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| The Complete Newspaper Strip | ||||
| Written by: | Dean Mullaney (editor) Bruce Canwell (ass. ed. & intro) | |||
| Illustrated by: | Pete Poplaski (cover) Lorraine Turner (art director) | |||
| Published: | October 21, 2014 | |||
| Length: | 175 pages | |||
| ISBN: | 978-1631400285 | |||
Wonder Woman: The Complete Newspaper Strip is a nearly-complete collection of the Wonder Woman comic strip published in newspapers during the 1940s.
The book includes every comic published during the strip's run, except for one. A note on the copyright page explains the scarcity of the surviving strips and notes that entries as circulated in some areas were re-dated to fit the publication schedule. The disclaimer closes with a promise to make the November 19, 1945 strip available online and in subsequent editions should it one day be discovered.
Since the book's release in 2014, publicly available newspaper archives have expanded their libraries, and the missing strip has been found. The November 27, 1945 issue of The Hanford Sentinel in Hanford, California features a collection of six Wonder Woman comics, including the missing strip and the subsequent, properly dated entries.[1]
The title of the book has three variations: the cover is titled Wonder Woman: The Complete Newspaper Strip: 1944-1945; the spine is titled Wonder Woman: The Daily Comics: 1944-1945; and the interior title page is labelled Wonder Woman: The Complete Dailies: 1944-1945.
While the bulk of the book consists of comic strip reprints, a six page introduction by Bruce Canwell provides historical notes and visual supplements such as newspaper advertisements and companion art by strip illustrator Harry G. Peter.
