Comic Title: Wonder Woman #178
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Sep/Oct 1968
On Sale Date: July 2, 1968 Copyright Date July 2, 1968
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1968

Newsstand Date July 2, 1968
Source: Newsdealer Magazine, V23 #6

Newsstand Date July 2, 1968
Source: Comic Reader, #67

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.12
Page Count: 32
Editor: Jack Miller

Title: "Wonder Woman's Rival"
Pages: 23

Feature(s):
Wonder Woman (of Earth-1)

Writer: Dennis J. O'Neil
Penciller: Mike Sekowsky
Inker: Dick Giordano

Reprinted In:
Wonder Woman:The Greatest Stories Ever Told TPB (2007)
Diana Prince:Wonder Woman Vol. 1 TPB (2008)
Wonder Woman Diana Prince:Celebrating the '60s Omnibus HC (2019)

Feature Character(s)

• Wonder Woman (last appearance in Wonder Woman #177; next appearance in Justice League of America #65)

Supporting Character(s)

• Steve Trevor (last appearance in Wonder Woman #176; next appearance in Justice League of America #65)

Villain(s)

• Roger Seely (a businessman; no further appearances)
• The Stompers (a biker gang; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Alex Block (a murder victim; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Tina Colfax (a hippie girl; last name also given as Carvan; no further appearances)
• Buck (a biker; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Several police and courtroom officials (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Steve Trevor is accused of murder after he is seen getting into a fight with Alex Block shortly before the man is killed. Steve claims that he was with a female hippie at the time, but the girl cannot be found since he never learned her name. Steve is forced to stand trial where Wonder Woman gives damning testimony telling the court that Steve told her Block did not deserve to live. Steve is found guilty of murder and sent to prison.

Wonder Woman hopes to clear Steve, but she is unable to blend in with the hippie culture. In her Diana Prince identity, she gets a make-over, then enters the hippie club where Steve met the girl. She is tipped off by a hippie named Buck, but he is killed before he can tell her more about the girl. Diana is able to trace the girl's ring to a pawn shop and finally gets the girl's name and address.

Diana then meets up with Steve friend Roger Seely, who was Block's business partner. They contact the girl, who can now provide an alibi for Steve. Seely, the real killer, then reveals himself and tries to kill the girls. Wonder Woman save the hippie, then captures Seely and clears Steve. When Steve begins to express a new appreciation for Diana, Wonder Woman decides it is time for her to change too.