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Issue: Wonder Woman #15
Publication Date: January 1945
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Issues: #15 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 Co., Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/19/1945
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 17 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Sheldon Mayer (editor, credited); Alice Marble (associate editor, credited); Julius Schwartz (assistant editor, uncredited); Ted Udall (assistant editor, uncredited)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration. On-sale date of November 21 in ad in Sensation Comics #49.
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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
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The Tigeapes of Neptunia

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Harry G. Peter [as H. G. Peter] (signed)
Inker(s): Harry G. Peter [as H. G. Peter] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Wonder Woman
Character(s): Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Tigeape
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In Issue: FlagWonder Woman Archives #6 published August 2010
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Editorial Advisory Board

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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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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Watch for These New Issues of Your Favorite Magazines!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
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Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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[The Tigeapes of Neptunia, Part 1] The First Battle of Neptunia

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joye Murchison [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]; Steve Trevor; General Darnell; Eve Brown; Queen Hippolyte; Etta Candy; the Holliday Girls; Professor Astrolog (astronomer, introduction); The President of the United States; The Great Solo (villain, introduction); The Masters of Neptunia [Stalthon; rest unnamed] (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis: Devastating earthquakes herald the arrival of Neptunia, a fragment of Neptune landing in the Pacific Ocean -- but are the inhabitants friend or foe?
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In Issue: FlagWonder Woman Archives #6 published August 2010
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: Writer credit from The Secret History of Wonder Woman (Jill Lapore, 2014), also confirmed to Jerry Bails.

Like the God Neptune (Poseidon), the Neptunias are masters of water-- they build their cities from crystalized water, and turn men to robots by extracting salt from their bodies.

The U.S. President, presumably Harry S. Truman, is shown from behind, unnamed.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Roland Coe (signed)
Inker(s): Roland Coe (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, sports
Feature(s): Wheaties
First Line: Party back of the forty-yard line made a suggestion...
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The Story of Evangeline Booth

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Alice Marble
Penciller(s): Alfonso Greene
Inker(s): Alfonso Greene
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Feature(s): Wonder Women of History
Character(s): Evangeline Booth
Synopsis: Born December 25, 1865, in London, England, Evangeline Booth broadened the scope of the Salvation Army from local assistance to worldwide disaster relief.
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Credits verified by Jerry Bails.

Evangeline Booth was the daughter of William and Catherine Booth, who founded the Salvation Army and she was still alive at the time this story was published (1945).

References to the Armenian Genocide of 1896 and the San Francisco earthquake of 1906.
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Speedy Wheeler Saves the Day and Wins a Bike

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Feature(s): Schwinn
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[The Tigeapes of Neptunia] Chapter II: The Masters of the Water

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joye Murchison [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; Steve Trevor; the Holliday Girls; Eve Brown; the mechanos (servants of the Masters, introduction for all); several tigeapes (introduction for all); The Great Solo (villain); The Masters of Neptunia [Stalthon; rest unnamed] (villains)
Synopsis: Attempting to broker a peace treaty between Earth and Neptunia, Wonder Woman is captured by Solo and forced to watch her friends transformed into human robots. But with the help of the Holliday Girls, Wonder Woman breaks free and forces the Neptunians to surrender.
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In Issue: FlagWonder Woman Archives #6 published August 2010
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: Writer credit from The Secret History of Wonder Woman (Jill Lapore, 2014), also confirmed to Jerry Bails.
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Trick Dog

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Evelyn Gaines [as Lynne Lovelace] (credited)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ed Wheelan
Penciller(s): Ed Wheelan
Inker(s): Ed Wheelan
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ed Wheelan
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Watt, the Question Man
First Line: Now to get on the job!!
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Pages: 0.67
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Chemcraft
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Pages: 0.33
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Don Hutson

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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wheaties
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[The Tigeapes of Neptunia] Chapter III: In the Killer's Cage

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joye Murchison [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]; Captain Brown; the President of the United States; General Darnell; Etta Candy; the Holliday Girls; Steve Trevor; several tigeapes; the mechanos; Soldar (villain, Neptunian Marshall, introduction); The Great Solo (villain); The Masters of Neptunia [Stalthon; others unnamed] (villains)
Synopsis: Suspecting subterfuge on Neptunia, Wonder Woman and Etta dress as tigeapes to investigate, only to learn the plot is greater than they could have imagined: the Masters plan to have the Earth forced from its orbit and taken to Neptune as a moon.
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In Issue: FlagWonder Woman Archives #6 published August 2010
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Pages: 14
Disclose Notes: Writer credit from The Secret History of Wonder Woman (Jill Lapore, 2014), also confirmed to Jerry Bails.

Steve Trevor is elected governor of Neptunia.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Lionel
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How Thom McAn Rescued the Drowning Train

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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Thom McAn
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): National Radio Institute
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Captain Tootsie and the Return of Dr. Narsty

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): C. C. Beck
Inker(s): Pete Costanza
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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