The most iconic Wonder Woman covers — collector's guide

Wonder Woman is one of the rare comics characters to run uninterrupted from the Golden Age to the present day. Created in December 1941 by William Moulton Marston (writer) and H. G. Peter (artist), Diana of Themyscira appeared across three separate titles before ever headlining her own series: All Star Comics #8, then Sensation Comics #1, and finally Wonder Woman vol. 1 #1 in 1942. Each era produced its own landmark covers, and those covers today form the backbone of any serious DC collection.

This guide maps the most iconic covers era by era, scrupulously distinguishing between volumes (vol. 1, 1942–1986; vol. 2, 1987 George Perez relaunch; modern relaunches) and citing only documented figures — Heritage Auctions or GoCollect records, plus eBay medians from our estimator (eBay.fr + eBay.com, June 2026). When the listing count is too thin (< 15 active listings), auction records take precedence over eBay data.

Golden Age (1941–1942): H. G. Peter and the birth of an icon

The first three Wonder Woman covers, all drawn by H. G. Peter, define Diana's visual identity for the decades ahead. All Star Comics #8 (December 1941) is the absolute grail: Diana's first ever comics appearance, with a cover that — though centred on the Justice Society — set the visual DNA of the character. Sensation Comics #1 (January 1942) is Wonder Woman's true first solo cover: Diana in full costume, lasso at hand, red background. A CGC 9.6 copy of this issue realised $399,100 in 2017. Then Wonder Woman vol. 1 #1 (Summer 1942), the first cover of her own ongoing series, is also signed by H. G. Peter: a CGC 9.0 copy sold for $291,100 in 2016. Important note: the eBay market for these Golden Age issues returns fewer than five active listings — far too thin for a reliable median; auction records are the authoritative reference here.

Record sources: Heritage Auctions, CGC News, GoCollect.

Silver Age (1958) and Bronze Age (1968–1973): the great visual turning points

Wonder Woman #98 (May 1958) marks the character's first Silver Age reinvention: Robert Kanigher on script, Ross Andru and Mike Esposito on art. The cover adopts the graphic codes of the era — bold colours, frontal action — while reintroducing Diana's origin. Our eBay estimator returns a median of €9 across 63 active listings, a market dominated by circulating low-grade copies.

In 1968, Wonder Woman #179 launches the so-called "mod" or "Diana Prince" era: writer Dennis O'Neil and artist Mike Sekowsky strip Diana of her powers and iconic costume. The cover — Diana in civilian clothes, karate pose — is a cultural artefact of the American counter-culture. Our estimator returns 14 active listings, just below the threshold for a reliable median; ungraded low-to-mid copies trade qualitatively in the range of a few dozen euros. Wonder Woman #204 (January 1973) signals the return of Diana's powers; our estimator: median €9 across 28 listings. The most liquid Bronze Age cover key is Wonder Woman #200 (May–June 1972), featuring a celebrated Jeff Jones cover — Jones was a genre illustrator working outside the regular art team — depicting Diana in bondage, a charged visual piece that reads as both exploitation and subversion. Our estimator: median €22, high €46, 22 active listings.

The Perez relaunch (vol. 2, 1987): the cover that redefined Diana

After vol. 1 ended at issue #329 (February 1986, cover by José Luis García-López) as part of Crisis on Infinite Earths, Wonder Woman vol. 2 #1 was published in October 1986 (cover date: February 1987). George Perez, co-plotter and penciller, delivered a wrap-around cover showing Diana surrounded by Greek gods — Athena, Ares — in a richly detailed, almost mythological visual treatment. Scripts were by Greg Potter with co-plot and pencils by Perez, inked by Bruce Patterson. The vol. 2 #1 is an accessible issue: the eBay tool returns fewer than five active listings (signal too thin for a reliable median), but ungraded copies in very good condition typically trade well below €20. This is the affordable entry point — emphatically not to be confused with vol. 1 #1 from 1942, which commands six figures in high grade.

The Cliff Chiang era (New 52, 2011): radical graphic modernity

In September 2011, DC Comics relaunched its line under the New 52 banner: Wonder Woman #1 (vol. 4) went to writer Brian Azzarello and artist Cliff Chiang. Chiang's cover — Diana in profile, sword raised, in a palette of dark blue and gold — was immediately acclaimed as one of the finest modern representations of the character: powerful without being over-sexualised, spare without being cold. The Azzarello/Chiang run (issues 1–35) has since been collected in Omnibus and Absolute editions, the mark of a rapidly canonised body of work. The 2017 film directed by Patty Jenkins, starring Gal Gadot as Diana, grossed over $824 million worldwide and drove renewed collector interest in the character across all eras. Our eBay estimator for the contemporary run shows the anniversary issue Wonder Woman #750 (2020) at a median of €12 across 57 active listings, with its multiple variant covers making it a collecting object in its own right.

Summary: iconic covers within collector reach

Median sources: mycomicscollection.com eBay estimator (eBay.fr + eBay.com, June 2026).