Publication history of Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman
Cover of Wonder Woman #1 (Summer 1942). Art by Harry G. Peter.
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
Format	Ongoing series
Genre	Superhero
Publication date	List (Vol 1): Summer 1942–February 1986 (Vol 2): February 1987–April 2006 (Vol 3): August 2006–October 2011 (Vol 4): November 2011–July 2016 (Vol 5): August 2016–present
Number of issues	List (Vol 1): 329 (Vol 2): 228 (#1-226 plus issues numbered 0 and 1,000,000) and 8 Annuals (Vol 3): 60 and 1 Annual (Vol 4): 55 (#1-52 issues numbered 0, 23.1 and 23.2) and 1 Annual (Vol 5): 13 (as of February 2017 cover date)
Main character(s)	List Diana Prince Queen Hippolyta Hercules Donna Troy Steve Trevor
Creative team
Writer(s)	List (Vol 1) William Moulton Marston Robert Kanigher Dennis O'Neil Mike Sekowsky Elliot S. Maggin Martin Pasko Gerry Conway Dan Mishkin (Vol 2) Len Wein George Pérez William Messner-Loebs John Byrne Eric Luke Phil Jimenez Walter Simonson Greg Rucka (Vol 3) Allan Heinberg Gail Simone J. Michael Straczynski (Vol 4) Brian Azzarello Meredith Finch
Penciller(s)	List (Vol 1) Harry G. Peter Ross Andru Mike Sekowsky Don Heck Ric Estrada Curt Swan Irv Novick John Rosenberger José Delbo Gene Colan (Vol 2): George Pérez Chris Marrinan Colleen Doran Jill Thompson Paris Cullins Mike Deodato John Byrne Phil Jimenez Jerry Ordway Drew Johnson (Vol 3) Terry Dodson Aaron Lopresti Nicola Scott Don Kramer Eduardo Pansica (Vol 4) Cliff Chiang David Finch
Inker(s)	List (Vol 1) Mike Esposito Dick Giordano Vince Colletta Joe Giella (Vol 2) Bruce Patterson Romeo Tanghal P. Craig Russell Ray Snyder Bob McLeod (Vol 3) Rachel Dodson Matt Ryan Wayne Faucher (Vol 4) Scott Hanna (Vol 5)
Creator(s)	William Moulton Marston Harry G. Peter Elizabeth Holloway Marston
Collected editions
Wonder Woman - Archives, Vol. 1
Diana Prince: Wonder Woman

This article is about the history of the fictional DC Comics' character Wonder Woman, who was introduced in All Star Comics #8 (December 1941), then appearing in Sensation Comics #1 (January 1942), Six months later appeared in her own comic book series (Summer 1942). Since her debut, five regular series of Wonder Woman have been published, the last launched in June 2016 as part of the DC Rebirth.

Wonder Woman was introduced in All Star Comics #8 (December 1941), during the era known to comics historians as the "Golden Age of Comic Books". Following this debut, she was featured in Sensation Comics #1 (January 1942), and six months later appeared in her own comic book series (Summer 1942). Wonder Woman took her place beside the extant superheroines or antiheroes Fantomah,Black Widow, Invisible Scarlet O'Neil, and Canada's Nelvana of the Northern Lights. Until his death in 1947, Dr. William Moulton Marston wrote all of the Wonder Woman stories. H. G. Peter penciled the book in a simplistic yet easily identifiable style.

Armed with bulletproof bracelets, a magic lasso, and Amazonian training, Wonder Woman was the archetype of Marston's perfect woman. In Wonder Woman's origin story, Steve Trevor, an intelligence officer in the United States Army, crashed his plane on Paradise Island, the Amazons' isolated homeland. Using a "Purple Ray", Princess Diana nursed him back to health and fell in love with him. When the goddess Aphrodite declared that it was time for an Amazon to travel to "Man's World" and fight the evil of the Nazis, a tournament was held to determine who would be the Amazon champion. Although forbidden by her mother Queen Hippolyte to participate in the tournament, Princess Diana did so nevertheless, her identity hidden by a mask.