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Issue Details

Issue #8
Published Spring 1944
Frequency Quarterly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing Sheldon Mayer

Cover Details - "Wonder Woman and the Adventures of the Undersea Amazons"

Characters Wonder Woman; Steve Trevor
Genre Superhero
Pencils Harry G. Peter (signed)
Inks Harry G. Peter (signed)
Notes Steve Trevor's hair is mistakenly colored red.

14 page Wonder Woman story "Queen Clea's Tournament of Death [Part 1]"

Characters Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; General Darnell; Steve Trevor; Queen Eeras; Queen Clea (Intro; Villain); Venturians
Synopsis Wonder Woman flies to legendary Atlantis, where Steve, on the trail of a chemical compound, has wound up a prisoner in the midst of a civil war.
Genre superhero
Script William Moulton Marston
Pencils Harry G. Peter
Inks Harry G. Peter
Notes -Atlantis has two nations with two rulers: Venturia (Queen Clea) and Aurania (Queen Eeras); Madra and Satana, Queen of Devils, are their goddesses -The women of Atlantis are giantesses, and the men (manlings) are puny weaklings -It is explained that Atlantis sank into the sea and was enclosed under the ocean in a pocket of air with phosphorescent rocks on the ceiling for light and warmth, and volcanoes that extend above the ocean for air -Many prehistoric creatures extinct in the upper world still exist in Atlantis
Reprinted In Wonder Woman Archives (DC, 1998 series) #4

13 page Wonder Woman story "The Girl With the Iron Mask [Part 2]"

Characters Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Ellie Paxton; Mrs. Paxton; Ed Paxton; Bill Barnacle; Steve Trevor; Etta Candy; Holliday Girls; Queen Eeras; Princess Ptra (Clea's daughter); Queen Clea
Synopsis A little girl's tale of giant women parachuting from volcanoes brings Wonder Woman back to Atlantis, where Queen Clea schemes to create an army of men from the outer world.
Genre superhero
Script William Moulton Marston
Pencils Harry G. Peter
Inks Harry G. Peter
Reprinted In Wonder Woman Archives (DC, 1998 series) #4

4 page Wonder Women of History story "Sister Elizabeth Kenny"

Synopsis Sister Elizabeth Kenny, an Australian nurse born in 1884, developed a breakthrough treatment for Infantile Paralysis (Polio) that was counter to the established treatment at the time.
Genre bio
Script Alice Marble
Pencils Paul Reinman
Inks Paul Reinman
Notes -Credits verified to Jerry Bails (October, 2005) -William Moulton Marston, Wonder Woman's creator, was himself a victim of Polio, relegating him to a wheelchair in his later years

2 page Hop Harrigan text story "Hop Harrigan's Leaflet Raid"

Genre aviation
Letters Typeset

11 page Wonder Woman story "The Captive Queen [Part 3]"

Characters Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Etta Candy; Princess Octavia (Eeras' daughter); Mala; Princess Ptra; General Darnell; Steve Trevor; Queen Clea
Synopsis Clea escapes from Transformation Island and brings a captive Wonder Woman back to Atlantis-- only to become a prisoner herself when the manlings take control.
Genre superhero
Script William Moulton Marston
Pencils Harry G. Peter
Inks Harry G. Peter
Reprinted In Wonder Woman Archives (DC, 1998 series) #4