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Issue Details

Issue #5
Published June-July 1943
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 60
Editing Sheldon Mayer

Cover Details

Characters Wonder Woman; Steve Trevor; Buenos Noches; Doctor Psycho; Lila
Genre superhero
Pencils Harry G. Peter (signed as H.G. Peter)
Inks Harry G. Peter (signed as H.G. Peter)
Reprinted In Wonder Woman Archives (DC, 1998 series) #3 (2002)

16 page Wonder Woman story "Battle for Womanhood"

Characters Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Dr. Psycho (Intro; Origin; Villain); Adolf Hitler (cameo); Emperor Hirohito (cameo); Mars (villain); Count Conquest; Earl of Greed; Duke of Deception (villain); Marva Psycho; Ben Bradley; Phantasms [Benito Mussolini; John L. Sullivan; George Washington; Carlo Montez]; Steve Trevor; Colonel Darnell; Etta Candy; Holliday Girls; Adelaide (office girl)
Synopsis Inspired by the Duke of Deception, Dr. Psycho tries to convince the public through sabotage and trickery that women are not suited for the war effort.
Genre superhero
Script William Moulton Marston [as Charles Moulton]
Pencils Harry G. Peter [signed as H.G. Peter]
Inks Harry G. Peter [signed as H.G. Peter]
Letters typeset
Notes The abilities of Dr. Psycho and the Duke of Deception are similar, except that the Duke must create his ectoplasmic phantasms prior to using them, whereas the Doctor can form them at will, as long as he has a hypnotized medium drawing ectoplasm from the spirit world.
Reprinted In Wonder Woman (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972 series) #[nn] In Wonder Woman Archives (DC, 1998 series) #3 (2002)

3 page Etta Candy and Her Holliday Girls story "The Toothache"

Characters Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Colonel Darnell; Steve Trevor; Etta Candy; Holiday Girls; William Moulton Marston (cameo); Harry G. Peter (cameo); Mola Chissler; Gyp; Mugger; Detective Casey; Dr. Bill Bollens (dentist)
Synopsis Before Etta can eat her birthday Candy Cocktail, she needs to see a dentist about her toothache-- interrupting a jewel scam in the process.
Genre superhero
Script William Moulton Marston (signed as Charles Moulton)
Pencils Harry G. Peter (signed as H.G. Peter)
Inks Harry G. Peter (signed as H.G. Peter)
Notes William Moulton Marston and Harry G. Peter appear in the first panel, posing as waiters to infiltrate the party. Their identification is included in the opening caption box. Note and proper feature title supplied by Andy Mangels via GCD Error List, July 2007.
Reprinted In Four Star Spectacular (DC, 1976 series) #6 (January-February 1977) In Wonder Woman Archives (DC, 1998 series) #3 (2002)

14 page Wonder Woman story "Mars Invades the Moon"

Characters Mars (villain); Duke of Deception (villain); Earl of Greed (villain); Lord Conquest (villain); Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Steve Trevor; I.B. Wise (astronomer); Etta Candy; Holliday Girls; Queen Hippoyte; Paula von Gunther; Diana (goddess)
Synopsis A power shift on his home planet leads Mars to conquer the Moon as a base to attack Earth.
Genre superhero
Script William Moulton Marston
Pencils Harry G. Peter
Inks Harry G. Peter
Notes The Amazons ride Kangas in their games, and use sky kangas to travel into outer space. Goddess Diana and her nymphs control pumps that dispense liquid glass over the surface of the moon, making it reflective.
Reprinted In Wonder Woman Archives (DC, 1998 series) #3 (2002)

5 page Wonder Women of History story "Susan B. Anthony"

Synopsis Life story of Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906), who attained equal rights for women, and started the suffrage movement which gained women the right to vote in 1920.
Genre bio
Script Alice Marble
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Sheldon Moldoff
Notes Credits verified by Jerry Bails (October, 2005).

2 page Hop Harrigan text story "Uncle Bud Saves the Day"

Genre aviation
Letters typeset

2 page Tippie story And "Sew" It Goes

Genre humor
Pencils Edwina Dumm
Inks Edwina Dumm
Notes strip reprints?

11 page Wonder Woman story "The Return of Dr. Psycho"

Characters Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Dr. Psycho (villain); Joan White; Phantasms [Regan (guard); Buenos Noches]; Steve Trevor; Colonel Darnell; Lila Brown (death); Etta Candy
Synopsis Dr. Psycho is dead and buried-- so how is he enacting his plans of revenge against Wonder Woman and Steve?
Genre superhero
Script William Moulton Marston
Pencils Harry G. Peter
Inks Harry G. Peter
Notes Wonder Woman notes that Amazons practice "yogi" (sic). Lila Brown, Steve's secretary, dies when she picks up a fountain pen-bomb meant to kill Steve.
Reprinted In Wonder Woman Archives (DC, 1998 series) #3 (2002)