Favourite Comics Covers - 'Wonder Woman'

‘Wonder Woman’ issue #1, art by George Pérez

Batman may be my favourite DC character, but Wonder Woman is a very close second.

My introduction to Wonder Woman wasn’t via the comic but the 1970s TV series, starring Lynda Carter, such fun.

Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman (1970s TV series)

My interest in collecting the comic series only came about following the reboot of the franchise in 1987.

I bought the comic purely on the strength of the penciller, George Pérez, who also worked on the plot.

Pérez, along with writers Greg Potter and Len Wein, discarded previous elements of Wonder Woman’s story, focussing instead on connecting the Amazons and, especially, Diana with the Greek gods, and the impact that would have on the wider world.

Pérez eventually took over as the writer of the series and worked on the Wonder Woman comic for 5 years.

While I enjoyed the stories in subsequent issues, the ones I enjoyed most were the issues that featured George Pérez’s art, issue #24 being the last.

As I’d stopped collecting comics sometime in the 1990s, I don’t have issue #600, which has Pérez cover art, and he did some of the interior art as well.

When I watched the 2017 ‘Wonder Woman’ film, the title character’s costume design straightaway reminded me of Pérez’s art.

‘Wonder Woman’ (2017 film) with Gal Gadot

Here’s the first issue with its wraparound cover:

‘Wonder Woman’ issue #1

The following image isn’t a cover, but I love this first sight of Diana in her costume, which is the final image from the first issue:

Final panel of ‘Wonder Woman’ issue #1, showing Diana in her costume

Of the covers that feature Pérez’s art, these are my favourites:

‘Wonder Woman’ #3

‘Wonder Woman’ #6

The cover of issue #10 starts the ‘Challenge of the Gods’ arc…

‘Wonder Woman’ issue #10

… and is another wraparound cover.

Wraparound cover of ‘Wonder Woman’ issue #10

‘Wonder Woman’ #14

‘Wonder Woman’ #17

‘Wonder Woman’ #22

‘Wonder Woman’ Annual #1

Going back to the cover art for issue #10, I loved it so much, I bought the poster:

Poster of ‘Wonder Woman: The Challenge of the Gods’ cover

And here are close-ups of the 3 panels:

Diana with the Greek gods behind her…

(Left panel) Montage of Diana facing the challenges she’s been set; on the bottom right is Steve Trevor and Etta Candy

(Right panel) Montage with more of Diana’s challenges, plus the iconic ‘plane caught in inexplicable thunderstorm’ image highlighted in Diana’s lasso