Wonder Woman #30 The Promise Collection Pedigree (DC, 1948) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Off-white to white pages....

Auction amount: $4,800.00

Sold: Nov 21, 2021

Wonder Woman #30 Values

Publisher: DC, 1948

About Wonder Woman #30

Wonder Girl cover and story. Contains a four-page Nellie Bly feature by Paul Reinman. H. G. Peter cover and art.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: The Secret of the Limestone Caves!

Characters: Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Wonder Girl [young Princess Diana]; King Brutall; Princess Elva

Pencils: Harry Peter

Inks: Harry Peter

STORY DETAILS

(5 Stories)

Title: The Secret of the Limestone Caves

Characters: Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Wonder Girl (young Princess Diana, flashback); Queen Hippolyte (also in flashback); the Amazons (also in flashback); 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)

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

Pages: 12.000

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); we previously suggested 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.

Title: Nellie Bly

Characters: Nellie Bly [Elizabeth Cochran]

Synopsis: 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.

Pages: 3.000

Pencils: Paul Reinman (signed)

Inks: Paul Reinman (signed)

Notes: Art credits verified by Jerry Bails.

Title: The Song of the Sirens!

Characters: Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Steve Trevor; Etta Candy; the Holliday Girls; Aphrodite (flashback); two hypnotized men (introduction for both); General Menise (Mona's father, introduction); Mona Menise (villain, introduction); The Sirens [Parthenope; rest unnamed] (villains, introduction for all)

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

Pages: 12.000

Script: Robert Kanigher

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).

Title: Race to the Top of the World

Characters: Commander Peary; Ohthere; Fridtjof Nansen; Alfred the Great (Saxon King); Andree

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

Pages: 2.000

Script: Ted Udall [as Charles King] (credited)

Letters: typeset

Title: A Human Bomb!

Characters: Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Steve Trevor; 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)

Synopsis: 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.

Pages: 12.000

Script: Robert Kanigher ?

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).

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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	4	0	3	2	0	3	5	5	2	3	3	2	7	4	1	1	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	50
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
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	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7
Total	4	0	3	3	0	3	6	6	4	4	4	2	7	4	1	1	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	58

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