Wonder Woman #260

Oct 1979 · DC · 0.40 USD

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“A Warrior in Chains!”

★ 1st appearance — Ed Koch

About this Issue

Wonder Woman #260 occupies a structurally important position within Gerry Conway's long Bronze Age run on the title, serving as the middle chapter of a multi-issue story arc in which Mars engineers a public-relations scheme to discredit Diana and install Hercules as Earth's champion by stripping her of the Bracelets of Submission. The issue is notable for its sustained exploration of one of Wonder Woman's oldest mythological vulnerabilities: that removing her bracelets triggers a berserker state that overrides her discipline and judgment, a concept rooted in William Moulton Marston's original Golden Age design. The issue resolves that internal struggle by having Diana willfully throw off those 'invisible chains' and reclaim her identity — a moment that frames self-mastery as the true source of Amazonian power rather than any external object. Within the context of late-1970s DC, where the book was still calibrating its tone after years of mirroring the Lynda Carter television series, this arc represents Conway and artist José Delbo leaning deliberately back into Olympian mythology as the engine of the series.

writer Gerry Conway · artist José Delbo · inker Vincent Colletta · colorist Jerry Serpe · letterer Shelly Leferman · cover José Delbo, Frank Chiaramonte

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History

Wonder Woman #260 (cover date October 1979) was written by Gerry Conway, whose run on the title began with issue #259 and would continue through #285. Conway was simultaneously writing Justice League of America and brought a more continuity-minded, DC-Universe-connected sensibility to Wonder Woman during this era. Pencils and cover art were provided by José Delbo, the Argentine-born artist who had been the title's primary penciler since issue #222 (February–March 1976) and would remain so through issue #286. Inking was handled by Vince Colletta, who inked nearly every issue of Wonder Woman from #206 through #270 and was concurrently serving as DC's art director (a post he held from 1976 to 1979). The creative triangle of Conway, Delbo, and Colletta gives this issue a characteristic Bronze Age DC house feel, with Delbo's clean storytelling anchored by Colletta's swift, consistent embellishment.

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Cover-dated October 1979; part of Volume 1 of the Wonder Woman series, which launched in 1942.
Story title: 'A Warrior in Chains!' — the second chapter of a multi-issue arc (following #259, 'A Power Gone Mad!') in which Mars seizes control of Olympus and manipulates events on Earth to make Wonder Woman appear villainous.
Written by Gerry Conway, whose Wonder Woman run spanned issues #259–285; penciled and cover-drawn by José Delbo, the title's regular artist from issue #222 to #286; inked by Vince Colletta, the book's near-constant inker from #206 to #270.
Central plot: after Hermes steals Wonder Woman's Bracelets of Submission at Mars's direction (established in #259), Diana is driven into a berserker rage, imprisoned, and must break out; she ultimately overcomes the feral state by consciously rejecting the psychological hold the bracelets represent — described in the issue as throwing off 'invisible chains' to Aphrodite's law.
Characters appearing include Wonder Woman, Hercules (antagonist), Mars (antagonist), Hermes, Aphrodite, Athena, supporting civilians Lance Gardner and Martin Markham, and the New York City Mayor (unnamed but visually referencing then-incumbent Ed Koch, according to the Grand Comics Database).
No Green Lantern appearance is documented in the character indexes of the DC Database (Fandom), Hey Kids Comics Wiki, or the Grand Comics Database for this issue; the catalog flag associating Green Lantern with this issue could not be corroborated.
The issue is part of an uncollected run: according to published reading-order sources, issues #259–270 have not been reprinted in any trade paperback or hardcover collection as of the most recent reference data.
Colorist: Jerry Serpe; letterer: Shelly Leferman — the same support team working across DC's Bronze Age Wonder Woman run at this time.