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Issue Details

Issue #2
Published Fall 1942
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Sheldon Mayer

Cover Details

Characters Wonder Woman; Mars
Genre superhero
Pencils Harry G. Peter
Inks Harry G. Peter
Notes Mars' armor is colored blue, white, and orange here, whereas inside it's all orange with a green emblem.
Reprinted In Wonder Woman Archives (DC, 1998 series) #2 (2000)

1 page Wonder Woman foreword, introduction, preface, afterword Boys and Girls! Here Are The Men Behind "Wonder Woman"

Synopsis Dr. Wm. Moulton Marston, H.G. Peter, Sheldon Mayer, and M.C. Gaines are introduced to the readers, accompanied by a photograph of the 4 men.
Script Alice Marble
Letters typeset
Notes It is noted that William Moulton Marston writes Wonder Woman under the pen name "Charles Moulton." H.G Peter has 4 assistants to help him with his Wonder Woman drawings. Alice Marble took the photograph.
Reprinted In Wonder Woman Archives (DC, 1998 series) #2 (2000)

1 page Wonder Woman foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Mars is Triumphant!"

Characters Wonder Woman; Mars; Aphrodite
Synopsis Mars has control of the world, and yet he's incensed by the one girl standing against him-- Wonder Woman, Aphrodite's agent.
Genre superhero
Script William Moulton Marston
Pencils Harry G. Peter
Inks Harry G. Peter
Notes Illustrated text. It is noted that Wonder Woman's adversary is the Greek god Ares, but he's better known by his Roman name, Mars.
Reprinted In Wonder Woman Archives (DC, 1998 series) #2 (2000)

13 page Wonder Woman story "The Tournament of Slaves: Part 1"

Characters Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Mars (Villain); General Destruction (Intro, Mars' Aide-de-Camp); Steve Trevor; Colonel Darnell; Etta Candy; Duke of Deception (Villain; Intro); Earl of Greed (Villain; Intro); Lord Conquest (Villain; Intro); Aphrodite; Tiva (Martian slave girl); Satan (Saturnian slave)
Synopsis Mars kidnaps Steve Trevor to lure Wonder Woman to his home planet, where she secretly participates in the war tournaments while searching for Steve.
Genre superhero
Script William Moulton Marston
Pencils Harry G. Peter
Inks Harry G. Peter
Notes Only the souls of the dead, shackled as prisoners, may enter Mars' domain. Aphrodite gives Wonder Woman an elixir of living death so her astral form may be captured by Mars' slave collectors. Wonder Woman gives her name as Etta Candy, and is unrecognized by Mars and his aides, suggesting this is the first time he's ever seen her. Wonder Woman fights a Saturnian slave in the arena; she later meets the Saturnians in Wonder Woman (DC, 1942 series) #10. Wonder Woman's healing purple ray can be taken in tablet form.
Reprinted In Wonder Woman Archives (DC, 1998 series) #2 (2000)

13 page Wonder Woman story "The Earl of Greed Strikes Out: Part 2"

Characters Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Steve Trevor; Colonel Darnell; Mars (villain); General Destruction; Earl of Greed (villain); Duke of Deception (villain); Lord Conquest (villain); Adolf Hitler (villain); Goering (villain); Goebbels (villain); Jim Blake (American spy); Etta Candy; Dr. Deacon (Holliday Prexy); Jake Dough (Pups' Owner)
Synopsis Wonder Woman plays baseball to help keep Holliday College open, undermining the Earl of Greed's attempt to use the school as a channel to the US Treasury.
Genre superhero
Script William Moulton Marston
Pencils Harry G. Peter
Inks Harry G. Peter
Notes According to the text, Hitler's brain is attuned to Mars' radio wavelength, making him susceptible to influence from Mars and his minions. Hitler is shown to chew on the carpet when having an attack of nerves.
Reprinted In Wonder Woman Archives (DC, 1998 series) #2 (2000)

1 page Fat and Slat filler

Genre gag
Script Ed Wheelan
Pencils Ed Wheelan
Inks Ed Wheelan

1 page Flying Colors filler

Script John M. Jenks
Pencils John M. Jenks
Inks John M. Jenks

4 page Wonder Women of History story "Clara Barton"

Synopsis Biography of Clara Barton (1821-1912), the "Angel of the Battlefield," who helped establish the Red Cross in America.
Genre bio
Script Alice Marble
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Sheldon Moldoff
Notes Credits verified by Jerry Bails (October, 2005).

13 page Wonder Woman story "Framed By the Duke of Deception: Part 3"

Characters Mars (villain); Earl of Greed (villain); Duke of Deception (villain); Scribla (the Duke's slave); Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Naha (dancer, villain); Taki (Dance manager); Senator Deal; Mr. Bost (lawyer); Emperor Hirihito; General Hammi [Duke of Deception]; Etta Candy; Steve Trevor
Synopsis Framed for murder, Wonder Woman is then taken prisoner by the victim, as the Duke of Deception manipulates Hirihito to attack Hawaii.
Genre superhero
Script William Moulton Marston
Pencils Harry G. Peter
Inks Harry G. Peter
Notes The Earl of Greed is imprisoned on Mars, and suddenly, Adolf Hitler is acting less greedy on Earth. Wonder Woman gives Etta the elixir of living death so her astral spirit can animate one of Deception's phantasms. Shackled, and with her eyes sealed with tape, Wonder Woman is too vain to tear off the tape and lose her eyelashes, so she escapes blindfolded.
Reprinted In Wonder Woman Archives (DC, 1998 series) #2 (2000)

2 page text story "The Rainmaker"

Script Jay Marr
Letters Typeset

13 page Wonder Woman story "Captured By Lord Conquest: Part 4"

Characters Wonder Woman; Mars (villain); Lord Conquest (villain); Duke of Deception (villain); Mussolini (villain); Emperor Hirohito (villain); Don Unaldi [Count Crafti] (Intro, villain); Mammotha [Lord Conquest] (Intro, villain)
Synopsis Using her love of competition, charity, and handsome men against her, Lord Conquest captures Wonder Woman and brings her to Mars a captive slave.
Genre superhero
Script William Moulton Marston
Pencils Harry G. Peter
Inks Harry G. Peter
Notes The Duke of Deception is thrown into prison, and Hirohito is suddenly brutally frank in negotiations with the Italian ambassador.
Reprinted In Great Comic Book Heroes, The (Dial Press, 1965 series) #nn; In Wonder Woman Archives (DC, 1998 series) #2 (2000)

2 page Wonder Woman story "The Midland War Bond Rally"

Characters Wonder Woman; Steve Trevor; Etta Candy; General Darnell; Buck Winters
Synopsis Wonder Woman stumps for war bonds in Midland along with war hero Buck Winters.
Genre superhero
Script William Moulton Marston
Pencils Harry G. Peter
Inks Harry G. Peter
Notes Buck describes what people see when Wonder Woman flies by in her robot plane-- a girl sitting in the air.
Reprinted In Wonder Woman Archives (DC, 1998 series) #2 (2000)