Wonder Woman, #25

Published: September-October 1947

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Wonder Woman #25

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Issue Contents:
1 page superhero
Characters
  • Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]
  • King Tassel
  • Purple Priestess [Sinestra]
  • Tirza
Credits
Editorial Advisory Board
Story 1 0 pages
Story Notes

Inside front cover.

Featuring Flash Comics

Story 2 1 page
Story Notes

Inside front cover.

Siege of the Rykornians
Story 3 12 pages superhero
Storyline

Wonder Woman, Etta and the Holliday Girls face the terror of a strange plant people, and it isn't until the Amazon Princess and Paula develop a machine capable of destroying the alien plants that the Earth is once again safe.

Characters
  • Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]
  • Steve Trevor
  • General Darnell
  • Etta Candy
  • the Holliday Girls
  • Queen Hippolyte
  • the Amazons [Zalia
  • rest unnamed]
  • Hard Candy
  • Paula von Gunther
  • The Rykornians [King Tassel
  • Lord Cob] (villains, plant people, introduction for both)
Credits
Story Notes

Writer credit from "The Secret History of Wonder Woman" (Jill Lapore, 2014); we previously credited William Marston. Background inker credit by Jerry Bails.

Eddie Stanky
Story 4 1 page
Trapping a Bandit
Story 5 1 page
Dolly Madison
Story 6 4 pages biography
Characters
  • Dolly Madison
Credits
Story Notes

Art credits verified by Jerry Bails.

Story 7 1 page
Who'll Adopt Teasy?
Story 8 12 pages superhero
Storyline

Wonder Woman and Myrna visit an orphanage where Myrna adopts Teasy. Meanwhile, Mryna's husband has invented a secret formula, and gives it to her to put in the family safe. The formula is later stolen by the Yellow-Mask Gang, and Wonder Woman must do everything in her power to clear Teasy and Myrna of that crime, and round up the true culprit: Dearfield's assistant.

Characters
  • Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]
  • Teasy [Thomas Zenophan Yerxes] (an orphan, introduction)
  • Alton Dearfield (atomic scientist, introduction)
  • Myrna Dearfield (Alton's wife, introduction)
  • Mrs. Grimfall (introduction)
  • some orphan boys (introduction for all)
  • Tirza (villain, introduction)
  • Yellow-Mask Gang (villains, introduction for all)
  • Mal Stone (villain, Dearfield's assistant, introduction)
Credits
Story Notes

Writer credit from "The Secret History of Wonder Woman" (Jill Lapore, 2014); we previously credited William Marston. Background inker credit by Jerry Bails.

Story 9 1 page humor

"This one's pretty good..."

Story Notes

Letterer credit by Craig Delich.

Keeper of the Snakes
Story 10 2 pages adventure
Credits
Story 11 1 page humor

"Awk! How's chances of borrowing a 'C' note?"

Story Notes

Letterer credit by Craig Delich.

The Overturned Canoe
Story 12 1 page adventure
The Judgment of Goddess Vultura
Story 13 12 pages superhero
Storyline

After Wonder Woman shuts down a cure-all cult, led by the Purple Priestess, the villainess goes on to kidnap the daughter of the Zarikan King, then captures the Amazon Princess and brainwashes her.

Characters
  • Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]
  • Steve Trevor
  • Etta Candy
  • the Holliday Girls
  • Yuka (King of Zarikan, introduction)
  • Allura (Yuka's daughter, introduction)
  • The Purple Priestess [Sinestra] (villain, a cult leader, introduction)
  • The Priestess's henchmen (villains, introduction for all)
Credits
Story Notes

Writer credit from "The Secret History of Wonder Woman" (Jill Lapore, 2014); we previously credited William Marston. Background inker credit by Jerry Bails.

Story 14 1 page
Story Notes

Sold by Parker Johns.

Featuring The Gumps

Story 15 1 page
Story Notes

Inside back cover.

Story 16 1 page
Credits
Story Notes

Back cover.