Wonder Woman #5

(June-July 1943)

Battle for Womanhood (Table of Contents)

Wonder Woman / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

William Moulton Marston [as Charles Moulton]

Pencils:

Harry G. Peter [signed as H.G. Peter]

Inks:

Harry G. Peter [signed as H.G. Peter]

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Dr. Psycho (Intro; Origin; Villain); Adolf Hitler (cameo); Emperor Hirohito (cameo); Mars (villain); Count Conquest; Earl of Greed; Duke of Deception (villain); Marva Psycho; Ben Bradley; Phantasms [Benito Mussolini; John L. Sullivan; George Washington; Carlo Montez]; Steve Trevor; Colonel Darnell; Etta Candy; Holliday Girls; Adelaide (office girl)

Synopsis:

Inspired by the Duke of Deception, Dr. Psycho tries to convince the public through sabotage and trickery that women are not suited for the war effort.

Reprints:

• in Wonder Woman (Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1972 series) #[nn] (1972)
• in Wonder Woman (Crown Publishers, 1972 series) #[nn] (1972)
• In Wonder Woman (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972 series) #[nn]
  In Wonder Woman Archives (DC, 1998 series) #3 (2002)

Indexer Notes

The abilities of Dr. Psycho and the Duke of Deception are similar, except that the Duke must create his ectoplasmic phantasms prior to using them, whereas the Doctor can form them at will, as long as he has a hypnotized medium drawing ectoplasm from the spirit world.

[The Toothache] (Table of Contents)

Etta Candy and Her Holliday Girls / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

William Moulton Marston (signed as Charles Moulton)

Pencils:

Harry G. Peter (signed as H.G. Peter)

Inks:

Harry G. Peter (signed as H.G. Peter)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Colonel Darnell; Steve Trevor; Etta Candy; Holiday Girls; William Moulton Marston (cameo); Harry G. Peter (cameo); Mola Chissler; Gyp; Mugger; Detective Casey; Dr. Bill Bollens (dentist)

Synopsis:

Before Etta can eat her birthday Candy Cocktail, she needs to see a dentist about her toothache-- interrupting a jewel scam in the process.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Four Star Spectacular (DC, 1976 series) #6 (January-February 1977)

Indexer Notes

William Moulton Marston and Harry G. Peter appear in the first panel, posing as waiters to infiltrate the party. Their identification is included in the opening caption box. Note and proper feature title supplied by Andy Mangels via GCD Error List, July 2007.

[Mars Invades the Moon] (Table of Contents)

Wonder Woman / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

William Moulton Marston

Pencils:

Harry G. Peter

Inks:

Harry G. Peter

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Mars (villain); Duke of Deception (villain); Earl of Greed (villain); Lord Conquest (villain); Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Steve Trevor; I.B. Wise (astronomer); Etta Candy; Holliday Girls; Queen Hippoyte; Paula von Gunther; Diana (goddess)

Synopsis:

A power shift on his home planet leads Mars to conquer the Moon as a base to attack Earth.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Wonder Woman Archives (DC, 1998 series) #3

Indexer Notes

The Amazons ride Kangas in their games, and use sky kangas to travel into outer space.

Goddess Diana and her nymphs control pumps that dispense liquid glass over the surface of the moon, making it reflective.

Susan B. Anthony (Table of Contents)

Wonder Women of History / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Alice Marble

Pencils:

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks:

Sheldon Moldoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

biography

Synopsis:

Life story of Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906), who attained equal rights for women, and started the suffrage movement which gained women the right to vote in 1920.

Indexer Notes

Credits verified by Jerry Bails (October, 2005).

Uncle Bud Saves the Day (Table of Contents)

Hop Harrigan / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

aviation

And "Sew" It Goes (Table of Contents)

Tippie / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Edwina Dumm

Inks:

Edwina Dumm

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Indexer Notes

strip reprints?

[The Return of Dr. Psycho] (Table of Contents)

Wonder Woman / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

William Moulton Marston

Pencils:

Harry G. Peter

Inks:

Harry G. Peter

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Dr. Psycho (villain); Joan White; Phantasms [Regan (guard); Buenos Noches]; Steve Trevor; Colonel Darnell; Lila Brown (death); Etta Candy

Synopsis:

Dr. Psycho is dead and buried-- so how is he enacting his plans of revenge against Wonder Woman and Steve?

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Wonder Woman Archives (DC, 1998 series) #3

Indexer Notes

Wonder Woman notes that Amazons practice "yogi" (sic).

Lila Brown, Steve's secretary, dies when she picks up a fountain pen-bomb meant to kill Steve.