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Wonder Woman, #153

Published: April 1965

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Wonder Woman #153

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Wonder Girl's Stolen Face!
1 page superhero

"Great Hera! -- Wonder Girl's uncontrollable since her face was stolen!"

Storyline

A half-green distorted-faced Wonder Girl goes on a rampage.

Characters
  • Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]
  • Wonder Girl
  • Wonder Tot
  • Queen Hippolyta [Wonder Queen]
Credits
Story Notes

Wonder Girl logo on cover larger than Wonder Woman's. Cover caption box: "Can the Amazon teenager stop herself from becoming a titanic threat to everyone? Thrill to the incredible surprises in "Wonder Girl's Stolen Face!"

Treasure Chest of Fun
Story 1 1 page
Story Notes

A full page of small, single panel advertisements for novelty items and self-defense lessons. Black and white ad on inside front cover.

Wonder Girl's Stolen Face! Part One
Story 2 8 pages superhero

"This is Wonder Woman! In answer to countless requests asking for exciting tales of me as an Amazon teenager -- here's one of the most astounding of all!"

Storyline

The Martian Duke of Deception plans to strike at the Wonder Family by using a plan he once used against Medusa and Dr. Jekyll, transplanting a hideous face upon the body of his intended victim so said victim is repulsed and reviled. Meanwhile, Mer-Boy and Bird-Boy are so stricken with the beautiful Wonder Girl that they both grab on to her, refusing to let go even during an attack by a giant roc.

Characters
  • Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]
  • Wonder Girl
  • Mer-Boy
  • Bird-Boy
  • Queen Hippolyta [Wonder Queen]
  • Wonder Tot
  • unnamed portrait artist
  • Duke of Deception
  • Medusa
  • unnamed Prince
  • Dr. Jekyll
  • giant roc
  • unnamed Amazons
Credits
Story Notes

Text indicates this is an adventure of Wonder Woman when she was a teenager, but Wonder Woman appears in some panels! Last Wonder Girl story to be cover-billed as "Wonder Woman presents Wonder Girl? Story presented in three parts: Part One (7.67 pp.), Part Two (7.67 pp.), Part Three (8.67 pp.). Wonder Woman logo appears only on page one. Part One is page-numbered 1-8. The story as a whole is page-numbered 1-25.

When it's Snowy, Cold, or Muddy --- It's Time for Fun with Silly Putty!
Story 3 0 pages

"bounces! makes things! Picks up comics! buy some where you bought this comic!"

Story Notes

Ad for Silly Putty showing the many fun uses to which it can be put. Between pages 8 and 9 of "Wonder Girl's Stolen Face!". Lower third of page.

Curious Courtships
Story 4 1 page non-fiction; romance

"In some African tribes, a male woos the girl he'd like to marry by washing his hands in a container of water."

Storyline

Exotic practices of courtship.

Credits
Story Notes

Two illustrations with text captions. Between pages 8 and 9 of "Wonder Girl's Stolen Face!". Top half of page.

Bullwinkle's on Thin Ice (1)
Story 5 1 page anthropomorphic-funny animals

"Everyone should go with the goodness of Cheerios!"

Storyline

Bullwinkle eats a bowl of Cheerios while ice skating on a frozen pond, falls through thin ice, and meets a cold fish wearing earmuffs.

Characters
  • Rocky the Flying Squirrel
  • Bullwinkle J. Moose
  • fish
Story Notes

Between pages 8 and 9 of "Wonder Girl's Stolen Face!". Lower half of page. A rare half-page "Cheerios/Rocky and Bullwinkle" ad. Such ads usually run on a full page.

It Started with The Flash! Then Came Green Lantern -- The Atom -- Hawkman!

Featuring DC Comics; Showcase

Story 6 1 page

"Now -- in the grand tradition of DC's revival of super-heroes, come... Doctor Fate and Hourman"

Characters
  • Doctor Fate [Kent Nelson]
  • Hourman [Rex Tyler]
  • Solomon Grundy
  • Green Lantern [Alan Scott] (inset)
Credits
Story Notes

DC Comics house ad for Showcase (DC, 1956 Series) #55 (March-April 1965), which revives Doctor Fate and Hourman for the Silver Age. Reproduces the cover illustration for Showcase #55. Between pages 8 and 9 of "Wonder Girl's Stolen Face!". Top half of page.

Lovers' Flowers!
Story 7 1 page non-fiction; romance

"According to an old superstition, a young girl could determine in how many years she'd be married by the number of daisies she plucked while blindfolded..."

Storyline

Various beliefs and superstitions connecting romance and marriage to different flowers.

Story Notes

Three illustrations with text captions. Between pages 8 and 9 of "Wonder Girl's Stolen Face!". Lower half of page.

Wonder Girl's Stolen Face! Part Two
Story 8 8 pages superhero

"Once again, Wonder Girl pleads with her ardent teenage boyfriends..."

Storyline

Having found a way to break free of the giant roc, despite the amorous Bird-Boy clinging fast to her wrists and the equally amorous Mer-Boy doing likewise with her ankles, Wonder Girl and her two rival hangers-on fall into the sea and into the clutches of a Giant Merman. After achieving a similar escape, with Bird-Boy and Mer-Boy still stubbornly refusing to let loose of Wonder Girl's wonder limbs, The Duke of Deception uses Martian science to "steal" Wonder Girl's face and transplant onto her a face that is half her original face and half a "Frankenstein-face".

Characters
  • Wonder Girl
  • Bird-Boy
  • Mer-Boy
  • Giant Merman
  • Queen Hippolyta [Wonder Queen]
  • Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]
  • Wonder Tot
  • Duke of Deception
  • unnamed mer-people
  • unnamed bird-people
Credits
Story Notes

Part Two is page-numbered 9-16. The story as a whole is page-numbered 1-25. As rendered, the effect of Wonder Girl's involuntary face transplant is not unlike the classic Batman villain Two Face. Bisected as normal on the right side, gnarled and disfigured on the left.

For the Very Best in Comics Reading

Featuring DC Comics; Lois Lane; Justice League of America

Story 9 0 pages superhero
Characters
  • Lois Lane
  • Lana Lang
  • Superman [Clark Kent]
  • Batman [Bruce Wayne]
  • The Joker
  • Hawkman [Katar Hol]
Credits
Story Notes

DC Comics house ad for Lois Lane and Justice League of America. Reproduces the cover illustrations for Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #56 (April 1965) and Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #34 (March 1965). Between pages 16 and 17 of "Wonder Girl's Stolen Face!". Lower third of page.

" G. I. Joe... G. I. Joe... Fighting Man from Head to Toe... On the Land... On the Sea... In the Air!"
Story 10 1 page

"This is terrific G. I. Joe, greatest soldier a boy ever owned."

Characters
  • G. I. Joe (action figure)
Story Notes

Ad for the original Hasbro G. I. Joe action figure... over 11" tall, with 21 movable parts. The figures and different boxes are shown in black-and-white photos. Between pages 16 and 17 of "Wonder Girl's Stolen Face!".

Wonder Woman's Clubhouse
Story 11 1 page

"Hola! This is Wonder Woman, speaking to you from Paradise Island, secret home of the Amazons!"

Characters
  • Wonder Girl
  • Wonder Woman
Credits
Story Notes

Letters from Frank McKisie, Carollynne Pipoli, Evelyn Rae, Paul Shiver, Toni Medaris. Header contains two spot illustrations, one of Wonder Girl and one of Wonder Woman. Between pages 16 and 17 of "Wonder Girl's Stolen Face!".

Wonder Girl's Stolen Face! Part Three
Story 12 9 pages superhero

"Wh-what's happened to Wonder Girl?"

Storyline

Shocked and distraught over her inexplicable transformation, Wonder Girl goes on a destructive rampage. She then realizes that, rather than continue to do harm to her family and friends, she must go far away from everyone. On her self-imposed mission of banishment, she is captured by The Duke of Deception and learns the fate of her original face.

Characters
  • Wonder Girl
  • Bird-Boy
  • Mer-Boy
  • Queen Hippolyta [Wonder Queen]
  • Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]
  • Wonder Tot
  • Duke of Deception
  • unnamed Amazon surgeons
Credits
Story Notes

Part Three is page-numbered 17-25. The story as a whole is page-numbered 1-25.

Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation
Story 13 0 pages
Credits
Story Notes

Statement of Ownership for October 1st, 1964. No circulation figures appear as part of this report. Lower third of page.

10 Issues of Wonder Woman for Only $1.00

Featuring DC Comics; Wonder Woman; Action Comics

Story 14 1 page

"You gain 4 ways -- when you accept this special offer"

Characters
  • Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]
  • Superman [Clark Kent] (in separate repurposed illustrations)
Story Notes

Ad offering mail subscriptions to Wonder Woman and Action Comics at $1.00 for ten issues, rather than the twelve-cent cover price. Also offered are subscriptions at $2.00 for twenty issues.

If You Missed the Most Famous Flash Story Ever Printed...

Featuring 80-Page Giant; The Flash

Story 15 1 page

"If you'd like to re-read the greatest Flash story of them all..."

Characters
  • The Flash [Barry Allen]
  • The Golden Age Flash [Jay Garrick]
  • The Pied Piper
  • Super-Gorilla Grodd
  • Dr. Alchemy
  • Captain Boomerang
Credits
Story Notes

DC Comics house ad for 80-Page Giant #9 The Flash. The cover of 80 Page Giant Magazine (DC, 1964 Series) #9 (April 1965) is reproduced. Top half of page.

Space Explorers
Story 16 1 page

"3 Dimensional Live Action 113 Pieces"

Story Notes

Ad for "Space Explorers" toy set.

100 Magnets
Story 17 1 page

"Unbelievable as it may seem... Here are 100 Amazingly Powerful Individual Magnets - Mail Today"

Credits
Story Notes

Ad for 100 Individual Magnets for only 79¢ postpaid. On final interior page of the comic. Top half of page. Some of the lettering in this ad looks like the work of classic DC Comics letterer Ira Schnapp.

104 Classic, Racing, Foreign, Modern Cars only $1.49
Story 18 1 page

"YOU get 104 cars from this great list..."

Story Notes

Ad for 104 toy cars of various models for only $1.49 postpaid. On final interior page of the comic. Lower half of page.

Friend, Dare YOU Risk a DIME 10¢?
Story 19 1 page

"This can be soon the handsome NEW Jet Power YOU"

Story Notes

Ad for bodybuilding programs from American Body Building Club. Ad comes with a warning: "Do not mail coupon if under 14 years of age." Black and white ad on inside back cover.

Make Money Get Prizes with Fast Selling American Seeds
Story 20 1 page

"Take your choice of wonderful prizes."

Story Notes

Ad for selling vegetable and flower seeds for the American Seed Co., in exchange for prizes or money. Three kids with quotes endorsing this enterprise, seen in black and white photos. Color ad on back cover.