(May 1960)

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.
On-sale Date
1960-03-22
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Editing
Robert Kanigher

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

The Monster Express! (Table of Contents)

Wonder Woman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ross Andru
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
superhero
Characters
Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]
Reprints

What's Wrong with These Pictures? (Table of Contents: 1)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack Schiff
Pencils
Bernard Baily
Inks
Bernard Baily
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
non-fiction; advocacy
Synopsis
A quiz on general manners and safety information for children.

Indexer Notes

On inside front cover.

The Monster Express! Part One: The Runaway Balloons! (Table of Contents: 2)

Wonder Woman / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher (under house name Charles Moulton)
Pencils
Ross Andru
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Genre
superhero
Characters
Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Steve Trevor; General Darnell; robot plane
Synopsis
Steve Trevor watches Wonder Woman guiding a giant balloon of herself in the Tracy Day Parade. A sudden wind blows away all the giant balloons and their handlers. Wonder Woman calls her robot plane, and rescues all the people.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Palisades Amusement Park / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

The Monster Express, Part Two (Table of Contents: 4)

Wonder Woman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher
Pencils
Ross Andru
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Genre
superhero
Characters
Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Steve Trevor; robot plane; s-bomb
Synopsis
Wonder Woman and Steve track down the runaway balloons, just to find that they have become animated, and attack various items including trains, planes, and dams. Even the giant Wonder Woman balloon now moves and has stolen an S-bomb. Wonder Woman lassos it, and takes it to space. In space, there is a fleet of flying saucers waiting to invade Earth, but in trying to blast Wonder Woman, they crash into the giant balloon, setting of the S-bomb, destroying them.
Reprints

Pre-Historic Women (Table of Contents: 5)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction

The Readers' Choice! (Table of Contents: 6)

The Brave and the Bold; Justice League of America; Showcase; Rip Hunter... Time Master / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Indexer Notes

House ad for The Brave and the Bold #29 (Justice League of America) and Showcase #26 (Rip Hunter).

Behind the Wheel! (Table of Contents: 7)

The Fittin' Thing! / cartoon / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Mort Drucker
Inks
Mort Drucker
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor
Reprints

Wonder Girl's Robot Playmate! (Table of Contents: 8)

Wonder Girl / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher
Pencils
Ross Andru
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Wonder Girl [Diana Prince]; Queen Hippolyta; Robot Girl; Merboy
Synopsis
Young Princess Diana is lonely, with no one her age on Paradise Island. The scientists there make her a robot playmate, but things don't quite go as planned.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Wedding Forecast! / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Julius Schwartz ?
Pencils
Morris Waldinger ?
Inks
Tom Nicolosi ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
To determine which of her many suitors she was destined to marry...
Genre
non-fiction; romance

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Stephens Credit Sales / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Joe Weider / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Wilson Chemical Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Back cover.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Monster Express!
    Wonder Woman
  2. 1. What's Wrong with These Pictures?
  3. 2. The Monster Express! Part One: The Runaway Balloons!
    Wonder Woman
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Palisades Amusement Park
  5. 4. The Monster Express, Part Two
    Wonder Woman
  6. 5. Pre-Historic Women
  7. 6. The Readers' Choice!
    The Brave and the Bold; Justice League of America; Showcase; Rip Hunter... Time Master
  8. 7. Behind the Wheel!
    The Fittin' Thing!
  9. 8. Wonder Girl's Robot Playmate!
    Wonder Girl
  10. 9. ["To determine which of her many suitors she was destined to marry..."]
    Wedding Forecast!
  11. 10. [no title indexed]
    Stephens Credit Sales
  12. 11. [no title indexed]
    Joe Weider
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
    Wilson Chemical Co.
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Nick Caputo
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Martin Olsen
  • Allen Ross
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore