Wonder Woman Vol 1 256

"The Return of the Royal Flush Gang": Wonder Woman runs into the Royal Flush Gang while the latter are attempting to rob NASA of a guidance system, and eventually learns that one of their members is one of her friends at the space agency.

"The Return of the Royal Flush Gang"
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Wonder Woman Vol 1 #256
June, 1979
Executive Editor	Joe Orlando
Cover Artists	Jose Delbo Vince Colletta
The Return of the Royal Flush Gang
Writers	Paul Levitz
Pencilers	Jose Delbo
Inkers	Vince Colletta
Letterers	Ben Oda
Editors	Ross Andru
Previous Issue	Wonder Woman # 255
Next Issue	Wonder Woman # 257

Wonder Woman #256 is an issue of the series Wonder Woman (Volume 1) with a cover date of June, 1979.

Synopsis for "The Return of the Royal Flush Gang"

Wonder Woman runs into the Royal Flush Gang while the latter are attempting to rob NASA of a guidance system, and eventually learns that one of their members is one of her friends at the space agency.

Appearing in "The Return of the Royal Flush Gang"

Featured Characters:

• Template:Apn (Flashback and main story)

Supporting Characters:

• NASA
  • General Novack
  • Stacy Macklin
• Template:Apn

Antagonists:

• Template:Apn
  • Ace of Spades
  • Jack of Spades (First appearance)
  • King of Spades (Kerry) (Flashback and main story)
  • Queen of Spades (Queenie) (Flashback and main story)
  • Ten of Spades (Mike Bailey)
• Ace of Clubs (Amos Fortune) (Flashback only)
• Template:Apn (Flashback only)
• Ten of Clubs (Tom Dillon) (Flashback only)

Other Characters:

• Conrad Starfield
• Justice League of America (Flashback only)
  • Batman
  • Flash
  • Hawkman
• Farley

Locations:

• Justice League Satellite
• Texas
  • Houston
    • Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center

Items:

• Bracelets of Submission
• Lasso of Truth
• Wonder Woman's Tiara

Vehicles:

• Card Scooter
  

Notes

• Wonder Woman appeared last in Adventure Comics #464.

• Stacy Macklin appeared last in Adventure Comics #464.

Trivia

• The Royal Flush Gang has a different line-up than in their previous appearances. After having acquired a new Ace, as well as having switched to Spades, in Joker #5, this time they also have a new Ten (Mike Bailey replaces Tom Dillon) and a new Jack, as Hi-Jack was incarcerated following his adventures in Secret Society of Super-Villains Vol 1.
• The flashback depicts the Gang wearing Spades during their confrontation with the Justice League of America, but they had only fought them "on-screen" as Clubs.

See Also

• Cover gallery for the Wonder Woman series
• Images from Wonder Woman Vol 1 256

Recommended Reading

• Wonder Woman Recommended Reading
  • All-Star Comics (Volume 1)
  • Comic Cavalcade (Volume 1)
  • JLA (Volume 1)
  • Sensation Comics (Volume 1)
  • Sensation Comics Featuring Wonder Woman (Volume 1)
  • Superman/Wonder Woman (Volume 1)
  • The Legend of Wonder Woman (Volume 1)
  • The Legend of Wonder Woman (Volume 2)
  • Wonder Woman (Volume 1)
  • Wonder Woman (Volume 2)
  • Wonder Woman (Volume 3)
  • Wonder Woman (Volume 4)
  • Wonder Woman (Volume 5)
  • Wonder Woman (Volume 6)