Wonder Woman #33

(January-February 1949)

The Four Dooms Part 1: Paradise Island Condemned (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:

Queen Hippolyte; Inventa (Villain, intro); Mala; Torcha (Amazon prisoner); Hercula (Amazon champion)

Synopsis:

An evil inventor and her cohorts escape Transformation Island, then pose as accident victims to ambush the Amazons.

Indexer Notes

This story is re-written and re-drawn in Wonder Woman (DC, 1942 series) #207, August-September 1973.

Wonder Woman's robot plane is said to travel at 3000 miles per second.

Paradise Island cannot be easily found from Transformation Island, suggesting the two islands are not near each other.

The Four Dooms Part 2: The Titanic Trials (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:

Queen Hippolyte; Inventa (villain); Wonder Woman; Torcha; Steve Trevor; Mala

Synopsis:

The Amazons are brought to Inventa's island, Cadmea, where Wonder Woman must overcome the trial of the four dooms to prevent the execution of the her mother and sister Amazons.

Indexer Notes

This story is re-written and re-drawn in Wonder Woman (DC, 1942 series) #208, October-November 1973.

Annie Jump Cannon (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Julius Schwartz

Pencils:

Paul Reinman

Inks:

Bernard Sachs

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Editing:

Julius Schwartz

Content Information

Genre:

biography

Synopsis:

Life story of Annie Jump Cannon (1863-1941), an astronomer who was credited with cataloguing more stars than any other person.

Indexer Notes

Editor and pencil credits verified by Jerry Bails (October, 2005). Revised ink credit verified by Jerry Bails (October, 2005). Ink credit previously given to Paul Reinman.

The Majestic Giant (Table of Contents)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ted Udall (as Charles King)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

The Colossus of Rhodes-- Chares of Lindus built this colossal statue between 292 and 280 BC to commemorate the victory of Rhodes over the besieging Macedonians. One of the 7 Wonders of the World, it was destroyed by Earthquake in 224 BC, but it was never able to be reconstructed without Chares' architectural brilliance.

The Menace of Murkton (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]; Queen Pallida (Intro, Villain); Steve Trevor; Etta Candy; Eve; Holliday Girls; Hippolyte; Paula von Gunther; Captain Umber

Synopsis:

Wonder Woman investigates the disappearance of busloads of strongmen, uncovering a plot to destroy the Earth so a nearby planetoid will get more sunlight.