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Issue: Wonder Comics #1 Public Domain
Publication Date: May 1944
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Issues: #1 of 20 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagPines
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Indicia Publisher: Great Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/10/1944
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 7 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Ned Pines
Disclose Notes: Copyright information was found in the Library of Congress online archive for this issue. The copyright date is listed as March 10th 1944. The cover date is listed as May 1944.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Grim Reaper [William "Bill" Norris]; Adolf Hitler; Hideki Tojo
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Pages: 1
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Underground Mission To Greece

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Grim Reaper [William "Bill" Norris]; Gabisch (villain, introduction, death); the Nazis (villains); Mikalos; Hermes; Perona; Adolf Hitler
First Line: Enslaved Europe gasps...
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Pages: 15
Disclose Notes: Based on copyright dates, the Grim Reaper's appearance here follows his appearance in FIGHTING YANK #7. He appears next in WONDER COMICS #2.
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The Origin of Mekano

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Mekano
Character(s): Mekano (a robot, introduction, origin); Bill Foster (introduction, electrical engineer); Tommy Clark (introduction); Sandra Kent (introduction, origin); Kieffer (villain, introduction, a spy); General Von Lutz (villain, introduction); the Nazis (villains)
First Line: It's here, boys and girls!
Synopsis: Mekano, a radio-controlled mechanical man, is being fine-tuned by his inventor, Bill Foster, to do things never before dreamed possible. However, young Tommy Clark gets at the controls and accidentally looses the robot on an unsuspecting public. Stopped by Foster, the Nazis learn of this invention and seek to capture it and make an army of such creatures to use in their war efforts.
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Prisoner of War

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Genres: crime
Character(s): Donald Barrie; Mrs. Barrie; Police Sergeant Burton; Selden (crook)
First Line: Donlad Barrie, whose brother was in the army...
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The Peril of the Professor

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Spectro [Bob Morgan] (introduction); Louise Wilson (introduction); George MacReady (introduction); The Professor (villain, introduction)
First Line: You're on in a moment, Bob!
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Peril Canyon

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Genres: western
Character(s): Buck Mason
First Line: Buck Mason, who was out gathering firewood...
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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Tim Dawson
Character(s): Tim Dawson; Gladys Sheldon; Dr. Sheldon; Luke (villain); Captain Craggett (villain)
First Line: Then you think that native report about Mt. Abengi is true, Dr. Sheldon?
Synopsis: Tim and Gladys sail to Ganavana to investigate Mt. Abengi becoming an active volcano again.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: This story arc is printed out of order, with Part 1 appearing in Wonder Comics #2 and Part 2 in Wonder Comics #4. This is Part 3.

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