Wonder Woman (DC, 1987 series) #10 [Direct]

Price: 0.75 USD; 1.00 CAD; 0.40 GBP

Pages: 38

On-sale Date: 1987-07-14

Editing: Karen Berger (credited) (editor)

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The Challenge of the Gods Begins!

(Table of Contents)

Wonder Woman / cover / 3 pages

Pencils:	George Pérez (signed as George Perez)
Inks:	George Pérez (signed as George Perez)
Colors:	?
Letters:	?

Genre:superhero

Universe:

DC : mainstream

Characters:

Polyphemus; The Hydra

Reprints (5)

in Wonder Woman (Zinco, 1988 series) #8 (Enero 1989)
in Supermán (Grupo Editorial Vid, 1986 series) #69 (Mayo 30 de 1989)
in Wonder Woman (DC, 2004 series) #2 - Challenge of the Gods ([November] 2004), #2 - Challenge of the Gods ([November] 2004)
in Wonder Woman by George Pérez Omnibus (DC, 2015 series) #[1] ([October] 2015), #[1] ([October] 2015), #[1] ([October] 2015)
in Wonder Woman by George Pérez (DC, 2016 series) #1 ([October] 2016), #1 ([October] 2016)

Indexer Notes

Wrap-around and gatefold cover.

This issue has 2 variants

Issue Data

Publisher's Brand: DC [bullet]
Indicia / Colophon Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
Indicia Frequency: monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Printer: ?

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

What Has Gone Before

(Table of Contents: 1)

recap / 1 page

Script:	Len Wein (credited)
Pencils:	George Pérez
Inks:	George Pérez
Letters:	typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text:Reincarnated by the Greek goddesses from the souls of women who died violently before their time...

Indexer Notes

Inside front gatefold cover.

[no title indexed]

(Table of Contents: 2)

credits, title page / 1 page

Script:	?
Pencils:	?
Inks:	?
Letters:	typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

[Challenge of the Gods, Part 1] Paradise Lost!

(Table of Contents: 3)

Wonder Woman / comic story / 22 pages

Script:	George Pérez (credited) (plot) Len Wein (credited) (script)
Pencils:	George Pérez (credited) (layouts)
Inks:	Bruce Patterson (credited as Bruce D. Patterson) (finishes)
Colors:	Carl Gafford (credited)
Letters:	John Costanza (credited)

Genre:superhero
Job Number:G-3295

First Line of Dialogue or Text:Once they were merely common reeds, plucked fresh from the generous earth, and transformed by clever hands...

Universe:

DC : mainstream

Characters:

Acantha
(first appearance)
Aphrodite
Apollo
Artemis
Athena
Cottus
(first appearance, death)
Dionysus
Eos
(first appearance)
Euboea
(first appearance)
Hephaestus
Hera
Hermes
Hestia
Queen Hippolyte
Menalippe
Mnemosyne
(first appearance)
Pan Imposter
Persephone
Philippus
Wonder Woman [Princess Diana]
Zeus

The Hydra

Synopsis:: Goaded on by Pan, Zeus decides to take Diana as his lover, but she refuses. As punishment for her refusal, Zeus challenges the princess to enter the portal that leads beneath Themyscira to face a series of labors assigned her by each of the gods until all of Olympus is convinced of her worth. Armed for her task, Wonder Woman enters the portal and begins her quest, facing first Cottus and then the seven-headed Hydra.; in Supermán (Grupo Editorial Vid, 1986 series) #69 (Mayo 30 de 1989)
in Justice League [Lega della Giustizia] (Play Press, 1990 series) #12 (Marzo 1991)
in Wonder Woman (DC, 2004 series) #2 - Challenge of the Gods ([November] 2004)
in Wonder Woman by George Pérez Omnibus (DC, 2015 series) #[1] ([October] 2015)
in Wonder Woman by George Pérez (DC, 2016 series) #1 ([October] 2016)

[Body Builder]

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ERTL Company / advertisement / 1 page

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Mile High Comics / advertisement / 1 page

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The World of Krypton / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

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Oxy Clean / advertisement / 2 pages

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Print Advertising Representatives, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page

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Underworld / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

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(Table of Contents: 10)

Postscripts to Paradise / letters page / 2 pages

Script:	Karen Berger (credited as Karen)
Pencils:	?
Inks:	?
Colors:	?
Letters:	typeset

Job Number:L-2894

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Matthew Sutton, Debra Ferris, Chris Brown, Neil Roberts and Louis Valencia.

[no title indexed]

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Wasteland / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

[no title indexed]

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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

Table of Contents ToC

Table of Contents

The Challenge of the Gods Begins!
Wonder Woman
What Has Gone Before
[no title indexed]
[Challenge of the Gods, Part 1] Paradise Lost!
Wonder Woman
[Body Builder]
ERTL Company
["Super sale"]
Mile High Comics
["The rest of the story"]
The World of Krypton
["Solve these Oxy 'Zittles' and Oxy might solve your transportation problems!"]
Oxy Clean
["Write right now!"]
Print Advertising Representatives, Inc.
["Where the sidewalk ends... their story begins"]
Underworld
[no title indexed]
Postscripts to Paradise
["Warning! Read these stories and tremor from mortal terror of the most dangerous kind..."]
Wasteland
["Next issue: The Challenge of the Gods Part II"]

The Challenge of the Gods Begins! (Table of Contents)

Wonder Woman / cover / 3 pages

Indexer Notes

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

What Has Gone Before (Table of Contents: 1)

recap / 1 page

Indexer Notes

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

credits, title page / 1 page

Indexer Notes

[Challenge of the Gods, Part 1] Paradise Lost! (Table of Contents: 3)

Wonder Woman / comic story / 22 pages

[Body Builder] (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 4)

ERTL Company / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed] (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 5)

Mile High Comics / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed] (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 6)

The World of Krypton / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

[no title indexed] (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 7)

Oxy Clean / advertisement / 2 pages

[no title indexed] (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 8)

Print Advertising Representatives, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed] (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 9)

Underworld / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Postscripts to Paradise / letters page / 2 pages

Indexer Notes

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Wasteland / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

[no title indexed] (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 12)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

The Challenge of the Gods Begins!

(Table of Contents)

What Has Gone Before

(Table of Contents: 1)

[no title indexed]

(Table of Contents: 2)

[Challenge of the Gods, Part 1] Paradise Lost!

(Table of Contents: 3)

[Body Builder]

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[no title indexed]

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[no title indexed]

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