Comic Title: Wonder Woman #4
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: May 1987
On Sale Date: February 5, 1987 Newsstand Date February 5, 1987
Source: DC Releases, #36

Newsstand Date February 5, 1987
Source: Amazing Heroes, #109

Shipping Date January 13, 1987
Source: DC Releases, #36

Shipping Date January 13, 1987
Source: Amazing Heroes, #109

Shipping Date January 13, 1987
Source: Comics Journal, #113

Copyright Date January 13, 1987
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1987
DC publication dates beyond April 1981 listed by the LoC
represent shipping dates NOT newsstand sale dates

Cover Price: $0.75
Page Count: 32
Editor: Karen Berger

Title: "A Long Day's Journey into Fright"
Pages: 22

Feature(s):
Wonder Woman (Post-Crisis)

Plotter/Penciller: George Perez
Scripter: Len Wein
Inker: Bruce D. Patterson
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Tatjana Wood

Reprinted In:
Wonder Woman:Gods and Mortals TPB (2004)
Wonder Woman:Gods and Mortals HC (2015)
Wonder Woman by George Perez Omnibus Vol. 1 HC (2015)
Wonder Woman by George Perez Vol. 1 TPB (2016)
Absolute Wonder Woman:Gods and Mortals HC (2022)

Feature Character(s)

• Wonder Woman (last appearance in Wonder Woman #3; next appearance in Wonder Woman #5)

Supporting Character(s)

• Steve Trevor (last appearance in Wonder Woman #3; next appearance in Wonder Woman #5)
• Julia Kapatelis (last appearance in Wonder Woman #3; next appearance in Wonder Woman #5)
• Vanessa Kapatelis (last appearance in Wonder Woman #3; next appearance in Wonder Woman #7)
• Athena (last appearance in Wonder Woman #2; next appearance in Wonder Woman #5)
• Aphrodite (last appearance in Wonder Woman #2; next appearance in Wonder Woman #5)
• Hermes (last appearance in Wonder Woman #3; next appearance in Wonder Woman #5)
• Artemis (last appearance in Wonder Woman #2; next appearance in Wonder Woman #5)
• Etta Candy (last appearance in Wonder Woman #3; next appearance in Wonder Woman #5)
• Matthew Michaelis (last appearance in Wonder Woman #3; next appearance in Wonder Woman #5)

Villain(s)

• Decay (last appearance in Wonder Woman #3; no further appearances)
• Deimos (last appearance in Wonder Woman #3; next appearance in Wonder Woman #5)
• Phobos (last appearance in Wonder Woman #3; next appearance in Wonder Woman #5)
• Ares (behind-the-scenes; last appearance in Wonder Woman #3; next appearance in Wonder Woman #5)

Guest Appearance(s)

• Olympian Gods (last appearance in Wonder Woman #2; next appearance in Wonder Woman #5)
• Apollo (last appearance in Wonder Woman #1; next appearance in Wonder Woman #5)
• Demeter (last appearance in Wonder Woman #1; next appearance in Wonder Woman #5)
• Persephone (next appearance in Wonder Woman #5)

Other Character(s)

• Arthur (Julia's neighbor; no further appearances)
• Janet Kagel and Fred (news reporters; no further appearances)
• An unnamed sergeant (no further appearances)
• Carole Bennett (city editor of the Boston Globe-Leader; no further appearances)

Comments:
This story is continued from Wonder Woman #3 and continues in Wonder Woman #5.

Synopsis:
Diana rescues Julia and Vanessa Kapatelis when Decay causes their house to collapse. She then pursues Decay, when the daughter of Medusa begins destroying the city of Boston. The Amazon defeats Decay uses her magic lasso. Reporters, who captured the battle on film, mob Diana. The Amazon is then given the name Wonder Woman by Carole Bennett, the editor of a Boston newspaper.

Steve Trevor sees Wonder Woman on television and recognizes her from his airplane crash. He tracks Diana to Julia's winter home where Professor Kapatelis and Wonder Woman are trying to decipher the symbols on an amulet. Steve and Diana are interrupted when Colonel Michaelis shows up and knocks out Etta Candy.