(June-July 1943)

DC, 1942 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
60
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1943-05-15
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Wonder Woman Publishing Company Inc.
Brand
A Superman DC Publication
Editing
Sheldon Mayer (editor); Alice Marble (associate editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Wonder Woman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Harry Peter (signed as H. G. Peter)
Inks
Harry Peter (signed as H. G. Peter)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Steve Trevor; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Lila; Buenos Noches; Doctor Psycho
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Cover Thumbnail for Wonder Woman (DC, 1942 series) #5
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Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 1)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

A Green Field for Courage (Table of Contents: 2)

Good Books Worth Reading / text article / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
Josette Frank
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Battle for Womanhood (Table of Contents: 3)

Wonder Woman / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script
William Marston (signed as Charles Moulton)
Pencils
Harry Peter (signed as Harry G. Peter)
Inks
Harry Peter (signed as Harry G. Peter)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero
Characters
Etta Candy; Colonel Darnell; Duke of Deception (villain); Adolf Hitler (cameo) (villain); Mars (villain); Steve Trevor; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; the Holliday Girls; three office girls [Adelaide; rest unnamed] (introduction for all); a slave girl (introduction); Marva Psycho (Dr. Psycho's wife, introduction); Ben Bradley (Marva's former husband, introduction); Phantasms [Benito Mussolini; George Washington; John L. Sullivan; Carlo Montez]; Dr. Psycho (villain, an evil psychologist, introduction, origin); Emperor Hirohito (villain, cameo); Count Conquest (villain); Earl of Greed (villain)
Synopsis
Inspired by the Duke of Deception, Dr. Psycho tries to convince the public through sabotage and trickery that women are not suited for the war effort.
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Indexer Notes

The abilities of Dr. Psycho and the Duke of Deception are similar, except that the Duke must create his ectoplasmic phantasms prior to using them, whereas the Doctor can form them at will, as long as he has a hypnotized medium drawing ectoplasm from the spirit world.

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

Comic Cavalcade / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Thanks, boys and girls...

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

All-Star Comics; The Justice Society of America / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

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[The Toothache] (Table of Contents: 6)

Etta Candy and Her Holliday Girls / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
William Marston (under house name Charles Moulton)
Pencils
Harry Peter (signed as H. G. Peter)
Inks
Harry Peter (signed as H. G. Peter)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
adventure; superhero; humor
Characters
Etta Candy; Colonel Darnell; Steve Trevor; Paula von Gunther; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; William Moulton Marston (as a waiter, cameo); Harry G. Peter (as a waiter, cameo); Dr. Bill Bollens (a dentist, introduction); Detective Casey (introduction); Mola Chissler (villain, a con artist, introduction); Gyp (villain, Mola's assistant, introduction); Mugger (villain, Mola's assistant, introduction)
Synopsis
Before Etta can eat her birthday Candy Cocktail, she needs to see a dentist about her toothache, interrupting a jewel scam in the process.
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Indexer Notes

William Moulton Marston and Harry G. Peter appear in the first panel, posing as waiters to infiltrate the party. Their identification is included in the opening caption box. Note and proper feature title supplied by Andy Mangels via GCD Error List.

[Mars Invades the Moon] (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script
William Marston (under house name Charles Moulton)
Pencils
Harry Peter
Inks
Harry Peter
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Etta Candy; Duke of Deception (villain); Duke of Deception (villain); Hippolyte; Mars (villain); Steve Trevor; Paula von Gunther; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; the Holliday Girls; Diana (goddess of the Moon, introduction); Diana's nymphs (introduction for all); Professor I. B. Wise (an astronomer, introduction); Mar's slave girls (introduction for all); Martian women (introduction for all); Earl of Greed (villain); Lord Conquest (villain)
Synopsis
A power shift on his home planet leads Mars to conquer the Moon as a base to attack Earth.
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Keywords
Moon

Indexer Notes

The Amazons ride Kangas in their games, and use sky kangas to travel into outer space. Goddess Diana and her nymphs control pumps that dispense liquid glass over the surface of the Moon, making it reflective.

Susan B. Anthony "The Liberator of Womankind" (Table of Contents: 8)

Wonder Women of History / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Alice Marble
Pencils
Sheldon Moldoff
Inks
Sheldon Moldoff
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Letters
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Genre
biography
Characters
Susan B. Anthony
Synopsis
Life story of Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906), who attained equal rights for women, and started the suffrage movement which gained women the right to vote in 1920.

Indexer Notes

Credits verified by Jerry Bails.

Uncle Bud Saves the Day (Table of Contents: 9)

Hop Harrigan / text story / 2 pages (report information)

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typeset
Genre
aviation
Characters
Hop Harrigan; Uncle Bud

And "Sew" It Goes (Table of Contents: 10)

Tippie / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Edwina Dumm
Pencils
Edwina Dumm
Inks
Edwina Dumm
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor
Characters
Tippie
Reprints
  • from Cap Stubbs and Tippie Sunday (George Matthew Adams Service) ?

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

All-Flash / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

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On sale now...

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

Green Lantern; Mutt and Jeff / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
...For thrills...
Genre
superhero; humor

[The Return of Dr. Psycho] (Table of Contents: 13)

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

Script
William Marston (signed as Charles Moulton)
Pencils
Harry Peter (signed as Harry G. Peter)
Inks
Harry Peter (signed as Harry G. Peter)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Etta Candy; Colonel Darnell; Steve Trevor; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Lila Brown (Steve's secretary, death); Joan Whitwe (Dr. Psycho's former secretary and median, introduction); a prison warden (introduction); Phantasms [Regan (prison guard); Buenos Noches]; Dr. Psycho (villain)
Synopsis
Dr. Psycho, thought dead, is now free from prison and out to kill Steve and Wonder Woman, and almost accomplishes the task if not for Etta.
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Indexer Notes

Wonder Woman notes that Amazons practice "yogi" (sic). Lila Brown, Steve's secretary, dies when she picks up a fountain pen-bomb meant to kill Steve. Dr. Psycho uses ectoplasm to create his double that was found dead in his jail cell.

The Junior Justice Society of America (Table of Contents: 14)

Junior Justice Society of America / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Letters
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The Big Eight! (Table of Contents: 15)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

Picture Stories from the Bible / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Back cover.

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Wonder Woman
  2. 1. Editorial Advisory Board
  3. 2. A Green Field for Courage
    Good Books Worth Reading
  4. 3. Battle for Womanhood
    Wonder Woman
  5. 4. ["Thanks, boys and girls..."]
    Comic Cavalcade
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    All-Star Comics; The Justice Society of America
  7. 6. [The Toothache]
    Etta Candy and Her Holliday Girls
  8. 7. [Mars Invades the Moon]
    Wonder Woman
  9. 8. Susan B. Anthony "The Liberator of Womankind"
    Wonder Women of History
  10. 9. Uncle Bud Saves the Day
    Hop Harrigan
  11. 10. And "Sew" It Goes
    Tippie
  12. 11. ["On sale now..."]
    All-Flash
  13. 12. ["...For thrills..."]
    Green Lantern; Mutt and Jeff
  14. 13. [The Return of Dr. Psycho]
    Wonder Woman
  15. 14. The Junior Justice Society of America
    Junior Justice Society of America
  16. 15. The Big Eight!
  17. 16. [no title indexed]
    Picture Stories from the Bible
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