Price history & market evidence
Price observations belong to this edition. Guide estimates, catalog references and completed sales are separate kinds of evidence.
| Grade | Amount | Evidence | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.0 | $5,360.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_10_0_valueguide | 1973-01-01 |
| 4.0 | $80.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_4_0_valueguide | 1973-01-01 |
| 6.0 | $200.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_6_0_valueguide | 1973-01-01 |
| 8.0 | $371.43 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_8_0_valueguide | 1973-01-01 |
| 9.2 | $560.14 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_2_valueguide | 1973-01-01 |
| 9.4 | $1,005.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_4_valueguide | 1973-01-01 |
| 9.6 | $4,535.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_6_valueguide | 1973-01-01 |
| 9.8 | $4,123.06 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_8_valueguide | 1973-01-01 |
| RAW | $96.95 | PANEL_PROFITS · ungraded_valueguide | 1973-01-01 |
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Graded population
CGC records 721 graded copies for Wonder Woman #204 (1973). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.
The Second Life of the Original Wonder Woman
A mentally disturbed sniper shoots and kills several people with a rifle; among them is I-Ching), who dies in Diana Prince)'s arms, but not before telling her that she was like the daughter he never had. Diana goes after the sniper, but is struck in the head by him and rendered unconscious, even though the sniper himself falls to his death as a result of his own actions.
Diana awakens in a hospital, now an amnesiac. But her homing instinct leads her to leave the hospital, steal a military jet, and head for Paradise Island, though other Air Force jets shoot her plane down. She escapes from the plane and is fished out of the water by the Amazons, who recognize her and learn of her amnesiac state. Queen Hippolyte) has her dressed in her Wonder Woman costume again and has her memory restored by an Amazon device, except for one episode which she insists must remain concealed from Diana. When Diana awakens, she is Wonder Woman again, with all her original powers, and she is welcomed by all the Amazons save one... an armored challenger who demands the right to fight Diana for the title of Wonder Woman. The armored woman and Diana fight to a draw, and the newcomer unmasks herself. She proves to be a Black woman and identifies herself as "Nubia)! Wonder Woman of the Floating Island!" Diana and Nubia embrace, and then Nubia leaves to return to her island, promising that someday they *will* prove which one of them is the *true* Wonder Woman.
Hippolyte tells Wonder Woman she must return to Man's World, though she can return to Paradise Island whenever she wishes. She goes to New York dressed as Diana Prince and gets a job as a translator at the United Nations, finding two new roommates to share her rent. Diana feels that she has been reborn, and wonders what will happen to her in her new life.
| Appearing1 = **Featured Characters:** * Wonder Woman) Wonder Woman **Supporting Characters:** * Amazons ** Queen Hippolyta) * I-Ching) **Antagonists:** * Nubia) * Hercules) **Other Characters:** * Gods of Olympus ** Aphrodite) ** Athena) ** Mars) ** Mercury) ** Diana) * Dottie Cottonman * Jimmy Greene * John Mason * Mr. Keech **Locations:** * Paradise Island * United States of America ** New York *** New York City **** United Nations Building * Floating Island **Items:** * Amazon Memory Bank * Aphrodite's Magic Girdle * Bracelets of Submission * Magic Lasso **Vehicles:** * Amazon Sub
| Notes = * This issue is reprinted in: ** Diana Prince: Wonder Woman Vol. 4 (Collected) ** Wonder Woman: A Celebration of 75 Years (Collected) ** Wonder Woman: Diana Prince: Celebrating the '60s Omnibus (Collected) ** Wonder Woman Through the Years (Collected) ** Facsimile Edition: Wonder Woman Vol 1 204 * This issue does not feature a letters page; instead, it features a "Reader's Page" in which the changes back to the old status quo for Wonder Woman are announced. A send-off to the previous writer, Denny O'Neil, is also included.
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Creative credits
Writers: Robert Kanigher
Interior art: Don Heck
Source records & attribution
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GCD: 25812
PANEL PROFITS: 2347526