The Wonder Woman Chronicles #1

([May] 2010)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Justice Society of America / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

E. E. Hibbard

Inks

E. E. Hibbard

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Justice Society of America [Hawkman [Carter Hall]; The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; Starman [Ted Knight]; Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson]; The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; The Atom [Al Pratt]; Johnny Thunder]; Hooty

Reprints

• from All-Star Comics (DC, 1940 series) #8 (December 1941-January 1942)

Introducing Wonder Woman (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

William Marston (under house name Charles Moulton) (signed as Charles Moulton)

Pencils

Harry Peter (signed as H. G. Peter)

Inks

Harry Peter (signed as H. G. Peter)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Wonder Woman [Princess Diana] (introduction, origin); Mala (introduction); Queen Hippolyta [as Hippolyte] (introduction, Diana's mother, Queen of the Amazons); unnamed doctor; Captain Steve Trevor (introduction); Athena (goddess of wisdom); Aphrodite (goddess); Diana (goddess of the Moon, mention only); Hercules (flashback); Fritz (villain); von Storm (villain)

Synopsis

Captain Steve Trevor crashes on Paradise Island and is nursed back to health, and has to be returned to the U.S. Queen Hippolyte's daughter has fallen in love with him, so the Queen tells her Diana the story of the Amazons and how she must not leave the island, lest she lose her eternal life. She uses the Magic Sphere to show how Trevor crashed on Paradise Island, but refuses to allow Diana to return the Captain to the U.S., so she holds a contest to select the suitable Amazon to do the chore. Diana, in disguise, wins the contest, and is allowed the return the Captain home.

Reprints

• from All-Star Comics (DC, 1940 series) #8 (December 1941-January 1942)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Wonder Woman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Harry Peter (Wonder Woman only); Jon Blummer

Inks

Harry Peter (Wonder Woman only); Jon Blummer

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]

Reprints

• from Sensation Comics (DC, 1942 series) #1 (January 1942)

Indexer Notes

Wonder Woman figure based on splash of story in All-Star #8. Credits by Jerry Bails.

[Wonder Woman Comes to America] (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script

William Marston (under house name Charles Moulton) (signed as Charles Moulton)

Pencils

Harry Peter (signed as H. G. Peter)

Inks

Harry Peter (signed as H. G. Peter)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Steve Trevor; Colonel Darnell; Diana Prince (Army nurse); un-named Army doctor; Al Kale (a promoter); Nazi spy ring (villains, some die)

Synopsis

Wonder Woman takes Steve Trevor to America and purchases the identity of nurse Diana Prince so that she can remain near Steve. Soon, in order to earn some money she'll need, she begins to perform her "bullets and bracelets" routine, not realizing her promoter is stealing all the profits.

Reprints

• from Sensation Comics (DC, 1942 series) #1 (January 1942)

Indexer Notes

Story title from table of contents.

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

Wonder Woman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Harry Peter

Inks

Harry Peter

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]

Reprints

• from Sensation Comics (DC, 1942 series) #2 (February 1942)

[Dr. Poison] (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

William Marston (under house name Charles Moulton) (signed as Charles Moulton)

Pencils

Harry Peter (signed)

Inks

Harry Peter (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Colonel Darnell; Steve Trevor; Etta Candy; The Holliday Girls; Dr. Poison [Princess Maru] (villain, Nazi scientist, introduction); Colonel Adolph Schultz (villain, Gestapo agent)

Synopsis

Steve and Diana are captured by a group of Nazi spies, but Diana escapes and gets the Holliday Girls to assist in rescuing Trevor.

Reprints

• from Sensation Comics (DC, 1942 series) #2 (February 1942)

Indexer Notes

Story title from table of contents.

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

Wonder Woman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Irwin Hasen

Inks

Irwin Hasen

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]

Reprints

• from Sensation Comics (DC, 1942 series) #3 (March 1942)

Indexer Notes

Art identification by Jerry Bails.

[A Spy in the Office] (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script

William Marston (under house name Charles Moulton) (signed as Charles Moulton)

Pencils

Harry Peter (signed)

Inks

Harry Peter (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Steve Trevor; Colonel Darnell; Etta Candy; The Holliday Girls; Lila Brown (introduction, Trevor's secretary); Eve Brown (introduction. Lila's sister); X-46 [Agent Gross] (villain, introduction); Nazi agents (villains, introduction)

Synopsis

Diana gets the job as Secretary to Colonel Darnell, but finds herself framed for espionage by one of the office girls. When Trevor is captured by spies, Wonder Woman saves the day.

Reprints

• from Sensation Comics (DC, 1942 series) #3 (March 1942)

Indexer Notes

Story title from table of contents.

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

Wonder Woman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Harry Peter

Inks

Harry Peter

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]

Reprints

• from Sensation Comics (DC, 1942 series) #4 (April 1942)

[School for Spies] (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script

William Marston (under house name Charles Moulton) (signed as Charles Moulton)

Pencils

Harry Peter (signed as H. G. Peter)

Inks

Harry Peter (signed as H. G. Peter)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Enid Harper (death); Etta Candy; The Holliday Girls; Hippolyte; Steve Trevor; Colonel Darnell; Eve Brown; Carla Swanson; Brenda Lee; Baroness Paula von Gunther (villain, introduction); Sigfried (villain, Gunther's butler); Henkle (villain)

Synopsis

While investigating the death of Enid Harper, and the disappearance of Carla Swanson, Wonder Woman allows herself to be captured and discovers an insidious plot by Baroness von Gunther to brainwash girls by her spies.

Reprints

• from Sensation Comics (DC, 1942 series) #4 (April 1942)

Indexer Notes

Story title from table of contents.

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

Wonder Woman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Harry Peter

Inks

Harry Peter

Colors

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]

Reprints

• from Sensation Comics (DC, 1942 series) #5 (May 1942)

[Wonder Woman versus the Saboteurs] (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Script

William Marston (under house name Charles Moulton) (signed as Charles Moulton)

Pencils

Harry Peter (signed as H. G. Peter)

Inks

Harry Peter (signed as H. G. Peter)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Ensign Martin (introduction); Admiral Funston; Dr. Sands (submarine inventor); Colonel Darnell; Steve Trevor; Etta Candy; the Holliday Girls; the Nazis (villains, saboteurs)

Synopsis

Wonder Woman prevents the destruction of a new submarine and clears an Ensign blamed for the attempt to blow the sub up.

Reprints

• from Sensation Comics (DC, 1942 series) #5 (May 1942)

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

Wonder Woman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Harry Peter

Inks

Harry Peter

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]

Reprints

• from Sensation Comics (DC, 1942 series) #6 (June 1942)

[Summons to Paradise] (Table of Contents: 14)

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

Script

William Marston (under house name Charles Moulton) (signed as Charles Moulton)

Pencils

Harry Peter

Inks

Harry Peter

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Queen Hippolyte; Mala; The Amazons [Metala; others unnamed] (introduction for all); Aphrodite; Athena; Steve Trevor; Colonel Darnell; Lila Brown; Paula von Gunther (villain); the Nazis (villains)

Synopsis

After Wonder Woman is summoned back to Paradise Island, and wins a roping contest, she is awarded the magic lasso. She then returns to America to hunt down Paula von Gunther.

Reprints

• from Sensation Comics (DC, 1942 series) #6 (June 1942)

Indexer Notes

Story title from table of contents.

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

Wonder Woman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Harry Peter

Inks

Harry Peter

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Nazis

Reprints

• from Wonder Woman (DC, 1942 series) #1 (Summer 1942)

Wonder Woman, Who Is She? (Table of Contents: 16)

Wonder Woman / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Script

William Marston

Pencils

Harry Peter

Inks

Harry Peter

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Aphrodite; Athena; Mercury; Hercules

Synopsis

The Gods behind the epithet, "Beautiful as Aphrodite, Wise as Athena, Strong as Hercules and Swift as Mercury," are visually and in text introduced to the reader.

Reprints

• from Wonder Woman (DC, 1942 series) #1 (Summer 1942)

[The Origin of Wonder Woman] (Table of Contents: 17)

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

Script

William Marston (under house name Charles Moulton) (signed as Charles Moulton)

Pencils

Harry Peter (signed as H. G. Peter)

Inks

Harry Peter (signed as H. G. Peter)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Wonder Woman [Diana Prince] (origin re-told); Aphrodite (goddess of love and beauty, introduction); Hercules (introduction); Queen Hippolyte (origin); the Amazons (origin re-told); Steve Trevor; Mala; Colonel Darnell; Dr. Hellas (famed archaeologist); Athena (goddess of wisdom); Doctor Althea (Amazon doctor, introduction); Fatsis (Amazon); unnamed Japanese agent (villain, introduction); Heinrich Fritz Uber (villain, Hitler's Chief Agent, only mentioned); Mars [aka Ares] (villain, god of war); Hercules (villain)

Synopsis

Upon her arrival in man's world, Wonder Woman drops an Amazon scroll that details the origin and early days of the Amazons, while later sources outline her birth, her youth, and her battle in the arena for the right to be Wonder Woman.

Reprints

• from Wonder Woman (DC, 1942 series) #1 (Summer 1942)

Indexer Notes

Story title from table of contents.

Wonder Woman's origin from All-Star Comics (DC, 1940 series) #8 is shown with more detail, including the creation of the Amazons from clay by Aphrodite, and Diana's birth on Paradise Island: sculpted from clay by Hippolyte's hand under the direction of Athena, and brought to life by Aphrodite.

Wonder Woman is shown here to receive her magic lasso along with her costume after winning the contest, whereas she originally received her lasso after having lived in man's world for a time, as shown in Sensation Comics (DC, 1942 series) #6.

Wonder Woman Goes to the Circus! (Table of Contents: 18)

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

Script

William Marston (under house name Charles Moulton) (signed as Charles Moulton)

Pencils

Harry Peter (signed as H. G. Peter)

Inks

Harry Peter (signed as H. G. Peter)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Steve Trevor; Etta Candy; the Holliday Girls; Dom Carney (trapeze artist, introduction); Ed King (circus owner, introduction); Elva King (Ed's niece, introduction); San Yan (villain, head elephant keeper of the circus, introduction); Mike Mulgoon (villain, head of Strongarm Protective Association, introduction); Mike Mulgoon (villain, introduction); Torrence "Slugger" McGee (villain, introduction); group of Burmese men (villains, circus employees, introduction for all)

Synopsis

Wonder Woman brings children to King's Colossal Circus, performs in the big ring, and with the help of Etta and Steve, investigates a rash of elephant deaths by poisoning which threaten to close the circus.

Reprints

• from Wonder Woman (DC, 1942 series) #1 (Summer 1942)

[Wonder Woman versus the Prison Spy Ring] (Table of Contents: 19)

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

Script

William Marston (under house name Charles Moulton) (signed as Charles Moulton)

Pencils

Harry Peter (signed as H. G. Peter)

Inks

Harry Peter (signed as H. G. Peter)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Colonel Darnell; Steve Trevor; unnamed prison warden (introduction); Freddy (warden's son, introduction); Mabel (warden's daughter, introduction); Captain Loyal (captured soldier, introduction, death); Heinrich (villain, introduction); Baroness Paula von Gunther (villain, death); Swipe (villain, prison guard, introduction, death); the Nazis (villains, introduction for all, many die)

Synopsis

Suspecting Paula von Gunther of leaking military secrets, Diana and Steve visit her in prison, where Paula is aided in her subterfuge when the magic lasso accidentally falls into her hands.

Reprints

• from Wonder Woman (DC, 1942 series) #1 (Summer 1942)

Indexer Notes

Story title from table of contents.

The image of Wonder Woman riding a horse on the splash page was used for the cover. Mabel is shown reading an issue of Sensation Comics. This story was the basis for an episode of the Wonder Woman TV series, "Wonder Woman Meets Baroness Von Gunther." Paula is shot and killed at story's end, although she's alive in her next appearance, Sensation Comics (DC, 1942 series) #12, because an "electric machine she invented brought her back to life."

The Greatest Feat of Daring in Human History! (Table of Contents: 20)

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

Script

William Marston (under house name Charles Moulton) (signed as Charles Moulton)

Pencils

Harry Peter (signed as H. G. Peter)

Inks

Harry Peter (signed as H. G. Peter)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Etta Candy; Private Mint Candy (Etta's brother, introduction); Steve Trevor; Colonel Darnell; unnamed train porter (introduction); Captain Diaz (introduction); unnamed President of the Corrida (introduction); Pancho (villain, informant, introduction, death); Pepita Valdez (villain, bullfighter, introduction, reforms); Japanese spies (villains, introduction for all, some die)

Synopsis

When Etta's brother is attacked by spies, Wonder Woman and Etta trail them from Texas to Mexico City, where Wonder Woman fights a bullfight and stops a secret Japanese invasion of Mexico.

Reprints

• from Wonder Woman (DC, 1942 series) #1 (Summer 1942)

Indexer Notes

Wonder Woman crashes a car into a tree to avoid hitting Etta, seemingly killing the other passengers, noting they were "too lazy to jump in time." Instead of using the magic lasso, Wonder Woman hypnotizes Mint to determine what he revealed to the Mexican spies.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21)

Wonder Woman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Harry Peter (signed)

Inks

Harry Peter (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]

Reprints

• from Sensation Comics (DC, 1942 series) #7 (July 1942)

[The Milk Swindle] (Table of Contents: 22)

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

Script

William Marston (under house name Charles Moulton) (signed as Charles Moulton)

Pencils

Harry Peter (signed)

Inks

Harry Peter (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Colonel Darnell; Steve Trevor; Etta Candy; The Holliday Girls; Nurse Byrnes; Mrs. Lansing; Paula von Gunther (villain); Alphonso de Gyppo (villain, introduction); Slug (villain, introduction)

Synopsis

When Diana learns that a local milk company has bought the nation's milk supply and is charging outlandish prices for it, she confronts the company's President and discovers who is really behind the plot.

Reprints

• from Sensation Comics (DC, 1942 series) #7 (July 1942)

Indexer Notes

Story title from table of contents.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 23)

Wonder Woman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Harry Peter

Inks

Harry Peter

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Etta Candy; the Holliday Girls

Reprints

• from Sensation Comics (DC, 1942 series) #8 (August 1942)

[Department Store Perfidy] (Table of Contents: 24)

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

Script

William Marston (under house name Charles Moulton) (signed as Charles Moulton)

Pencils

Harry Peter (signed)

Inks

Harry Peter (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Colonel Darnell; Steve Trevor; Etta Candy; The Holliday Girls; Gloria Bullfinch (department store owner, introduction); Helen; Molly; Beth (co-worker of Diana Prince); Guigi Del Slimo (villain, fortune hunter); Mr. Googins (villain, manager of a department store)

Synopsis

Wonder Woman steps into the picture when the girls working at the Bullfinch Department Store are found to be mistreated and the store owner isn't interested in rectifying the situation.

Reprints

• from Sensation Comics (DC, 1942 series) #8 (August 1942)

Indexer Notes

Story title from table of contents.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 25)

Wonder Woman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Harry Peter

Inks

Harry Peter

Colors

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Diana Prince White

Reprints

• from Sensation Comics (DC, 1942 series) #9 (September 1942)

[The Return of Diana Prince] (Table of Contents: 26)

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

Script

William Marston (under house name Charles Moulton) (signed as Charles Moulton)

Pencils

Harry Peter (signed)

Inks

Harry Peter (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Diana Prince White; Dan White (Diana's husband, introduction); the White's un-named baby; Steve Trevor; Etta Candy; The Holliday Girls; General Hard; The World Peace Society [Agent X; Dr. I. M. Cue [Togo Ku]] (villains, introduction for all)

Synopsis

The real Diana Prince, now married with a child, returns and asks Wonder Woman to allow her to resume her true identity in order to earn money for her child.

Reprints

• from Sensation Comics (DC, 1942 series) #9 (September 1942)

Indexer Notes

Story title from table of contents.