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Wonder Woman, #3

Published: February-March 1943

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Wonder Woman #3

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Issue Contents:
1 page superhero
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Editorial Advisory Board
Story 1 0 pages
Story Notes

Inside front cover.

Featuring Christmas Gift Books

Story 2 1 page
Story Notes

Inside front cover.

Part 1: A Spy on Paradise Island (1)
Story 3 15 pages superhero
Storyline

Wonder Woman flies to Paradise Island to celebrate Diana's Day, unaware she's brought a stowaway-- one of Paula von Gunther's slave girls, intent on killing Wonder Woman and guiding a Japanese destroyer to the Amazon homeland.

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Story title from Chronicles reprint. The Amazons speak English when Etta Candy visits, an indication they speak another language. Diana's Day is the Amazon Christmas, which occurs on the Winter Solstice (dated here on December 25th, instead of the 21st). An Amazon is chosen to wear the mask of the goddess, filling arrow quivers with gifts; any Amazon girl can attempt to remove the goddess' mask to take her place, but should she fail, she must dress as a woodland creature and be prey in the next day's hunt. Steve receives a mental radio from Wonder Woman as a Diana's Day present.

Brand New!

Featuring Comic Cavalcade

Story 4 1 page
Part 2: The Devilish Devices of Baroness Von Gunther (1)
Story 5 13 pages superhero
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Paula enslaves Steve and Wonder Woman and leads them into an underground deathtrap.

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Story title from Chronicles reprint. Wonder Woman uses a "brain wave detector" on Paula's slave girls, a machine that prints a read-out of a person's thoughts. It is noted that the Paradise Island piers are electrically wired to detect approaching vessels. It is suggested that the power of the lasso comes from Aphrodite. Paula demonstrates her hypnotizing technique, to which even Wonder Woman is susceptible. Paula has created a wearable version of the invisibility machine she used in Sensation Comics (DC, 1942 series) #6.

The Big Eight!
Story 6 1 page
Nurse Edith Cavell
Story 7 4 pages biography
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Story of Nurse Edith Cavell (1865-1915), who helped allied soldiers escape German custody so they could rejoin the war effort.

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Credits verified by Jerry Bails. Nurse Cavell was tried by a German court for her activities and killed by firing squad on the morning of October 12, 1915.

The Junior Justice Society of America

Featuring Junior Justice Society of America

Story 8 1 page
Part 3: The Secret of Baroness Von Gunther (1)
Story 9 13 pages superhero
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Learning the cause of Paula's villainy, Wonder Woman travels to Nazi Germany to retrieve the Baroness' daughter from a concentration camp.

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Story title from Chronicles reprint.

Another Meeting of the Justice Society!

Featuring All-Star Comics; The Justice Society of America

Story 10 1 page
Here They Are Again!

Featuring Green Lantern; All-Flash

Story 11 1 page
The Furlough
Story 12 2 pages aviation

Featuring Hop Harrigan

Story 13 1 page

"Boys and girls - I'm on the radio now..."

[Part 4:] Ordeal of Fire!
Story 14 11 pages superhero
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In preventing a Nazi plot to destroy a munitions factory and saving Wonder Woman's life, Paula von Gunther is redeemed and accepted into Aphrodite's service as a neophyte.

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The date of Paula's trial is given as December 10th 1942; Wonder Woman serves as Paula's lawyer in the courtroom. Wonder Woman makes an Amazon "anti-oxygenation" ointment that saves Paula's life; Diana Prince returns to nursing to attend to Paula in her convalescence. Hippolyte uses clay to sculpt new features for Paula's burned face, which is brought to life by Aphrodite. Wonder Woman uses the magic lasso on herself, compelling herself to treat Paula well.

Louder and Funnier As the Years Go On!

Featuring Mutt & Jeff

Story 15 1 page

Featuring Picture Stories from the Bible

Story 16 1 page
Story 17 1 page
Story Notes

Inside back cover.

Featuring Victory Frame Outfit

Story 18 1 page
Story Notes

Back cover.