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Issue: The Wonder Woman Chronicles #1
Publication Date: May 2010
 
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Publisher: FlagDC
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Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 03/17/2010
Volume: 1
Pages: 196
ISBN: 9781401226442
UPC/EAN: 978140122644251799
Price: $22.99 CAD
$17.99 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 27 (14 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Sheldon Mayer (editor original series); Bob Harras (group editor - collected editions); Bob Joy (editor)
Disclose Notes: Reprints the Wonder Woman stories from All Star Comics #8, Sensation Comics #1-9, and Wonder Woman #1.

Second printing available November 27, 2013 (per comiclist.com).
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: cardstock cover; matte interior
Binding: softcover
Publishing Format: collected editions
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Some/all of 10 other Issues reprinted as/in this Issue:
FlagWonder Woman #1 published January 1942
FlagSensation Comics #1 published January 1942
FlagSensation Comics #2 published February 1942
FlagSensation Comics #3 published March 1942
FlagSensation Comics #4 published April 1942
FlagSensation Comics #5 published May 1942
FlagSensation Comics #6 published June 1942
FlagSensation Comics #7 published July 1942
FlagSensation Comics #8 published August 1942
FlagSensation Comics #9 published September 1942
1 Content Item from another Issue reprinted as/in this Issue:
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Rodney Ramos (main figure); Harry Peter (vignettes)
Rodney Ramos (main figure); Harry Peter (vignettes)
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superhero
Wonder Woman
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Cover art credited as "Rodney Ramos after Harry G. Peter."
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E. E. Hibbard
E. E. Hibbard
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superhero
The Justice Society of America
Justice Society of America [Hawkman [Carter Hall]; The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Dr. Charles McNider]; Starman [Ted Knight]; Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson]; The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; The Atom [Al Pratt]; Johnny Thunder]; Hooty
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Introducing Wonder Woman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
William Marston [as Charles Moulton] (signed)
Harry Peter [as H. G. Peter] signed)
Harry Peter [as H. G. Peter] (signed)
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Subject Matter
superhero
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman [Princess Diana] (introduction, origin); Mala (introduction); Queen Hippolyta [as Hippolyte] (introduction, Diana's mother, Queen of the Amazons); unnamed doctor; Captain Steve Trevor (introduction); Athena (goddess of wisdom); Aphrodite (goddess); Diana (goddess of the Moon, mention only); Hercules (flashback); Fritz (villain); von Storm (villain)
Captain Steve Trevor crashes on Paradise Island and is nursed back to health, and has to be returned to the U.S. Queen Hippolyte's daughter has fallen in love with him, so the Queen tells her Diana the story of the Amazons and how she must not leave the island, lest she lose her eternal life. She uses the Magic Sphere to show how Trevor crashed on Paradise Island, but refuses to allow Diana to return the Captain to the U.S., so she holds a contest to select the suitable Amazon to do the chore. Diana, in disguise, wins the contest, and is allowed the return the Captain home.
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Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Harry G. Peter (Wonder Woman only); Jon L. Blummer
Harry G. Peter (Wonder Woman only); Jon L. Blummer
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Subject Matter
superhero
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]
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Wonder Woman figure based on splash of story in All-Star #8. Credits by Jerry Bails.
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Wonder Woman Comes to America

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
William Marston [as Charles Moulton] (signed)
Harry Peter [as H. G. Peter] (signed)
Harry Peter [as H. G. Peter] (signed)
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Subject Matter
superhero
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Steve Trevor; Colonel Darnell; Diana Prince (Army nurse); un-named Army doctor; Al Kale (a promoter); Nazi spy ring (villains, some die)
Wonder Woman takes Steve Trevor to America and purchases the identity of nurse Diana Prince so that she can remain near Steve. Soon, in order to earn some money she'll need, she begins to perform her "bullets and bracelets" routine, not realizing her promoter is stealing all the profits.
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Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Harry Peter
Harry Peter
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Subject Matter
superhero
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]
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Dr. Poison

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
William Marston [as Charles Moulton] (signed)
Harry Peter (signed)
Harry Peter (signed)
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Subject Matter
superhero
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Colonel Darnell; Steve Trevor; Etta Candy; The Holliday Girls; Dr. Poison [Princess Maru] (villain, Nazi scientist, introduction); Colonel Adolph Schultz (villain, Gestapo agent)
Steve and Diana are captured by a group of Nazi spies, but Diana escapes and gets the Holliday Girls to assist in rescuing Trevor.
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Irwin Hasen
Irwin Hasen
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Subject Matter
superhero
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]
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Art identification by Jerry Bails.
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A Spy in the Office

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
William Marston [as Charles Moulton] (signed)
Harry Peter (signed)
Harry Peter (signed)
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Subject Matter
superhero
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Steve Trevor; Colonel Darnell; Etta Candy; The Holliday Girls; Lila Brown (introduction, Trevor's secretary); Eve Brown (introduction. Lila's sister); X-46 [Agent Gross] (villain, introduction); Nazi agents (villains, introduction)
Diana gets the job as Secretary to Colonel Darnell, but finds herself framed for espionage by one of the office girls. When Trevor is captured by spies, Wonder Woman saves the day.
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Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Harry Peter
Harry Peter
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Subject Matter
superhero
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]
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School for Spies

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
William Marston [as Charles Moulton] (signed)
Harry Peter [as H. G. Peter] (signed)
Harry Peter [as H. G. Peter] (signed)
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Subject Matter
superhero
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Enid Harper (death); Etta Candy; The Holliday Girls; Hippolyte; Steve Trevor; Colonel Darnell; Eve Brown; Carla Swanson; Brenda Lee; Baroness Paula von Gunther (villain, introduction); Sigfried (villain, Gunther's butler); Henkle (villain)
While investigating the death of Enid Harper, and the disappearance of Carla Swanson, Wonder Woman allows herself to be captured and discovers an insidious plot by Baroness von Gunther to brainwash girls by her spies.
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Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Harry Peter
Harry Peter
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Subject Matter
superhero
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]
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Wonder Woman versus the Saboteurs

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
William Marston [as Charles Moulton] (signed)
Harry Peter [as H. G. Peter] (signed)
Harry Peter [as H. G. Peter] (signed)
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Subject Matter
superhero
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Ensign Martin (introduction); Admiral Funston; Dr. Sands (submarine inventor); Colonel Darnell; Steve Trevor; Etta Candy; the Holliday Girls; the Nazis (villains, saboteurs)
Wonder Woman prevents the destruction of a new submarine and clears an Ensign blamed for the attempt to blow the sub up.
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Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Harry Peter
Harry Peter
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Subject Matter
superhero
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]
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Summons to Paradise

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
William Marston [as Charles Moulton] (signed)
Harry Peter
Harry Peter
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Subject Matter
superhero
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Queen Hippolyte; Mala; The Amazons [Metala; others unnamed] (introduction for all); Aphrodite; Athena; Steve Trevor; Colonel Darnell; Lila Brown; Paula von Gunther (villain); the Nazis (villains)
After Wonder Woman is summoned back to Paradise Island, and wins a roping contest, she is awarded the magic lasso. She then returns to America to hunt down Paula von Gunther.
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Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Harry Peter
Harry Peter
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Subject Matter
superhero
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Nazis
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Wonder Woman, Who Is She?

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
William Marston
Harry Peter
Harry Peter
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Subject Matter
superhero
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Aphrodite; Athena; Mercury; Hercules
The Gods behind the epithet, "Beautiful as Aphrodite, Wise as Athena, Strong as Hercules and Swift as Mercury," are visually and in text introduced to the reader.
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The Origin of Wonder Woman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
William Marston [as Charles Moulton] (signed)
Harry Peter [as H. G. Peter] (signed)
Harry Peter [as H. G. Peter] (signed)
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Subject Matter
superhero
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman [Diana Prince] (origin re-told); Aphrodite (goddess of love and beauty, introduction); Hercules (introduction); Queen Hippolyte (origin); the Amazons (origin re-told); Steve Trevor; Mala; Colonel Darnell; Dr. Hellas (famed archaeologist); Athena (goddess of wisdom); Doctor Althea (Amazon doctor, introduction); Fatsis (Amazon); unnamed Japanese agent (villain, introduction); Heinrich Fritz Uber (villain, Hitler's Chief Agent, only mentioned); Mars [aka Ares] (villain, god of war); Hercules (villain)
Upon her arrival in man's world, Wonder Woman drops an Amazon scroll that details the origin and early days of the Amazons, while later sources outline her birth, her youth, and her battle in the arena for the right to be Wonder Woman.
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Story title from table of contents.

Wonder Woman's origin from All-Star Comics (DC, 1940 series) #8 is shown with more detail, including the creation of the Amazons from clay by Aphrodite, and Diana's birth on Paradise Island: sculpted from clay by Hippolyte's hand under the direction of Athena, and brought to life by Aphrodite.

Wonder Woman is shown here to receive her magic lasso along with her costume after winning the contest, whereas she originally received her lasso after having lived in man's world for a time, as shown in Sensation Comics (DC, 1942 series) #6.
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Wonder Woman Goes to the Circus!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
William Marston [as Charles Moulton] (signed)
Harry Peter [as H. G. Peter] (signed)
Harry Peter [as H. G. Peter] (signed)
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Subject Matter
superhero
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Steve Trevor; Etta Candy; the Holliday Girls; Dom Carney (trapeze artist, introduction); Ed King (circus owner, introduction); Elva King (Ed's niece, introduction); San Yan (villain, head elephant keeper of the circus, introduction); Mike Mulgoon (villain, head of Strongarm Protective Association, introduction); Mike Mulgoon (villain, introduction); Torrence "Slugger" McGee (villain, introduction); group of Burmese men (villains, circus employees, introduction for all)
Wonder Woman brings children to King's Colossal Circus, performs in the big ring, and with the help of Etta and Steve, investigates a rash of elephant deaths by poisoning which threaten to close the circus.
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Wonder Woman versus the Prison Spy Ring

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
William Marston [as Charles Moulton] (signed)
Harry Peter [as H. G. Peter] (signed)
Harry Peter [as H. G. Peter] (signed)
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Subject Matter
superhero
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Colonel Darnell; Steve Trevor; unnamed prison warden (introduction); Freddy (warden's son, introduction); Mabel (warden's daughter, introduction); Captain Loyal (captured soldier, introduction, death); Heinrich (villain, introduction); Baroness Paula von Gunther (villain, death); Swipe (villain, prison guard, introduction, death); the Nazis (villains, introduction for all, many die)
Suspecting Paula von Gunther of leaking military secrets, Diana and Steve visit her in prison, where Paula is aided in her subterfuge when the magic lasso accidentally falls into her hands.
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Story title from table of contents.

The image of Wonder Woman riding a horse on the splash page was used for the cover. Mabel is shown reading an issue of Sensation Comics. This story was the basis for an episode of the Wonder Woman TV series, "Wonder Woman Meets Baroness Von Gunther." Paula is shot and killed at story's end, although she's alive in her next appearance, Sensation Comics (DC, 1942 series) #12, because an "electric machine she invented brought her back to life."
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The Greatest Feat of Daring in Human History!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
William Marston [as Charles Moulton] (signed)
Harry Peter [as H. G. Peter] (signed)
Harry Peter [as H. G. Peter] (signed)
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Subject Matter
superhero
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Etta Candy; Private Mint Candy (Etta's brother, introduction); Steve Trevor; Colonel Darnell; unnamed train porter (introduction); Captain Diaz (introduction); unnamed President of the Corrida (introduction); Pancho (villain, informant, introduction, death); Pepita Valdez (villain, bullfighter, introduction, reforms); Japanese spies (villains, introduction for all, some die)
When Etta's brother is attacked by spies, Wonder Woman and Etta trail them from Texas to Mexico City, where Wonder Woman fights a bullfight and stops a secret Japanese invasion of Mexico.
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Wonder Woman crashes a car into a tree to avoid hitting Etta, seemingly killing the other passengers, noting they were "too lazy to jump in time." Instead of using the magic lasso, Wonder Woman hypnotizes Mint to determine what he revealed to the Mexican spies.
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Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Harry Peter (signed)
Harry Peter (signed)
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Subject Matter
superhero
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]
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The Milk Swindle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
William Marston [as Charles Moulton] (signed)
Harry Peter (signed)
Harry Peter (signed)
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Subject Matter
superhero
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Colonel Darnell; Steve Trevor; Etta Candy; The Holliday Girls; Nurse Byrnes; Mrs. Lansing; Paula von Gunther (villain); Alphonso de Gyppo (villain, introduction); Slug (villain, introduction)
When Diana learns that a local milk company has bought the nation's milk supply and is charging outlandish prices for it, she confronts the company's President and discovers who is really behind the plot.
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Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Harry Peter
Harry Peter
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Subject Matter
superhero
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Etta Candy; the Holliday Girls
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Department Store Perfidy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
William Marston [as Charles Moulton] (signed)
Harry Peter (signed)
Harry Peter (signed)
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Subject Matter
superhero
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Colonel Darnell; Steve Trevor; Etta Candy; The Holliday Girls; Gloria Bullfinch (department store owner, introduction); Helen; Molly; Beth (co-worker of Diana Prince); Guigi Del Slimo (villain, fortune hunter); Mr. Googins (villain, manager of a department store)
Wonder Woman steps into the picture when the girls working at the Bullfinch Department Store are found to be mistreated and the store owner isn't interested in rectifying the situation.
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Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Harry Peter
Harry Peter
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Subject Matter
superhero
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Diana Prince White
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The Return of Diana Prince

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
William Marston [as Charles Moulton] (signed)
Harry Peter (signed)
Harry Peter (signed)
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Subject Matter
superhero
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Diana Prince White; Dan White (Diana's husband, introduction); the White's un-named baby; Steve Trevor; Etta Candy; The Holliday Girls; General Hard; The World Peace Society [Agent X; Dr. I. M. Cue [Togo Ku]] (villains, introduction for all)
The real Diana Prince, now married with a child, returns and asks Wonder Woman to allow her to resume her true identity in order to earn money for her child.
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Story title from table of contents.

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