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Issue Details

Issue #30
Published July-August 1948
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 40
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited), Robert Kanigher (actual)

Cover Details - "The Secret of the Limestone Caves"

Characters Wonder Woman; Wonder Girl (young Princess Diana); King Brutall; Princess Elva
Genre superhero
Pencils Harry G. Peter
Inks Harry G. Peter

12 page Wonder Woman story "The Secret of the Limestone Caves"

Characters Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Wonder Girl (young Princess Diana); King Brutall (villain); Radium Giants (villains); Hippolyte; Olive Norton; Athleta; the Winged Limestone Girls; Princess Elva; Queen Lovelee
Synopsis Olive, an Amazon trainee, learns to temper her Amazon strength with loving kindness after viewing Princess Diana in action against the Radium Giants.
Genre superhero
Script Robert Kanigher?
Pencils Harry G. Peter
Inks Harry G. Peter
Notes Olive Norton was last seen in Sensation Comics (DC, 1942 series) #58. First appearance of Princess Diana as "Wonder Girl," whose costume is an exact copy of Wonder Woman's costume, as opposed to the recurring Wonder Girl first seen in Wonder Woman (DC, 1942 series) #105; young Princess Diana was first seen in action in Wonder Woman (DC, 1942 series) #23. The Amazon children's version of "Bullets and Bracelets" is "Pies and Bracelets." The Amazons are shown celebrating the Feast Day of Goddess Diana, in which Amazons dressed in animal costumes "hunt" each other. The Limestone Girls live in caves under Paradise Island, accessible through the crater of Mt. Lesurvius. "Amazon steel" is mentioned, which is unbreakable even by Amazons. Queen Hippolyte is shown wearing ankle bracelets on page A7, although this is usually typical of Amazon neophytes and their trainers.

3 page Wonder Women of History story "Nellie Bly"

Synopsis Story of Nellie Bly, born Elizabeth Cochrane (1867-1922), a pioneering female journalist known for her investigative stories, and for traveling around the world in less than 80 days.
Genre bio
Pencils Paul Reinman (signed)
Inks Paul Reinman (signed)
Notes Art credits verified by Jerry Bails (October, 2005).

12 page Wonder Woman story "The Song of the Sirens"

Characters Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Steve Trevor; General Menise; Mona Menise (Intro; villain); Parthenope (Intro; villain); the Sirens; Aphrodite; Etta Candy; Holliday Girls
Synopsis The jealousy of Steve's old girlfriend turns deadly when she acquires an armlet that gives her an irresistible power over men.
Genre superhero
Script Robert Kanigher?
Pencils Harry G. Peter
Inks Harry G. Peter

2 page text article "Race To the Top of the World"

Characters Commander Peary; Ohthere; Fridtjof Nansen; Alfred the Great (Saxon King); Andree
Synopsis Story of the men who attempted to reach the North Pole, and the man who finally achieved it.
Script Ted Udall (as Charles King)
Letters typset
Notes text story

12 page Wonder Woman story "A Human Bomb"

Characters Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Steve Trevor; Suzan Patience; Bertram Harsh (villain); Governor Ira
Synopsis Wonder Woman helps a female candidate for prison warden transform a women's prison into a model facility using Amazon methods of rehabilitation, all while fighting off the sabotage attempts of her competitor.
Genre superhero
Script Robert Kanigher?
Pencils Harry G. Peter
Inks Harry G. Peter