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Issue Details

Issue #17
Published May 1943
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing M C Gaines (managing editor); Sheldon Mayer (editor); Ted Udall (assistant editor); Dorothy Rubicek (assistant editor)
Notes Ad for Hop Harrigan on the radio in this issue.

Cover Details - "The Talking Lion"

Characters Wonder Woman
Genre superhero
Pencils Harry G. Peter
Inks Harry G. Peter
Notes Credits by Jerry Bails.
Reprinted in Wonder Woman Archives (DC, 1998 series) #2

13 page Wonder Woman story "The Talking Lion"

Characters Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Princess Yasmini (Intro, villain); Nazis; Bobby Lee (intro); Sally Lee; Steve Trevor; Etta Candy; Ginger (Steve Trevor's niece); Smaltz
Synopsis Wonder Woman takes Bobby to the zoo, where they meet Steve Trevor and his niece. The two kids discover that one of the lions can talk. This leads Wonder Woman and Steve to Cairo where the uncover Princess Yasmini and her group of spies.
Genre superhero
Script William Moulton Marston [as Charles Moulton]
Pencils Frank Godwin
Inks Frank Godwin
Notes Title from cover. Artist data from Jerry Bails.
Reprinted in Four Star Spectacular (DC, 1976 series) #1 (March-April 1976); in Wonder Woman Archives (DC, 1998 series) #2

6 page Little Boy Blue story "The Kid From England"

Characters Little Boy Blue; Tubby; Toughy; Dan Rogers; Nazis; Ronnie Graham (intro); Mr. Dexter
Genre superhero; children
Pencils Frank Harry
Inks Frank Harry
Notes Artist data from Jerry Bails.

2 page Tippie filler "That's Gratitude!"

Genre humor
Script Edwina Dumm (signed)
Pencils Edwina Dumm (signed)
Inks Edwina Dumm

9 page Gay Ghost story "The Ghosts Who Saved Skyros"

Characters Gay Ghost; Hawkins; General Von (Intro, villain); Nazis
Genre superhero
Script Ted Udall (signed)
Pencils Howard Purcell (signed)
Inks Howard Purcell

7 page Mr. Terrific story "The Emperor's Millions"

Characters Mr. Terrific; Wanda Wilson; Napoleon Bonaparte (Dies; flashback); Duke De L'Argent (intro, flashback), De L'Argent X; Al Klipp (villain); Fluke (Intro for both)
Genre superhero
Script Ted Udall ?
Pencils Hal Sharp (signed)
Inks Hal Sharp

2 page Hal Mason text story "Penniless Margaret (Part 2)"

Characters Hal Mason
Genre adventure
Script Evelyn Gaines
Letters typeset

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

Characters Jon Valor; Justin Valor; Jon and Justin Valor of 1943 (intro); a Jester (latter in flashback); Don Muerte and his "birdmen" (Intro for all; in flashback); Nazis
Synopsis Justin and Jon Valor, 20th century descendants of the original, visit the Black Pirate's island headquarters and read an adventure of the original in an old book.
Genre period
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff (signed)
Inks Sheldon Moldoff

10 page Wildcat story "The Case of the Half-Finished Tie"

Characters Tim Daly (Intro); Mingo and his gang (Villain; Intro); Trig (Intro, Dies)
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger
Pencils Irwin Hasen
Inks Irwin Hasen