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THE MINIONS OF MARS BEGIN TO STIR! THE DUKE OF DECEPTION THIRSTS FOR REVENGE AND MARS.HIMSELF, IS IRKED BY THE LACK OF WAR ON EARTH- — BEAUTIFUL AS APHRODITE, WISE AS ATHENA, STRONGER THAN HERCULES, AND SWIFTER THAN MERCURY— IS THE ONLY OBSTACLE IN HIS WAY. HIS FIRST STEP TO REMOVE HER BEGINS WITH HIS CAPTURE OF HOLLIDAY COLLEGE- LEAVING CLUE BUT-- NO Va* ^- '/T *THE MYSTERY OF THE RHYMING RIDDLE!" VT 'V 7t

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WONDER WOMAN. No- 34. Mar.-April, 1949 Published bi- tional Comic* Publications, Inc. For advertising rates addrcte monthly by National Comics Publications, Inc., 480 Lexington Richard A. Feldon & Co., 205 E. 42nd St., New York 17. N. Y. Ave,, New York 17, N. Y. Whitney Ellsworth. Editor. Reentered Except those who have authorized uia of their names, the as second class matter Feb. 14, 1946 at the Post Office at stories, characters and incidents mentioned in this periodical New York, N Y under the act of March J. 1879, Yearly are entirely imaginary and fictitious and no identification wttfr subscription in the U. S. 75c including postage. Foreign, SI. SO actual person!, living or dead* it intended or should be inferred III American funds Enure con ten;* copy righted 1949 bv Ns Printed in UIA " -M

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' "'vXT'-X'-' HER OFFICE DIANA WHIRLS OUT OF HER RMY UNIFORM AND BECOMES THE ALLURING IER WOMAN- | , —

. ? ILL SUMMON MY BY MENTAL RADIO CONTROL, AND WE'LL BE THERE IN A SECOND "

THE AGILE AMAZON LEAPS WITH STEVE ONTO - ' HER WAITING PLANE ^ ' "^ W IF YOU DON T \IjP SO THAT'S WHY YOU MIND,STEVE,WE'LL J PUT YOUR ARM AROUND USE MY INVISIBLE M ME" - TO TAKE ME PLANE. r—\ r=sdjl ABOARD THE PLANE MIGHT HAVE KNOWN" Wonder Woman

PERPLEXED, WONDER WOMAN QUESTIONS A OBEYING THE LAW, AS ALWAYS, WONDER WOMAN OFF GUARD- HOLLIDAY COLLEGE? HERE? TAKES BUT*- YOU'RE MISTAKEN, LADY! THIS SOMETHING TERRIBLE HAS HAPPENED HIGH EXPLOSIVES STOCK PILE HAS TO MAKE HOLLIDAY COLLEGE DISAPPEAR BEEN HERE FOR YEARS! BETTER OVERNIGHT. TURN AROUND AND FLY'LOW,

MOVE ALONG NOW, IT'S A DANGER- STEVE,WHILE I LOOK OVER THE GROUND OUS AREA—ESPECIALLY FOR FOR CLUES. STRANGERS.

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SUDDENLY THE KEEN-EYED AMAZON PRINCESS SPRINGS

IN TO ACTION;- f A METEORITE! BUT HOW"? TAKING THE METEORITE INSIDE ITS A RHYMING RIDDLE THE PLANE.THE MARKINGS WITH THE ANSWER IN THE LINE, I SPOTTED IT JUST WHERE TURN OUT TO BE WRITING- MISSING SEE— FOUR THE PEACE BUILDING STOOD,] WORDS-THE NUMBER OF DOTS THERE ARE MARKINGS ON TELLS THE NUMBER OF TS SMOOTH-SURFACED TOI .ETTERS IN EACH WORD.

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THAT MAY TAKE A MILLION YEARS!

AND EVEN AS SHE SPEAKS" FAILING TO CONTACT ETTA.WONDER WOMAN SPEEDS TO PAULA'S LABORATORY. MERCIFUL SECRET MINERVA" THE WE NEED PAULA'S

METEOR I IT'S HELP,STEVE. MAYBE GONE! THE BRAIN WAVE DETECTOR" !

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'.-.: \- ,TH£ WAR WITH RAGE. DECEPTION RUSHES TO THE STOREROOM

r :-v "Wwyrtl^y^* Jy^.^ WHERE HE COLLECTS FALSE FORMS, OR MEANWHILE. Tl WON'T HAVE IT! WONDER WOMAN PHANTASMS, OF LIVING PEOPLE WHICH IS STIRRING EVERYBODY UP FOR PEACE! LET US GO BACK HIS ASTRAL BODY. WHAT' SHE'S OPENING ANEW PEACE BUILDING AND SEE TOMORROW. FOR A HAPPENED ON MY PLANS NEW WAR WILL BE RUINED I DUKE THE PLANET WORLD MARS BEFORE OF DECEPTION, STOP HER STEVE „ "ESCORTED" WONDER WOMAN TO THE HOLLIDAY COLLEGE CAMPUS...

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IN THIS FORM I WILL STREAKING THROUGH SPACE HIS MARTIAN SPACE SHIP ENVELOPES CONTROL THE TRANS- ITSELF IN A CLOUD AS IT NEARS THE EARTH. MATERIALIZATION MACHINE

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THE MARTIANS FINISH THEIR DASTARDLY WORK" LATER WHEN WONDER WOMAN AND STEVE MAKE THEIR INFORMAL ENTRANCE" WONOER PAULA, SOMETHING TERRIBLE WOMAN— HAS HAPPENED! HOLLIDAY COL- AND STEVE!] LEGE HAS VANISHED" I CAN'T GET ETTA ON THE MENTAL RADIO 0©o WE NEED YOUR HELP" o E

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SEE.PAULA-ALL TO THE- HOME OF THE BUT DECEPTION'S PLAN SUCCEEDS. WE NEED IS THE DINOSAURS. GREAT HERA! IT JUST V/'THEN WHY NOT THE MISSING LINE! OCCURRED TO ME" THEY TIME OF THE DINO- MIGHT BE INTHEPASTI SAURS'- WE CAN TRY THEY MUST BE SOME- IT.CAN'TWE ? WHERE IN TIME OR SPACE)

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PAULA! TURN ON THE SPACE- TRANSFORMER AND SEND ME BACK AS YOU TO PREHISTORIC TIMES. IF ETTA WISH, AND THE GIRLS HAVE BEEN HIDDEN PRIN- THERE, I'LL FIND THEM! YOU STAY CESS! WITH PAULA, STEVE. THIS IS NO JOB FOR A MAN!

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MEANWHILE IN THE "SHACKLED DOMAIN OF MARS; THE GOD OF WA R AWA ITS NEWS FROM THE DUKE OFDECEPTION-- HAIL, ALL-HIGHESTI

HA! HA! NOW OUR PLANS UNAWARE OF MAR'S EPIC PLOT AGAINST HER, WONDER WOMAN 'FOR A NEW WAR CAN PROCEED IS FIGHTING FOR HER LIFE AGAINST THE PRE'DAWN MONSTERS. lUNHAMPERED" UNWIELDLY BEAST! HA! HA! HA!

THE ORIGINAL DEEP FREEZE, ANGEL. THOSE STEAKS WILL BE GOOD 10,000 YEARS FROM Wonder Woman

- [9UT THE FROZEN WASTES YIELD NO SIGN OF THE SUDDENLY" \f PLEHG \t TOOBJOKONI JUK" MISSING GIRLS. ==

THE AMAZON PRINCESS.WHO GREAT COLD HAS BEEN TRAINED IN ALL EARTH WALL— OF DEATH! LANGUA6ES,TRANSLATES" A GLACIER! THEY'VE NEVER SEEN ANYONE LIKE US BEFORE.SO ETTA ISN'T HERE! BUT ACCORDING TO LEGENDS PRINCESS RIDING A GIANT BIRD WILL SAVE THEM FROM THE GREAT COLD WALL OF DEATH"

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WITH BLINDING SPEED, WONDER WOMAN DIGS THE BOILING HEAT FROM THE EARTH'S INTERIOR A TRENCH OPENING UP VOLCANIC FISSURES INTO INFILTRATES THE ^GLACIER BREAK"-- WHICH THE MASSIVE GLACIER RUMBLES " THIS TRICERATOPS SKULL DOES PRETTY WELL AS A SHOVEL" *

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OFF THE COAST OF PLYMOUTH- SPANISH THIS MUSTB£ 1588" OH! — GALLEONS! IF PAULA IS NOT IN THE LABORA- WHAT ARE TORY, WHO CAN HAVE STOPPED THEY DOING THE SPACE-TRANSFORMER? HERE?

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SPANISH PRISONERS ARE WHAT WAS THAT YOU : AFTER THE BATTLE, AS f MARCHED TO LONDON" JUST SAID? "SHACKLED WITH THE PRISONERS" ENGLAND'S I'LL BET THEY NEVER DREAMED " SHIPS DOMAIN" AND I ANSWERED THEY'D BESHACKLED PRISONERS OF YOU WITH VS THE GOD OF WAR ALREADY THEY ENTERED ENGLAND'S DISABLED, WAR WHEN MARS!" GREAT HERA, STEVE! SIR FRANCIS DOMAIN! I'VE GOT THE MISSING LINE TO DRAKE THE RHYMING RIDDLE! MAKES SHORT WORK OF DEFEATING THE SPANISH ARMADA.

HOLLIDAY COLLEGE WAS HERE, NOW REMOVED FROM THIS SPHERE AND TRANSFERRED FAR BEYOND THE STARS TO THE SHACKLED DOMAIN OF MARS!

WONDER WOMAN RUSHES TO THE BRAIN WAVE DETECTOR" PAULA MUST BE NEAR-HE COULDN'T HAVE TAKEN HER TO MARS. -

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BUT. MARS TAKES AS PRISON-] ERS ONLY THE ASTRAL BEINGS OF THE DEAD!

I WILL DRINK APHRODITE'S "ELIXIR OF LIVING DEATH", THEN SURRENDER TO MARS' SLAVE COLLECTORS AND ENTER,UNKNOWN,INTO THE REALM OF THE WAR-LORD. PIN !»"

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APHRODITE'S ELIXIR! IT WILL PUT ME INTO A DEEP SLEEP-MY ASTRAL SELF WILL

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CHARLESMOUITQN ~~ *Btf CHAPTER H WONDER WOMAN'S ASTRAL FfeURE, FREED FROM HER BODY BY THE ELIXIR OF LIVING DEATH. TRAVELS WITH THE SPEED OF LIGHT TO A DEMOL* ISHED CORNER OF THE GLOBE, WHERE MARS' SOLDIERS ARE COLLECTING PRISONERS FROM THOSE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES TO CON- QUEST, GREED, AND DECEPTION! k BEAUTIFUL AS APHRODITE,WISE AS ATHENA '# STRONGER THAN HERCULES, AND SWIFTER THAN MERCURY— WONDER WOMAN CON- ' A TINUES HER SEARCH FOR HOLLIDAY COLLEGE .»' 8Y DELIBERATELY ALLOWING HERSELF TO SHACKLED BETAKEN PRISONER TO MARS' '•'& k&? re* DOMAIN! L . ON THAT RED PLANET,WONDER WOMAN ANSWERS MARS' AMAZING CHALLENGE UNAWARE THAT 8EHIND IT STAND V * THE BEWILDERING

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WONDER WOMAN SURRENDERS TO ONE OF MARS' HERE S A TASTE GUARDS AND IS IMMEDIATELY CHAINED. OF WHAT YOU LL MERCY! GET ON MARS! THE GUARD DOESN'T RECOGNIZE ME,OR HE WOULD WELD CHAINS BETWEEN MY BRACELETS AND THUS DEPRIVE ME OF MY STRENGTH BY APHRODITE'S LAW.

SO — SLAVE! AGAINST UNBOUND FORCE YOU'D AND BRUTALITY" ALWAYS!

K^CUT HER. TO BITS BEFORE SHE REACHES THE GROUND AGAIN--AS A LESSON TO THE OTHERS! Wonder Woman

ELUDING THE GUARD WITH THESPEED OF 1 I MUST STOP HIM-BEFORE IT'S

I THE PRISONERS EMBARK FOR MARS ON AN INTERSPACE CONVICT SHIP. - SORRY, DUKE! BUT-WONDER WOMAN BUT I MUST

IlHI HAVE A LUXURIOUS SPACE REFUSE YOUR I YACHTYA WAITING! IT WILL OFFER! TAKE BUT A MOMENT— TO I™FREE YOU AND .-.--. v., iff 1 I i f** Wonder Woman

BUT THAT'S NO REASON FOR YOUR NOT STARTING TO LEARN HOW TO BEHAVE"NOW!

IT'LL TAKE-A LEGION" A MOMENT LATER.THE SLAVE TO SUBDUE THIS AMAZON! GIRL IS REVEALED TO BE A PHANTASM, WORN AS A DISGUISE " ' "? '/^PLEASEMF BY DECEPTION! )' YOU DON'T GO j WONDER WOMAN HAS I WITH THE GUARD,WE*LL BEEN FOOLED "BY THE ALL BE PUN- WRONG PEOPLE-LOOKING \ > ISHED! LIKE THE RIGHT PEOPLE! HEE,HEE! Wonder Woman

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LOOK INTO THE TELEX"GLOBE, V WONDER WOMAN. IT REVEALS HAPPENINGS IN THE WAR GAMES ARENA. IF YOU WISH TO SAVE YOUR FRIENDS, PUT AWAY 'HE LASSO"" Wander Woman

I THOUGHT YOU'D SEE IT MY WAY! IT WILL TAKE US BUT A MOMENT TO GET THERE IN AN AERIAL Wonder Woman

WITH A FAST ^BULLETS AND BRACELETS* MOVE WONDER WOMAN SENDS THE THROWN WEAPONS BACK WITH STUNNING FORCE!

WHERE'S THE BETTER GET IN REST OF THE BACK OF ME, ETTA! HOLLIDAY GIRLS, OUT OF HARM'S

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DECEPTION DID WELL IN LURING WONDER WOMAN TO

THE ARENA ! NOW WE SHALL SEE HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE MY LATEST WEAPONS TO DESTROY HER! Wonder Woman

MASTER, DID YOU SEE WHAT WONDER WOMAN DID TO 956,000,000 SPOILARI'S WORTH OF EQUIPMENT? f^THAT AMAZON ^s/^ THAT MAIDEN IS WORTH 100 LEGIONS! SHE'S INVINCIBLE! ~

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BY HERA! THIS IS THE FIRST TIME

I EVER PLAYED V BOMBS AND BRACELETS" BUT THE TECHNIQUE IS THE SAME AS"BULLETS^ AND BRACELETS"!

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ALL-HIGHEST! WONDER WOMAN HAS BEEN SHORTLY, MARS MAKES AN ANNOUNCEMENT TWICE FOOLED BY MY MASQUERADING IN TO PHANTASMS! SHE WON'T BE A THIRD TIME! FOR FAILING IN HIS MISSION DECEIVE "THE SHE'LL SUSPECT ME IN ANOTHER SHAPE! BUT WONDER WOMAN DUKE SHE'LL BE DECEIVED IF SHE SEES BOTH THE OF DECEPTION SHALL FORFEIT HIS LIFE IN PHANTASM AND ME AT THE SAME TIME! THE NEXT TEST! RELEASE THE WEAPON! IF BECAUSE SHE SEES ME,SHE'LL THINK THE -?»* PHANTASM MUST BE REAL!

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THAT MINE HAS AN INSTANTANEOUS FUSE! IT WILL EXPLODE ON CONTACT" KILLING STEVE! HAVE TO STOP IT SOME OTHER WAY! GREAT LABORS OF HERCULES HAVE IT! ar, **?$

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I WARNED YOU NOT TO TRY TO STEVE- FOLLOW ME, STEVE! HOW DID YOU GET WHY DON'T HERE? BY CONVINCING PAULA TO ALLOW YOU ANSWER? YOU TO DRINK THE ELIXIR OF LIVING STEVE — DEATH?

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FOR THE STARTLING CUMAX TO "THE MYSTERY OF THE RHYMING RIDDLE: .'"TURN TO THE THIRD CHAPTER! .

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SEE THAT WONDER WOMAN DISAPPEARS WITH WONDER WOMAN GONE" 1 «£>))i FOREVER*. DROP HER INTO THE DISSOLVING VATS'. THE PLANET EARTH ONCE MORE WILL BECOME A TEST TUBE INTO WHICH 'I'LL POUR AND MIX CONQUEST GREED, AND DECEP- TION' AN—-HOUNDS OF PHOBQS; IT-GULP!" -IT" CAN'T BE"?

DECEPTION — THIS'IS NO TIME FOR JESYING—OR DECEP- TIONS! REMOVE THAT PHANTASM AT ONCE! BEFORE l~< < BUT—ALL-HIGHEST" "AWRK-UGH!

AMAZONS ARE TAUGHT HOW TO ROL-L BOUND BY THE MAGIC LASSO, MARS MUST OBEY"; OUTSIDE THE AREA OF A BOMB BLAST!

I WAS ONLY STUNNED, AND IT DECEIVED YOU INTO

THINKING I WAS DEAD! NOW THAT I'VE BEATEN

YOUR LATEST WEAPONS, I COMMAND YOU TO TELL ME WHERE YOU'VE HIDDEN HOLLIDAY COLLEGE \ Wonder Woman

IF MARS CREATED AN UNKNOWN BY THE GREAT LABORS THINK IT OVER! FUTURE AS A HIDING PLACE FOR HOLLIDAY OF HERCULES! IF THAT'S "THOSE WHO

COLLEGE, THEN THE ONLY WAY I CAN FIND IT WHAT I MUST DO TO FIND SEARCH FOR THE

IS BY FOLLOWING IN HIS FOOTSTEPS 1 PUTTING HOLLIDAY COLLEGE" I'LL UNKNOWN FUTURE MYSELF IN HIS PLACE! I'VE GOT TO THINK DO IT! I ACCEPT YOUR AND FAIL-BECOME" AND ACT AS HE WOULD ! roi CHALLENGE, MARS! MY SLAVES FOREVER.1 fc# i 1 V • * t*

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SEEMS TOO CONFIDENT,! I COULD SMOTHER SOME ALL-HIGHEST! _-^OF THAT CONFIDENCE! TAKE ALL YOU NEED, CONQUEST! BUT NEVER FEAR! WONDER WOMAN COULDN'T POSSIBLY CREATE THE UNKNOWN FUTURE'-NOT MY IDEA OF IT! 9»

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WONDER WOMAN MEETS~ CONQUEST IN SINGLE IX BUT HERE'S ONE! MY COMBAT!) i BRACELET WILL OUTLAST I HAVEN'T YOUR AX! r YOU HAVEN'T WON—UNTIL MADE ANY YOU'VE CONQUERED CONQUEST! CLAIMS YET, AND THAT YOU'LL NEVER LIVE CONQUEST! TO DO! THIS AX WILL SEVER ALL YOUR CLAIMS TO LIVING!

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A MOMENT LATER IN MARS' ROYAL BOX- WONDER WOMAN Y' LOOK-SHE'slT WHAT DEFEATED CONQUEST!! COMING THIS I CAN WAY! M fld SHE WANT?

WONDER WOMAN SETS HER PRISONERS ATOP THE DEBRIS LEFT BY HER BATTLE! ^ BEHOLD THE UNKNOWN FUTURE! T MARS' IDEA OF THE FUTURE! WAR- RAVAGED LAND! CITIES REDUCED TO RUBBLE HEAPS! HUMANS LIVING LIKE MOLES IN THE EARTH! MISERABLE SLAVES RULED BY CONQUEST, GREED, AND DECEPTION! Wonder Woman

YOU'VE LOST, WONDER WOMAN! THAT ISN'T THE

UNKNOWN FUTURE ! AND YOU KNOW THE PENALTY FOR FAILURE" -ETERNAL SLAVERY

TO ME ! I" I— CANT BELIEVE IT!

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AS WONDER WOMAN JOINS PRISONERS OUTSIDE i'll weld her } THE ARENA" BRACELETS ^n TOGETHER" IT'LL TAKE LESS TIME '

I WAS SO SURE" THAT'S HOW MARS PICTURED" THE UNKNOWN FUTURE EVEN ATHENA WOULD HAVE THOUGH ATHENA"?

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SUDDENLY" A PICTURE STIRS WONDER WOMAN'S AS THE VISION FADES- MEMORY" NO WONDER I FAILED! I BUILT MARS IDEA THE UNKNOWN FUTURE ! NOT MY OWN! MARS I WONDER WHAT IS UNKNOWN, OF IS AND MISERY! MINE IS WHAT THE MAIDEN, BECOMES KNOWN ! FUTURE CONFLICT FUTURE HOLDS THE FUTURE IS WHAT YOU LOVE AND HAPPINESS! ILL BUILD THE TRUE FOR ME.WISE MAKE IT i A PARADISE FUTURE AS SOON AS I RETURN TO THE" V. ATHENA? THE ISLE "OR A SHACKLED FUTURE-SO DOMAIN OF MARS! VAST" AND UNKNOWN"'

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SLAVES! I LET MARS WIN-HOLLIDAY MARCH! COLLEGE WILL BE LOST FOREVER! AND THE EARTH WILL BE PLAGUED BY CONQUEST, GREED, AND DECEPTION! APHRODITE, BELOVED GODDESS, HELP ME! *«>*

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APHRODITE ANSWERS WONDER WOMAN'S PLEA, AND APPEARS ONLY TO HER. SCATTER THE INCENSE FROM THIS VIAL IN THE ARENA — THEN MARS WILL NOT WIN! BUT YOU MUST FREE YOURSELF FIRST. FAREWELL!

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A TASTE OF COLD BY MARS' HELMET! NOT WITH MY HANDS STEEL WILL MAKE THE' DO YOU THINK TO STOP --BUT WITH THE YOU HURRY! BULLY THE BLOW WITH BARE CHAIN YOU WELDED ?^v HANDS? ON "THEREBY FREE- T^^MS K , b ING MYSELF!

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I DO! T^ MANACLES OF MARS! SHE'S CATCHING OUR WEAPONS ON HER BRACELETS' AN<5

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MEANWHILE,!N MARS' ROYAL BOX AT THE ARENA" SUDDENLY"

AS THE INCENSE FLOWS OVER THE BATTLEFIELD OF (VlARS, FLOWERS SPRING UP FROM THE BARREN GROUND -"GUARDS FREE THEIR SLAVES - 'SOLDIERS CAST DOWN THEIR S WORDS-'AND LOVE REIGNS IN PLACE OF FORCE! Wonder Woma

" THE INCENSE OF APHRODITE

BY ZEUS! I'M SWITCHING WANTS TO FIGHT, ALLEGIANCE FROM MARS ANYWAY? TO APHRODITE!

REMEMBER AND PLEASE BORROW MY SPACE YACHT, YOUR BLOOD WONDER WOMAN. IT'S THE LEAST \ CAN PRESSURE, DO, AFTER ALL THE TRICKS 1 TR IED TO ALL-HIGHEST! PLAY ON YOU! r"..,^ ' Tthanks,deceptioni

LATER"] YOU SHOULD KNOW YOUR \J DECEPTION BETTER THAN HAVE YOU THAT, ALL-HIGHEST! MY SPACE GONE MAD? YACHT IS TIMED TO EXPLODE MAKING IT BEFORE WONDER WOMAN AND EASIER FOR THE HOLLIDAY GIRLS CAN WONDER REACH THE EARTH "IF THE WOMAN? GUARDS ON LIMBO LET THEM THERE ALIVE! LEAVE ' 2SV»

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SO THIS IS MARS' UNKNOWN FUTURE! THE GOD OF WAR'S MIND IS S0 7EMPTY OF ANYTHING BUT DESTRUCTION "THAT HIS IDEA OF THE FUTURE IS JUST THE BLANK SPACE OF--LIMBO!

THE GUARDS QUICKLY SUBDUED. ETTA RAISE! A TROUBLESOME QUESTION-^ WHAT ABOUT HOLUDAY ""that's REMEDIED COLLEGE, WONDER EASILY ENOUGH, WOMAN? IT WON'T FIT INTO DECEPTION'S SPACE YACHT", Wonder Woman

LANDING AT THE FORMER SITE EXITING FROM THE SPACE i'll chew *w etta-don't! ' tnt) blow OF HOLLIDAY COLLEGE- SHIP" I a stick of you'll first-toendIup the- DECEPTION KIDNAPPED YOUR my misery! ASTRAL BODIES! THAT MEANS HE HAD TO HIDE YOUR EARTH BODIES SOMEWHERE ON THIS PLANET. UNTIL WE FIND THEM, YOU CANNOT LEAVE THE ASTRAL WORLD! Z AND NEVER SINK MY TEETH INTO CANDY AGAIN?

JUMPING JEHOSOPHAT! IT'S M€ "INSIDE A BOX OF TNT'

GOOD WORK, ETTA! DECEP- TION MUST HAVE HIDDEN ALL THE GIRLS' EARTH BODIES INSIDE THESE FALSE TNT BOXES WHEN HE KIDNAPPED HOLLIDAY COLLEGE"

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LATER, WONDER WOMAN AWAKENS IN PAULA'S IN THE PEACE BUILDING AT HOLLIDAY COLLEGE" ABORATORY" TO HOLLIDAY ^ COLLEGE-WE'VE A DATE TO KEEP