Wonder Woman #85
October 1956
I’m starting my Wonder Woman Silver Age blog with this issue. No, it is not a SA issue, but it is on the newsstand at the same time as Showcase #4 (written by Kanigher). The only similarity between this issue and Showcase #4 is the Giant 5000 Prize Contest. I want to take a look for any hints of a shift of style in the stories from childish fantasies, not-so-bright gangsters, secret identity seekers into science-fiction oriented epics.
Credits for the last 13 issues before the SA Wonder Woman origin story of issue #98 are Irv Novick (ending with #94) covers, Robert Kanigher writer, and Harry G. Peter (ending with #97) art.
The first story is the better of the three. "The Sword In the Sky" takes the excalibur myth and expands it into a rescue mission of moon people and a lesson on what is required to achieve freedom.
The "The Wooden Hero" is very routine for the genre in so much as it is kid centered.
The cover story, "The Woman In the Bottle”, nearly makes a complete six page filler.
The educational love factoids are a regular inclusion during this late GA series run. This is the only time I will post them.
How many coupons from Showcase #4 got clipped for a chance at the grand prize?
Overall, a forgettable issue like nearly all the others that will follow over the next year or so. It won’t be until #98 that Wonder Woman will start to really change and the stories become very interesting.
I’m starting my Wonder Woman Silver Age blog with this issue. No, it is not a SA issue, but it is on the newsstand at the same time as Showcase #4 (written by Kanigher). The only similarity between this issue and Showcase #4 is the Giant 5000 Prize Contest. I want to take a look for any hints of a shift of style in the stories from childish fantasies, not-so-bright gangsters, secret identity seekers into science-fiction oriented epics.
Credits for the last 13 issues before the SA Wonder Woman origin story of issue #98 are Irv Novick (ending with #94) covers, Robert Kanigher writer, and Harry G. Peter (ending with #97) art.
The first story is the better of the three. "The Sword In the Sky" takes the excalibur myth and expands it into a rescue mission of moon people and a lesson on what is required to achieve freedom.
The "The Wooden Hero" is very routine for the genre in so much as it is kid centered.
The cover story, "The Woman In the Bottle”, nearly makes a complete six page filler.
The educational love factoids are a regular inclusion during this late GA series run. This is the only time I will post them.
How many coupons from Showcase #4 got clipped for a chance at the grand prize?
Overall, a forgettable issue like nearly all the others that will follow over the next year or so. It won’t be until #98 that Wonder Woman will start to really change and the stories become very interesting.
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