Wonder Woman, #20
Published: November-December 1946
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Wonder Woman and Red Beard the Pirate!
Characters
- Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]
- Red Beard
- Nifty
Credits
- Pencils: Harry Peter
- Inks: Harry Peter
Editorial Advisory Board
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
"Have you read these new issues yet?"
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
[Part 1] Terrors of the Air
Storyline
Diana Prince has a strange feeling about Etta's friend Nifty, and it's not just that she's secretly an air-pirate, intent on stealing Professor Chemico's formula for harnessing nuclear power. When Nifty summons up an ogre-type monster and captures Wonder Woman, he transports her and the pirates back in time.
Characters
- Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]
- Etta Candy
- the Holliday Girls
- General Darnell
- Steve Trevor
- Professor Chemico
- Nifty (villain, introduction)
- Redbeard (villain, Nifty's husband
- introduction)
- the Air Pirates (villains, introduction for all)
- Karma Monster (villain, introduction)
Credits
- Script:
- Pencils: Harry Peter
- Inks: Harry Peter
Story Notes
Writer credit from "The Secret History of Wonder Woman" (Jill Lapore, 2014), also confirmed to Jerry Bails.
"Why shouldn't I talk back to Grandfather?"
Credits
- Script: Harry Lampert
- Pencils: Harry Lampert
- Inks: Harry Lampert
- Letters: Harry Lampert
Story Notes
Letterer credit by Craig Delich. Unrelated gag cartoons.
Lucretia Mott
Storyline
Story of Lucretia Mott (1793-1880), a Quaker minister and anti-slavery activist who used her eloquence to champion equal rights for women and blacks.
Characters
- Lucretia Mott
Credits
- Script: Alice Marble
- Pencils: Maxwell Atoms
- Inks: Maxwell Atoms
Story Notes
Credits verified by Jerry Bails. "Sal-Pete" signature spotted by Keith Chandler. "Sal-Pete" was later used by Sal Trapani and Pete Morisi, but this predates their work in comics by a decade. The Motts left the Quakers in 1827 because the Quakers disapproved of her activism.
Bo McMillin
[Part 2] The Rage of Redbeard
Storyline
While the Karma Monster brings the Air Pirates to Charleston Harbor, circa 1750, where they battle Wonder Woman in an earlier incarnation as sea pirates, Paula transports Steve, Etta and the Holliday Girls back in time to aid the Amazon Princess. However, the monster then transports Wonder Woman and the rest to ancient Rome.
Characters
- Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]
- Steve Trevor
- Queen Hippolyte
- Paula von Gunther
- Etta Candy
- the Holliday Girls
- Captain Redbeard (villain)
- Nifty (villain)
- the Karma monster (villain)
Credits
- Script:
- Pencils: Harry Peter
- Inks: Harry Peter
Story Notes
Writer credit from "The Secret History of Wonder Woman" (Jill Lapore, 2014), also confirmed to Jerry Bails.
"Since when are animals playing football?"
Credits
- Script: Harry Lampert
- Pencils: Harry Lampert
- Inks: Harry Lampert
- Letters: Harry Lampert
Story Notes
Letterer credit by Craig Delich. 4 unrelated gag cartoons.
The Case of the Horseshoe Nail
Credits
- Script: Jim Robinson
Featuring Out of the Gag-Bag
"Our daughter has arranged a little piece..."
Credits
- Script: Ed Wheelan
- Pencils: Ed Wheelan
- Inks: Ed Wheelan
- Letters: Ed Wheelan
Story Notes
Credits per Jim Van Dore. We previously credited Art Helfant. Gag cartoons.
[Part 3] The Pirates' Galley Slave
Storyline
Wonder Woman and friends are reincarnated in Ancient Rome, where they fight for their lives in the arena and on the open seas. But when all foes are defeated, and Nifty surrenders, Wonder Woman promises to take her to Reform Island.
Characters
- Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]
- Steve Trevor [as Stevus]
- Etta Candy
- the Holliday Girls
- Serva
- Julius Caesar (introduction)
- Nifty [as Nifta] (villain)
- Rufus (villain)
- the Karma Monster (villain)
Credits
- Script:
- Pencils: Harry Peter
- Inks: Harry Peter
Story Notes
Writer credit from "The Secret History of Wonder Woman" (Jill Lapore, 2014), also confirmed to Jerry Bails. As her friends toast with wine, Wonder Woman opts for fruit juice. At story's end, it is explained Nifty's desire for revenge was powering the Karma Monster. In this chapter, Steve does not remember his later reincarnations, knowing only that he is Stevus, Roman gladiator.
Story Notes
Ad for several items from Utility Stores.
Story Notes
Inside back cover.
How Thom McAn Stopped the Bus Smash-Up
Story Notes
Back cover.