A thread for all things related to collecting Wonder Woman - comics, games, statues and ornaments, clothes etc.
I thought we might use this as a space to
- talk about our relationship to collecting Wonder Woman stuff
- share our collections or favourite finds
- talk about things we're hunting for
- exchange links for new things we've seen
- help eachother out with gaps in our collections
- talk about things we'd love to see
To kick things off, my own relationship to collecting when it comes to Wonder Woman is primarily comics, but also occasionally action figures.
Both kicked off when I was little and lost my Kenner Super Powers Wonder Woman action figure. By that point they were extremely hard to come by in the UK, so my dad started taking me to specialist comic markets and suppliers to find one. Along the way I started collecting comics - initially focusing on Bronze Age Diana because she most closely resembled the Lynda Carter iteration I loved watching on TV, but also the Perez era.
Once I completed my collection of Volume 2 comics, and the majority of the post-12-labours era Bronze Age single issues, I became more selective and stick mostly to single issues of runs I really like, and the Omnibuses and tpbs. A copy of Perez's first issue that he signed for me is probably my prized single issue.
With action figures I'm more selective. When they issued that first DC Direct Diana I was in my mid teens and couldn't believe they'd finally made another action figure. Since then I've managed to get a loose version of the Kenner I lost, and picked up a bunch of other Dianas that I like. I think the Mezco version from a few years ago is probably my favourite.
Oh, and I have a little tradition of trying to pick up an issue or collection of Wonder Woman in the local language whenever I go on holiday. So far I've only managed Spanish, Italian and French, but always looking for more!