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Issue Details

Issue #12
Published Spring 1945
Frequency Quarterly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing M C Gaines (managing); Sheldon Mayer (editor); Julius Schwartz (Assistant Editor): Ted Udall (Assistant Editor)

Cover Details - "Wonder Woman and the Winged Maidens of Venus"

Characters Wonder Woman; Winged Maidens of Venus
Genre superhero
Pencils Harry G. Peter (signed as H.G. Peter)
Inks Harry G. Peter (signed as H.G. Peter)
Reprinted in Wonder Woman Archives (DC, 1998 series) #5

11 page Wonder Woman story "The Winged Maidens of Venus Part 1"

Characters Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Third World War Promoters (Villain; Intro); Desira; Steve Trevor; Nerva; Etta Candy
Synopsis Wonder Woman is given the gift of magnetic hearing by Desira, Queen of Venur, and learns that a 3rd World War is being planned. So she allows herself to be captured by the group responsible, which tries to get her to betray secret information that would arouse the ire of 30 nations.
Genre superhero
Script Joyce Murchison
Pencils Harry G. Peter (signed as H.G. Peter)
Inks Harry G. Peter (signed as H.G. Peter); Arlene (backgrounds)
Notes Title from cover; Joyce Murchison verified to Jerry Bails; synopsis added by Craig Delich 2-20-08.
Reprinted in Wonder Woman Archives (DC, 1998 series) #5

11 page Wonder Woman story "The Ordeal of Fire [Part 2]"

Characters Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Third World War Promoters (Villain); Velma; Paula; Desira; Etta Candy; the Holliday Girls
Synopsis Etta and the Holliday girls are initiating new members of their sororiety when one is transported to Venus and Wonder Woman must follow her. When she arrives, she must submit to Velma or the girl will be killed, and only action by Paula back on Paradise Island saves the day!
Genre superhero
Script Joyce Murchison
Pencils Harry G. Peter (signed as H.G. Peter)
Inks Harry G. Peter (signed as H.G. Peter); Arlene (backgrounds)
Notes Synopsis added by Craig Delich 2-20-08.
Reprinted in Wonder Woman Archives (DC, 1998 series) #5

4 page Wonder Women of History story "Helen Keller"

Characters Helen Keller
Genre bio
Script Alice Marble
Pencils Alfonso Greene
Inks Alfonso Greene
Notes Credits verified by Jerry Bails (October, 2005).

2 page text story "S.O.S. Miami"

Genre adventure
Script Lynne Lawrence (signed)
Letters typeset

16 page Wonder Woman story "The Conquest of Venus [Part 3]"

Characters Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Third World War Promoters (Villain); Desira; Velma; Killer Dogan; Paula; Steve Trevor
Synopsis Wonder Woman tries to convert Velma to the ways of love and peace, but Velma succeeds in containing a noted gangster and his men, getting them to invade and hopefully conquer Venus.
Genre superhero
Script Joyce Murchison
Pencils Harry G. Peter (signed as H.G. Peter)
Inks Harry G. Peter (signed as H.G. Peter); Arlene (backgrounds)
Notes Joyce Murchison verified to Jerry Bails. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 2-20-08.
Reprinted in Wonder Woman Archives (DC, 1998 series) #5