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Issue Details

Issue #33
Published January-February 1949
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 40
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited), [Robert Kanigher (Actual)]
Notes art id by Craig Delich 9/05

Cover Details - "The Four Dooms"

Characters Wonder Woman
Genre superhero
Pencils Irwin Hasen
Inks Bernard Sachs
Notes art id by Craig Delich 9/05

12 page Wonder Woman story "The Four Dooms Part 1: Paradise Island Condemned"

Characters Queen Hippolyte; Inventa (Villain, intro); Mala; Torcha (Amazon prisoner); Hercula (Amazon champion)
Synopsis An evil inventor and her cohorts escape Transformation Island, then pose as accident victims to ambush the Amazons.
Genre superhero
Script Robert Kanigher
Pencils Harry G. Peter
Inks Harry G. Peter
Notes This story is re-written and re-drawn in Wonder Woman (DC, 1942 series) #207, August-September 1973. Wonder Woman's robot plane is said to travel at 3000 miles per second. Paradise Island cannot be easily found from Transformation Island, suggesting the two islands are not near each other.

12 page Wonder Woman story "The Four Dooms Part 2: The Titanic Trials"

Characters Queen Hippolyte; Inventa (villain); Wonder Woman; Torcha; Steve Trevor; Mala
Synopsis The Amazons are brought to Inventa's island, Cadmea, where Wonder Woman must overcome the trial of the four dooms to prevent the execution of the her mother and sister Amazons.
Genre superhero
Script Robert Kanigher
Pencils Harry G. Peter
Inks Harry G. Peter
Notes This story is re-written and re-drawn in Wonder Woman (DC, 1942 series) #208, October-November 1973.

3 page Wonder Women of History story "Annie Jump Cannon"

Synopsis Life story of Annie Jump Cannon (1863-1941), an astronomer who was credited with cataloguing more stars than any other person.
Genre bio
Script Julius Schwartz
Pencils Paul Reinman
Inks Bernard Sachs
Editing Julius Schwartz
Notes Editor and pencil credits verified by Jerry Bails (October, 2005). Revised ink credit verified by Jerry Bails (October, 2005). Ink credit previously given to Paul Reinman.

2 page text article "The Majestic Giant"

Synopsis The Colossus of Rhodes-- Chares of Lindus built this colossal statue between 292 and 280 BC to commemorate the victory of Rhodes over the besieging Macedonians. One of the 7 Wonders of the World, it was destroyed by Earthquake in 224 BC, but it was never able to be reconstructed without Chares' architectural brilliance.
Script Ted Udall (as Charles King)
Letters typeset

12 page Wonder Woman story "The Menace of Murkton"

Characters Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Queen Pallida (Intro, Villain); Steve Trevor; Etta Candy; Eve; Holliday Girls; Hippolyte; Paula von Gunther; Captain Umber
Synopsis Wonder Woman investigates the disappearance of busloads of strongmen, uncovering a plot to destroy the Earth so a nearby planetoid will get more sunlight.
Genre superhero
Script Robert Kanigher
Pencils Harry G. Peter
Inks Harry G. Peter