Issue | #8 |
Published | Spring 1944 |
Frequency | Quarterly |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 52 |
Editing | Sheldon Mayer |
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. |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Genre | aviation |
Letters | Typeset |
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 |