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Issue Details

Issue #6
Published June 1942
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 68
Editing M C Gaines (managing editor), Sheldon Mayer (editor)

Cover Details

Characters Wonder Woman
Genre superhero
Pencils Harry G. Peter
Inks Harry G. Peter
Reprinted in Wonder Woman Archives (DC, 1998 series) #1

13 page Wonder Woman story "Wonder Woman's Lasso"

Characters Wonder Woman; Paula Von Gunther (villain); Nazis; Queen Hippolyte; Mala; Amazons; Intro: Metala (an Amazon); Aphrodite, Athena; Intro: Wonder Woman's Magic Lasso; Steve Trevor; Col Darnell
Synopsis Trevor is promoted to Major. Hippolyte gives Diana her magic lasso.
Genre superhero
Script William Moulton Marston [as Charles Moulton]
Pencils Harry G. Peter
Inks Harry G. Peter
Reprinted in 100-Page Super Spectacular (DC, 1973 series) #DC-14 (March 1973); in Wonder Woman (Tempo Books, 1978 series) #14531; in Wonder Woman Archives (DC, 1998 series) #1

8 page Black Pirate story "The Son of the Black Pirate"

Characters Jon Valor; Donna Bonita; Justin Valor (grows to 12 years of age in this story); King Philip (villain); Don Muerte (Dies);
Genre period
Script Sheldon Moldoff
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff (signed)
Inks Sheldon Moldoff
Notes Writer revision by Craig Delich (Dec. 2005) and verified by Moldoff in interview with Roy Thomas. Credit previously given to Gardner Fox.

8 page Mr. Terrific story "The Mining Company Con Job"

Characters Mr. Terrific; Wanda Wilson; A gang of con men (Intro for all)
Genre superhero
Script Charles Reizenstein (signed)
Pencils Hal Sharp (signed)
Inks Hal Sharp

4 page O'Malley of the Fourth Precinct story "Keep 'Em Flying"

Characters Long John O'Malley; Philly Mignon (villain); Chickenfat Charlie (Intro for both)
Genre detective
Script Irwin Hasen (signed)
Pencils Irwin Hasen (signed)
Inks Irwin Hasen
Notes O'Malley's first name changes.

9 page Gay Ghost story "The Salvation of Ludwig Luther"

Characters Gay Ghost; Deborah Wallace; Ludwig Luther (Dies); The Nazis
Genre superhero
Script Gardner Fox
Pencils Howard Purcell
Inks Howard Purcell

2 page Hal Mason text story "Dodgers of Death (Part 1)"

Genre adventure
Script Evelyn Gaines
Letters typeset

6 page Little Boy Blue story "The Letter of Slug Ginnis"

Characters Little Boy Blue; Toughy; Tubby; Dan Rogers; Slug Ginnis (Intro, villain)
Genre superhero; children
Script Bill Finger
Pencils Jon L. Blummer
Inks Jon L. Blummer
Notes Writer credit by Jerry Bails & Craig Delich (Dec. 2005).

10 page Wildcat story "The Laughing Ghost Walked"

Characters Wildcat; Stretch Skinner; Joan Fortune; The "Laughing Pirate"
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger (signed)
Pencils Irwin Hasen (signed)
Inks Irwin Hasen