Wonder Woman #15

(Winter 1945)

The Tigeapes of Neptunia: Part 1: The First Battle of Neptunia (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Joye Murchison [as Charles Moulton] (signed)

Pencils:

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

Inks:

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

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Steve Trevor; General Darnell; Queen Hippolyte; Professor Astrolog; Etta Candy; Holliday Girls; The President of the United States; The Great Solo (villain, introduction)

Synopsis:

Devastating earthquakes herald the arrival of Neptunia, a fragment of Neptune landing in the Pacific Ocean -- but are the inhabitants friend or foe?

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Wonder Woman Archives (DC, 1998 series) #6 (September 2007)

Indexer Notes

-Like the God Neptune (Poseidon), the Neptunians are masters of water-- they build their cities from crystalized water, and turn men to robots by extracting salt from their bodies
-The U.S. President-- presumedly Harry S. Truman-- is shown from behind, unnamed
-Joye Murchison credit verified by Jerry Bails

The Story of Evangeline Booth (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Alice Marble

Pencils:

Alfonso Greene

Inks:

Alfonso Greene

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

biography

Characters:

Evangeline Booth

Synopsis:

Born December 25, 1865, in London, England, Evangeline Booth broadened the scope of the Salvation Army from local assistance to worldwide disaster relief.

Indexer Notes

-Credits verified by Jerry Bails (October, 2005)
-Evangeline Booth was the daughter of William and Catherine Booth, who founded the Salvation Army; she was still alive at the time this story was published (1945)
-References to the Armenian Genocide of 1896, and the San Francisco earthquake of 1906

The Tigeapes of Neptunia: Part 2: The Masters of the Water (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Joye Murchison [as Charles Moulton] (signed)

Pencils:

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

Inks:

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

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Etta Candy; Steve Trevor; Eve (a Holliday Girl); Holliday Girls; The Great Solo (villain); Stalthon (villain)

Synopsis:

Attempting to broker a peace treaty between Earth and Neptunia, Wonder Woman is captured by Solo and forced to watch her friends transformed into human robots.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Wonder Woman Archives (DC, 1998 series) #6 (September 2007)

Trick Dog (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Lynne Lovelace (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Watt, the Question Man / filler / 0.66 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ed Wheelan

Pencils:

Ed Wheelan

Inks:

Ed Wheelan

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ed Wheelan

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2010-11-14.

The Tigeapes of Neptunia: Part 3: In the Killer's Cage (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Joye Murchison [as Charles Moulton] (signed)

Pencils:

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

Inks:

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

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Captain Brown; President of the United States; General Darnell; Etta Candy; Holliday Girls; Steve Trevor; Soldar (villain, Neptunian Marshall); The Great Solo (villain)

Synopsis:

Suspecting subterfuge on Neptunia, Wonder Woman and Etta dress as tigeapes to investigate -- only to learn the plot is greater than they could have imagined.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Wonder Woman Archives (DC, 1998 series) #6 (September 2007)

Indexer Notes

-Steve Trevor is elected governor of Neptunia