Cover Credits |
Artist: Harry G. Peter |
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Comic Title: Wonder Woman #1
Publisher: DC
(Wonder Woman Publishing Company, Inc.)
Address: 225 Lafayette Street, New York, NY
Cover Date: Summer 1942
On Sale Date:
July 22, 1942 Newsstand Date July 22, 1942
Source: House Ad, All-Star Comics #12, Page 64,
Green Lantern Quarterly #4, Page 64,
Superman #18, Page 16,
Sensation Comics #9, Page 64,
All-American Comics #42, Page IFC
Copyright Date July 18, 1942
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1942
Until 1958 DC did not report actual on sale dates to the copyright office
The publication dates listed in LoC records are NOT release dates.
Frequency: Quarterly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 64
Editor: Sheldon Mayer
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Title: "Wonder Woman Goes to the Circus"
Pages: 13
Feature(s):
Wonder Woman (of Earth-2)
Writer: William Moulton Marston
Artist: Harry G. Peter
Reprinted In:
Famous First Edition F-6 (1975)
Famous First Edition F-6 [Lyle Stuart Exclusive] (1975)
Wonder Woman Archives Vol. 1 HC (1998)
Millennium Edition:Wonder Woman 1 (#34) (2000)
Wonder Woman Chronicles Vol. 1 TPB (2010)
Wonder Woman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 1 HC (2016)
Wonder Woman:The Golden Age Vol. 1 TPB (2018)
Wonder Woman (1942) (Facsimile Edition) #1 (2024)
Wonder Woman (1942) (Facsimile Edition) #1 [Variant A] (2024)
Wonder Woman (1942) (Facsimile Edition) #1 [Variant B] (2024)
Feature Character(s)
- Wonder Woman (last appearance in Sensation Comics #9; next appearance in Wonder Woman #1)
Supporting Character(s)
- Steve Trevor (last appearance in Sensation Comics #9; next appearance in Wonder Woman #1)
- Etta Candy (last appearance in Sensation Comics #9; next appearance in Wonder Woman #1)
- Holliday Girls (last appearance in Sensation Comics #9; next appearance in Sensation Comics #10)
Villain(s)
- San Yan (an elephant keeper; no further appearances)
- Various Burmese men (no further appearances)
- Mike Mulgoon and his men (racketeers; no further appearances)
Other Character(s)
- Mr. King and Elva King (a circus owner and his daughter; no further appearances)
- Dom Carney (a trapeze artist; no further appearances)
- Various circus attendees and performers (no further appearances)
Comments:
According to a circus poster, this story takes place on June 27, 1942.
Synopsis:
Diana Prince and Steve Trevor visit the King Circus. They find that the circus elephants are being poisoned. Steve suspects some racketeers who have been threatening the show. While Steve follows them, Wonder Woman discovers some Burmese men, that are acting as the animal keepers are responsible. She exposes the leader as a Japanese spy and helps the circus raise money for the war effort.
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