Wonder Woman #45 Values

Publisher: DC, 1951

About Wonder Woman #45

Origin of Wonder Woman retold. Irv Novick and Bernard Sachs cover. H. G. Peter art.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: The Wonder Woman Story!

Characters: Wonder Woman; Steve Trevor (background)

Pencils: Irwin Hasen

Inks: Bernard Sachs

Notes: Cover credit corrected after discussion on GCD-Main list by Gene Reed and Craig Delich.

STORY DETAILS

(9 Stories)

Title: The Wonder Woman Story! [Part One]

Characters: Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Queen Hippolyte; Mary Ellen; John Lane; Aphrodite; Hercules

Synopsis: A female reporter gets the scoop that will win her a job at the Daily Globe over her male rival: the secret story of Wonder Woman and the Amazons.

Pages: 8.000

Script: Robert Kanigher [as Charles Moulton] (credited)

Pencils: Harry Peter

Inks: Harry Peter

Letters: Jim Wroten; Margaret Wroten

Notes: The origin of Wonder Woman and the Amazons is retold, although the creation of the Amazons from clay, as detailed in Wonder Woman (DC, 1942 series) #1, is omitted. Mary watches the origin on the Space-and-Time Transformer Screen, which seems to have taken the place of the Magic Sphere. The Space-and-Time Transformer is primarily used to send Wonder Woman anywhere on the planet, at any time, past or future. Wonder Woman was herself hired as the Romance Editor at the Daily Globe in Sensation Comics (DC, 1942 series) #97.

Title: The Wonder Woman Story, Part Two: Act of Treachery!

Characters: Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Hercules; Queen Hippolyte; Steve Trevor; Giganta (Amazon); Mary Ellen; John Lane

Synopsis: As Mary Ellen observes the early days of the Amazons and Wonder Woman's origin, her male rival tracks her to Paradise Island, where his reckless flying threatens the Amazons.

Pages: 8.000

Script: Robert Kanigher

Pencils: Harry Peter

Inks: Harry Peter

Letters: Jim Wroten; Margaret Wroten

Notes: For the first time, Wonder Woman's origin is not explicitly tied to World War II. When Steve Trevor crashes on Paradise Island, he mentions "invaders" trying to enslave the world, and contemporary stories show Military Intelligence investigating Soviet-like countries. Hippolyte does not forbid Diana from participating in the contest, as she has in the past; instead, she doubts her daughter will fare that well against her sisters. Diana participates anyway, disguised in a mask. The robot plane is called a gift of Aphrodite, and is said to be controlled by the sound of Wonder Woman's voice, as opposed to telepathically controlled. Later stories are inconsistent on which is correct.

Title: Billie Roberts; Chuck Nelson; Rolfe Reinhart; Susan Reed

Characters: Billie Roberts; Chuck Nelson; Rolfe Reinhart; Susan Reed

Synopsis: Text about four talented young musicians.

Pages: 0.670

Script: Stookie Allen ?

Pencils: Stookie Allen ?

Inks: Stookie Allen ?

Title: Helene Kottauer

Synopsis: Story of Helene Kottauer (1410-1470), who made a perilous journey to crown the son of the dead Emperor of Austria, and whose records of court life were cherished for centuries.

Pages: 2.000

Script: Julius Schwartz

Pencils: Robert Oksner

Inks: John Giunta

Notes: Writer and inker credits by Craig Delich. Editing and pencil credits by Jerry Bails; we previously credited John Giunta.

Title: The Amazon and the Leprechaun!

Characters: Wonder Woman; Moon O'Day (intro); Dean Merrily; Etta Candy; Holliday Girls; Nox Nolan (villain)

Synopsis: A leprechaun wins a scholarship to Holliday College, and Wonder Woman, as acting dean, must endure his pranks while protecting him from gangsters attempting to steal his pot of gold.

Pages: 10.000

Script: Robert Kanigher [as Charles Moulton] (credited)

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

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

Letters: Jim Wroten; Margaret Wroten

Title: Wonder Woman -- Western Whirlwind!

Characters: Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Etta Candy; Holliday Girls; Bill Cloud; Cal Cloud; Luke Tyler; Susan Smith

Synopsis: Wonder Woman and the Holliday girls travel to the "New West" for a wedding that may be cancelled when the groom's father is suspected of resuming his career as a stagecoach robber.

Pages: 10.000

Script: Robert Kanigher [as Charles Moulton] (credited)

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

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

Letters: Jim Wroten; Margaret Wroten

Notes: Although Wonder Woman's robot plane is called voice-controlled in the revamped origin in Sequence 2 of this issue, it is still telepathically-controlled in this story.

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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	0	1	0	0	5	3	9	7	5	9	6	5	6	9	8	8	2	0	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	90
Qualified	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
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	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8
Total	0	1	0	0	5	3	11	9	6	10	8	5	6	9	8	8	2	0	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	98

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