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Issue: Wonder Woman #37
Publication Date: September 1949
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Issues: #37 of 329 Issues (475 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/25/1949
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 18 (5 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; standard Silver Age US; standard Modern Age US
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Binding: saddle-stitched (squarebound #211, 214, 217, 300)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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The Riddle of the Chinese Mummy Case!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Wonder Woman
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Disclose Notes: Art credits verified by Jerry Bails; we formerly credited Irwin Hasen (pencils) and Bernard Sachs (inks).
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The Riddle of the Chinese Mummy Case!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Professor Dorane; Dr. Ling; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Steve Trevor; Paula Von Gunther; Princess Mei; Chang (villain)
Synopsis: To solve the mystery of an Amazon artifact, Wonder Woman travels to ancient China, where she meets Chinese Amazons and helps them defeat Barbarian invaders.
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Disclose Notes: This story was re-written and re-drawn in Wonder Woman (DC, 1942 series) #207.

Wonder Woman travels to China circa 2300 BC. According to Princess Mei, her ancestors were ancient Amazons who conquered Asia Minor and ruled all of China. By the time of Princess Mei, only her province remains a matriarchy, which the barbarians hope to conquer. To help prevent this, Wonder Woman builds the Great Wall of China. Although Wonder Woman's Amazons have never been depicted wearing trousers or using crescent-shaped pelta shields, she immediately recognizes these as belonging to Amazons.
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Stan Musial

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Feature(s): Wheaties
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Watch for Wakely!

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Feature(s): Jimmy Wakely
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The Fatal Beauty!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Steve Trevor; Queen Hippolyte; Gasher Jewel Gang; Lorelei Lorn; Derek Nason; Chief of Police
Synopsis: When Steve breaks off with Wonder Woman and takes up with actress Lorelei Lorn, Wonder Woman's heart is tested when she's assigned to protect Lorelei from the Gasher Jewel Gang.
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Kids! Play Movies!

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Feature(s): Kellogg's Variety
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Editorial Advisory Board

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To All Junior Justice Society Members!

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Feature(s): The Junior Justice Society of America
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The Friendly Fruit

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Genres: non-fiction
Synopsis: The history of the pineapple as a symbol of hospitality.
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Berthinia Owens

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Genres: biography
Synopsis: Bethenia Owens overcame the opposition of her family and society to become the first female doctor of the American West, where she singlehandedly stopped a raging epidemic at the age of 65.
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Feature(s): Bazooka
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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Bonny
Character(s): Bonny; Leopold
First Line: Gee, this muffler is going faster than I thought it would!
Synopsis: Bonny knits a muffler into a sweater, then unravels it back to a muffler.
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The Secrets of Circe!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Steve Trevor; Professor Owler; Thor; Mr. Sharpe; Mr. Dulle; Paula von Gunther; Lother Gang; Circe (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: Wonder Woman travels to the enchanted island planet of Sorca, where Circe has captured Steve and his crew and turned them into animals.
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Disclose Notes: First and only Golden Age appearance of Circe in the Wonder Woman series. Circe reappears toward the end of the pre-Crisis period starting at Wonder Woman (DC, 1942 series) #301, and becomes a major adversary post-Crisis.

According to this story, Circe was banished by the Amazons to Sorca for turning unwary visitors to her island of Aiaie into animals. In later depictions, she is dark-haired, but here she is blond. The antidote to her spells, normally moly, is called "molu" here. Humans are turned into the animals they are most like, so Steve becomes a lion, and Wonder Woman becomes a doe.

First: Steve as astronaut.
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Feature(s): Buzzy
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Smokey, the Fire-Preventing Bear Comes to the Rescue of Peter Porkchops

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Genres: anthropomorphic, opinion
Character(s): Peter Porkchops; Wolfie; Smokey the Bear
Synopsis: Peter avoids becoming dinner by explaining fire preventing tips to Wolfie.
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Romantic As an Arizona Sunset

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Feature(s): Romance Trail
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