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Issue Details

Issue #97
Published April 1958
Frequency monthly with the exception of March, June, Sept., and Dec.
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited), [Robert Kanigher (Actual)]
Notes Harry G. Peter's last issue, as he retired at the end of 1957. First book-length story since Wonder Woman (DC, 1942 series) #44.

Cover Details

Genre superhero
Pencils Irwin Hasen
Inks Bernard Sachs

1 page Peter Porkchops public service announcement "The Secret of the Happy Pig"

Characters Peter Porkchops; Mervin; Mr. Turtle; Wolfie
Synopsis Peter Porkchop tells Mervin the secret to being happy is being yourself.
Genre funny animals
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Rube Grossman
Inks Rube Grossman
Notes inside cover

6 page Wonder Woman story "The Runaway Time Express: Part 1: Stone Age Radio"

Characters Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Queen Hippolyta; Professor Alpha
Synopsis Testing an Amazon invention that brings the user to anyone in need, Wonder Woman helps tame a Tyrannosaurus Rex in the Stone Age.
Genre superhero
Script Robert Kanigher
Pencils Harry G. Peter
Inks Harry G. Peter
Notes Paradise Island is said to be somewhere in the Pacific. Diana Prince has a "Uni-televisor" in her jeep that allows her to contact Paradise Island.

8 page Wonder Woman story "The Runaway Time Express: Part 2: The Day Nature Ran Wild"

Characters Wonder Woman; Queen Hippolyta; Professor Alpha
Synopsis The SOS carrier brings Wonder Woman far into the future, where atomic attacks from Jupiter have caused plants and insects to grow gigantic.
Genre superhero
Script Robert Kanigher
Pencils Harry G. Peter
Inks Harry G. Peter

1 page text article "Modern Women of Ancient Times"

Synopsis The modern customs of women in Ancient Athens, Rome, Egypt, and France circa 1000 AD.
Script Julius Schwartz?
Letters typeset

1 page Marriage A La Mode filler "An Ancient Roman Law"

Synopsis Marriage rites in Ancient Rome, India, Java, and amongst the Bambeck tribe of Africa.
Genre fact
Script Julius Schwartz?
Pencils Morris Waldinger?
Inks Tommy Nicolosi?

11 page Wonder Woman story "The Runaway Time Express: Part 3: The Menace of Earth's Twin"

Characters Wonder Woman; Queen Hippolyta; Professor Alpha; Blunt (villain)
Synopsis Wonder Woman fights to inspire the people of a parallel world against a brutal dictator, while the SOS carrier continuously sends a distress signal-- from Paradise Island.
Genre superhero
Script Robert Kanigher
Pencils Harry G. Peter
Inks Harry G. Peter