Wonder Woman 1942 #156 - back issue - $10.00
Wonder Woman 1942 #156 - back issue - $10.00
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Wonder Woman is the bullseye of a giant dartboard.
The Dream Merchant shows Wonder Woman some Golden Age Wonder Woman Comics, causing her to have a Golden Age flashback of a previous battle with The Brain Pirate.
The Trix Rabbit digs a mine shaft to find a box of Trix, only to have them taken away by a miner kid.
How the amoeba got its name.
The Kat from AMT shows a model club the new line of "Krazy Kustoms" model car kits.
Superman invites the readers of this magazine to Palisades Amusement Park, offering coupons for one free admission and free rides on the "Fifth Avenue Cuddle Up" and "Crazy Crystals".
The Brain Pirate has already stolen Steve Trevor's brain, making him a mindless automaton, and now deals Etta Candy and the Holliday Girls the same fate.
Lumberjack Bullwinkle eats Cheerios for ?muscle-makin? protein? and chops down a tree that falls on him.
The Brain Pirate takes Wonder Woman and her brain-pirated friends to his planet.
The Brain Pirate toys with Wonder Woman, including having her act as a target in a giant-sized dartboard for a giant dart thrower (as illustrated on the issue's cover), until Hyppolyta's Amazons help her and the other captives escape. When Wonder Woman receives a sharp blow on the head, her Golden Age flashback - brought about by the uncanny powers of a Golden Age Wonder Woman comic book - abruptly ends. She takes her leave of the Dream Merchant, pondering the extent of his powers.
The Cuckoo Bird tells a joke to Gramps, then goes ?cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs?.
On-sale date from copyright registration. Series takes on a new retro-Golden Age style.
- The Brain Pirate of the Inner World! - Additional cover copy: "Featuring the fabulous Wonder Woman -- in fantastic battles with the unique villain who is as elusive as a moonbeam -- 'The Brain Pirate of the Inner World!' You have a DC prize collector's tale in your hands -- save this issue!" The ropes holding the dartboard in place are draped over the Wonder Woman logo.
- Treasure Chest of Fun - A full page of small, single panel advertisements for novelty items and self-defense lessons. Black and white ad on inside front cover.
- The Brain Pirate of the Inner World! - Page two, panel one of story shows reprints of the covers of Wonder Woman #2, #6, and #8.
- Put Your Nose to the Dot - Ad for Tootsie Roll Pops. Illustration consists of a Tootsie Roll Pop to the left, a Tootsie Roll to the right, and a dot squarely in the middle. Moving inward to touch the dot with your nose, merges the images of the Tootsie Roll Pop with the Tootsie Roll - revealing the secret that a Tootsie Roll Pop has a Tootsie Roll inside. Lower third of page.
- Flight of the P-26 - Ad for a gasoline powered flying model of the Boeing P-26 pursuit plane, manufactured by Wen-Mac/AMF. Includes a coupon to clip and redeem for a free 1/2 pt. can of Wen-Mac Premium Engine Fuel. "One can per family. Offer ends August 30, 1965".
- Wonder Woman's Clubhouse - Letters from Danny Feldman, Shiela Green, Mrs. Jenny Oberlin.
- How's Trix? - Top 3/4 of page.
- Scienti-Fact: The Amoeba - Lower 1/4 of page.
- How to Build Prrrrfect Models - Top half of page.
- Be My Guest at World's Famous Amusement Park - Ad for Palisades Amusement Park featuring Superman. Lower half of page. Oddly, the actual name of Palisades Amusement Park is not mentioned in the ad's lead title: "Be My Guest at World's Famous Amusement Park".
- The Brain Pirate of the Inner World, Part Two! - When the Brain Pirate steals someone's brain it appears as the likeness of the victim's disembodied head, completely colorless and surrounded by a white aura. The Brain Pirate and his crew appear the same way, only with full bodies. Ends on the top third of the middle left page of centerfold.
- - Ad for Tootsie Roll Pops. Lower third of page. Middle left page of centerfold. Between pages 12 and 13 of previous story.
- Lumberjack Bullwinkle - One of a series of Cheerios ads featuring Rocky and Bullwinkle. Between pages 12 and 13 of previous story. Middle right page of centerfold. Nice Little Touch: A cute, tiny squirrel gleefully and enthusiastically shouts "Timberrrrr!" as Bullwinkle's tree begins to fall. In the final panel, the squirrel (not of the "Rocky the Flying" variety) looks at the moose and thinks of a nut.
- The Brain Pirate of the Inner World, Part Three! - The closing captions to this chapter read as follows: "The most astonishing conclusion human mind dares to conceive -- awaits you on the next page!" "SURPRISE!! Yes, fans! Now you know why this issue of Wonder Woman will be a collector's item! The writer and artists have astoundingly imitated the exact kind of story, dialogue, and art styles of the Golden Age of Comics! The quaint hairdos, clothes, poses -- have been recreated in the most daring experiment of all times [sic]! YOU have been taken back in time to place a prize edition in your hands! NOW -- continue with this amazing journey!"
- Join the Fun with G.I. Joe! - Ad for Hasbro's G.I. Joe figure "almost eleven inches tall, with twenty-one moveable parts". Includes an invitation to join the G.I. Joe Club. Between pages 17 and 18 of the overall story - between pages 5 and 6 of this specific chapter.
- The Brain Pirate of the Inner World, Part Four! - A recreation (of sorts) of the cover of this issue is seen on a comic-book spinner-rack in the final panel of this story. The final caption reads as follows: "This is not the end! -- But the beginning -- if you demand it -- for Wonder Woman to bring back the Golden Age of heroes and villains in one spectacular tale after another! How do YOU feel about it, fans?"
- We Screened Hundreds of Olsen Adventures! - DC Comics house ad for 80-Page Giant #13 Jimmy Olsen. Between pages 19 and 20 of the overall story - between pages 1 and 2 of this specific chapter. Top third of page.
- Fooey! Fooey! Chewy! - Ad for Tootsie Roll candy. Between pages 19 and 20 of the overall story - between pages 1 and 2 of this specific chapter. Lower third of page.
- The Cuckoo Bird Yuks It Up! - On final interior page of the comic. Top half of page.
- 10 Issues of Wonder Woman for Only $1.00 - Ad offering mail subscriptions to Wonder Woman at $1.00 for ten issues, rather than the twelve-cent cover price. Also offered are subscriptions at $2.00 for twenty issues. On final interior page of the comic. Lower half of page.
- Nationally Famous Prizes at No Cost to You! - Ad for Junior Sales Club of America, offering prizes or money for the sales of "lovely all occasion cards" or "sensational new Christmas cards". Black and white ad on inside back cover.
- Boys, Girls, Men, Women - Ad for selling Christmas cards for Wallace Brown, Inc. Color ad on back cover.
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