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Artist: Harry G. Peter |
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Comic Title: Wonder Woman #2
Publisher: DC
(Wonder Woman Publishing Company, Inc.)
Cover Date: Fall 1942
On Sale Date:
October 21, 1942 Newsstand Date October 21, 1942
Source: House Ad, Sensation Comics #12, Page 14,
Flash Comics #36, Page 14,
Batman #14, Page 47
Copyright Date October 17, 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.
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 64
Editor: Sheldon Mayer
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Title: (The God of War)
Pages: 52
Feature(s):
Wonder Woman (of Earth-2)
Writer: William Moulton Marston
Artist: Harry G. Peter
Reprinted In:
Great Comic Book Super-Heroes HC (1965)
Great Comic Book Super-Heroes SC (1965)
Wonder Woman Archives Vol. 2 HC (2000)
Wonder Woman Chronicles Vol. 2 TPB (2012)
Wonder Woman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 1 HC (2016)
Wonder Woman:The Golden Age Vol. 1 TPB (2018)
Feature Character(s)
- Wonder Woman (last appearance in Sensation Comics #12; next appearance in All-Star Comics #14)
Supporting Character(s)
- Steve Trevor (last appearance in Sensation Comics #12; next appearance in Sensation Comics #13)
- Etta Candy (last appearance in Sensation Comics #12; next appearance in Sensation Comics #13)
- Colonel Darnell (last appearance in Sensation Comics #12; next appearance in Sensation Comics #13)
- Holliday Girls (last appearance in Sensation Comics #12; next appearance in Sensation Comics #13)
Villain(s)
- Mars (last appearance in Wonder Woman #1; next appearance in Wonder Woman #5)
- Duke of Deception (an aide of Ares; next appearance in Wonder Woman #5)
- Count of Conquest (next appearance in Wonder Woman #5)
- Earl of Greed (next appearance in Wonder Woman #5)
- Adolf Hitler (last appearance in All-Star Comics #14; next appearance in Superman #20)
- Hitler’s advisors (no further appearances)
- Dr. Prexy Deacon (president of Holliday College; no further appearances)
- Naha (a dancing girl; no further appearances)
- Count Crafti and Mammotha (no further appearances)
- Various Japanese soldiers (no further appearances)
Other Character(s)
- Aphrodite (last appearance in Sensation Comics #6; next appearance in Wonder Woman #3)
- Agent X-49 (Jim Blake; no further appearances)
- Jake Dough and the Pups (a baseball team owner and his team; no further appearances)
- The slaves of Mars (no further appearances)
Comments:
This story originally was not titled; the title shown here was given on the contents page of Wonder Woman Archives Vol. 2 in which this story is reprinted.
The final two pages of this story are an advertisement promoting the purchase of war bonds and stamps. Wonder Woman appears with Steve Trevor, Etta Candy, and Colonel Darnell.
Synopsis:
Steve Trevor is taken prisoner by the war god Mars. Wonder Woman infiltrates the planet Mars as a slave girl and rescues Trevor. Mars is angered and sends his three generals to Earth to retrieve Wonder Woman and Trevor.
The Earl of Greed is the first to attempt capturing Wonder Woman. He manipulates Hitler and the Nazis as well as a baseball team owner, but Wonder Woman defeats him and forces him to return emptyhanded.
The Duke of Deception works with the Japanese to capture his foe. Wonder Woman is caught temporarily by Naha, one of the Duke’s agents, but she escapes and humiliates Deception.
The final attempt to capture Wonder Woman is made by the Count of Conquest. He utilizes a handsome Italian man to trick the Amazon and capture her. They chain her bracelets together, leaving her weak, then bring her back to Mars. Wonder Woman summons Etta Candy to help her snap the chains, then she defeats Mars and his men.
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