Wonder Woman #113 - First Appearance of Donna Troy, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Wonder Woman (DC, 1942 series)
Issue: #113
Publication date: April 1960
Key date: April 1960
On-sale date: February 9, 1960
Indicia publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

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

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

Origin story on record for: Princess Diana, Wonder Tot.

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	Invasion of the Sphinx Creatures!	cover	1	pencils: Ross Andru; inks: Mike Esposito; letters: Ira Schnapp	Princess Diana, Wonder Woman
2	The Invasion of the Sphinx Creatures! Part One	comic story	6	script: Charles Moulton; pencils: Ross Andru; inks: Mike Esposito; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Princess Diana, Steve Trevor, Wonder Woman
3	Dream Sweetheart	comic story	0.5	pencils: Morris Waldinger; inks: Tom Nicolosi
5	Aloha... Hawaii!	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily; letters: Ira Schnapp	Senator Hiram L. Fong; Senator Oren E. Long; Rep. Daniel K. Inouye
6	The Invasion of the Sphinx Creatures! Part Two	comic story	10	script: Robert Kanigher; pencils: Ross Andru; inks: Mike Esposito; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Princess Diana, Steve Trevor, Wonder Woman
7	-	comic story	1	script: Julius Schwartz; pencils: Morris Waldinger; inks: Tom Nicolosi
8	Women with War Wings	text article	1	script: Julius Schwartz
9	Newspaper Campaigns of Good Will	comic story	1	script: Julius Schwartz; pencils: Morris Waldinger; inks: Tom Nicolosi
10	Wonder Girl's Birthday Party!	comic story	9	script: Robert Kanigher; pencils: Ross Andru; inks: Mike Esposito; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Hippolyta, Princess Diana Origin, Donna Troy First, Wonder Girl First, Wonder Tot Origin

Plus 5.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 6 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Showcase Presents: Wonder Woman #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-1373-2	2007	On eBay ›
Wonder Woman: The Silver Age Omnibus #1 ISBN 978-1-77951-336-6	2022	On eBay ›

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Series context

‹ #112113 of 329#114 ›

Sources

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

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