(February 1956)

DC, 1942 Series
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Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
36
Indicia frequency:
monthly with the exception of March, June, Sept., and Dec.
Indicia Publisher:
National Comics Publications, Inc.
Brand:
Superman DC National Comics
Editing:
Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Robert Kanigher (actual)
Format:
Standard US Golden Age, Silver Age, then Modern color comic; was ongoing series

The Mask of Mystery! (Table of Contents)

Wonder Woman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Irwin Hasen
Inks:
Bernard Sachs
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Wonder Woman

Indexer Notes

Cover pencils and inks credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (28 August 2007); Craig Delich and Jerry Bails believe both pencils and inks to be the work of Irv Novick (October 2005)


The Mask of Mystery! (Table of Contents)

Wonder Woman / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Robert Kanigher
Pencils:
Harry G. Peter
Inks:
Harry G. Peter
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Machino (intro; villain); Wonder Woman; Steve Trevor
Synopsis:
It's a race against time as Wonder Woman attempts to remove an impenetrable time-bomb mask affixed to her face while she was sleeping.

Indexer Notes

Wonder Woman reads braille; it is noted Wonder Woman had sent Machino to prison 10 years earlier.


["After a Wedding in the Provinces of North England." ] (Table of Contents)

Wedding Notions / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
Romance
Synopsis:
North England; Ireland; Western Scotland.

["The Honor of Being the First Woman College President."] (Table of Contents)

Women of Distinction! / text story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Synopsis:
Frances Elizabeth Willard; Mrs. Belle Martell; Mrs. Mary Kies; Mrs. Josiah Taft.

The Origin of the Amazon Plane! (Table of Contents)

Wonder Woman / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Robert Kanigher
Pencils:
Harry G. Peter
Inks:
Harry G. Peter
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Wonder Woman; The Waterfront Gang (intro, Villains); Queen Hippolyta
Synopsis:
Wonder Woman recounts the three trials she completed to win her Robot Plane.
Reprints: show reprint note before migration

Indexer Notes

Unlike earlier versions, this Robot Plane does not seem to be a product of Amazon science; how it was created is not disclosed. It is noted the plane will respond to the voice of the person daring enough to collect and assemble its parts.


Do You Know How to Be a Good Babysitter? (Table of Contents)

Buzzy / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
teen
Characters:
Buzzy; Susie; Mrs. Williams; Johnny Williams.
Synopsis:
The rules to being a good babysitter.

["The Earliest Known Valentine." ] (Table of Contents)

The World's Most Famous Valentines! / filler / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:
Charles, Duke of Orleans; John Lydgate; Henry V; The Duke of York; Lady Arabella Stuart; Emperor Claudius; Juno Regina (goddess).

SOS-Saturn! (Table of Contents)

Wonder Woman / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Robert Kanigher
Pencils:
Harry G. Peter
Inks:
Harry G. Peter
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Steve Trevor
Synopsis:
Wonder Woman and Steve Trevor help repel an attack on Saturn from Titan, one of its moons.

Indexer Notes

The Robot Plane has a magnetic ray; this version of the Saturnians are possibly different from the evil slave-driving Saturnians seen in Wonder Woman (DC, 1942 series) #10 (Fall, 1944).


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. The Mask of Mystery!
    Wonder Woman
  2. 2. ["After a Wedding in the Provinces of North England." ]
    Wedding Notions
  3. 3. ["The Honor of Being the First Woman College President."]
    Women of Distinction!
  4. 4. The Origin of the Amazon Plane!
    Wonder Woman
  5. 5. Do You Know How to Be a Good Babysitter?
    Buzzy
  6. 6. ["The Earliest Known Valentine." ]
    The World's Most Famous Valentines!
  7. 7. SOS-Saturn!
    Wonder Woman
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • Jim Van Dore
  • S Turunen
  • Mike Nielsen
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
  • Gene Reed
  • Lou Mougin
  • Carl Gafford
  • Bob Hughes
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Allen Ross