a kid playing with his father’s gun. In a fit of grief, Wonder Woman rushes Steve to Paula von Gunther, who uses the purple ray to heal Steve. Phew, I really thought Wonder Woman’s love interest and most important supporting cast […]

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211 – The First Super-Villain Reforms

In December 1942, Wonder Woman #3 features the first time a recurring villain character goes through a reform and becomes an ally of a superhero. Baroness Paula von Gunther is revealed to have become a villain after Nazis kidnapped her child. Having restored her child, Wonder Woman sets out to reform her. And she stays […]

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187 – Baroness Paula

More female bondage in Sensation Comics #4 (February 1942), when Wonder Woman meets her first recurring character, Nazi criminal Baroness Paula von Gunther. Paula was created by Wonder Woman’s creator, William Moulton Marston.

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