Cover: Harry Peter

Wonder Woman #16

Mar 1946 · DC · 0.10 USD

📊 ~42,863 copies sold its debut month

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In "The Secret of the Dark Planet!" from Wonder Woman #16 (1946), Wonder Woman and the Holliday girls journey to the farthest planet to rescue a kidnapped girl, only to face King Pluto’s sinister plan to harvest their "color bodies" to illuminate his dark realm—while he aims to melt Wonder Woman like a color tablet. Penciled and inked by Harry Peter, with a story by Charles Moulton, this early adventure blends mythic wonder with a vividly imagined cosmic threat, all rendered in the distinctive style that defined the character’s Golden Age.

Contains 5 stories

[In Pluto's Kingdom, Part 1] The Secret of the Dark Planet!

14 pp · Superhero

the Holliday Girls [Lorrierest unnamed]the AmazonsQueen HippolytePersephone (introduction, flashback)Dean SourpussKing Pluto (villain, mythological king of the underworld, introduction)Pluto's minions (villains, introduction for all)

When a Holliday girl vanishes into the shadows of Pluto’s realm, Wonder Woman and her allies journey to the dark planet to rescue her, uncovering a chilling scheme where King Pluto siphons the vibrant "color bodies" of the girls to illuminate his endless underworld—while plotting to dissolve Wonder Woman herself, one radiant tablet at a time.

[In Pluto's Kingdom, Part 2] The River of Liquid Fire

11 pp · Superhero

the Holliday Girls [Lorrierest unnamed]King Pluto (villain)

In "The River of Liquid Fire," Wonder Woman and the Holliday Girls press deeper into Pluto’s realm, facing his fiery minions and treacherous terrain as they seek to reclaim their stolen bodies. With King Pluto vanishing into the shadows, the battle for Earth’s fate now looms just beyond the underworld’s gates.

Madame Curie

4 pp · Biography

Madame Curie

Big Chief Moose

1 pp · Anthropomorphic-Funny Animals

[In Pluto's Kingdom, Part 3] King Pluto's Revenge

11 pp · Superhero

the Holliday Girls [Lorrierest unnamed]Paula von GuntherSteve's secretary (unnamed, introduction)Ebony (Pluto's horse)King Pluto (villain)

In "King Pluto's Revenge," Wonder Woman races to rescue Steve from the depths of Pluto’s kingdom, where the villain holds him captive and demands a powerful dynamo to illuminate his dark realm—threatening to let the kidnapped Holliday Girls perish in the darkness. With the fate of her friends hanging in the balance, Wonder Woman must outwit the twisted king before his twisted plan consumes them all.