Wonder Woman, #13

Published: Summer 1945

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Wonder Woman #13

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Issue Contents:
Adventures in Bitterland
1 page superhero
Characters
  • Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]
  • Etta Candy
  • King Rigor
  • Prince Pagli
Credits
Editorial Advisory Board
Story 1 0 pages
Story Notes

Inside front cover.

The AA Emblem Makes a Hit Every Time!!
Story 2 1 page
Story Notes

Inside front cover.

[Part 1] The Icebound Maidens
Story 3 11 pages superhero
Storyline

After helping a group of Amazon girls pass their initiation rites, Wonder Woman is sent by Aphrodite to inspire a race of Venusian women to repel their enemies: the evil Seal Men, who have kidnapped Eve, daughter of Queen Desira.

Characters
  • Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]
  • Steve Trevor
  • Aphrodite
  • Queen Hippolyte
  • Mala
  • the Amazons [Araidna
  • rest unnamed]
  • Queen Desira
  • natives of Venus (introduction for all)
  • the women of Eveland [Leda
  • rest unnamed] (introduction for all)
  • Eve (Desira's daughter, introduction)
  • Lectress [aka Nema] (Eve's daughter, introduction)
  • The Seal Men [Prince Pagli
  • Count Frigid
  • rest unnamed] (villains, introduction for all)
Credits
Story Notes

Writer credit from The Secret History of Wonder Woman (Jill Lapore, 2014), also confirmed to Jerry Bails. In this story, the Garden of Eden still exists in the Antarctic under a ceiling of crystal ice and young Amazon girls are shown to be living on Paradise Island, with no explanation of their origin.

Story 4 1 page humor; sports

"Stop worrying!"

Credits
[Part 2] The Mystery Maid
Story 5 11 pages superhero
Storyline

When Princess Lectress goes missing, Queen Eve, with Wonder Woman's help, invades Bitterland to retrieve her. Wonder Woman rescues several Eveland girls, but she is unaware that the Princess has stowed away in the Amazon Maiden's Invisible Plane away to become a student at Holliday College.

Characters
  • Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]
  • Etta Candy
  • the Holliday Girls
  • Professor Frooz (zoologist, introduction)
  • Queen Eve
  • Leda
  • Princess Lectress [aka Nema]
  • King Rigor (villain, introduction)
  • the Seal Men [Prince Pagli
  • Count Frigid
  • rest unnamed] (villains)
Credits
Story Notes

Writer credit from The Secret History of Wonder Woman (Jill Lapore, 2014), also confirmed to Jerry Bails.

The Man Who Hated Trees
Story 6 2 pages detective-mystery
Characters
  • Darby Dunway
Story 7 0 pages
Credits
Story Notes

Published by Wonder Woman Publishing, Inc. 225 Lafayette Sreet, New York, NY. Sheldon Mayer, editor Owners: Jack Liebowitz; M. C. Gaines

Story 8 1 page
Sojourner Truth
Story 9 4 pages biography
Storyline

Life story of Sojourner Truth (1797-1883), born Isabelle, an uneducated black slave who uses her oratorical skill to champion social justice for women and blacks.

Characters
  • Sojourner Truth
Story 10 1 page
[Part 3] Slaves in the Electric Gardens
Story 11 16 pages superhero
Storyline

While testing her new invention at the South Pole, Wonder Woman and Steve are captured by Seal Men and made slaves in the "Electric Garden," where they plan a revolt with the Eveland girls.

Characters
  • Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]
  • General Darnell
  • Steve Trevor
  • Etta Candy
  • Queen Eve
  • Princess Lectress [as Nema]
  • Eveland girls [Leda
  • rest unnamed]
  • King Rigor (villain)
  • the Seal Men [Prince Pagli
  • Count Frigid
  • rest unnamed] (villains)
Credits
Story Notes

Writer credit from The Secret History of Wonder Woman (Jill Lapore, 2014), also confirmed to Jerry Bails. Wonder Woman invents the "telepathograph," which registers the face and voice of anyone talking in the world. The Seal Men worship a Walrus god.

Story 12 1 page
Story 13 1 page

"Boys-girls! Be sure to show this to your mother..."

Story Notes

Inside back cover.

Captain Tootsie Captures Red the Terror!
Story 14 1 page superhero
Storyline

Captain Tootsie's gift of a carrier pigeon to Fatso proves to save the day when Fatso, watching the house for his Mom, spots Red the Terror lurking nearby and uses the pigeon to notify Captain Tootsie.

Characters
Credits
Story Notes

Back cover.