Issue Details

Issue	#40
Published	April 1945
Cover Price	0.10
Pages	52
Editing	M C Gaines (managing) Sheldon Mayer (editor), Julius Schwartz, Ted Udall (assistants)
Notes	All-American Comics emblem on cover.

Cover Details

Characters	Wonder Woman; Etta Candy; Countess Draska Nishki.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Harry G. Peter (signed as H.G. Peter))
Inks	Harry G. Peter (signed as H.G. Peter)
Letters	typeset
Notes	All-American Comics emblem on cover.
Reprinted	in Wonder Woman Archives (DC, 1998 series) #5

13 page Wonder Woman story "Draska the Deadly"

Characters	Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; V: Countess Draska Nishki (I); Etta Candy; Steve Trevor; Colonel Darnell; Holliday Girls.
Synopsis	Wonder Woman has to battle Countess Draka Nishki and her group, the "International Spies, Inc.", who are trying to sell America's most vital secrets.
Genre	superhero
Script	William Moulton Marston [signed as Charles Moulton]
Pencils	Harry G. Peter (signed as H.G. Peter)
Inks	Harry G. Peter (signed as H.G. Peter)
Notes	Col. Darnell promoted to General; synopsis added by Craig Delich 2-20-08.
Reprinted	in Wonder Woman Archives (DC, 1998 series) #5

2 page Picture Stories From History story "The Story of Maryland, Carolina, Georgia"

Characters	Lord Baltimore; James Oglethorpe; Choci Mico.
Genre	fact
Script	M. C. Gaines
Pencils	Don Cameron
Inks	Don Cameron

6 page Little Boy Blue story "Lucky's Unlucky Break"

Characters	Little Boy Blue [Tommy Rogers]; The Blue Boys: Toughy & Tubby; Dan Rogers; Lucky Malone.
Genre	superhero; children
Script	Lynne Evans (signed)
Pencils	Frank Harry (signed)
Inks	Frank Harry (signed)

2 page Hal Mason text story "The Little Gold Monkey (Part 2)"

Characters	Hal Mason
Genre	adventure
Script	Evelyn Gaines (signed)
Letters	typeset

6 page Mr. Terrific story "The Monster of Mudville"

Characters	Mr. Terrific [Terry Sloane]; Twillins; Toothy Gamlin.
Genre	superhero
Script	Lynne Evans (signed)
Pencils	Stan Aschmeier (signed as Stan Josephs)
Inks	Stan Aschmeier (signed as Stan Josephs)

4 page Wonder Women of History story "Harriet Beecher Stowe, Crusader"

Characters	Harriet Beecher Stowe
Genre	bio
Script	William Moulton Marston [signed as Alice Marble]
Pencils	Harry G. Peter
Inks	Harry G. Peter
Notes	Credits by Craig Delich 7/05.

Half page Victory Puzzles activity

Script	A. W. Nugent (signed)
Pencils	A. W. Nugent (signed)
Inks	A. W. Nugent (signed)
Letters	A.W. Nugent
Notes	Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2-20-08.

8 page Wildcat story "The Greatest Show on Earth"

Characters	Wildcat [Ted Grant]; Stretch Skinner; Lawyer Hoskins; Arabella the Bear; Mystery Mob; Midget Marco.
Synopsis	Stretch inherits a wrestling bear.
Genre	superhero
Script	Bill Finger?
Pencils	Joe Gallagher
Inks	Joe Gallagher