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* RoaringRampageOfRescue: A radio mechanic busts up a tinpot dictatorship to save his boss's daughter.
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%%This is summed up by LoveyAlterEgo. There's no point in saying it's an inversion of the opposite trope.* LikesClarkKentHatesSuperman: Inverted. Brenda can't stand her "chaperone" Fred, but she falls in love with Wonder Man, at the point of kissing him in the cheek as thanking him for rescue her as well helping people.
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%%This is summed up by LoveyAlterEgo.LovesMyAlterEgo. There's no point in saying it's an inversion of the opposite trope.* LikesClarkKentHatesSuperman: Inverted. Brenda can't stand her "chaperone" Fred, but she falls in love with Wonder Man, at the point of kissing him in the cheek as thanking him for rescue her as well helping people.people.
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* LovesMyAlterEgo: Brenda falls in love with Wonder Man, without knowing her chaperone was her loved superhero.
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Wiki/TheOtherWiki dedicated a complete article about Wonder Man [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonder_Man_(Fox_Publications) here]]. Also, the comic book was already scanned and uploaded to internet, can be read [[http://goldenageheroes.blogspot.com/2008/08/not-so-original-wonder-man.html here]].
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* LoveTriangle: Brenda felt in love for Wonder Man, who was Fred Carson in disguise. This could be easily a TwoPersonLoveTriangle if [[BastardBoyfriend Reggie]] wasn't present.
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Wonder Man is a comic book made by Creator/WillEisner in [[TheGreatDepression 1939]] for Fox Comics, the comic book subsidiary of Fox Features Syndicate, under his Eisner & Iger company, as part of UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks. It appeared for first time in a then new comic book magazine called ''Wonder Comics'' and since Issue no.3 changed to ''Wonderworld Comics'', publication that lasted 30 issues. If well it was a 64-pages magazine, the main character was ''Wonder Man'' as can be seen in the cover, with a 14-page story. Here, Eisner signed as "Willies", being in charge of drawing and script.
The story is about Fred Carson, a timid radio engineer and inventor that travelled to Tibet where their monks gave a Power Ring that makes its carrier a kind of... [[{{Pun}} superman]], in exchange to use these powers for the good of humanity. Fred, disguised as "Wonder Man", has invulnerability to bullets, can leap travelling large distances, can move fast enough to catch bombs in mid-flight and enough power to throw them back with his bare hands, jumps high buildings and even has such great lungs to shout a crowd since the tallest part of a building. If this story sounds a lot like ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' to you, you're not wrong. And, obviously, Creator/DCComics thought the same thing.
Eisner was commissioned by Fox Publications to, as he would later describe in court: "create another Superman" after the original became a sensation. Eisner's creation "Wonder Man" appeared for only one issue before DC caught wind of it. What would happen next was the first ever lawsuit over comic book copyrights in the history of the industry. Eisner refused to perjure himself and testified against Fox, costing his company a large contract (or so he said, court records found decades later say otherwise.). Soon afterwards, in 1939, Eisner was approached by a newspaper syndicate to create a comic book supplement for them. What would come about as a result was ''ComicBook/TheSpirit''.
Even when Eisner confessed this idea was born earlier than ''Superman'', this publication came first (a year before, to be exact), and DC finally had the last word of it. The complete story about this lawsuit against ''Wonder Man'' can be read in one of Eisner's graphic novels: 1986's ''[[http://www.willeisner.com/library/dreamer.html The Dreamer]]'', a kind of autobiography of his origins, in which Eisner refered to this lawsuit changing some names, but the story is almost the same. Or at least, his part of the story. ''Wonder Man'' became a famous OneHitWonder in the Golden Age and a kind of {{Pop Culture Urban Legend|s}} in comic book history.
Wiki/TheOtherWiki dedicated a complete article about Wonder Man [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonder_Man_(Fox_Publications) here]]. Also, the comic book was already scanned and uploaded to internet, can be read [[http://goldenageheroes.blogspot.com/2008/08/not-so-original-wonder-man.html here]].
Of course [[NamesTheSame don't be confused]] with [[ComicBook/WonderMan the Marvel superhero of the same name]] and much less with [[Franchise/WonderWoman a famous woman that isn't his counterpart]].
!!Wonder Man and its publication provide examples of:
* AbortedArc: This is obvious for Wonder Man's story being cancelled after the first issue.
* AntiquatedLinguistics: The comic book in general uses various terms unused today in comparision even with other released comic books in the same time.
* ArmoredVillainsUnarmoredHeroes: General Atilla's army with a lot of guns, Wonder Man only with his bare hands. And he defeated them all.
* AssholeVictim[=/=]ButtMonkey: Reggie Berold, being humilliated by Atilla and later by Wonder Man, all for being a coward and a jerk.
* BigBad: General Attilla, dictator of Tatonia.
* [[BroughtToYouByTheLetterS Brought to You by the Letter "W"]]
* TheCasanova: Reggie Berold, implied with the snarker comment of Fred about him.
-->''Glad to meet you. You are the "Playboy" Berold, aren't you?''
* ChestInsignia: A yellow W with a yellow circle in a red costume.
* TheChosenOne: Fred Carson became this for Tibetan monks who wanted someone that make justice in the world for their Power Ring.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: After the cancellation of this character and the lawsuit by Creator/DCComics, Wonder Man became a kind of {{Pop Culture Urban Legend|s}} for comic book industry, even having [[ComicBook/WonderMan his name taken by another comic book character]] decades later.
* ClarkKenting: Fred Carson to Wonder Man.
* [[ClothesMakeTheSuperman Clothes Make the Wonder Man]]
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Fred Carson, the alter-ego of Wonder Man.
* DaddysGirl: Brenda Hastings, the [[AlphaBitch spoiled brat daughter]] of Carson's boss, Donald Hastings.
* DamselInDistress: Brenda Hastings.
** DistressedDude: Reggie Berold.
* {{Determinator}}: After seeing what General Atilla made to his hometown Tatonia, Fred/Wonder Man won't rest until his dictatorship and provoked war comes to an end.
-->''I think it's about time someone stopped this horror!''
* DressedInLayers: Below all of his clothes, there's a red spandex to be used with the Power Ring.
* GeniusBruiser: Fred was already an inventor, so having a Power Ring is a plus for him.
* GoodOldFisticuffs: The way Wonder Man solves problems against Atilla's dictatorship.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold
* IHaveManyNames: Here Will Eisner signed this comic book as "Willies".
* InNameOnly: Nothing to do with the [[ComicBook/WonderMan Marvel character]] nor Franchise/WonderWoman, by the way.
* {{Jerkass}}: Reggie Berold, Brenda's BastardBoyfriend.
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:General Attila gets off scot-free for killing refugees and starving his people, with his only punishment being a scar on his face from Wonder Man.]]
%%This is summed up by LoveyAlterEgo. There's no point in saying it's an inversion of the opposite trope.* LikesClarkKentHatesSuperman: Inverted. Brenda can't stand her "chaperone" Fred, but she falls in love with Wonder Man, at the point of kissing him in the cheek as thanking him for rescue her as well helping people.
* LoveTriangle: Brenda felt in love for Wonder Man, who was Fred Carson in disguise. This could be easily a TwoPersonLoveTriangle if [[BastardBoyfriend Reggie]] wasn't present.
* LovesMyAlterEgo: Brenda falls in love with Wonder Man, without knowing her chaperone was her loved superhero.
* MaskOfPower: Wonder Man uses a black one, subverted in the cover which doesn't use it.
* NoFourthWall: At the end of the story, Wonder Man himself tells children [[ProductPlacement how to buy their own Power Ring at the end of the book]].
* TheOnlyOne: The Power Ring given to Carson is unique in the world.
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* RoaringRampageOfRescue: A radio mechanic busts up a tinpot dictatorship to save his boss's daughter.
* RedIsHeroic: This color reigns in this superhero mixed with yellow.
* RingOfPower: The main power source was his ring given by Tibetan monks.
* SecretIdentity: As all superheroes of the Golden Age.
* ShoutOut: General Atilla's name seems to be based on UsefulNotes/AttilaTheHun. Not to mention Wonder Man himself is for many the obvious CaptainErsatz of Franchise/{{Superman}}.
* TheSociopath: General Attilla, a ruthless tinpot dictator whose response to his people starving is to take ''more'' food and massacre anybody who protests, including [[ShootTheMedicFirst Red Cross personnel]]. When Wonder Man helps the people topple him, he simply decides that he's gonna start ''another'' war to take power again.
* StockSuperheroDayJobs: Scientist.
* SuperheroesWearTights: A red one.
* SupermanSubstitute: Probably [[TropeMaker might be the very first]], debuting just thirteen months after Superman.
* UnderwearOfPower: A yellow one over the red suit.
* [[AmericaSavesTheDay Wonder Man Saves the Day]]
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