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Issue: Wonder Woman #3
Publication Date: February 1943
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Issues: #3 of 329 Issues (475 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Wonder Woman Publishing Company, Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/15/1942
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 19 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Sheldon Mayer (editor); Alice Marble (associate editor)
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is the publication date reported in the U. S. Copyright Office filing. Listed in house ads as "on sale everywhere Dec. 18."

First: Transformation Island.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; then standard Silver Age US; then standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock:  
Binding: saddle-stitched (squarebound #211, 214, 217, 300)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Harry Peter [as H. G. Peter]
Inker(s): Harry Peter [as H. G. Peter]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Wonder Woman
Character(s): Wonder Woman; Baroness Paula von Gunther
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagWonder Woman Archives #2 published March 2000
In Content Item: FlagThe Wonder Woman Chronicles #2 published January 2011
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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[untitled]

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Christmas Gift Books
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Part 1: A Spy on Paradise Island

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): William Marston [as Charles Moulton] (credited)
Penciller(s): Harry Peter [as H. G. Peter] (signed)
Inker(s): Harry Peter [as H. G. Peter] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Wonder Woman
Character(s): Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Etta Candy; Eve Brown; Dorothy Lord; Baroness Paul von Gunther (villain); Queen Hippolyte; Steve Trevor; Apollo; Keela (villain, intro); Zoe (Amazon); Mala
Synopsis: Wonder Woman flies to Paradise Island to celebrate Diana's Day, unaware she's brought a stowaway-- one of Paula von Gunther's slave girls, intent on killing Wonder Woman and guiding a Japanese destroyer to the Amazon homeland.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagWonder Woman Archives #2 published March 2000
In Content Item: FlagThe Wonder Woman Chronicles #2 published January 2011
as A Spy on Paradise Island [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
Disclose Notes: Story title from Chronicles reprint.

The Amazons speak English when Etta Candy visits, an indication they speak another language. Diana's Day is the Amazon Christmas, which occurs on the Winter Solstice (dated here on December 25th, instead of the 21st). An Amazon is chosen to wear the mask of the goddess, filling arrow quivers with gifts; any Amazon girl can attempt to remove the goddess' mask to take her place, but should she fail, she must dress as a woodland creature and be prey in the next day's hunt. Steve receives a mental radio from Wonder Woman as a Diana's Day present.
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Brand New!

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Feature(s): Comic Cavalcade
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Pages: 1
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Part 2: The Devilish Devices of Baroness Von Gunther

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): William Marston [as Charles Moulton] (credited)
Penciller(s): Harry Peter [as H. G. Peter] (signed)
Inker(s): Harry Peter [as H. G. Peter] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Wonder Woman
Character(s): Steve Trevor; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Colonel Darnell; Mala; Etta Candy; Paula von Gunther (villain)
Synopsis: Paula enslaves Steve and Wonder Woman and leads them into an underground deathtrap.
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In Issue: FlagWonder Woman Archives #2 published March 2000
In Content Item: FlagThe Wonder Woman Chronicles #2 published January 2011
as The Devilish Devices of Baroness Von Gunther [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Story title from Chronicles reprint.

Wonder Woman uses a "brain wave detector" on Paula's slave girls, a machine that prints a read-out of a person's thoughts. It is noted that the Paradise Island piers are electrically wired to detect approaching vessels. It is suggested that the power of the lasso comes from Aphrodite. Paula demonstrates her hypnotizing technique, to which even Wonder Woman is susceptible. Paula has created a wearable version of the invisibility machine she used in Sensation Comics (DC, 1942 series) #6.
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The Big Eight!

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Pages: 1
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Nurse Edith Cavell

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Alice Marble
Penciller(s): Sheldon Moldoff
Inker(s): Sheldon Moldoff
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Feature(s): Wonder Women of History
Synopsis: Story of Nurse Edith Cavell (1865-1915), who helped allied soldiers escape German custody so they could rejoin the war effort.
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Credits verified by Jerry Bails. Nurse Cavell was tried by a German court for her activities and killed by firing squad on the morning of October 12, 1915.
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The Junior Justice Society of America

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Junior Justice Society of America
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Pages: 1
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Part 3: The Secret of Baroness Von Gunther

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): William Marston [as Charles Moulton] (credited)
Penciller(s): Harry Peter [as H. G. Peter] (signed)
Inker(s): Harry Peter [as H. G. Peter] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Wonder Woman
Character(s): Paula Von Gunther (villain, origin, reforms); Gerta Von Gunther (intro, Paula Von Gunther's daughter); Kibby Maxwell; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Baron Gottfried von Gunther (flashback); Etta Candy; Mala
Synopsis: Learning the cause of Paula's villainy, Wonder Woman travels to Nazi Germany to retrieve the Baroness' daughter from a concentration camp.
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In Issue: FlagWonder Woman Archives #2 published March 2000
In Content Item: FlagThe Wonder Woman Chronicles #2 published January 2011
as The Secret of Baroness Von Gunther [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Story title from Chronicles reprint.
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Another Meeting of the Justice Society!

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Feature(s): All-Star Comics; The Justice Society of America
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Pages: 0.5
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Here They Are Again!

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Feature(s): Green Lantern; All-Flash
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Pages: 0.5
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The Furlough

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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation
Feature(s): Hop Harrigan
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Pages: 2
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Feature(s): Hop Harrigan
First Line: Boys and girls - I'm on the radio now...
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[Part 4:] Ordeal of Fire!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): William Marston [as Charles Moulton] (credited)
Penciller(s): Harry Peter
Inker(s): Harry Peter
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Wonder Woman
Character(s): Colonel Darnell; Steve Trevor; Kibby Maxwell; Paula Von Gunther; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Mala; Ann Maxwell; Aphrodite; Queen Hippolyte
Synopsis: In preventing a Nazi plot to destroy a munitions factory and saving Wonder Woman's life, Paula von Gunther is redeemed and accepted into Aphrodite's service as a neophyte.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagWonder Woman Archives #2 published March 2000
In Content Item: FlagThe Wonder Woman Chronicles #2 published January 2011
as Ordeal of Fire [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: The date of Paula's trial is given as December 10th 1942; Wonder Woman serves as Paula's lawyer in the courtroom. Wonder Woman makes an Amazon "anti-oxygenation" ointment that saves Paula's life; Diana Prince returns to nursing to attend to Paula in her convalescence. Hippolyte uses clay to sculpt new features for Paula's burned face, which is brought to life by Aphrodite. Wonder Woman uses the magic lasso on herself, compelling herself to treat Paula well.
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Louder and Funnier As the Years Go On!

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Feature(s): Mutt & Jeff
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Pages: 0.5
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Feature(s): Picture Stories from the Bible
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Pages: 0.5
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wonders of Science Simplified
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Feature(s): Victory Frame Outfit
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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