Editing Wonder Man (section)

==Publication history==
Wonder Man debuted in the [[superhero]]-team title ''[[The Avengers (comic)|The Avengers]]'' #9 ([[cover-date]]d October 1964), and appeared to die in that issue.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Brevoort |first1=Tom |last2=DeFalco |first2=Tom |last3=Manning |first3=Matthew K. |last4=Sanderson |first4=Peter |last5=Wiacek |first5=Win |title=Marvel Year By Year: A Visual History |date=2017 |publisher=DK Publishing |isbn=978-1465455505 |page=102}}</ref> Four years later, ''The Avengers'' #58 (November 1968) revisited the events of #9, explaining that the Avengers had electronically saved Wonder Man's mind in a computer. Wonder Man was not seen again until ''The Avengers'' #102 (August 1972), where he made a cameo appearance in a comatose state. Wonder Man's body is revived by the villain [[Kang the Conqueror|Kang]] in ''The Avengers'' #131-132 (January – February 1975), and then again by the [[Black Talon (comics)|Black Talon]] in ''The Avengers'' #152 (October 1976), and finally by the [[Living Laser]] in ''The Avengers'' Annual #6 (1976). After this last encounter, Wonder Man finally recovers his faculties and joins the Avengers in a full-time capacity in ''The Avengers'' #160 (June 1977). Wonder Man and his fellow Avenger [[Beast (Marvel Comics)|the Beast]] were cast as friends and lovers of nightlife, which would become a fan-favorite dynamic of ''The Avengers'' and continue to be used after the two characters left the series.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Boney|first=Alex |title=The Beauty of the Beast: Marvel's First Break-Out Mutant|journal=[[Back Issue!]]|issue=#29 |pages=21–22|publisher=[[TwoMorrows Publishing]]|date=August 2008|location=Raleigh, North Carolina}}</ref>

[[Marvel Comics]]' then-publisher [[Stan Lee]] said in 1978, "You know, years ago we brought out Wonder Man, and <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[DC Comics]]<nowiki>]</nowiki> sued us because they had [[Wonder Woman]], and... I said okay, I'll discontinue Wonder Man. And all of a sudden they've got [[Power Girl]] [after Marvel had introduced [[Luke Cage|Power Man]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>. Oh, boy. How unfair."<ref>{{Cite journal | title=Hello, Culture Lovers: Stan the Man Raps with Marvel Maniacs at [[James Madison University]] | journal=[[The Comics Journal]] | issue=#42 | date=October 1978 | page=55}}</ref>

Wonder Man later appeared as a founding member of the spin-off ''[[West Coast Avengers (comic book)|West Coast Avengers]]'' first in a four-issue [[miniseries]] (September – December 1984), and continuing as one of the primary characters in the series' 102-issue run. After that team disbanded, he joined the team [[Force Works]] in a series that debuted with a July 1994 cover-date. After that team splintered, Wonder Man rejoined the Avengers in ''The Avengers'' vol. 3 #4 (May 1998). After the collapse of the team in ''The Avengers'' #503 (December 2004), Wonder Man joined a new splinter group called the [[The Mighty Avengers|Mighty Avengers]], co-starred in that team's series, which premiered with March 2007 cover-date.

Wonder Man starred in a self-titled [[graphic novel]] in 1986. He then starred in a 29-issue series, ''Wonder Man'' (September 1991 – February 1994), and then the three-issue miniseries ''Avengers Two: Wonder Man and the Beast'' (2000). In 2007, he starred in the five-issue miniseries ''Wonder Man: My Fair Super Hero''.

Wonder Man appeared sporadically throughout the 2010-2013 ''Avengers'' series, but played an important role in the "End Times" storyline in issue #31 (December 2012) through its final issue #34 (January 2013).

Comic book writer Rick Remender revealed in an interview that Wonder Man would be a member of the [[Uncanny Avengers]], starting with issue #5.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=42200|title=Remender Expands The Cast Of "Uncanny Avengers"|date=14 November 2012}}</ref>