All Favourites, The 100-Page Comic #12
In "The Three Faces of Wonder Woman: Part One: The First Face of Wonder Woman," Otto Binder and Bernard Baily kick off a dazzling 1959 adventure as inventor Amos Todd stumbles upon a mysterious storm that transforms his museum’s failed gadgets into working miracles—turning water into gasoline, powering a hospital, even enabling mechanical wings. When thieves steal his gold-making machine, Todd’s newfound abilities vanish as suddenly as they came, leaving him stranded in a world where machines have gone dead again. Ross Andru and Mike Esposito’s dynamic cover captures the moment of wonder and chaos, setting the stage for a story where invention and illusion blur in the rain-soaked streets of a forgotten era.
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Amos Todd sells tickets to his Museum of Worthless Inventions when he sees a flash of light come through the rain clouds. He shows a gold making machine and then a power pill which converts water to gasoline. He is surprised when the water suddenly bursts into flame. In the storm he helps a doctor's car with a power pill and water. He finds all inventions now work and fixes the hospital generator with a perpetual motion machine. Back at the museum criminals steal the gold making machine. Todd follows using mechanical wings which stop working as he lands. All machines return to uselessness.
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