(Winter 1945)

DC, 1942 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
Quarterly
On-sale Date
1945-11-19
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Wonder Woman Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
A Superman DC Publication
Editing
Sheldon Mayer (credited) (editor); Alice Marble (credited) (associate editor); Julius Schwartz (assistant editor, uncredited); Ted Udall (assistant editor, uncredited)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration. On-sale date of November 21 in ad in Sensation Comics #49.

The Tigeapes of Neptunia (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]; Tigeape
Reprints

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

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

Watch for These New Issues of Your Favorite Magazines! (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page (report information)

[The Tigeapes of Neptunia, Part 1] The First Battle of Neptunia (Table of Contents: 3)

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

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

Genre
superhero
Characters
Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Steve Trevor; General Darnell; Eve Brown; Queen Hippolyte; Etta Candy; the Holliday Girls; Professor Astrolog (astronomer, introduction); The President of the United States; The Great Solo (villain, introduction); The Masters of Neptunia [Stalthon; rest unnamed] (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis
Devastating earthquakes herald the arrival of Neptunia, a fragment of Neptune landing in the Pacific Ocean -- but are the inhabitants friend or foe?
Reprints
Keywords
Neptune

Indexer Notes

Writer credit from The Secret History of Wonder Woman (Jill Lapore, 2014), also confirmed to Jerry Bails.

Like the God Neptune (Poseidon), the Neptunias are masters of water-- they build their cities from crystalized water, and turn men to robots by extracting salt from their bodies.

The U.S. President, presumably Harry S. Truman, is shown from behind, unnamed.

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

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Story of Evangeline Booth (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script
Alice Marble
Pencils
Alfonso Greene
Inks
Alfonso Greene
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
biography
Characters
Evangeline Booth
Synopsis
Born December 25, 1865, in London, England, Evangeline Booth broadened the scope of the Salvation Army from local assistance to worldwide disaster relief.

Indexer Notes

Credits verified by Jerry Bails.

Evangeline Booth was the daughter of William and Catherine Booth, who founded the Salvation Army and she was still alive at the time this story was published (1945).

References to the Armenian Genocide of 1896 and the San Francisco earthquake of 1906.

Speedy Wheeler Saves the Day and Wins a Bike (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Schwinn / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[The Tigeapes of Neptunia] Chapter II: The Masters of the Water (Table of Contents: 7)

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

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

Genre
superhero
Characters
Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Etta Candy; Steve Trevor; the Holliday Girls; Eve Brown; the mechanos (servants of the Masters, introduction for all); several tigeapes (introduction for all); The Great Solo (villain); The Masters of Neptunia [Stalthon; rest unnamed] (villains)
Synopsis
Attempting to broker a peace treaty between Earth and Neptunia, Wonder Woman is captured by Solo and forced to watch her friends transformed into human robots. But with the help of the Holliday Girls, Wonder Woman breaks free and forces the Neptunians to surrender.
Reprints
Keywords
Magic Lasso; Neptunians

Indexer Notes

Writer credit from The Secret History of Wonder Woman (Jill Lapore, 2014), also confirmed to Jerry Bails.

Trick Dog (Table of Contents: 8)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Evelyn Gaines (credited as Lynne Lovelace)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
adventure

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

Watt, the Question Man / cartoon / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
Ed Wheelan
Pencils
Ed Wheelan
Inks
Ed Wheelan
Colors
?
Letters
Ed Wheelan

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Now to get on the job!!
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit by Craig Delich.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Chemcraft / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Don Hutson (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[The Tigeapes of Neptunia] Chapter III: In the Killer's Cage (Table of Contents: 12)

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

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

Genre
superhero
Characters
Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Captain Brown; the President of the United States; General Darnell; Etta Candy; the Holliday Girls; Steve Trevor; several tigeapes; the mechanos; Soldar (villain, Neptunian Marshall, introduction); The Great Solo (villain); The Masters of Neptunia [Stalthon; others unnamed] (villains)
Synopsis
Suspecting subterfuge on Neptunia, Wonder Woman and Etta dress as tigeapes to investigate, only to learn the plot is greater than they could have imagined: the Masters plan to have the Earth forced from its orbit and taken to Neptune as a moon.
Reprints
Keywords
Neptunia

Indexer Notes

Writer credit from The Secret History of Wonder Woman (Jill Lapore, 2014), also confirmed to Jerry Bails.

Steve Trevor is elected governor of Neptunia.

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

Lionel / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

How Thom McAn Rescued the Drowning Train (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Thom McAn / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

National Radio Institute / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Captain Tootsie and the Return of Dr. Narsty (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

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

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Tigeapes of Neptunia
    Wonder Woman
  2. 1. Editorial Advisory Board
  3. 2. Watch for These New Issues of Your Favorite Magazines!
  4. 3. [The Tigeapes of Neptunia, Part 1] The First Battle of Neptunia
    Wonder Woman
  5. 4. ["Party back of the forty-yard line made a suggestion..."]
    Wheaties
  6. 5. The Story of Evangeline Booth
    Wonder Women of History
  7. 6. Speedy Wheeler Saves the Day and Wins a Bike
    Schwinn
  8. 7. [The Tigeapes of Neptunia] Chapter II: The Masters of the Water
    Wonder Woman
  9. 8. Trick Dog
  10. 9. ["Now to get on the job!!"]
    Watt, the Question Man
  11. 10. [no title indexed]
    Chemcraft
  12. 11. Don Hutson
    Wheaties
  13. 12. [The Tigeapes of Neptunia] Chapter III: In the Killer's Cage
    Wonder Woman
  14. 13. [no title indexed]
    Lionel
  15. 14. How Thom McAn Rescued the Drowning Train
    Thom McAn
  16. 15. [no title indexed]
    National Radio Institute
  17. 16. Captain Tootsie and the Return of Dr. Narsty
    Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Dwayne Best
  • Craig Delich
  • Merlin Haas
  • Bob Hughes
  • S Turunen
  • Jim Van Dore