Comic Title: Wonder Woman #5
Publisher: DC (Wonder Woman Publishing Company, Inc.)
Address: 225 Lafayette Street, New York, NY
Cover Date: Jun/Jul 1943
Approx. On Sale Date: May 19, 1943 Copyright Date May 15, 1943
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1943
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: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 56
Editor: Sheldon Mayer

Title: "Battle for Womanhood"
Pages: 16

Feature(s):
Wonder Woman (of Earth-2)

Writer: William Moulton Marston
Artist: Harry G. Peter

Reprinted In:
Wonder Woman HC (1972)
Wonder Woman SC (1972)
Wonder Woman Archives Vol. 3 HC (2002)
Wonder Woman Chronicles Vol. 3 TPB (2013)
Wonder Woman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 1 HC (2016)
Wonder Woman:The Golden Age Vol. 2 TPB (2019)
Wonder Woman Through the Years HC (2020)
Wonder Woman:80 Years of the Amazon Warrior the Deluxe Edition HC (2021)

Feature Character(s)

• Wonder Woman (last appearance in Sensation Comics #19; next appearance in Wonder Woman #5)

Supporting Character(s)

• Steve Trevor (last appearance in Sensation Comics #19; next appearance in Wonder Woman #5)
• Etta Candy (last appearance in Sensation Comics #19; next appearance in Wonder Woman #5)
• Holliday Girls (last appearance in Sensation Comics #18; next appearance in Wonder Woman #5)
• Colonel Darnell (last appearance in Sensation Comics #18; next appearance in Wonder Woman #5)

Villain(s)

• Doctor Psycho (an evil psychologist; origin revealed; first appearance; next appearance in Wonder Woman #5)
• Mars (last appearance in Wonder Woman #2; next appearance in Wonder Woman #5)
• Duke of Deception (last appearance in Wonder Woman #2; next appearance in Wonder Woman #5)
• Count of Conquest (last appearance in Wonder Woman #2; next appearance in Wonder Woman #5)
• Earl of Greed (last appearance in Wonder Woman #2; next appearance in Wonder Woman #5)

Other Character(s)

• Marva Psycho (Dr. Psycho's wife; next appearance in Sensation Comics #20)
• Ben Bradley (Marva's former husband; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Three office girls and a slave girl (no further appearances)

Comments:
This story continues in part in the third story of Wonder Woman #5.

Synopsis:
Mars, the god of war, is infuriated that women are assisting the allies in the war effort. He orders his leiutenants to take action in order to return the women to their homes. The Duke of Deception contacts his pawn, Doctor Psycho to help achieve their goal.

Using his submissive wife Marva as a medium, Doctor Psycho learns to control ectoplasm and mold it into new bodies for himself. He then goes on a speaking tour as George Washington, claiming women should stop working at factories and return to their homes.

Using his abilities Doctor Psycho creates several acts of sabotage and frames women. Steve Trevor is suspicious, so he investigates Psycho, only to be captured. Wonder Woman is also captured, but the timely arrival of the Holliday Girls allows her to escape and defeat Doctor Psycho.