Wonder Woman #288 (DC, 1982) CGC NM/MT 9.8 White pages....
Auction amount: $94.00
Sold: May 28, 2017
Wonder Woman #288 Values
Publisher: DC, 1982
About Wonder Woman #288
New Wonder Woman costume and logo. First appearance of the Silver Swan. Gene Colan cover and art.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Characters: Wonder Woman
Pencils: Gene Colan
Inks: Dick Giordano
Letters: Gaspar Saladino ?
Notes: New logo, first seen in DC Comics Presents (DC, 1978 series) #41. Homage to Wonder Woman's first cover appearance, Sensation Comics (DC, 1941 series) #1.
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Steve Trevor; Hercules (flashback); Mercury (flashback); Queen Hippolyte (flashback): Dr. Prescott; Silver Swan [Helen Alexandros] (villain, introduction, origin); Etta Candy; General Darnell; Mars (flashback); Doctor Psycho
Synopsis: Diana Prince and Etta Candy invite Helen Alexandros to be their new roommate, unaware she's secretly the Silver Swan, an agent of Mars intent on killing Wonder Woman.
Pages: 27.000
Script: Roy Thomas
Pencils: Gene Colan
Inks: Romeo Tanghal
Letters: Ben Oda
Notes: Gerry Conway receives special thanks as "technical advisor." Wonder Woman wears the new emblem she adopted in DC Comics Presents (DC, 1978 series) #41. Splash page is an homage to the splash page of TALES OF SUSPENSE (Marvel, 1959 series) #73, a Roy Thomas scripted story that marked Gene Colan's debut on the Iron Man feature. First appearance and origin of the Silver Swan [Helen Alexandros]. Helen is a descendant of both Mars, God of War, and Helen of Troy.
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CGC Census Report*
| Grade | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 9.2 | 9.4 | 9.6 | 9.8 | 9.9 | 10.0 | Total |
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Universal |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 49 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 115 |
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Qualified |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Signature Series |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
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Restored |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 52 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 126 |
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