Wonder Woman #8

(Spring 1944)

Queen Clea's Tournament of Death [Part 1] (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:

Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Colonel Darnell; Steve Trevor; Queen Eeras; Queen Clea (Intro; Villain); Venturians

Synopsis:

Wonder Woman flies to legendary Atlantis, where two queens reign over two nations: Queen Clea of Venturia and Queen Eeras of Aurania. The women of Atlantis are giantesses, and the men (manlings) are puny weaklings. Long ago, Atlantis sank into the sea and was enclosed under the ocean in a pocket of air with phosphorescent rocks on the ceiling for light and warmth, and volcanoes that extend above the ocean for air; many prehistoric creatures extinct in the upper world still exist in Atlantis. Steve, on the trail of a chemical compound, has wound up a prisoner there in the midst of a civil war.

Reprinted:

• In Wonder Woman Archives (DC, 1998 series) #4 (2004)

Indexer Notes

The patron goddesses of Atlantis are Madra and Satana, Queen of Devils.

The Girl With the Iron Mask [Part 2] (Table of Contents)

Wonder Woman / comic story / 13 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]; Ellie Paxton; Mrs. Paxton; Ed Paxton; Bill Barnacle; Steve Trevor; Etta Candy; Holliday Girls; Queen Eeras; Princess Ptra (Clea's daughter); Queen Clea

Synopsis:

A little girl's tale of giant women parachuting from volcanoes brings Wonder Woman back to Atlantis, where Queen Clea schemes to create an army of men from the outer world.

Reprinted:

• In Wonder Woman Archives (DC, 1998 series) #4 (2004)

Sister Elizabeth Kenny (Table of Contents)

Wonder Women of History / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Alice Marble

Pencils:

Paul Reinman

Inks:

Paul Reinman

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

bio

Synopsis:

Sister Elizabeth Kenny, an Australian nurse born in 1884, developed a breakthrough treatment for Infantile Paralysis (Polio) that was counter to the established treatment at the time.

Indexer Notes

-Credits verified to Jerry Bails (October, 2005)
-William Moulton Marston, Wonder Woman's creator, was himself a victim of Polio, relegating him to a wheelchair in his later years

Hop Harrigan's Leaflet Raid (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

aviation

The Captive Queen [Part 3] (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]; Etta Candy; Princess Octavia (Eeras' daughter); Mala; Princess Ptra; Colonel Darnell; Steve Trevor; Queen Clea

Synopsis:

Clea escapes from Transformation Island and brings a captive Wonder Woman back to Atlantis-- only to become a prisoner herself when the manlings take control.

Reprinted:

• In Wonder Woman Archives (DC, 1998 series) #4 (2004)