Wonder Woman #9
Wonder Woman #9
Cover Credits
Artist: Harry G. Peter

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Title: "Evolution Goes Haywire"
Pages: 38

Feature(s):
Wonder Woman (of Earth-2)

Writer: William Moulton Marston
Artist: Harry G. Peter

Reprinted In:
Wonder Woman Archives Vol. 4 HC (2004)
Wonder Woman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 2 HC (2017)
Wonder Woman:The Golden Age Vol. 3 TPB (2019)

Feature Character(s)

Supporting Character(s)

Villain(s)

  • Giganta (first appearance; next appearance in Wonder Woman #28)
  • Tree men (no further appearances)
  • Jon, Domo, and a group of rebels (no further appearances)
  • Achilles (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

  • Professor Zool (next appearance in Wonder Woman #28)
  • Queen Darla and King Aros (no further appearances)
  • Dotsie (Steve Trevor's niece; no further appearances)

Comments:
Part 2: "The Freed Captive"
Part 3: (Wonder Woman Vs. Achilles)

Synopsis:
A female gorilla named Giganta kidnaps Steve Trevor's niece Dotsie. Wonder Woman rescues Dotsie, then the gorilla is subjected to Professor Zool's evolution experiments. Giganta is transformed into a human with a primitive brain.

An accident with the evolutionizer causes, Wonder Woman, Giganta, Zool, Steve Trevor, and the Holliday Girls to be thrown back to the time of cave men, and they begin exhibiting primitive behavior. Giganta joins a race of tree men in battling Wonder Woman. The Amazon successful protects her friends and reactivates the evolutionizer.

This time the machine throws the time travelers into a Golden Age where peace exists. Giganta helps to start a rebellion by the lower classes bringing an end to the Golden Age. Wonder Woman activates the evolutionizer again and finds herself in ancient Greece. She meets her mother and the Amazons years before she was born. Wonder Woman defeats Achilles, then she and the other time travellers return to their own time.


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