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Wonder Woman, #15

Published: Winter 1945

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Wonder Woman #15

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Issue Contents:
The Tigeapes of Neptunia
1 page superhero
Characters
  • Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]
  • Tigeape
Credits
Editorial Advisory Board
Story 1 0 pages
Story Notes

Inside front cover.

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Story 2 1 page
Story Notes

Inside front cover.

[The Tigeapes of Neptunia, Part 1] The First Battle of Neptunia
Story 3 11 pages superhero
Storyline

Devastating earthquakes herald the arrival of Neptunia, a fragment of Neptune landing in the Pacific Ocean -- but are the inhabitants friend or foe?

Characters
  • Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]
  • Steve Trevor
  • General Darnell
  • Eve Brown
  • Queen Hippolyte
  • Etta Candy
  • the Holliday Girls
  • Professor Astrolog (astronomer, introduction)
  • The President of the United States
  • The Great Solo (villain, introduction)
  • The Masters of Neptunia [Stalthon
  • 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. Like the God Neptune (Poseidon), the Neptunias are masters of water-- they build their cities from crystalized water, and turn men to robots by extracting salt from their bodies. The U.S. President, presumably Harry S. Truman, is shown from behind, unnamed.

Story 4 1 page humor; sports

"Party back of the forty-yard line made a suggestion..."

Credits
The Story of Evangeline Booth
Story 5 4 pages biography
Storyline

Born December 25, 1865, in London, England, Evangeline Booth broadened the scope of the Salvation Army from local assistance to worldwide disaster relief.

Characters
  • Evangeline Booth
Credits
Story Notes

Credits verified by Jerry Bails. Evangeline Booth was the daughter of William and Catherine Booth, who founded the Salvation Army and she was still alive at the time this story was published (1945). References to the Armenian Genocide of 1896 and the San Francisco earthquake of 1906.

Speedy Wheeler Saves the Day and Wins a Bike
Story 6 1 page
[The Tigeapes of Neptunia] Chapter II: The Masters of the Water
Story 7 11 pages superhero
Storyline

Attempting to broker a peace treaty between Earth and Neptunia, Wonder Woman is captured by Solo and forced to watch her friends transformed into human robots. But with the help of the Holliday Girls, Wonder Woman breaks free and forces the Neptunians to surrender.

Characters
  • Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]
  • Etta Candy
  • Steve Trevor
  • the Holliday Girls
  • Eve Brown
  • the mechanos (servants of the Masters, introduction for all)
  • several tigeapes (introduction for all)
  • The Great Solo (villain)
  • The Masters of Neptunia [Stalthon
  • rest unnamed] (villains)
Credits
Story Notes

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

Trick Dog
Story 8 2 pages adventure
Credits
  • Script:

Featuring Watt, the Question Man

Story 9 1 page humor

"Now to get on the job!!"

Credits
Story Notes

Letterer credit by Craig Delich.

Story 10 0 pages
Don Hutson
Story 11 1 page
[The Tigeapes of Neptunia] Chapter III: In the Killer's Cage
Story 12 14 pages superhero
Storyline

Suspecting subterfuge on Neptunia, Wonder Woman and Etta dress as tigeapes to investigate, only to learn the plot is greater than they could have imagined: the Masters plan to have the Earth forced from its orbit and taken to Neptune as a moon.

Characters
  • Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]
  • Captain Brown
  • the President of the United States
  • General Darnell
  • Etta Candy
  • the Holliday Girls
  • Steve Trevor
  • several tigeapes
  • the mechanos
  • Soldar (villain, Neptunian Marshall, introduction)
  • The Great Solo (villain)
  • The Masters of Neptunia [Stalthon
  • others unnamed] (villains)
Credits
Story Notes

Writer credit from The Secret History of Wonder Woman (Jill Lapore, 2014), also confirmed to Jerry Bails. Steve Trevor is elected governor of Neptunia.

Story 13 1 page
How Thom McAn Rescued the Drowning Train
Story 14 1 page adventure
Story 15 1 page
Story Notes

Inside back cover.

Captain Tootsie and the Return of Dr. Narsty
Story 16 1 page superhero
Storyline

Captain Tootsie and Rollo are invited to have a meeting at the Cadwallader home. But during the visit, Dr. Narsty shows up to steal the host's jewels, and Tootsie saves the day.

Characters
Credits
Story Notes

Back cover.