778 – Wonder Woman Sacrifices Steve

In the two-part tale “The Secret of Volcano Mountain” of Wonder Woman #120 (Dec 1960), a meteor from Mercury delivers an “ice genie” to plague Wonder Girl. Years after defeating it, a “fire genie” is sent from Mercury to threaten Wonder Woman’s world. Steve Trevor gets involved and is captured by the beast while Wonder […]

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519 – Wonder Woman at the Movies

In Wonder Woman #56 (Sept 1952), Steve Trevor takes Wonder Woman out on a date to see a movie. What movie? Superman and the Mole Men of course! Wonder Woman would not see a theatrical release for another 65 years!

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294 – Electronic Strength

Since the transistor was invented in 1947, I was surprised to see “electronics” mentioned in Sensation Comics #46 (August 1945) until I remembered that vacuum tubes had been around for a few decades by then. Even so, it’s called “the new science of electronics” on the splash page. It’s pretty odd timing since the atomic […]

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