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Wonder Woman, #30

Published: July-August 1948

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Wonder Woman #30

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Issue Contents:
The Secret of the Limestone Caves!
1 page superhero
Characters
Credits
Story 1 1 page
Story Notes

Inside front cover.

The Secret of the Limestone Caves
Story 2 12 pages superhero
Storyline

Olive, an Amazon trainee, learns to temper her Amazon strength with loving kindness after viewing Princess Diana in action against the Radium Giants.

Characters
  • Queen Hippolyte
  • Diana Prince [Flashback]
  • Wonder Girl [Flashback]
  • Wonder Woman
  • Athleta
  • Olive Norton
  • Jimmy Norton
  • Princess Elva (introduction, flashback)
  • Queen Lovelee (introduction, flashback)
  • The Limestone People (introduction for all, flashback)
  • King Brutall (villain, introduction)
  • Radium Giants (villains, introduction for all)
Credits
Story Notes

Writer credit was previously suggested to be Robert Kanigher. First appearance of Princess Diana as "Wonder Girl," whose costume is an exact copy of Wonder Woman's costume, as opposed to the recurring Wonder Girl first seen in Wonder Woman (DC, 1942 series) #105; young Princess Diana was first seen in action in Wonder Woman (DC, 1942 series) #23. The Amazon children's version of "Bullets and Bracelets" is "Pies and Bracelets." The Amazons are shown celebrating the Feast Day of Goddess Diana, in which Amazons dressed in animal costumes "hunt" each other. Olive Norton was last seen in Sensation Comics (DC, 1942 series) #58. The Limestone Girls live in caves under Paradise Island, accessible through the crater of Mt. Lesurvius. "Amazon steel" is mentioned, which is unbreakable even by Amazons. Queen Hippolyte is shown wearing ankle bracelets on page A7, although this is usually typical of Amazon neophytes and their trainers.

Rounding Up the Rustlers
Story 3 1 page adventure
Nellie Bly
Story 4 3 pages biography
Storyline

Story of Nellie Bly, born Elizabeth Cochrane (1867-1922), a pioneering female journalist known for her investigative stories, and for traveling around the world in less than 80 days.

Characters
  • Nellie Bly [Elizabeth Cochran]
Credits
Captain Tootsie Traps the Circus Culprit
Story 5 1 page superhero
Storyline

The Captain and his pals figure out who has been tampering with the circus trapeze equipment.

Characters
Credits
Won - By a Whisper!
Story 6 1 page sports
The Song of the Sirens!
Story 7 12 pages superhero
Storyline

The jealousy of Steve's old girlfriend turns deadly when she acquires an armlet that gives her an irresistible power over men.

Characters
Credits
You Run Faster in Keds!
Story 8 1 page
Show Time
Story 9 1 page
Race to the Top of the World
Story 10 2 pages adventure
Storyline

Story of the men who attempted to reach the North Pole, and the man who finally achieved it.

Characters
  • Commander Peary
  • Ohthere
  • Fridtjof Nansen
  • Alfred the Great (Saxon King)
  • Andree
Credits
A Human Bomb!
Story 11 12 pages superhero
Storyline

Wonder Woman helps a female candidate for prison warden transform a women's prison into a model facility using Amazon methods of rehabilitation, all while fighting off the sabotage attempts of her competitor.

Characters
  • Diana Prince
  • Steve Trevor
  • Wonder Woman
  • Suzan Patience (warden of a female prison, introduction)
  • Governor Ira (introduction)
  • women's prison inmates (introduction for all)
  • Bertram Harsh (villain, introduction)
  • Harsh's henchmen (villains, introduction for all)
Credits
Story 12 1 page
Editorial Advisory Board
Story 13 1 page
Story 14 1 page
Story 15 1 page
Story Notes

Inside back cover.

Story 16 1 page
Story Notes

Back cover.