Wonder Woman, #16
Published: March-April 1946
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In Pluto's Kingdom
Characters
- Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]
- King Pluto
Credits
- Pencils: Harry Peter
- Inks: Harry Peter
Editorial Advisory Board
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
"Look for this trade mark..."
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
[In Pluto's Kingdom, Part 1] The Secret of the Dark Planet!
Storyline
After a Holliday girl is abducted by King Pluto, Wonder Woman and the Holliday girls travel to the furthest planet, where the king extracts their "color bodies" to light his gloomy planet and attempts to melt Wonder Woman like a color tablet.
Characters
- Aphrodite
- Etta Candy
- Phillip Darnell
- Princess Diana (mainstream Universe)
- Steve Trevor (mainstream Universe)
- Wonder Woman (mainstream Universe)
- the Holliday Girls [Lorrie
- rest unnamed]
- the Amazons
- Queen Hippolyte
- Persephone (introduction, flashback)
- Dean Sourpuss
- King Pluto (villain, mythological king of the underworld, introduction)
- Pluto's minions (villains, introduction for all)
Credits
- Pencils: Harry Peter
- Inks: Harry Peter
- Script:
Story Notes
Writer credit from The Secret History of Wonder Woman (Jill Lapore, 2014), also confirmed to Jerry Bails. According to Hippolyte, the River Styx is actually the stream of interplanetary ether between Earth and Pluto. Wonder Woman travels through space dragged behind a rocket ship, holding her breath; luckily, there's oxygen on Pluto.
[In Pluto's Kingdom, Part 2] The River of Liquid Fire
Storyline
Wonder Woman and her girls pierce Pluto's underworld and fight off his forces to retrieve their "dark earth" bodies, while Pluto escapes to mount an assault on Earth.
Characters
- Etta Candy
- Princess Diana (mainstream Universe)
- Wonder Woman (mainstream Universe)
- the Holliday Girls [Lorrie
- rest unnamed]
- King Pluto (villain)
Credits
- Pencils: Harry Peter
- Inks: Harry Peter
- Script:
Story Notes
Writer credit from "The Secret History of Wonder Woman" (Jill Lapore, 2014), also confirmed to Jerry Bails.
Featuring The Weather Man
Story Notes
On the page between page 5 and page 6 of the previous story sequence.
Tom Jones
Madame Curie
Characters
- Madame Curie
Credits
- Script: Alice Marble
- Pencils: Alfonso Greene
- Inks: Alfonso Greene
Story Notes
Credits verified by Jerry Bails.
Featuring Victory Puzzles
Credits
- Script: A. W. Nugent
- Pencils: A. W. Nugent
- Inks: A. W. Nugent
- Letters: A. W. Nugent
Story Notes
Letterer credit by Craig Delich.
Featuring Watt the Question Man
"Oh, boy, my day off..."
Credits
- Script: Ed Wheelan
- Pencils: Ed Wheelan
- Inks: Ed Wheelan
Credits
- Script: Arlindo Fagundes
Story Notes
Published by Wonder Woman Publishing Inc. 480 Lexington Ave, NY. NY Owners: J. S. Liebowitz; Detective Comics, Inc. Editor: Sheldon Mayer
Dangerous Adventure
Credits
- Script: Jim Robinson
Big Chief Moose
Featuring Who's Who in Zooville
Credits
- Script: Burton Geller
- Pencils: Burton Geller
- Inks: Burton Geller
[In Pluto's Kingdom, Part 3] King Pluto's Revenge
Storyline
Pluto kidnaps Steve and extorts a dynamo from Wonder Woman, intending to light his gloomy kingdom forever and let his kidnapped girls burn out.
Characters
- Aphrodite
- Etta Candy
- Phillip Darnell
- Hippolyte (mainstream Universe)
- Princess Diana (mainstream Universe)
- Dean Sourpuss
- Steve Trevor (mainstream Universe)
- Wonder Woman (mainstream Universe)
- the Holliday Girls [Lorrie
- rest unnamed]
- Paula von Gunther
- Steve's secretary (unnamed, introduction)
- Ebony (Pluto's horse)
- King Pluto (villain)
Credits
- Pencils: Harry Peter
- Inks: Harry Peter
- Script:
Story Notes
Writer credit from "The Secret History of Wonder Woman" (Jill Lapore, 2014), also confirmed to Jerry Bails.
Story Notes
Inside back cover.
Story Notes
Back cover.