Wonder Woman (vol. 1) #1 (Summer 1942):
“The Origin of Wonder Woman”
by William Moulton Marston, Harry G. Peter

Wonder Woman (vol. 1) #1

Title: “The Origin of Wonder Woman”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Summer 1942

Publisher:
Written by: William Moulton Marston
Art by: Harry G. Peter

3 characters in this story:

Character (Click links for info about character and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)	Religious Affiliation	Team(s) [Notes]	Pub.	# app.
Wonder Woman (Diana) (lead character)	Greco-Roman classical religion	Amazon; Super Friends...  The Justice League		4,659
Ares	Greco-Roman deity	Dark Avengers; Olympian...  The Avengers; Warhawks (leader) [god of war; Gods of Olympus]		440
Venus (Aphrodite)	Greco-Roman deity	[1st app: Wonder Woman (vol. 1) #1 (Summer 1942)]		205

There is a 1-page illustrated text story detailing the history of Wonder Woman and the Olympian gods, followed by a 13-page traditional comic story depicting Wonder Woman's origin. Although some sources separate these as two different "stories," we have combined them. Both were created by the same writer and artist.

The process of listing characters who appeared in this source is not yet complete. This story was indexed from secondary sources only. The character list above is not necessarily comprehensive. An alternative form of this story's title is: “Who is She?”. Webpage for Wonder Woman #1 (Summer 1942) created 13 September 2012. Last modified 26 December 2013.

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