Wonder Woman #30

(July-August 1948)

The Secret of the Limestone Caves (Table of Contents)

Wonder Woman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Kanigher?

Pencils:

Harry G. Peter

Inks:

Harry G. Peter

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Wonder Girl (young Princess Diana); King Brutall (villain); Radium Giants (villains); Hippolyte; Olive Norton; Athleta; the Winged Limestone Girls; Princess Elva; Queen Lovelee

Synopsis:

Olive, an Amazon trainee, learns to temper her Amazon strength with loving kindness after viewing Princess Diana in action against the Radium Giants.

Indexer Notes

Olive Norton was last seen in Sensation Comics (DC, 1942 series) #58.

First appearance of Princess Diana as "Wonder Girl," whose costume is an exact copy of Wonder Woman's costume, as opposed to the recurring Wonder Girl first seen in Wonder Woman (DC, 1942 series) #105; young Princess Diana was first seen in action in Wonder Woman (DC, 1942 series) #23.

The Amazon children's version of "Bullets and Bracelets" is "Pies and Bracelets."

The Amazons are shown celebrating the Feast Day of Goddess Diana, in which Amazons dressed in animal costumes "hunt" each other.

The Limestone Girls live in caves under Paradise Island, accessible through the crater of Mt. Lesurvius.

"Amazon steel" is mentioned, which is unbreakable even by Amazons.

Queen Hippolyte is shown wearing ankle bracelets on page A7, although this is usually typical of Amazon neophytes and their trainers.

Nellie Bly (Table of Contents)

Wonder Women of History / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Paul Reinman (signed)

Inks:

Paul Reinman (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

bio

Synopsis:

Story of Nellie Bly, born Elizabeth Cochrane (1867-1922), a pioneering female journalist known for her investigative stories, and for traveling around the world in less than 80 days.

Indexer Notes

Art credits verified by Jerry Bails (October, 2005).

The Song of the Sirens (Table of Contents)

Wonder Woman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Kanigher?

Pencils:

Harry G. Peter

Inks:

Harry G. Peter

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Steve Trevor; General Menise; Mona Menise (Intro; villain); Parthenope (Intro; villain); the Sirens; Aphrodite; Etta Candy; Holliday Girls

Synopsis:

The jealousy of Steve's old girlfriend turns deadly when she acquires an armlet that gives her an irresistible power over men.

Race To the Top of the World (Table of Contents)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ted Udall (as Charles King)

Letters:

typset

Content Information

Characters:

Commander Peary; Ohthere; Fridtjof Nansen; Alfred the Great (Saxon King); Andree

Synopsis:

Story of the men who attempted to reach the North Pole, and the man who finally achieved it.

Indexer Notes

text story

A Human Bomb (Table of Contents)

Wonder Woman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Kanigher?

Pencils:

Harry G. Peter

Inks:

Harry G. Peter

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Steve Trevor; Suzan Patience; Bertram Harsh (villain); Governor Ira

Synopsis:

Wonder Woman helps a female candidate for prison warden transform a women's prison into a model facility using Amazon methods of rehabilitation, all while fighting off the sabotage attempts of her competitor.