Wonder Woman #20

(November-December 1946)

Terrors of the Air [Part 1] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Joye Murchison

Pencils:

Harry G. Peter

Inks:

Harry G. Peter

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Professor Chemico; Etta Candy; Steve Trevor; Nifty (Villain; Intro); General Darnell; the Air Pirates (Villain; Intro); Karma Monster (Villain; Intro); Nifty's Husband (Air Pirate; unnamed)

Synopsis:

Diana Prince has a strange feeling about Etta's friend Nifty, and it's not just that she's secretly an air-pirate, intent on stealing Professor Chemico's formula for harnessing nuclear power.

Indexer Notes

Joye Murchison verified to Jerry Bails.

"Why Shouldn't I Talk Back to Grandfather?" (Table of Contents)

Ton o' Fun / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harry Lampert

Pencils:

Harry Lampert

Inks:

Harry Lampert

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Indexer Notes

gags

Lucretia Mott (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Alice Marble

Pencils:

Robert Sale

Inks:

Robert Sale

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

bio

Synopsis:

Story of Lucretia Mott (1793-1880), a Quaker minister and anti-slavery activist who used her eloquence to champion equal rights for women and blacks.

Indexer Notes

Credits verified by Jerry Bails (October, 2005).

The Motts left the Quakers in 1827 because of the Quakers' disapproval of her activism.

The Rage of Redbeard [Part 2] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Joye Murchison

Pencils:

Harry G. Peter

Inks:

Harry G. Peter

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Wonder Woman; Etta Candy; Steve Trevor; Captain Redbeard (Villain; Intro); Nifty (Villain); Karma monster (Villain); Paula von Gunther; Holliday Girls; Queen Hippolyte

Synopsis:

The Karma Monster brings the Air Pirates to Charleston Harbor, 1750, where they battle Wonder Woman in an earlier incarnation as sea pirates.

"Since When Are Animals Playing Football?" (Table of Contents)

Ton O' Fun / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harry Lampert

Pencils:

Harry Lampert

Inks:

Harry Lampert

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Indexer Notes

gags

The Case of the Horseshoe Nail (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jim Robinson

Letters:

Typeset

["Our Daughter Has Arranged a Little Piece"] (Table of Contents)

Out of the Gag Bag / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Art Helfant

Pencils:

Art Helfant

Inks:

Art Helfant

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

gag

Indexer Notes

gags. Credits by Craig Delich 9/05

The Pirates' Galley Slave [Part 3] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Joye Murchison

Pencils:

Harry G. Peter

Inks:

Harry G. Peter

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Julius Caesar; Nifta [Nifty] (Villain); Rufus (Villain); Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Stevus [Steve Trevor]; Etta Candy; Holliday Girls; Serva; Karma Monster (Villain)

Synopsis:

Wonder Woman and friends are reincarnated in Ancient Rome, where they fight for their lives in the arena and on the open seas.

Indexer Notes

As her friends toast with wine, Wonder Woman opts for fruit juice.

At story's end, it is explained Nifty's desire for revenge was powering the Karma Monster.

In this chapter, Steve does not remember his later reincarnations, knowing only that he is Stevus, Roman gladiator.