All Star Comics 8
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All Star Comics 8 is the 8th issue of the comic series All Star Comics. Although the main story featured the JSA in 'Two New Members win their spurs,' featuring Doctor Midnight and Starman
joining in an incident involving an evil scientist's Insanity serum, it is more well known for having the first appearance of Wonder Woman
in a back-pages story.
about an evil scientist, Doctor Elba, who is using an insanity serum. The JSA members each set off to foil crimes along with Midnight and Starman and discover they are caused by people who have been administered the serum, which drives them insane and gives them superhuman strength. Johnny Thunder meets the scientist in his mansion, but the Thunderbolt transports the Society there after they finish their case. When he throws the light switch, Mid-Nite stops the scientist injecting Johnny, and instead Elba is hit in the arm, and throws himself from the window. Doctor Midnight and Starman are then made members, and Hooty, Mid-Nite's owl, is made the mascot.
Appearing in "Introducing Wonder Woman" Featured Characters:
Wonder Woman (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
Colonel Darnell
Steve Trevor
Villains:
Fritz (Single appearance)
Von Storm (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
Amazons
Aphrodite
Athena
(Appears in flashback only)
Hippolyta
Mala
Locations:
Earth-Two (Retcon)
Paradise Island
Washington, D.C.
Items:
Girdle of Gaea
Lasso of Truth
Magic Sphere
Vehicles:
During Steve's convalescence, Hippolyta and Diana use the Magic Sphere to divine the nature of Steve's arrival on the island. They look into the past and learn of Trevor's secret mission.
Two Nazi agents named Von Storm and Fritz hijacked an experimental robot plane and attempted to bomb an army airfield. Trevor heroically took control of the plane and drove the Nazis away. He was in pursuit of Fritz' fighter across the ocean, when he crashed on the Island.
After the goddesses of the Amazons, Aphrodite and Athena appear before her, Hippolyta decrees that an Amazon agent should be sent to the United States to aid the American in their fight against the Nazis. She holds a great tournament to determine which of her warriors should act as their good will ambassador. Diana wants to participate in the tournament, but Hippolyta forbids it.
Diana disguises herself with a simple mask and enters the tournament anyway. She masters every competition and becomes one of two finalists to compete in the Bullets and Bracelets competition. Diana defeats her opponent, Mala, she deflects all five bullets while Mala is unable to deflect the fifth buller and is wounded in the arm, and reveals her true identity to the crowd. Hippolyta agrees to allow Diana to travel to the United States. She provides her with a patriotic costume and bestows upon her the name of Wonder Woman.
First Appearances: Wonder Woman (a super-hero); Amazons
(a race of warrior women); Aphrodite
(Greek Goddess of Love); Athena
(Greek Goddess of Wisdom); Fritz (a Nazi spy); Hercules (DC Comics)
(a Greek hero); Hippolyta
(Queen of the Amazons); Mala (an Amazon); Phil Darnell (a Colonel in the United States Army); Steve Trevor
(a Major in the United States Army); Von Storm (a Nazi spy)
Final Appearances: Fritz; Von Storm
Starman (Ted Knight)
Starman is a fictional comic book superhero in the , and a member of the Justice Society of America. Created by artist Jack Burnley and editors Whit Ellsworth, Murray Boltinoff, Jack Schiff, Mort Weisinger, and Bernie Breslauer, he first appeared in Adventure Comics #61 .-Fictional character...
joining in an incident involving an evil scientist's Insanity serum, it is more well known for having the first appearance of Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman is a DC Comics superheroine created by William Moulton Marston. She first appeared in All Star Comics #8 . The Wonder Woman title has been published by DC Comics almost continuously except for a brief hiatus in 1986....
in a back-pages story.
Two New Members win their spurs
Doctor Midnight alerts the JSAJustice Society of America
The Justice Society of America, or JSA, is a DC Comics superhero group, the first team of superheroes in comic book history. Conceived by editor Sheldon Mayer and writer Gardner Fox, the JSA first appeared in All Star Comics #3 ....
about an evil scientist, Doctor Elba, who is using an insanity serum. The JSA members each set off to foil crimes along with Midnight and Starman and discover they are caused by people who have been administered the serum, which drives them insane and gives them superhuman strength. Johnny Thunder meets the scientist in his mansion, but the Thunderbolt transports the Society there after they finish their case. When he throws the light switch, Mid-Nite stops the scientist injecting Johnny, and instead Elba is hit in the arm, and throws himself from the window. Doctor Midnight and Starman are then made members, and Hooty, Mid-Nite's owl, is made the mascot.
Appearing in "Introducing Wonder Woman" Featured Characters:
Wonder Woman (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
Colonel Darnell
Steve Trevor
Villains:
Fritz (Single appearance)
Von Storm (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
Amazons
Aphrodite
Athena
(Appears in flashback only)
Hippolyta
Mala
Locations:
Earth-Two (Retcon)
Paradise Island
Washington, D.C.
Items:
Girdle of Gaea
Lasso of Truth
Magic Sphere
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "Introducing Wonder Woman"
U.S. Army Intelligence pilot Steve Trevor flies his fighter across the Atlantic in search of a Nazi spy. His jet runs out of fuel and he crash lands on Paradise Island. Two Amazons, Diana and Mala recover him and bring him to their hospital, though they and the other Amazons show surprise at a man o Paradise Island. Diana spends several days nursing his wounds and slowly begins to fall in love with him. Her mother, Queen Hippolyta reminds the Amazon that men are forbidden to set foot on Paradise Island, much less remain there. She declares that as soon as Trevor is fit for travel, he is to be returned to the United States. She then, in two pages that were mostly text, tells Diana that in Ancient Greece they were the foremost nation. But Hercules attacked them and was defeated, so resorted to trickery and stole Hippolyta's magic girdle, his men then enslaved and chained the Amazons. Hippolyta later appealed to Aphrodite and was freed, the Amazons took the enemy fleet and travelled to a new island, however they would always wear bracelets to remind them not to succumb to men. Hippolyta shows the magic sphere, which was given to her by Ahtena after they defeated the army of Hercules, and with which she can see the past, present, and even predict the future.During Steve's convalescence, Hippolyta and Diana use the Magic Sphere to divine the nature of Steve's arrival on the island. They look into the past and learn of Trevor's secret mission.
Two Nazi agents named Von Storm and Fritz hijacked an experimental robot plane and attempted to bomb an army airfield. Trevor heroically took control of the plane and drove the Nazis away. He was in pursuit of Fritz' fighter across the ocean, when he crashed on the Island.
After the goddesses of the Amazons, Aphrodite and Athena appear before her, Hippolyta decrees that an Amazon agent should be sent to the United States to aid the American in their fight against the Nazis. She holds a great tournament to determine which of her warriors should act as their good will ambassador. Diana wants to participate in the tournament, but Hippolyta forbids it.
Diana disguises herself with a simple mask and enters the tournament anyway. She masters every competition and becomes one of two finalists to compete in the Bullets and Bracelets competition. Diana defeats her opponent, Mala, she deflects all five bullets while Mala is unable to deflect the fifth buller and is wounded in the arm, and reveals her true identity to the crowd. Hippolyta agrees to allow Diana to travel to the United States. She provides her with a patriotic costume and bestows upon her the name of Wonder Woman.
First Appearances: Wonder Woman (a super-hero); Amazons
Amazons
The Amazons are a nation of all-female warriors in Greek mythology and Classical antiquity. Herodotus placed them in a region bordering Scythia in Sarmatia...
(a race of warrior women); Aphrodite
Aphrodite
Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love, beauty, pleasure, and procreation.Her Roman equivalent is the goddess .Historically, her cult in Greece was imported from, or influenced by, the cult of Astarte in Phoenicia....
(Greek Goddess of Love); Athena
Athena
In Greek mythology, Athena, Athenê, or Athene , also referred to as Pallas Athena/Athene , is the goddess of wisdom, courage, inspiration, civilization, warfare, strength, strategy, the arts, crafts, justice, and skill. Minerva, Athena's Roman incarnation, embodies similar attributes. Athena is...
(Greek Goddess of Wisdom); Fritz (a Nazi spy); Hercules (DC Comics)
Hercules (DC Comics)
Hercules is a fictional Olympian god in the DC Universe based on the Greek demigod and hero of the same name....
(a Greek hero); Hippolyta
Hippolyta
In Greek mythology, Hippolyta or Hippolyte is the Amazonian queen who possessed a magical girdle she was given by her father Ares, the god of war. The girdle was a waist belt that signified her authority as queen of the Amazons....
(Queen of the Amazons); Mala (an Amazon); Phil Darnell (a Colonel in the United States Army); Steve Trevor
Steve Trevor
Steve Trevor is a fictional character appearing in DC Comics, as the primary love interest of Wonder Woman. He first appeared in All Star Comics #8 .-Golden Age:...
(a Major in the United States Army); Von Storm (a Nazi spy)
Final Appearances: Fritz; Von Storm