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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