Wonder Woman #20 The Promise Collection Pedigree (DC, 1946) CGC NM/MT 9.8 White pages....

Auction amount: $21,600.00

Sold: Nov 21, 2021

Wonder Woman #20 Values

Publisher: DC, 1946

About Wonder Woman #20

First appearance of pirate Captain Red Beard. H. G. Peter cover and art.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: Wonder Woman and Red Beard the Pirate!

Characters: Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Red Beard; Nifty

Pencils: Harry Peter [as H. G. Peter] (signed)

Inks: Harry Peter [as H. G. Peter] (signed)

STORY DETAILS

(8 Stories)

Title: [Part 1] Terrors of the Air

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)

Synopsis: 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.

Pages: 11.000

Script: Joye Murchison [as Charles Moulton] (credited)

Pencils: Harry Peter [as H. G. Peter] (signed)

Inks: Harry Peter [as H. G. Peter] (signed)

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

Title: Lucretia Mott

Characters: Lucretia Mott

Synopsis: 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.

Pages: 4.000

Script: Alice Marble

Pencils: Robert Sale [as Sal-Pete] (signed)

Inks: Robert Sale [as Sal-Pete] (signed)

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.

Title: [Part 2] The Rage of Redbeard

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)

Synopsis: 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.

Pages: 11.000

Script: Joye Murchison [as Charles Moulton] (credited)

Pencils: Harry Peter [as H. G. Peter] (signed)

Inks: Harry Peter [as H. G. Peter] (signed)

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

Title: [Part 3] The Pirates' Galley Slave

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)

Synopsis: 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.

Pages: 14.000

Script: Joye Murchison [as Charles Moulton] (credited)

Pencils: Harry Peter [as H. G. Peter] (signed)

Inks: Harry Peter [as H. G. Peter] (signed)

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.

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	11	7	8	5	5	9	13	9	3	5	3	3	3	1	1	0	0	92
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Total	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	3	11	8	8	7	5	9	13	10	4	5	3	3	3	1	1	0	0	99

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