WONDER WOMAN #0

Cover shows sharp corners, strong glossy surface, and vivid color with no visible fading or spine ticks in this photo. There is a slight bend/wave visible near the top edge and a faint diagonal crease line near the upper right corner of the cover, along with minor edge wear at the top. The book is in a protective sleeve, which limits full assessment; interior and back cover were not examined.

Wonder Woman #0 arrived in October 1994 as part of DC's line-wide "Zero Month" event, a promotional initiative that saw every ongoing series issue a numeral-zero prequel or origin chapter. This entry, written by William Messner-Loebs with art by Mike Deodato Jr., retells the character's Amazonian origin and her arrival in the world of man, folding new continuity details into the post-Crisis version of the character established a few years earlier by George Perez. It is a well-produced but standard example of the event's format rather than a book that introduced a character, costume, or creative direction that reshaped the series going forward.

Market data reflects a high-print-run 1990s direct-market book: certified population is large relative to sales activity, and fair market value is concentrated almost entirely at the 9.8 tier, where steady turnover supports a reliable price point near $90. Values fall off sharply through the mid-9 grades and effectively bottom out below that, since raw mid- and low-grade copies see negligible collector demand outside of series completists. There is no meaningful key-issue premium driving this book; its value is a function of modern high-grade scarcity and grading-service throughput rather than historical importance.

This is a book for Wonder Woman run-builders and CGC 9.8 registry collectors rather than investment-driven buyers. Raw copies in low and mid grade are essentially bulk-bin material with negligible resale value, while the entire market's attention sits at the top of the CGC scale, where well-preserved, unpressed 9.8 copies continue to find buyers assembling complete graded runs of the Messner-Loebs/Deodato era. Outside of that top tier, expect thin liquidity and minimal price movement.