Comic Title: DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #5
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY
Cover Date: Nov/Dec 1980
On Sale Date: August 14, 1980 Newsstand Date August 14, 1980
Source: DC Coming Attractions, #45

Copyright Date August 14, 1980
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1980

Newsstand Date August 12, 1980
Source: Comic Reader, #182

Newsstand Date August 11, 1980
Source: Daily Planet, Vol. 80 #23
Listed as on sale the week of August 11th

Shipping Date July 22, 1980
Source: DC Coming Attractions, #45

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.95
Page Count: 96
Editor: E. Nelson Bridwell

See Also: The Guide to DC Giants

Title: "The Origin of Wonder Girl"
Pages: 8

Feature(s):
Teen Titans (of Earth-1)

Writer: Marv Wolfman
Penciller: Gil Kane
Inker: Nicholas Peter Cardy

Reprinted From:
Teen Titans #22 (1969)

Feature Character(s)

• Teen Titans (last appearance in Teen Titans #22; next appearance in Teen Titans #23)
• Robin (last appearance in Teen Titans #22; next appearance in Detective Comics #386)
• Kid Flash (last appearance in Teen Titans #22; next appearance in Flash #189)
• Wonder Girl (adopts the name Donna Troy; last appearance in Teen Titans #22; next appearance in Teen Titans #23)
• Speedy (last appearance in Teen Titans #22; next appearance in Teen Titans #23)

Supporting Character(s)

• Sharon Tracy (Donna's roommate; first appearance; next appearance in Teen Titans #27)

Guest Appearance(s)

• Hippolyta (last appearance in Wonder Woman #179; next appearance in Wonder Woman #183)
• Wonder Woman (in flashback; last appearance in Wonder Woman #99; next appearance in Wonder Woman #161)
• Paula (in flashback; last appearance in Wonder Woman #99; next appearance in Legend of Wonder Woman #1)

Flashback Appearance(s)

• Wonder Girl (as a child; earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Teen Titans #53)
• Hippolyta (last appearance in Wonder Woman #98; next appearance in Legend of Wonder Woman #3)

Comments:
The footnote concerning the previous appearances of the Amazons' Purple Ray in this story actually refers to the Earth-2 counterpart of this invention, which was used to revive the Justice Society members in All-Star Comics #36.

The events of the flashbacks in this story are ammended are corrected in flashbacks in New Teen Titans #38. The chronological placement of these flashbacks in regards to Wonder Woman's continuity is inconclusive though they must take place after her arrival in the Man's World and likely sometime before her participation in the Justice League since Wonder Girl would need to age several years in order to become approximately the same age as Robin.

This story continues in part from the first story of Teen Titans #22.

Synopsis:
Upon the Titan's return to Earth, Wonder Girl unexpectedly collapses, the result of a recently recurring series of fainting spells. In explanation, she tells the other Titans her origin for the first time.

As a child, she had been saved from an apartment building fire by Wonder Woman, and taken by her to Paradise Island to live after all attempts to ascertain her identity or those of her parents (presumed to be a couple killed in the blaze) had failed. Becoming Queen Hippolyta's foster daughter and Wonder Woman's foster sister, she was unable to compete with the Amazons on a physical level, lacking their special powers, and so was given powers almost identical to those of Wonder Woman by Paula, the Amazon chief scientist, using the Purple Ray.

Returning to the outside world to join the Teen Titans, she was forced to stay behind when the other Amazons sojourned to another dimension to recharge their magical powers, and had been secretly living in Titan Lair since that time. Now, she takes the name Donna Troy as a civilian identity and moves into an apartment in Greenwich Village with new girlfriend Sharon Tracy.

Later, she is contacted by Queen Hippolyta, who informs her that the Amazons' use of the Purple Ray had been accidentally responsible for her recurring weak spells, a problem which has now been corrected. Wonder Girl celebrates her new life by designing a new costume and changing her hairstyle.