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Issue Details

Issue #48
Published December 1945
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing Sheldon Mayer (editor); Julius Schwartz (assistant editor); Ted Udall (assistant editor)
Notes National Comics has bought out M. C. Gaines' share of J.R. Publishing.

Cover Details - "Wonder Woman and the Midget Mystery"

Characters Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Teena; Topso
Genre superhero
Pencils Harry G. Peter [as H. G. Peter] (signed)
Inks Harry G. Peter [as H. G. Peter] (signed)
Notes DC bullet on cover.
Reprinted in Wonder Woman Archives (DC, 1998 series) #6 (2010)

12 page Wonder Woman story "The Midget Mystery"

Characters Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Steve Trevor; General Darnell; Etta Candy; Holiday Girls; Mr. Grange (owner of the Coronet Diamond, death); Teena (villain, introduction); Topso (villain, introduction)
Synopsis Midget crooks commit crimes by pretending to be children.
Genre superhero
Script Robert Kanigher ? [as Charles Moulton] (signed)
Pencils Harry G. Peter [as H. G. Peter] (signed)
Inks Harry G. Peter [as H. G. Peter] (signed)
Reprinted in Wonder Woman Archives (DC, 1998 series) #6 (2010)

5 page Picture Stories from Mythology story "The Ham Leapers"

Characters Jupiter; Gaea; Fama; Fortuna; Typhon; Enceladus; Hebe; Ganymede; Juno; Eros
Genre mythology
Script M. C. Gaines ?
Pencils Don Cameron
Inks Don Cameron
Notes copyright by M. C. Gaines 1945

6 page Little Boy Blue and the Blue Boys story "Ghost Trouble"

Characters Little Boy Blue [Tommy Rogers]; Toughy; Tubby
Genre superhero
Pencils Frank Harry (signed)
Inks Frank Harry (signed)

6 page Mr. Terrific story "Losses Pay A Profit"

Characters Mr. Terrific [Terry Sloan]; Wanda Wilson
Genre superhero
Pencils Stan Aschmeier [as Stan Josephs] (signed)
Inks Stan Aschmeier [as Stan Josephs] (signed)

Half page Victory Puzzles activity

Script A. W. Nugent
Pencils A. W. Nugent
Inks A. W. Nugent

2 page text story "Too Tough To Die"

Genre adventure
Script Bob Longhorn (signed)
Letters typeset

2 page Tippie filler "Make Up Your Mind"

Characters Tippie
Genre children; humor
Script Edwina Dumm (signed)
Pencils Edwina Dumm (signed)
Inks Edwina Dumm (signed)
Notes Newspaper reprints

1 page Who's Who In Zooville filler "Meet the Pushing Pals"

Genre funny animal
Script Ron Santi
Pencils Ron Santi
Inks Ron Santi
Letters Ron Santi
Notes Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2010-11-14.

8 page Wildcat story "Through Darkest Africa With Stretch Skinner"

Characters Wildcat [Ted Grant]; Stretch Skinner; J. Huntington Ives; Phyllis Ives; George Ives; Arthur Ives; Curry
Synopsis Three spoiled kids hire Stretch to protect them on a trip to Africa to search for gems.
Genre superhero
Pencils Joe Gallagher
Inks Joe Gallagher