In Wonder Woman #128 (Dec 1961), the writers struggle to figure out how to solidify the “Wonder Family” by having Wonder Woman tell the origin story of her invisible robot plane to recordings of herself at younger ages as Wonder Tot and Wonder Girl. As Wonder Woman is about to leave Paradise Islands, she realizes […]
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They just added Hippolyta as an active member of Wonder Woman’s family, but they decided to add another incarnation of our main hero in Wonder Woman #122 (March 1961): Wonder Tot. This is really a try-out via a device that de-ages Diana to just above toddler. She manages to kick-ass anyway.
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Speaking of expanding the family, Wonder Woman #121 (Feb 1961) tries to change Queen Hippolyta from a sidelines-only character into one of action. In it we are treated to the first tale of “the entire Wonder Woman Family”. The trick is its all done through the “time and space screen” on Paradise Island, in which […]
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Ok, so I wasn’t the only one that had a visceral reaction to Superman and Wonder Woman in action together! The letters column in Justice League of America #3 (Dec 1960) featured several letters from readers who wanted to see more of this particular pairing, including having Superman and Wonder Woman actually marry and get […]
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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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Etta Candy and the Holliday Girls make their Silver Age reappearance in Wonder Woman #117 (August 1960), completely with a “Woo! Woo!” catchphrase. Etta is a little less chubby and a lot less bold. She is joined by three bland friends this time: Lita Little, Tina Toy, and Thelma Tall. It seems clear that Robert […]
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The Justice League of America graduates from the Brave and Bold magazine to their first issue in August 1960. We get to see all seven members working with each other to defeat would-be world-conqueror Despero, who makes his debut in this issue. Seeing god-level A-tier characters like Wonder Woman and Superman physically interact is pretty […]
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Well here we are, at the last post from the 1950s, and it’s a milestone event for DC: The introduction of the Justice League of America in The Brave and the Bold #28 (Dec 1959). Written by Gardner Fox, who also created and wrote the Golden Age Justice Society of America, this new team features […]
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DC continues to make efforts to round out the mythos of its characters, this time focusing on a non-Superman related one. In Wonder Woman #107, they give the newly introduced Wonder Girl her costume and she meets her first non-Amazonian supporting character: Mer-Boy. After Wonder Girl studies herself in the future using a “Time and […]
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In Wonder Woman #105 (Feb 1959), the writers revised the origin story of Wonder Woman and decided to start telling tales of Wonder Woman as a young teen, Wonder Girl. Much like Superboy, Wonder Girl started out as another famous-superhero-as-a-teen and then became popular enough that DC weaved that character into the mainstream timeline. The […]
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