CATALOG RECORD
Wonder Woman #2
first appearance of The Duke of Deception
WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT
- The Duke of Deception (Ares' servant) — villain, aide of Ares, introduction
Dates
- Cover date
- Fall 1942
- On sale
- October 17, 1942
- Pages
- 68
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- Part 1: Mars, the God of War · 13 pages
Mars kidnaps Steve Trevor to lure Wonder Woman to his home planet, where she secretly participates in the war tournaments while searching for Steve.
- Part 2: The Earl of Greed · 13 pages
Wonder Woman plays baseball to help keep Holliday College open, undermining the Earl of Greed's attempt to use the school as a channel to the U.S. Treasury.
- Fat and Slat · 1 pages
- Clara Barton "Angel of the Battlefield" · 4 pages
Biography of Clara Barton (1821-1912), the "Angel of the Battlefield," who helped establish the Red Cross in America.
- Part 3: The Duke of Deception · 13 pages
Framed for murder, Wonder Woman is then taken prisoner by the victim, as the Duke of Deception manipulates Hirohito to attack Hawaii.
- The Rainmaker · 2 pages
- Part 4: The Count of Conquest · 11 pages
Using her love of competition, charity, and handsome men against her, Lord Conquest captures Wonder Woman and brings her to Mars a captive slave.
- Sachim Bird by Gertrude Robinson · Good Books Worth Reading · 0.67 pages
Characters
Reprinted in
Wonder Woman Archives (1998), The Wonder Woman Chronicles (2010), Wonder Woman: The War Years 1941-1945 (2015), Wonder Woman: The Golden Age Omnibus (2016), Wonder Woman: The Golden Age (2018), The Great Comic Book Heroes (1965)