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Issue Details

Issue #8
Published August 1942
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 68
Editing M C Gaines (managing) Sheldon Mayer (editor), Ted Udall (assistant)
Notes assistant editor dates approximate

Cover Details

Characters Wonder Woman; Etta Candy
Genre superhero
Pencils Harry G. Peter
Inks Harry G. Peter
Notes assistant editor dates approximate
Reprinted in Wonder Woman Archives (DC, 1998 series) #1

13 page Wonder Woman story "Battle of the Bullfinch Store"

Characters Wonder Woman; Gloria Bullfinch (intro); Gunsi Del Slimo (villain); Col Darnell; Steve Trevor; Etta Candy
Genre superhero
Script William Moulton Marston [as Charles Moulton]
Pencils Harry G. Peter (signed)
Inks Harry G. Peter
Reprinted in Wonder Woman Archives (DC, 1998 series) #1

8 page Black Pirate story "Spanish Armada"

Characters Jon Valor; Justin Valor; King Phillip II of Spain; Sir Francis Drake
Genre period
Script Gardner Fox
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff (signed)
Inks Sheldon Moldoff

7 page Mr. Terrific story "The Crooked Carnival"

Characters Mr. Terrific; Wanda Wilson
Genre superhero
Script Charles Reizenstein (signed)
Pencils Hal Sharp (signed)
Inks Hal Sharp
Notes credits by Jerry Bails

4 page O'Malley of the Fourth Precinct story "Murder At the Movies"

Characters O'Malley; Bigkit Tortoni (villain); Cupcake O'Toole; Danny the Drool (Intro for all)
Genre detective
Script Irwin Hasen
Pencils Irwin Hasen (signed)
Inks Irwin Hasen

8 page Gay Ghost story "Flight of the Vultures"

Characters Gay Ghost; Deborah Wallace; Blackie Stover; The Vultures
Genre superhero
Script Gardner Fox
Pencils Howard Purcell (signed)
Inks Howard Purcell
Reprinted in World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #212 (June 1972) [character renamed "The Grim Ghost"]

2 page Hal Mason text story "Gang Doctor (Part 1)"

Genre crime
Script Evelyn Gaines
Letters typeset
Notes Hal Mason

6 page Little Boy Blue story "Reggie, the Mystery Kid"

Characters Little Boy Blue; Toughy; Tubby; Midget Mike (Intro, villain); Dan Rogers
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 "Smokey Joe's Last Fire"

Characters Wildcat; Stretch Skinner; Smokey Joe Cummings; Harry Ranson (villain)
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger (signed)
Pencils Irwin Hasen (signed)
Inks Irwin Hasen