(April 1960)

DC, 1942 Series
< Previous Issue |
| Next Issue >
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly, with the exception of March, June, Sept., and Dec.
On-sale Date
1960-02-09
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Editing
Robert Kanigher (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Invasion of the Sphinx Creatures! (Table of Contents)

Wonder Woman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ross Andru
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp
Genre
superhero
Characters
Wonder Woman [Princess Diana]
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for Wonder Woman (DC, 1942 series) #113
Edit cover
Cover gallery

Draw Lincoln (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Art Instruction, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Invasion of the Sphinx Creatures! Part One (Table of Contents: 2)

Wonder Woman / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher (under house name Charles Moulton)
Pencils
Ross Andru
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Wonder Woman -- beautiful as Aphrodite
Genre
superhero
Characters
Steve Trevor; Wonder Woman [Princess Diana]; Marie (Diana Prince's secretary)
Synopsis
Wonder Woman discovers she has a resemblance to Queen Mikra who ruled long ago.
Reprints

Dream Sweetheart (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Morris Waldinger ?
Inks
Tom Nicolosi ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
non-fiction; romance
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Pyro Plastics Corporation / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Aloha... Hawaii! (Table of Contents: 5)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack Schiff
Pencils
Bernard Baily
Inks
Bernard Baily
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp
Genre
non-fiction; advocacy
Characters
Senator Hiram L. Fong; Senator Oren E. Long; Rep. Daniel K. Inouye
Synopsis
A celebration of Brotherhood Week and Hawaii as our 50th state.

The Invasion of the Sphinx Creatures! Part Two (Table of Contents: 6)

Wonder Woman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher
Pencils
Ross Andru
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hurled violently to the ground
Genre
superhero
Characters
Steve Trevor; Wonder Woman [Princess Diana]; Queen Mikra (villain, introduction)
Synopsis
Queen Mikra, a mummy, returns to life and leads the Sphinx on an invasion.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Gems of Destiny! / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Julius Schwartz ?
Pencils
Morris Waldinger ?
Inks
Tom Nicolosi ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Because the beryl gem was identified with Poseidon...
Genre
non-fiction
Reprints

Women with War Wings (Table of Contents: 8)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Julius Schwartz ?
Letters
typeset
Genre
non-fiction

Newspaper Campaigns of Good Will (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Julius Schwartz ?
Pencils
Morris Waldinger ?
Inks
Tom Nicolosi ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
non-fiction
Reprints

Wonder Girl's Birthday Party! (Table of Contents: 10)

Wonder Girl / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher
Pencils
Ross Andru
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Think of the most fantastic things
Genre
superhero
Characters
Hippolyta; Wonder Girl [Donna Troy]; Wonder Tot [Princess Diana] (flashback, origin)
Synopsis
Wonder Girl reminisces about past birthdays and then a giant Roc steals her birthday cake.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Stephens Credit Sales / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Wilson Chemical Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Charles Atlas / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

American Seed Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Invasion of the Sphinx Creatures!
    Wonder Woman
  2. 1. Draw Lincoln
    Art Instruction, Inc.
  3. 2. The Invasion of the Sphinx Creatures! Part One
    Wonder Woman
  4. 3. Dream Sweetheart
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Pyro Plastics Corporation
  6. 5. Aloha... Hawaii!
  7. 6. The Invasion of the Sphinx Creatures! Part Two
    Wonder Woman
  8. 7. ["Because the beryl gem was identified with Poseidon..."]
    Gems of Destiny!
  9. 8. Women with War Wings
  10. 9. Newspaper Campaigns of Good Will
  11. 10. Wonder Girl's Birthday Party!
    Wonder Girl
  12. 11. [no title indexed]
    Stephens Credit Sales
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
    Wilson Chemical Co.
  14. 13. [no title indexed]
    Charles Atlas
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    American Seed Co.
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Nick Caputo
  • Bob Hughes
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Fawzy Partridge
  • Jason Sacks
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore
If you believe any of this data to be incorrect, please let us know.
Cover thumbnails are used for identification purposes only. All rights to cover images reserved by the respective copyright holders.
Creative Commons License All portions of the Grand Comics Database™, except where noted otherwise, are copyrighted by the GCD and are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0). This includes but is not necessarily limited to our database schema and data distribution format.
The GCD Privacy Policy. The GCD Web Site code is licensed under the GNU General Public License.