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Issue: Wonder Woman Archives #1
Publication Date: April 1998
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Issues: #1 of 7 Issues (8 Printings)
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Variant: First Printing
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC Archive EditionsView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 02/04/1998
Volume: 1
Pages: 244
ISBN: 1563894025
UPC/EAN: 76194121289000111
Price: $82.95 CAD
$49.95 USD
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Content Items: 39 (18 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Mike Carlin (executive editor); Bob Kahan (editor); Jim Spivey (associate editor); Georg Brewer (design director)
Disclose Notes: Reprints the Wonder Woman stories from All Star Comics #8, Sensation Comics #1-12, and Wonder Woman #1.

Black-and-White reconstruction by Rick Keene.
Color reconstruction by Patricia Mulvihill.
Series design by Alex Jay/Studio J.
Publication Design by Eddie Ortiz.
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Publication Type: Hardcover
Color: color
Dimensions:  
Paper Stock: glossy
Binding: hardcover with dustjacket
Publishing Format: collected edition
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31 Content Items from other Issues reprinted as/in this Issue:
FlagAll-Star Comics #8 published December 1941 was Introducing Wonder Woman [Story on Interior Page(s)] Confirm: direction of reprint
FlagSensation Comics #1 published January 1942 was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagWonder Woman #1 published January 1942 was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagWonder Woman #1 published January 1942 was Wonder Woman, Who Is She? [Character Profile on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSensation Comics #1 published January 1942 was Wonder Woman Comes to America [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagWonder Woman #1 published January 1942 was The Origin of Wonder Woman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagWonder Woman #1 published January 1942 was Wonder Woman Goes to the Circus! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagWonder Woman #1 published January 1942 was Wonder Woman versus the Prison Spy Ring [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagWonder Woman #1 published January 1942 was The Greatest Feat of Daring in Human History! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSensation Comics #2 published February 1942 was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagSensation Comics #2 published February 1942 was Dr. Poison [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSensation Comics #3 published March 1942 was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagSensation Comics #3 published March 1942 was A Spy in the Office [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSensation Comics #4 published April 1942 was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagSensation Comics #4 published April 1942 was School for Spies [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSensation Comics #5 published May 1942 was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagSensation Comics #5 published May 1942 was Wonder Woman versus the Saboteurs [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSensation Comics #6 published June 1942 was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagSensation Comics #6 published June 1942 was Summons to Paradise [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSensation Comics #7 published July 1942 was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagSensation Comics #7 published July 1942 was The Milk Swindle [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSensation Comics #8 published August 1942 was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagSensation Comics #8 published August 1942 was Department Store Perfidy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSensation Comics #9 published September 1942 was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagSensation Comics #9 published September 1942 was The Return of Diana Prince [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSensation Comics #10 published October 1942 was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagSensation Comics #10 published October 1942 was The Railroad Plot [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSensation Comics #11 published November 1942 was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagSensation Comics #11 published November 1942 was Mission to Planet Eros [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSensation Comics #12 published December 1942 was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagSensation Comics #12 published December 1942 was America's Guardian Angel [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Harry Peter
Inker(s): Harry Peter
Colorist(s): Patricia Mulvihill (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Wonder Woman
Character(s): Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover illustration of Wonder Woman taken from the splash page of "Introducing Wonder Woman" from All Star Comics #8.
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Title Page

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Harry Peter
Inker(s): Harry Peter
Colorist(s): Patricia Mulvihill (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Wonder Woman
Character(s): Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Title page with illustration of Wonder Woman taken from Sensation Comics #8.
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[untitled]

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Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Harry Peter
Inker(s): Harry Peter
Colorist(s): Patricia Mulvihill (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Table of Contents with illustration of Wonder Woman taken from Sensation Comics #2.
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Foreword

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Judy Collins
Penciller(s): Harry Peter
Inker(s): Harry Peter
Colorist(s): Patricia Mulvihill (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Foreword with illustration of Wonder Woman taken from the last panel from Sensation Comics #1 (reverse image).
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Introducing Wonder Woman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): William Marston [as Charles Moulton] (signed)
Penciller(s): Harry Peter [as H. G. Peter] signed)
Inker(s): Harry Peter [as H. G. Peter] (signed)
Colorist(s): Patricia Mulvihill (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Wonder Woman
Character(s): Wonder Woman [Princess Diana] (introduction, origin); Mala (introduction); Queen Hippolyta [as Hippolyte] (introduction, Diana's mother, Queen of the Amazons); un-named doctor; Captain Steve Trevor (introduction); Athena (goddess of wisdom); Aphrodite (goddess); Diana (goddess of the Moon, mention only); Hercules (flashback); Fritz (villain); von Storm (villain)
Synopsis: Captain Steve Trevor crashes on Paradise Island and is nursed back to health, and has to be returned to the U.S. Queen Hippolyte's daughter has fallen in love with him, so the Queen tells her Diana the story of the Amazons and how she must not leave the island, lest she lose her eternal life. She uses the Magic Sphere to show how Trevor crashed on Paradise Island, but refuses to allow Diana to return the Captain to the U.S., so she holds a contest to select the suitable Amazon to do the chore. Diana, in disguise, wins the contest, and is allowed the return the Captain home.
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Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Storyline continued in next story from Sensation Comics #1.

The illustration of Wonder Woman on the splash page was used on the cover of Sensation #1.
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Sensation Comics #1

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Harry Peter (Wonder Woman only); Jon L. Blummer
Inker(s): Harry Peter (Wonder Woman only); Jon L. Blummer
Colorist(s): Patricia Mulvihill (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Wonder Woman
Character(s): Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art credits from GCD index for original issue. The table of contents for this collection credits only Harry G. Peter as the artist for this cover.

Wonder Woman figure based on splash of story in All-Star #8.
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Wonder Woman Comes to America

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): William Marston [as Charles Moulton] (signed)
Penciller(s): Harry Peter [as H. G. Peter] (signed)
Inker(s): Harry Peter [as H. G. Peter] (signed)
Colorist(s): Patricia Mulvihill (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Wonder Woman
Character(s): Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Steve Trevor; Colonel Darnell; Diana Prince (Army nurse); unnamed Army doctor; Al Kale (a promoter); Nazi spy ring (villains, some die)
Synopsis: Wonder Woman takes Steve Trevor to America and purchases the identity of nurse Diana Prince so that she can remain near Steve. Soon, in order to earn some money she'll need, she begins to perform her "bullets and bracelets" routine, not realizing her promoter is stealing all the profits.
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Pages: 13
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Sensation Comics #2

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Harry Peter
Inker(s): Harry Peter
Colorist(s): Patricia Mulvihill (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Wonder Woman
Character(s): Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]
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Pages: 1
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Dr. Poison

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): William Marston [as Charles Moulton] (signed)
Penciller(s): Harry Peter (signed)
Inker(s): Harry Peter (signed)
Colorist(s): Patricia Mulvihill (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Wonder Woman
Character(s): Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Colonel Darnell; Steve Trevor; Etta Candy; The Holliday Girls; Dr. Poison [Princess Maru] (villain, Nazi scientist, introduction); Colonel Adolph Schultz (villain, Gestapo agent)
Synopsis: Steve and Diana are captured by a group of Nazi spies, but Diana escapes and gets the Holliday Girls to assist in rescuing Trevor.
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Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Story title from the table of contents.
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Sensation Comics #3

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Irwin Hasen
Inker(s): Irwin Hasen
Colorist(s): Patricia Mulvihill (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Wonder Woman
Character(s): Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art credits from GCD index for original issue. The table of contents for this collection credits Harry G. Peter as the artist for this cover.
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A Spy in the Office

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): William Marston [as Charles Moulton] (signed)
Penciller(s): Harry Peter (signed)
Inker(s): Harry Peter (signed)
Colorist(s): Patricia Mulvihill (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Wonder Woman
Character(s): Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Steve Trevor; Colonel Darnell; Etta Candy; The Holliday Girls; Lila Brown (introduction, Trevor's secretary); Eve Brown (introduction. Lila's sister); X-46 [Agent Gross] (villain, introduction); Nazi agents (villains, introduction)
Synopsis: Diana gets the job as Secretary to Colonel Darnell, but finds herself framed for espionage by one of the office girls. When Trevor is captured by spies, Wonder Woman saves the day.
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Pages: 13
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Sensation Comics #4

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Credits
Penciller(s): Harry Peter
Inker(s): Harry Peter
Colorist(s): Patricia Mulvihill (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Wonder Woman
Character(s): Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]
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Pages: 1
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School for Spies

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): William Marston [as Charles Moulton] (signed)
Penciller(s): Harry Peter [as H. G. Peter] (signed)
Inker(s): Harry Peter [as H. G. Peter] (signed)
Colorist(s): Patricia Mulvihill (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Wonder Woman
Character(s): Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Enid Harper (death); Etta Candy; The Holliday Girls; Hippolyte; Steve Trevor; Colonel Darnell; Eve Brown; Carla Swanson; Brenda Lee; Baroness Paula von Gunther (villain, introduction); Sigfried (villain, Gunther's butler); Henkle (villain)
Synopsis: While investigating the death of Enid Harper, and the disappearance of Carla Swanson, Wonder Woman allows herself to be captured and discovers an insidious plot by Baroness von Gunther to brainwash girls by her spies.
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Pages: 13
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Sensation Comics #5

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Harry Peter
Inker(s): Harry Peter
Colorist(s): Patricia Mulvihill (color reconstruction)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Wonder Woman
Character(s): Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]
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Pages: 1
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Wonder Woman Versus the Saboteurs

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): William Marston [as Charles Moulton] (signed)
Penciller(s): Harry Peter [as H. G. Peter] (signed)
Inker(s): Harry Peter [as H. G. Peter] (signed)
Colorist(s): Patricia Mulvihill (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Wonder Woman
Character(s): Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Ensign Martin (introduction); Admiral Funston; Dr. Sands (submarine inventor); Colonel Darnell; Steve Trevor; Etta Candy; the Holliday Girls; the Nazis (villains, saboteurs)
Synopsis: Wonder Woman prevents the destruction of a new submarine and clears an Ensign blamed for the attempt to blow the sub up.
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Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Story title from table of contents.
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Sensation Comics #6

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Harry Peter
Inker(s): Harry Peter
Colorist(s): Patricia Mulvihill (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Wonder Woman
Character(s): Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]
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Pages: 1
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Summons to Paradise

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): William Marston [as Charles Moulton] (signed)
Penciller(s): Harry Peter
Inker(s): Harry Peter
Colorist(s): Patricia Mulvihill (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Wonder Woman
Character(s): Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Queen Hippolyte; Mala; The Amazons [Metala; others un-named] (introduction for all); Aphrodite; Athena; Steve Trevor; Colonel Darnell; Lila Brown; Paula von Gunther (villain); the Nazis (villains)
Synopsis: After Wonder Woman is summoned back to Paradise Island, and wins a roping contest, she is awarded the magic lasso. She then returns to America to hunt down Paula von Gunther.
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Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Story title from table of contents.

Steve Trevor is promoted to Major.
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Sensation Comics #7

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Harry Peter (signed)
Inker(s): Harry Peter (signed)
Colorist(s): Patricia Mulvihill (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Wonder Woman
Character(s): Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]
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Pages: 1
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The Milk Swindle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): William Marston [as Charles Moulton] (signed)
Penciller(s): Harry Peter (signed)
Inker(s): Harry Peter (signed)
Colorist(s): Patricia Mulvihill (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Wonder Woman
Character(s): Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Colonel Darnell; Steve Trevor; Etta Candy; The Holliday Girls; Nurse Byrnes; Mrs. Lansing; Paula von Gunther (villain); Alphonso de Gyppo (villain, introduction); Slug (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: When Diana learns that a local milk company has bought the nation's milk supply and is charging outlandish prices for it, she confronts the company's President and discovers who is really behind the plot.
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Pages: 13
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Sensation Comics #8

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Harry Peter
Inker(s): Harry Peter
Colorist(s): Patricia Mulvihill (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Wonder Woman
Character(s): Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Etta Candy; the Holiday Girls
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Pages: 1
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Department Store Perfidy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): William Marston [as Charles Moulton] (signed)
Penciller(s): Harry Peter (signed)
Inker(s): Harry Peter (signed)
Colorist(s): Patricia Mulvihill (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Wonder Woman
Character(s): Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Colonel Darnell; Steve Trevor; Etta Candy; The Holliday Girls; Gloria Bullfinch (department store owner, introduction); Helen; Molly; Beth (co-worker of Diana Prince); Guigi Del Slimo (villain, fortune hunter); Mr. Googins (villain, manager of a department store)
Synopsis: Wonder Woman steps into the picture when the girls working at the Bullfinch Department Store are found to be mistreated and the store owner isn't interested in rectifying the situation.
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Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Story title from table of contents.
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Sensation Comics #9

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Harry Peter
Inker(s): Harry Peter
Colorist(s): Patricia Mulvihill (color reconstruction)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Wonder Woman
Character(s): Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Diana Prince White
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Pages: 1
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The Return of Diana Prince

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): William Marston [as Charles Moulton] (signed)
Penciller(s): Harry Peter (signed)
Inker(s): Harry Peter (signed)
Colorist(s): Patricia Mulvihill (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Wonder Woman
Character(s): Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Diana Prince White; Dan White (Diana's husband, introduction); the White's un-named baby; Steve Trevor; Etta Candy; The Holliday Girls; General Hard; The World Peace Society [Agent X; Dr. I. M. Cue [Togo Ku]] (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis: The real Diana Prince, now married with a child, returns and asks Wonder Woman to allow her to resume her true identity in order to earn money for her child.
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Pages: 13
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Costume change: first issue in which Wonder Woman wears shorts.
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Wonder Woman #1

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Harry Peter
Inker(s): Harry Peter
Colorist(s): Patricia Mulvihill (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Wonder Woman
Character(s): Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; the Nazis
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Pages: 1
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Introducing Miss Alice Marble as Associate Editor of Wonder Woman!

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Disclose Notes: inside front cover of Wonder Woman #1: photos and text on Alice Marble and Helen Wainwright Sterling
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Who Is She?

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): William Marston
Penciller(s): Harry Peter
Inker(s): Harry Peter
Colorist(s): Patricia Mulvihill (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Wonder Woman
Character(s): Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Aphrodite; Athena; Mercury; Hercules
Synopsis: The Gods behind the epithet, "Beautiful as Aphrodite, Wise as Athena, Strong as Hercules and Swift as Mercury", are visually and in text introduced to the reader.
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Disclose Notes: Titled from the table of contents.
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The Origin of Wonder Woman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): William Marston [as Charles Moulton] (signed)
Penciller(s): Harry Peter [as H. G. Peter] (signed)
Inker(s): Harry Peter [as H. G. Peter] (signed)
Colorist(s): Patricia Mulvihill (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Wonder Woman
Character(s): Wonder Woman [Diana Prince] (origin re-told); Aphrodite (goddess of love and beauty, introduction); Hercules (introduction); Queen Hippolyte (origin); the Amazons (origin re-told); Steve Trevor; Mala; Colonel Darnell; Dr. Hellas (famed archaeologist); Athena (goddess of wisdom); Doctor Althea (Amazon doctor, introduction); Fatsis (Amazon); un-named Japanese agent (villain, introduction); Heinrich Fritz Uber (villain, Hitler's Chief Agent, only mentioned); Mars [aka Ares] (villain, god of war); Hercules (villain)
Synopsis: Upon her arrival in man's world, Wonder Woman drops an Amazon scroll that details the origin and early days of the Amazons, while later sources outline her birth, her youth, and her battle in the arena for the right to be Wonder Woman.
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Pages: 13
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Wonder Woman's origin from All-Star Comics (DC, 1940 series) #8 is shown with more detail, including the creation of the Amazons from clay by Aphrodite, and Diana's birth on Paradise Island: sculpted from clay by Hippolyte's hand under the direction of Athena, and brought to life by Aphrodite.

Wonder Woman is shown here to receive her magic lasso along with her costume after winning the contest, whereas she originally received her lasso after having lived in man's world for a time, as shown in Sensation Comics (DC, 1942 series) #6.

Captain Trevor is promoted to Major.
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Wonder Woman Goes to the Circus!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): William Marston [as Charles Moulton] (signed)
Penciller(s): Harry Peter [as H. G. Peter] (signed)
Inker(s): Harry Peter [as H. G. Peter] (signed)
Colorist(s): Patricia Mulvihill (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Wonder Woman
Character(s): Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Steve Trevor; Etta Candy; the Holliday Girls; Dom Carney (trapeze artist, introduction); Ed King (circus owner, introduction); Elva King (Ed's niece, introduction); San Yan (villain, head elephant keeper of the circus, introduction); Mike Mulgoon (villain, head of Strongarm Protective Association, introduction); Mike Mulgoon (villain, introduction); Torrence "Slugger" McGee (villain, introduction); group of Burmese men (villains, circus employees, introduction for all)
Synopsis: Wonder Woman brings children to King's Colossal Circus, performs in the big ring, and with the help of Etta and Steve, investigates a rash of elephant deaths by poisoning which threaten to close the circus.
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Pages: 13
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Wonder Woman Versus the Prison Spy Ring

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): William Marston [as Charles Moulton] (signed)
Penciller(s): Harry Peter [as H. G. Peter] (signed)
Inker(s): Harry Peter [as H. G. Peter] (signed)
Colorist(s): Patricia Mulvihill (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Wonder Woman
Character(s): Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Colonel Darnell; Steve Trevor; un-named prison warden (introduction); Freddy (warden's son, introduction); Mabel (warden's daughter, introduction); Captain Loyal (captured soldier, introduction, death); Heinrich (villain, introduction); Baroness Paula von Gunther (villain, death); Swipe (villain, prison guard, introduction, death); the Nazis (villains, introduction for all, many die)
Synopsis: Suspecting Paula von Gunther of leaking military secrets, Diana and Steve visit her in prison, where Paula is aided in her subterfuge when the magic lasso accidentally falls into her hands.
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Pages: 13
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The image of Wonder Woman riding a horse on the splash page was used for the cover of Wonder Woman #1.

Mabel is shown reading an issue of Sensation Comics.

This story was the basis for an episode of the Wonder Woman tv series, "Wonder Woman Meets Baroness Von Gunther."

Paula is shot and killed at story's end, although she's alive in her next appearance, Sensation Comics (DC, 1942 series) #12, because an "electric machine she invented brought her back to life."
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The Greatest Feat of Daring in Human History!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): William Marston [as Charles Moulton] (signed)
Penciller(s): Harry Peter [as H. G. Peter] (signed)
Inker(s): Harry Peter [as H. G. Peter] (signed)
Colorist(s): Patricia Mulvihill (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Wonder Woman
Character(s): Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Etta Candy; Private Mint Candy (Etta's brother, introduction); Steve Trevor; Colonel Darnell; un-named train porter (introduction); Captain Diaz (introduction); un-named President of the Corrida (introduction); Pancho (villain, informant, introduction, death); Pepita Valdez (villain, bullfighter, introduction, reforms); Japanese spies (villains, introduction for all, some die)
Synopsis: When Etta's brother is attacked by spies, Wonder Woman and Etta trail them from Texas to Mexico City, where Wonder Woman fights a bullfight and stops a secret Japanese invasion of Mexico.
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Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Wonder Woman crashes a car into a tree to avoid hitting Etta, seemingly killing the other passengers, noting they were "too lazy to jump in time."

Instead of using the magic lasso, Wonder Woman hypnotizes Mint to determine what he revealed to the Mexican spies.
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Sensation Comics #10

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Harry Peter (signed)
Inker(s): Harry Peter (signed)
Colorist(s): Patricia Mulvihill (color reconstruction)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Wonder Woman
Character(s): Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Etta Candy; Ishti
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Pages: 1
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The Railroad Plot

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): William Marston [as Charles Moulton] (signed)
Penciller(s): Harry Peter (signed)
Inker(s): Harry Peter (signed)
Colorist(s): Patricia Mulvihill (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Wonder Woman
Character(s): Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Steve Trevor; Etta Candy; the Holliday Girls; Dolly Dancer (villain, a spy, introduction), Ishti (villain, spy, introduction)
Synopsis: Steve dates a red-headed spy who tries to get a special code-key from him in order to sabotage a railroad.
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Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Story title from table of contents.
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Sensation Comics #11

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Harry Peter (signed)
Inker(s): Harry Peter (signed)
Colorist(s): Patricia Mulvihill (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Wonder Woman
Character(s): Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]
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Pages: 1
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Mission to Planet Eros

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): William Marston [as Charles Moulton] (signed)
Penciller(s): Harry Peter
Inker(s): Harry Peter
Colorist(s): Patricia Mulvihill (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Wonder Woman
Character(s): Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Steve Trevor; Etta Candy; Colonel Darnell; Queen Desira of Eros; Marya (introduction); Lila Brown; Lieutenant Spotter (introduction); Rebla (villain, introduction); Dominus (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: Steve, Wonder Woman and Etta are summoned to the planet Eros via astral projection by Queen Desira to battle a renegade warrior who has started a war.
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Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Story title from table of contents.
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Sensation Comics #12

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Harry Peter [as H. G. Peter] (signed)
Inker(s): Harry Peter [as H. G. Peter] (signed)
Colorist(s): Patricia Mulvihill (color reconstruction)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Wonder Woman
Character(s): Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]
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Pages: 1
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America's Guardian Angel

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): William Marston [as Charles Moulton] (signed)
Penciller(s): Harry Peter
Inker(s): Harry Peter
Colorist(s): Patricia Mulvihill (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Wonder Woman
Character(s): Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Colonel Darnell; Steve Trevor; Etta Candy; the Holliday Girls; LeRoy Fontaine (movie producer); Yvette (villain, von Gunther slave, introduction, death); Ben Black (villain, movie director, introduction); Paula von Gunther (villain); the Nazis (villains); the Japanese (villains)
Synopsis: With Steve in Hollywood chasing after spies, Wonder Woman agrees to go there as well to film a movie, but ends up kidnapped (along with Steve) by Paula von Gunther.
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Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Story title from table of contents.

Paula von Gunther is restored to life by electricity in this story.
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Biographies

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Biographies for William Moulton Marston and Harry G. Peter.
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Back Cover

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Harry Peter
Inker(s): Harry Peter
Colorist(s): Patricia Mulvihill (color reconstruction)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Wonder Woman
Character(s): Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover, featuring reprints of covers from Sensation Comics #4, 8, 11 and Wonder Woman #1.

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