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Steve Trevor has certainly set himself up to beWonder Woman’sLois Lane across the decades of Wonder Woman comics . However , in this issue from 1960 , Steve Trevor learns that he is n’t the only human contend for Wonder Woman ’s love . When an stroke leave the yoke of wooer dangling from a cliff bound , Wonder Woman must make an impossible conclusion - will she relieve Steve Trevor or her merman ?
The comic opens Wonder Woman and Steve Trevor in the United States . A gang of hoodlums set about have trouble and , after Diana transmute into Wonder Woman , the Princess of the Amazons is able to defeat the pack and save Steve from his fate . When the two get some time alone together , Steve asks Diana if she will espouse him , to which Wonder Woman replies ‘ I ca n’t be your full - time married woman ’ due to the injustice in the populace ( dismiss the fact that Steveshouldbe the arrest at home partner ) . After this rejection , Steve begins to wonder whether or notWonder Woman has another man .
He grows jealous and decides to followWonder Woman to Themyscira(or Paradise Island ) as it ’s called here . In his plane , he sees that Wonder Woman and a Ethel Merman are very near and straightaway believe that his covetously has been examine correct . However , just as he is beginning to enquire how to respond to this info , his plane is run into by the tail of a giant whale ( yes , really ) and Wonder Woman must enamor the airplane to keep it landing in Themyscira . After economise him , she leave him on a small island before heading back to Paradise Island to get hold portion to fix his plane . Here , Steve somehow falls into the ocean and must be saved from a giant devilfish by the Ethel Merman . Here , the merman reveals that he and Diana have known each other since childhood and he has always had a crush on Wonder Woman - this leaves Steve dejected , believing that Diana will choose the merman over himself .
The trio head for a picnic before Steve heads back to the United States and , as luck would have it , a giant bird attacks and blow both Steve and the merman off of the drop edge . Diana must decide apace who she will save . She dives to save Steve but then employ her super - breath to blow the Ethel Merman in the air long enough to jump up and catch him . While Steve Trevor is happy she saved him , he is also still jealous as he enquire who she would ’ve save if she really had to choose between the distich .
This comic is typical of its geezerhood . While it is sure enough a loony and risible tale , it is also an interesting look back into how woman were treated in the late 50s/ other 60s . For example , despite the fact that she is literallyWonder Woman , an Amazonian demi - god , the writer still believes that she would be a ‘ full - time ’ married woman to Steve Trevor .
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