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Wonder Man

Cover of Wonder Comics #1: The only appearance of Wonder Man.
Fox Publications
First appearanceWonder Comics #1 (May 1939)
Will Eisner
Characteristics
Alter egoFred Carson
AbilitiesVast super strength, speed & stamina, multiple extra sensory and vision powers, invulnerability, longevity, flight.
Wonder Man was a fictional superhero, created by Will Eisner, whose first (and only) appearance was Wonder Comics #1 (May, 1939).

The character is of some historical significance by virtue of the lawsuit that resulted from his only appearance.

Character history

Wonder Man's secret identity is Fred Carson. During an excursion to Tibet, an old monk bestows Carson with a ring that gave him the power to fight evil when the need arose.

Publication history

Wonder Man was created by Eisner for Victor Fox, an accountant who previously worked at DC Comics and wanted to get into the comic book business. Following Fox's instructions to create a Superman-type character, and using the pen name Willis, Eisner wrote and drew the first issue of Wonder Comics. Eisner protested the derivative nature of the character and story.

Lawsuit

DC Comics brought a copyright infringement lawsuit against Fox, due to the character's similarities to Superman. The case was brought to court in Detective Comics, Inc. v. Bruns Publications, Inc. (111 F.2d 432, 433-34 (2d Cir. 1940)) 1940, forcing Fox to drop the character after just one issue.

This was the first copyright lawsuit in comic book history and set a precedent for DC Comics' vigorous protection of its characters (see also National Comics Publications v. Fawcett Publications).

The dispute is depicted in disguised fashion in the semi-autobiographical graphic novel, The Dreamer.

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Fox Feature Syndicate[1] (also known as Fox Comics and Fox Publications) was a comic book publisher during the early Golden Age of comic books. Founded by entrepreneur Victor A.
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In comic books, first appearance refers to the first comic book to feature a fictional character.

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Will Eisner

Will Eisner at the 2001 San Diego ComiCon
Birth name William Erwin Eisner
Born March 6 1917(1917--)
Brooklyn, New York City, New York
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Fiction is the telling of stories which are not entirely based upon facts. More specifically, fiction is an imaginative form of narrative, one of the four basic rhetorical modes.
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Will Eisner

Will Eisner at the 2001 San Diego ComiCon
Birth name William Erwin Eisner
Born March 6 1917(1917--)
Brooklyn, New York City, New York
Died
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Subsidiary of Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc.
Founded 1934, by Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson (as National Allied Publications)
Headquarters 1700 Broadway, New York City, New York

Key people Paul Levitz (President and Publisher)
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National Comics Publications v. Fawcett Publications, 191 F.2d 594 (2d Cir. 1951), clarified 198 F.2d 927 (2d Cir. 1952), was a twelve-year legal battle between DC Comics (then known as National Comics) and the Fawcett Comics division of Fawcett Publications, concerning
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The Dreamer is a 1986 semi-autobiographical graphic novel by Will Eisner about his early years as a comic book artist in the 1930s, with a particular focus on his years as part of Eisner & Iger studios.
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