Wonder Woman #1 (1942) Facsimile Edition Main Cover

This is the first full length comic devoted exclusively to Wonder Woman and contains a brief description of the character and four full-length stories. Though she had only made one brief appearance in All-Star Comics (#8) and nine appearances as the lead character in Sensation Comics, Wonder Woman #1 nevertheless already retcons her origin in a few different ways, most notably by giving her her Lasso of Truth before she leaves Paradise Island for the first time. In the previous continuity she only received the lasso after returning to Paradise Island in Sensation Comics #6.The issue begins with an introduction of Alice Marble, the new Associate Editor of Wonder Woman. There is then a very brief description of Wonder Woman that explains how she has the combined powers of Aphropdite, Athena, Hercules, and Mercury.A History of the Amazons/The Origin of Wonder WomanThe issue's first story begins at the moment that Wonder Woman arrives in the U.S. with an injured Steve Trevor, thus retellin