(Summer 1944)

DC, 1942 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
Quarterly
On-sale Date
1944-05-13
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Wonder Woman Publishing Company Inc.
Brand
A Superman DC Publication
Editing
Sheldon Mayer (editor); Alice Marble (associate editor); Julius Schwartz (assistant editor, uncredited); Ted Udall (assistant editor, uncredited)

Issue Notes

Superman-DC Publication bullet is not the standard one, but a larger version that pre-figures the All-American bullet.

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Wonder Woman and the Reversal of Evolution! (Table of Contents)

Wonder Woman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Harry Peter (signed)
Inks
Harry Peter (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]
Reprints
Keywords
Magic Lasso

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

In the Stone Age by Gregory Trent (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.

[Part 1] Evolution Goes Haywire (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
William Marston (under house name Charles Moulton)
Pencils
Harry Peter (signed)
Inks
Harry Peter (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Steve Trevor; Etta Candy; the Holliday Girls; Hippolyte; The Amazons (in flashback); Dotsie (Steve Trevor's niece, introduction); Queen Darla (introduction); King Aros (introduction); Professor Zool (introduction); Giganta (villain, a gorilla, introduction); the Tree Men (villains, introduction for all); Achilles (villain, introduction); John (villain, introduction); Domo (villain, introduction); a group of rebels (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis
When Steve Trevor's niece is kidnapped by a gorilla, Wonder Woman captures the Gorilla and turns her over to Professor Zool, who uses his evolution machine to turn her human. But the machine is reversed and sends every one else back to prehistoric times.
Reprints
Keywords
ancient Greece; evolutionizer

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

Popsicle / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Jane Addams of Hull House (Table of Contents: 5)

Wonder Women of History / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Alice Marble
Pencils
Paul Reinman
Inks
Paul Reinman
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
biography
Characters
Jane Addams
Keywords
Hull House

Indexer Notes

Credits verified by Jerry Bails.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Part 2] The Freed Captive (Table of Contents: 7)

Wonder Woman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
William Marston (under house name Charles Moulton)
Pencils
Harry Peter (signed)
Inks
Harry Peter (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Steve Trevor; Etta Candy; the Holliday Girls; King Aros; Professor Zool (villain); Giganta (villain); Jon (villain)
Synopsis
Professor Zool's machine advances everyone to the Golden Age of Greece, but Giganta introduces evil and brings the Golden Age to an end.
Reprints

Death Stalks the Convoy (Table of Contents: 8)

Hop Harrigan / text story / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
aviation
Characters
Hop Harrigan

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Picture Stories from the Bible / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Join the Junior Justice Society of America (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

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

[Part 3: Wonder Woman vs. Achilles] (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script
William Marston (under house name Charles Moulton)
Pencils
Harry Peter (signed)
Inks
Harry Peter (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Steve Trevor; Hippolyte; Etta Candy; the Holliday Girls; Queen Darla; King Aros; Giganta (villain); Jon (villain) Domo (villain); Achilles (villain); Professor Zool (villain)
Synopsis
The Evolution machine brings them to Amazonia before Diana was born.
Reprints
Keywords
Amazonia

Indexer Notes

Story title from Archives reprint.

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

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

How to Make Your Body Bring You Fame ...Instead of Shame! (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Charles Atlas / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Captain Tootsie and the Bumbershoot Jump! (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Wonder Woman and the Reversal of Evolution!
    Wonder Woman
  2. 1. Editorial Advisory Board
  3. 2. In the Stone Age by Gregory Trent
    Good Books Worth Reading
  4. 3. [Part 1] Evolution Goes Haywire
    Wonder Woman
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Popsicle
  6. 5. Jane Addams of Hull House
    Wonder Women of History
  7. 6. ["Joe loses his grip every time..."]
    Wheaties
  8. 7. [Part 2] The Freed Captive
    Wonder Woman
  9. 8. Death Stalks the Convoy
    Hop Harrigan
  10. 9. [no title indexed]
    Picture Stories from the Bible
  11. 10. Join the Junior Justice Society of America
    The Junior Justice Society of America
  12. 11. [Part 3: Wonder Woman vs. Achilles]
    Wonder Woman
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
    Wheaties
  14. 13. How to Make Your Body Bring You Fame ...Instead of Shame!
    Charles Atlas
  15. 14. Captain Tootsie and the Bumbershoot Jump!
    Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Peter Croome
  • Craig Delich
  • Bob Hughes
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Stangas
  • S Turunen
  • Jim Van Dore