Wonder Woman #45

Dates

Cover date

January-February 1951

On sale

November 20, 1950

Pages

52

Editions and covers

• Original edition

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Creators

Stories

• The Wonder Woman Story! [Part One] · 8 pages

  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.

• The Wonder Woman Story, Part Two: Act of Treachery! · 8 pages

  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.

• Helene Kottauer · 2 pages

  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.

• The Amazon and the Leprechaun! · 10 pages

  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.

• Untitled · 0.75 pages

  Carol fantasizes an attractive passerby makes a date, then she's perturbed when he's late.

• "Gentlemen Be Seated" · 2 pages

  Historical facts and trivia about chairs.

• Wonder Woman -- Western Whirlwind! · 10 pages

  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.

Publisher’s description

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. As she 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.

Characters

Reprinted in

Wonder Woman Through the Years (2020), Wonder Woman in the Fifties (2021)