All-Star Comics #8 for Sale - First Appearance of Princess Diana - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: All-Star Comics (DC, 1940 series)
Issue: #8
Publication date: December 1941-January 1942
Key date: 1941-12-00
On-sale date: 1941-10-21
Indicia publisher: All-American Comics Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 76

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Princess Diana - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Wonder Woman - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Steve Trevor - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Hippolyta - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Ted Grant - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Wildcat - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Hawkgirl - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Mr. Terrific - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Terry Sloane - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Aphrodite - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Athena - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Hercules - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Artemis - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Tommy Rogers - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Mala - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Little Boy Blue - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of The Gay Ghost - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Keith Everet / Charles Collins - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Myra Mason - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Doris Lee - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Two New Members Win Their Spurs	cover	1	pencils: E. E. Hibbard; inks: E. E. Hibbard	The Atom, Doctor Fate, Dr. Mid-Nite, Hawkman, Ted Knight, Al Pratt, The Sandman, The Spectre, Starman, Johnny Thunder, Jim Corrigan, Wesley Dodds, Carter Hall, Charles McNider
1	Another Message to Our Readers	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	script: ? [as The Publishers]; letters: typeset
2	Two New Members Win Their Spurs, Introduction	comic story	2	script: Gardner Fox; pencils: E. E. Hibbard; inks: E. E. Hibbard	The Atom, Batman, Jim Corrigan, Doctor Fate, Wesley Dodds, Dr. Mid-Nite, The Flash, Jay Garrick, Green Lantern, Carter Hall, Hawkman, Hooty, Clark Kent, Ted Knight
3	Two New Members Win Their Spurs, Chapter 1	comic story	7	script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Stan Asch; inks: Stan Asch	Dr. Mid-Nite, Hooty, Myra Mason First, Charles McNider
4	Two New Members Win Their Spurs, Interlude	comic story	1	script: Gardner Fox; pencils: E. E. Hibbard; inks: E. E. Hibbard	The Atom, Jim Corrigan, Doctor Fate, Wesley Dodds, Dr. Mid-Nite, Carter Hall, Hawkman, Hooty, Ted Knight, Charles McNider, Kent Nelson, Al Pratt, The Sandman, The Spectre
5	Two New Members Win Their Spurs, Chapter 2	comic story	6	script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Stan Asch; inks: Stan Asch	Doctor Fate, Kent Nelson, Inza Cramer-Nelson
6	Two New Members Win Their Spurs, Chapter 3	comic story	6	script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Ben Flinton; inks: Ben Flinton	The Atom, Al Pratt
7	Two New Members Win Their Spurs, Chapter 4	comic story	6	script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Cliff Young; inks: Cliff Young	Wesley Dodds, The Sandman, Dian Belmont
8	Two New Members Win Their Spurs, Chapter 5	comic story	6	script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Jack Burnley; inks: Jack Burnley	Ted Knight, Starman, Doris Lee First
9	Two New Members Win Their Spurs, Chapter 6	comic story	8	script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon Moldoff	Carter Hall, Hawkgirl First, Hawkman, Shiera Sanders
10	Two New Members Win Their Spurs, Chapter 7	comic story	6	script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily; letters: Bernard Baily	Jim Corrigan, The Spectre
11	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	pencils: E. E. Hibbard; inks: E. E. Hibbard	The Flash, Jay Garrick, Batman, Clark Kent, Superman, Bruce Wayne
12	Here It Is!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	pencils: Howard Purcell; inks: Howard Purcell	Green Lantern, Alan Scott, Batman, The Flash, Jay Garrick, Clark Kent, Superman, Bruce Wayne
13	Sky Cutups	text story	2	pencils: Jon L. Blummer; inks: Jon L. Blummer	Batman, Dr. Mid-Nite, The Flash, Green Lantern, Hop Harrigan, Hawkman, Charles McNider, Superman, Ikky Tinker, Jay Garrick, Carter Hall, Clark Kent, Alan Scott, Bruce Wayne
14	The "Big Six" Now Becomes the "Big Seven"!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.67	pencils: Fred Ray, E. E. Hibbard, Irwin Hasen, Jack Burnley, Howard Sherman; inks: Fred Ray, Jerry Robinson, E. E. Hibbard, Irwin Hasen, Jack Burnley, Howard Sherman	Batman, Doctor Fate, The Flash, Jay Garrick, Dick Grayson, Green Lantern, Clark Kent, Ted Knight, Kent Nelson, Robin, Alan Scott, Starman, Superman, Bruce Wayne
16	Two New Members Win Their Spurs, Chapter 8	comic story	6	script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Stan Asch; inks: Stan Asch	Johnny Thunder, Thunderbolt, Daisy Darling
17	Two New Members Win Their Spurs, Conclusion	comic story	2	script: Gardner Fox; pencils: E. E. Hibbard; inks: E. E. Hibbard	The Atom, Jim Corrigan, Doctor Fate, Wesley Dodds, Dr. Mid-Nite, Carter Hall, Hawkman, Hooty, Ted Knight, Charles McNider, Kent Nelson, Al Pratt, The Sandman, The Spectre
18	All-Star Comics #9 Preview	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: E. E. Hibbard; inks: E. E. Hibbard	The Atom, Batman, Jim Corrigan, Doctor Fate, Dr. Mid-Nite, Wesley Dodds, The Flash, Jay Garrick, Green Lantern, Carter Hall, Hawkman, Hooty, Clark Kent, Charles McNider
19	Introducing Wonder Woman	comic story	9	script: Charles Moulton; pencils: Harry Peter; inks: Harry Peter	Aphrodite First, Hippolyta First, Mala First, Princess Diana First, Steve Trevor First, Wonder Woman First, Athena First, Artemis First, Hercules First
20	Sensation Comics	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	script: Gene Tunney; pencils: Harry Peter, Jon Blummer; inks: Harry Peter, Jon Blummer	The Black Pirate, The Gay Ghost First, Ted Grant First, Little Boy Blue First, Mr. Terrific First, Princess Diana First, Tommy Rogers First, Terry Sloane First, Jon Valor, Wildcat First, Wonder Woman First, Keith Everet / Charles Collins First
22	Here's Another Message from Hop Harrigan!	in-house column	0.5	letters: typeset	Hop Harrigan

Plus 2.83 pages of advertisements and other matter across 4 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
All-American Comics #34	1942	On eBay ›
Wonder Woman #196	1971	On eBay ›
Millennium Edition: All Star Comics No. 8 #[nn]	2001	On eBay ›
All Star Comics Archives #2 ISBN 0-930289-12-9	1993	On eBay ›
Wonder Woman Archives #1 ISBN 1-56389-402-5	1998	On eBay ›
The Wonder Woman Chronicles #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-2644-2	2010	On eBay ›
All-Star Comics #8 [First Appearance: Wonder Woman Action Figure] #[nn]	2004	On eBay ›
Wonder Woman: The War Years 1941-1945 #[nn] ISBN 078583284X; 978-0-7858-3284-3	2015	On eBay ›
Wonder Woman: A Celebration of 75 Years #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-6512-0	2016	On eBay ›
Wonder Woman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-6496-3	2016	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

Golden-age paper is brittle. Ask about page suppleness and check edges for chips in the photos.
Check for trimmed edges, married covers, and clipped coupons - all common on books this old.
Confirm the indicia matches this plate; many golden-age titles changed names mid-run.

Series context

‹ #78 of 57#9 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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