Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 52
On-sale Date: 1944-05-13
Editing: Sheldon Mayer (credited) (editor); Alice Marble (credited) (associate editor); Julius Schwartz (assistant editor, uncredited); Ted Udall (assistant editor, uncredited)
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Wonder Woman and the Reversal of Evolution!
(Table of Contents)

Wonder Woman / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Harry Peter (signed)
Inks:
Harry Peter (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]
Reprints (3)

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

Superman-DC Publication bullet is not the standard one, but a larger version that pre-figures the All-American bullet.

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Editorial Advisory Board
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 1)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page

In the Stone Age by Gregory Trent
(Table of Contents: 2)

Good Books Worth Reading / text article / 0.67 page

Script:
Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

[Part 1] Evolution Goes Haywire
(Table of Contents: 3)

Wonder Woman / comic story / 14 pages

Script:
William Marston (under house name Charles Moulton)
Pencils:
Harry Peter (signed)
Inks:
Harry Peter (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Steve Trevor; Etta Candy; the Holliday Girls; Hippolyte; The Amazons (in flashback); Dotsie (Steve Trevor's niece, introduction); Queen Darla (introduction); King Aros (introduction); Professor Zool (introduction); Giganta (villain, a gorilla, introduction); the Tree Men (villains, introduction for all); Achilles (villain, introduction); John (villain, introduction); Domo (villain, introduction); a group of rebels (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis:
When Steve Trevor's niece is kidnapped by a gorilla, Wonder Woman captures the Gorilla and turns her over to Professor Zool, who uses his evolution machine to turn her human. But the machine is reversed and sends every one else back to prehistoric times.
Reprints (3)

[no title indexed]
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Popsicle Products / advertisement / 1 page

Jane Addams of Hull House
(Table of Contents: 5)

Wonder Women of History / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:biography
Characters:
Jane Addams

Indexer Notes

Credits verified by Jerry Bails.

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 6)

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page

[Part 2] The Freed Captive
(Table of Contents: 7)

Wonder Woman / comic story / 13 pages

Script:
William Marston (under house name Charles Moulton)
Pencils:
Harry Peter (signed)
Inks:
Harry Peter (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Steve Trevor; Etta Candy; the Holliday Girls; King Aros; Professor Zool (villain); Giganta (villain); Jon (villain)
Synopsis:
Professor Zool's machine advances everyone to the Golden Age of Greece, but Giganta introduces evil and brings the Golden Age to an end.
Reprints (3)

Death Stalks the Convoy
(Table of Contents: 8)

Hop Harrigan / text story / 1.5 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:aviation
Characters:
Hop Harrigan

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 9)

Picture Stories from the Bible / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

Join the Junior Justice Society of America
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 10)

The Junior Justice Society of America / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

[Part 3: Wonder Woman vs. Achilles]
(Table of Contents: 11)

Wonder Woman / comic story / 11 pages

Script:
William Marston (under house name Charles Moulton)
Pencils:
Harry Peter (signed)
Inks:
Harry Peter (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Steve Trevor; Hippolyte; Etta Candy; the Holliday Girls; Queen Darla; King Aros; Giganta (villain); Jon (villain) Domo (villain); Achilles (villain); Professor Zool (villain)
Synopsis:
The Evolution machine brings them to Amazonia before Diana was born.
Reprints (3)

Indexer Notes

Story title from Archives reprint.

[no title indexed]
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Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page

How to Make Your Body Bring You Fame ...Instead of Shame!
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 13)

Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System / advertisement / 1 page

Captain Tootsie and the Bumbershoot Jump!
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 14)

Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll / comics-form advertising / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. Wonder Woman and the Reversal of Evolution!
    Wonder Woman
  2. Editorial Advisory Board
  3. In the Stone Age by Gregory Trent
    Good Books Worth Reading
  4. [Part 1] Evolution Goes Haywire
    Wonder Woman
  5. [no title indexed]
    Popsicle Products
  6. Jane Addams of Hull House
    Wonder Women of History
  7. ["Joe loses his grip every time..."]
    Wheaties
  8. [Part 2] The Freed Captive
    Wonder Woman
  9. Death Stalks the Convoy
    Hop Harrigan
  10. [no title indexed]
    Picture Stories from the Bible
  11. Join the Junior Justice Society of America
    The Junior Justice Society of America
  12. [Part 3: Wonder Woman vs. Achilles]
    Wonder Woman
  13. [no title indexed]
    Wheaties
  14. How to Make Your Body Bring You Fame ...Instead of Shame!
    Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System
  15. Captain Tootsie and the Bumbershoot Jump!
    Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll
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