Wonder Woman #23

(May-June 1947)

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

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

[Funny Stuff #21] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

The Dodo and the Frog / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page (report information)

Siege of the Savage War Maidens (Table of Contents: 3)

Wonder Woman / comic story / 12 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

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

One by one, Amazon girls mysteriously disappear from Paradise Island.

Genre

superhero

Characters

Amazons [Hippolyte; Mala]; The Holliday Girls [Etta Candy]; Valkyries [Gundra (antagonist)]; Aphrodite; Odin (antagonist); Steve Trevor; Wonder Woman [Princess Diana]; the Amazons [Sporta (introduction); rest unnamed]; several prisoners of Odin (introduction for all); The Valkyries [various unnamed] (vilains)

Synopsis

When the heroes of Valhalla refuse to fight, Odin orders his Valkyries to capture Amazons and transform them into Valkyries, surmising they'll be strong enough to handle the lazy men. When Steve arrives to rescue the prisoners, the distraction allows the Amazon Princess to capture the real Valkyries.

Reprints

• in Wonder Woman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2016 series) #3 (2018 [January 2019])

Keywords

Invisible Plane; kangas; Lasso of Truth; Magic Sphere; Mental Radio; Paradise Island; Reform Island; Temple of Aphrodite; Valhalla; Washington D.C.

Indexer Notes

Writer credit from "The Secret History of Wonder Woman" (Jill Lapore, 2014); we previously suggested Robert Kanigher.

Story refers to Comic Cavalcade (DC, 1942 series) #17, "The Valkyries' Prey" (October-November 1946), Wonder Woman's first encounter with Gundra and the Valkyries. Odin is so demoralized by his defeat, he commits suicide at story's end, and the villain in the following story does the same.

Rudy York (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Wheaties / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Pokey Joe's Secret Weapon (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Another Jim Wise Story / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Amelia Earhart (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Robert Q. Sale (signed as Bob Siege) (sourced)

Inks

Robert Q. Sale (signed as Bob Siege) (sourced)

Colors

?

Letters

Robert Q. Sale

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Of all women aviators who ever lived, Amelia Earhart has been the most famous and most publicized.

Genre

biography

Characters

Diana Prince (narrator); Amelia Earhart; Grace Earhart [as Pidge] (Amelia's sister); Samuel "Edwin" Stanton Earhart (Amelia's father); Katherine; Lucy; Frank Hawks; Amelia "Amy" Earhart (Amelia's mother)

Synopsis

Life story of Amelia Earhart (1898-1937), a record-breaking aviator who disappeared in the South Pacific attempting to circle the world at the equator.

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Popsicle Pete / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Monark Super Deluxe / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Vanishing Mummy! (Table of Contents: 9)

Wonder Woman / comic story / 12 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

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

In the Valley of the Kings in Egypt lies the root of all world chaos.

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Holliday Girls [Etta Candy; Bobbie Strong; Glamora Treat]; Phillip Darnell; Professor Chemico; Dean Sourpuss; Steve Trevor; Wonder Woman [Princess Diana]; the Holliday Girls [rest unnamed]; Professor Ainchent (an archaeologist, introduction); King Aknaten (villain, introduction, death); the King's followers (villains, Egyptians, introduction for all, all die)

Synopsis

Wonder Woman and the Holliday Girls travel to Egypt, where Professor Chemico has been enslaved by a resurrected pharaoh bent on destroying the modern world with a deadly gas.

Reprints

• in Wonder Woman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2016 series) #3 (2018 [January 2019])

Keywords

Egypt; Holliday College; Invisible Plane

Indexer Notes

Writer credit from "The Secret History of Wonder Woman" (Jill Lapore, 2014); we previously suggested Robert Kanigher.

Aknaten is so demoralized by his defeat, he commits suicide at story's end and the villain in the previous story does the same.

Grim Gamble (Table of Contents: 10)

text story / 1.67 pages (report information)

Script

John Broome (credited as John Osgood)

Pencils

? (illustration)

Inks

? (illustration)

Colors

? (illustration)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

'I'll bring in Kid Newsome because I''m a little smarter than he is,' Sheriff Pat Barnes had told Judge Huneker quietly.

Genre

adventure; western-frontier

Characters

Pat Barnes; Judge Huneker; Kid Newsome

[October 1 1946] (Table of Contents: 11)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Script

Jack Liebowitz (credited as J. S. Liebowitz)

Letters

typeset

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

Ton o' Fun / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

Harry Lampert (signed)

Pencils

Harry Lampert (signed as HARRY LAMPERT)

Inks

Harry Lampert (signed as HARRY LAMPERT)

Colors

?

Letters

Harry Lampert (sourced)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

As an employee, Barton, you certainly are setting a very poor example!

Genre

humor

Characters

Barton; Flossie; Polly (a parrot)

Indexer Notes

4 gag cartoons.

Wonder Woman and the Coming of the Kangas! (Table of Contents: 13)

Wonder Woman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

William Marston (credited as William Moulton Marston)

Pencils

Harry Peter (signed as H G Peter)

Inks

Harry Peter (signed as H G Peter)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

No one from our world has ever looked behind the clouds of mystery that conceal the story of Wonder Woman's childhood.

Genre

superhero

Characters

Amazons [Hippolyte; Mala (flashback) (as a child)]; The Holliday Girls [Etta Candy; Lillie Heyday; Millie Heyday; Tillie Heyday]; Jumpa; Wonder Woman [Princess Diana]; Young Wonder Woman [Princess Diana]; The Amazons [rest unnamed]; The Sky Riders of Nebulosta (villains, introduction for all, all reform)

Synopsis

Queen Hippolyte shows the Holliday Girls a home movie of Princess Diana on her 7th birthday, when she rallies the Amazons against an invasion by the Sky Riders of Nebulosta who are riding Kangas.

Reprints

• in Wonder Woman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2016 series) #3 (2018 [January 2019])
• in Tails of the Super-Pets (DC, 2022 series) ([July] 2022)

Keywords

Aphrodite's Magic Girdle; Invisible Plane; Kangas (introduction and origin); Paradise Island

Indexer Notes

Writer credit from "The Secret History of Wonder Woman" (Jill Lapore, 2014); we previously suggested Robert Kanigher.

Story re-done in Wonder Woman (DC, 1942 series) #209 as "Attack of the Sky Demons." This story shows how Kangas arrived on Paradise Island; prior to this, Diana and her Amazon girls rode giant rabbits. 7-year old Diana wears bracelets in this story, although she was previously shown receiving them upon turning 15 in Wonder Woman (DC, 1942 series) #1. In the tradition of many Wonder Woman villains, the Skyriders pose as men but are revealed as women at story's end: Amazons who have lost their homeworld and they ask to remain on Paradise Island.

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Post Grape-Nuts Flakes / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Flash Comics #83 (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

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

The Wrong-Way Touchdown (Well, Almost!) (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Thom McAn Shoes / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)