(September-October 1948)
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 40
- Indicia frequency:
- bi-monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- National Comics Publications, Inc.
- Brand:
- A Superman DC Publication
- Editing:
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Robert Kanigher (actual)
- Format:
- Standard US Golden Age, Silver Age, then Modern color comic; was ongoing series
The Shrinking Formula
Wonder Woman / comic story / 12 pages
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; Dr. Mary Dean; Roy Dirke (villain); Dr. Grey
- Synopsis:
- Shrunken to miniscule size and hunted by thugs, Wonder Woman races to complete an enlarging formula to save herself and her friends.
Indexer Notes
This story is re-written and re-drawn in Wonder Woman (DC, 1942 series) #210 (February-March 1974).
Wonder Woman's lasso is described as "limitless."
The Planet of Plunder
Wonder Woman / comic story / 12 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Robert Kanigher
- Pencils:
- Harry G. Peter
- Inks:
- Harry G. Peter
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Etta Candy; Holliday Girls; Solo (villain); Presidenta Una
- Synopsis:
- Wonder Woman faces a gauntlet of trials to rescue the Holliday Girls, caught in a coup in the republic of Neptunia.
Indexer Notes
The story of Neptunia is relayed in Wonder Woman (DC, 1942 series) #15.
This story is re-written and re-drawn in Wonder Woman (DC, 1942 series) #209 (December-January 1973-74).
Jenny Lind
Wonder Women of History / comic story / 4 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Paul Reinman
- Inks:
- Paul Reinman
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- bio
- Synopsis:
- Jenny Lind (1820-1887), "The Swedish Nightingale," achieved worldwide fame with her singing voice, but always honored her humble beginnings through her profusive donations to charity.
Indexer Notes
Art credits verified by Jerry Bails (October, 2005).
You Name It!
text story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Lee Goldsmith
- Letters:
- Typeset
Content Information
- Synopsis:
- The three derivations of names-- personal appearance, occupation, and location.
The Racketeer of Magic
Wonder Woman / comic story / 12 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Robert Kanigher
- Pencils:
- Harry G. Peter
- Inks:
- Harry G. Peter
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Trixter (Villain; Intro); Paula von Gunther; Steve Trevor
- Synopsis:
- A charlatan posing as a magician from the future uses an Amazon invention to determine how best to outwit Wonder Woman.
[no title indexed]
Science-Snaps / filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact
- Synopsis:
- The distance of lightning; diamonds in meteorites; the color of neon; the weight of icebergs; the dissimilarity of objects.
Editing
Table of Contents
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1.
The Shrinking Formula
Wonder Woman -
2.
The Planet of Plunder
Wonder Woman -
3.
Jenny Lind
Wonder Women of History -
4.
You Name It!
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5.
The Racketeer of Magic
Wonder Woman -
6.
[no title indexed]
Science-Snaps
This issue was most recently modified by:
- S Turunen
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Gene Reed
- Lou Mougin
- Carl Gafford
- Bob Hughes
- Mike Nielsen
- Gregory Fischer
- Allen Ross
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