Wonder Woman #112 for Sale - First Appearance of Mer-Boy - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Wonder Woman (DC, 1942 series)
Issue: #112
Publication date: February 1960
Key date: 1960-02-00
On-sale date: 1959-12-24
Indicia publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Mer-Boy - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Chest of Monsters!	cover	1	pencils: Ross Andru; inks: Mike Esposito; letters: Ira Schnapp	Princess Diana, Wonder Girl
3	The Chest of Monsters!	comic story	8	script: Charles Moulton; pencils: Ross Andru; inks: Mike Esposito; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Hippolyta, Princess Diana, Princess Diana, Steve Trevor, Wonder Girl, Wonder Woman
4	-	comic story	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Peg
6	Superboy Says: "It's Fun to Help Others!"	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Curt Swan	Clark Kent, Superboy
7	Introducing... The Justice League of America	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
8	Chest of Monsters, Part Two	comic story	6	script: Robert Kanigher; pencils: Ross Andru; inks: Mike Esposito; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Hippolyta, Princess Diana, Wonder Woman, Wonder Girl, Princess Diana
9	The Girl with the Curl	text article	1	letters: typeset
10	Ethiopia, Finland, South Pacific, Baluchistan	cartoon	1	script: Julius Schwartz; pencils: Morris Waldinger; inks: Tom Nicolosi
11	The Chest of Monsters! [Part Three]	comic story	10.67	script: Robert Kanigher; pencils: Ross Andru; inks: Mike Esposito; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Hippolyta, Wonder Girl, Mer-Boy First, Princess Diana, Wonder Woman
12	-	statement of ownership	0.33	letters: typeset

Plus 5.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Showcase Presents: Wonder Woman #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-1373-2	2007	On eBay ›
Wonder Woman: The Silver Age Omnibus #1 ISBN 978-1-77951-336-6	2022	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #111112 of 329#113 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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