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Issue: Wonder Woman #5
Publication Date: June 1943
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Issues: #5 of 329 Issues (475 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Wonder Woman Publishing Company Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/15/1943
Volume: none
Pages: 60
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 17 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Sheldon Mayer (editor); Alice Marble (associate editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; standard Silver Age US; standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock:  
Binding: saddle-stitched (squarebound #211, 214, 217, 300)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Harry Peter [as H. G. Peter] (signed)
Inker(s): Harry Peter [as H. G. Peter] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Wonder Woman
Character(s): Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Steve Trevor; Lila; Buenos Noches; Doctor Psycho
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In Issue: FlagWonder Woman Archives #3 published August 2002
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Editorial Advisory Board

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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A Green Field for Courage

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Josette Frank
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Good Books Worth Reading
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Battle for Womanhood

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): William Marston [as Charles Moulton] (signed)
Penciller(s): Harry Peter [as Harry G. Peter] (signed)
Inker(s): Harry Peter [as Harry G. Peter] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Wonder Woman
Character(s): Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Steve Trevor; Colonel Darnell; Etta Candy; the Holliday Girls; three office girls [Adelaide; rest unnamed] (introduction for all); a slave girl (introduction); Marva Psycho (Dr. Psycho's wife, introduction); Ben Bradley (Marva's former husband, introduction); Phantasms [Benito Mussolini; George Washington; John L. Sullivan; Carlo Montez]; Dr. Psycho (villain, an evil psychologist, introduction, origin); Adolf Hitler (villain, cameo); Emperor Hirohito (villain, cameo); Mars (villain, god of war); Count Conquest (villain); Earl of Greed (villain); Duke of Deception (villain)
Synopsis: Inspired by the Duke of Deception, Dr. Psycho tries to convince the public through sabotage and trickery that women are not suited for the war effort.
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In Issue: FlagWonder Woman Archives #3 published August 2002
In Content Item: FlagWonder Woman #[nn] published January 1972
as Battle for Womanhood [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWonder Woman #[nn] published January 1972
as Battle for Womanhood [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 16
Disclose Notes: The abilities of Dr. Psycho and the Duke of Deception are similar, except that the Duke must create his ectoplasmic phantasms prior to using them, whereas the Doctor can form them at will, as long as he has a hypnotized medium drawing ectoplasm from the spirit world.
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Comic Cavalcade
First Line: Thanks, boys and girls...
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Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Feature(s): All-Star Comics; The Justice Society of America
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Pages: 0.5
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The Toothache

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): William Marston [as Charles Moulton] (credited)
Penciller(s): Harry Peter [as H. G. Peter] (signed)
Inker(s): Harry Peter [as H. G. Peter] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Etta Candy and Her Holliday Girls
Character(s): Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Colonel Darnell; Steve Trevor; Etta Candy; the Holliday Girls; Paula von Gunther; William Moulton Marston (as a waiter, cameo); Harry G. Peter (as a waiter, cameo); Dr. Bill Bollens (a dentist, introduction); Detective Casey (introduction); Mola Chissler (villain, a con artist, introduction); Gyp (villain, Mola's assistant, introduction); Mugger (villain, Mola's assistant, introduction)
Synopsis: Before Etta can eat her birthday Candy Cocktail, she needs to see a dentist about her toothache, interrupting a jewel scam in the process.
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In Issue: FlagWonder Woman Archives #3 published August 2002
In Content Item: FlagFour Star Spectacular #6 published January 1977
as The Toothache [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: William Moulton Marston and Harry G. Peter appear in the first panel, posing as waiters to infiltrate the party. Their identification is included in the opening caption box.
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Mars Invades the Moon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): William Marston [as Charles Moulton] (credited)
Penciller(s): Harry Peter
Inker(s): Harry Peter
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Wonder Woman
Character(s): Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Steve Trevor; Etta Candy; the Holliday Girls; Queen Hippolyte; Paula von Gunther; Diana (goddess of the Moon, introduction); Diana's nymphs (introduction for all); Professor I. B. Wise (an astronomer, introduction); Mar's slave girls (introduction for all); Martian women (introduction for all); Mars (villain); Duke of Deception (villain); Earl of Greed (villain); Lord Conquest (villain)
Synopsis: A power shift on his home planet leads Mars to conquer the Moon as a base to attack Earth.
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In Issue: FlagWonder Woman Archives #3 published August 2002
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
Disclose Notes: The Amazons ride Kangas in their games, and use sky kangas to travel into outer space. Goddess Diana and her nymphs control pumps that dispense liquid glass over the surface of the Moon, making it reflective.
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Susan B. Anthony "The Liberator of Womankind"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Alice Marble
Penciller(s): Sheldon Moldoff
Inker(s): Sheldon Moldoff
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Feature(s): Wonder Women of History
Character(s): Susan B. Anthony
Synopsis: Life story of Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906), who attained equal rights for women, and started the suffrage movement which gained women the right to vote in 1920.
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Pages: 5
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Uncle Bud Saves the Day

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation
Feature(s): Hop Harrigan
Character(s): Hop Harrigan; Uncle Bud
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Pages: 2
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And "Sew" It Goes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Edwina Dumm
Penciller(s): Edwina Dumm
Inker(s): Edwina Dumm
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Tippie
Character(s): Tippie
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Reprint Notes: from Cap Stubbs and Tippie Sunday (George Matthew Adams Service) ?
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Feature(s): All-Flash
First Line: On sale now...
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Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): Green Lantern; Mutt & Jeff
First Line: ...For thrills...
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Pages: 0.5
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The Return of Dr. Psycho

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): William Marston [as Charles Moulton] (signed)
Penciller(s): Harry Peter [as Harry G. Peter] (signed)
Inker(s): Harry Peter [as Harry G. Peter] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Wonder Woman
Character(s): Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Steve Trevor; Colonel Darnell; Etta Candy; Lila Brown (Steve's secretary, death); Joan Whitwe (Dr. Psycho's former secretary and median, introduction); a prison warden (introduction); Phantasms [Regan (prison guard); Buenos Noches]; Dr. Psycho (villain)
Synopsis: Dr. Psycho, thought dead, is now free from prison and out to kill Steve and Wonder Woman, and almost accomplishes the task if not for Etta.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagWonder Woman Archives #3 published August 2002
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: Wonder Woman notes that Amazons practice "yogi" (sic). Lila Brown, Steve's secretary, dies when she picks up a fountain pen-bomb meant to kill Steve. Dr. Psycho uses ectoplasm to create his double that was found dead in his jail cell.
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The Junior Justice Society of America

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Junior Justice Society of America
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Pages: 1
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The Big Eight!

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Letterer(s): ?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Picture Stories from the Bible
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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