Wonder Woman #4 is an issue of the series Wonder Woman (Volume 1) with a cover date of May, 1943.
Synopsis for "Man-Hating Madness"
A Chinese girl named Mae Wu, who bears cruel scars from a Japanese whip, is killed by Japanese spies. Wonder Woman brings her body to Paradise Island and her former nemesis Paula von Gunther brings her back to life using the Purple Ray.
An elaborate Japanese terrorism plan is afoot to infect the American population using gnats with a disorder that would drive infected women to turn against their men. Wonder Woman teams up with Paula to obtain a list of all the Japanese spies in America and rounds them up.
Appearing in "Man-Hating Madness"
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- General Sansu Hideo (Single appearance)
- General Blatsu (Single appearance)
- Shinsu Todo (Agent 4KX) (Mentioned only)
- Max Schultz (Mentioned only)
- General Heinrich von Bop (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- General Brown (Single appearance)
- General Tling (Single appearance)
- Jeanne, & four other prisoners of the Amazons (Single appearance)
- Mae Wu (Single appearance)
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Synopsis for "The Adventure of the Mole Men"
Mole Men raid Washington D.C., bursting to the surface and abducting women for slavery. Wonder Woman and Paula arrange to get captured in order to find the captured woman. Once in the underworld, they incite a slave revolt among the women. The Mole Men are blind. By finding a way to restore their sight, Wonder Woman and Paula are able to make peace with them. Blakfu, the Mole Men's king, marries a slave girl Calla. He makes her his queen and promises a more enlightened mode of ruling henceforth.
Appearing in "The Adventure of the Mole Men"
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- Calla (Single appearance)
- Mole Women
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- Earth-Two
- Washington, D.C.
- Mole People's Underworld
Synopsis for Wonder Women of History: "The Mother of New York's East Side"
Appearing in Wonder Women of History: "The Mother of New York's East Side"
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Synopsis for "The Rubber Barons"
A group of corrupt industrialists conspire to withhold an important rubber-manufacturing formula from the government. Wonder Woman and Paula perform an extraordinary rendition on these tycoons, whisking them away to Transformation Island. They soon submit and their rubber formulas are contributed to the war effort.
Appearing in "The Rubber Barons"
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- Cornelius R. Quod (Single appearance)
- Ivar Torgson (Single appearance)
- Larry Hefton (Single appearance)
- Sigmund Spoil (Single appearance)
- Skelly (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- Elva Dove (Single appearance)
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- Lasso of Truth
- Subconscious X-Ray/Kappa Rays
- Superman's Costume
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- Wonder Woman's Invisible Plane
- ACME Steam Laundry Van
Synopsis for "The Treachery of Mavis"
Wonder Woman and Paula return to Paradise Island. Paula has now passed all of Aphrodite's tests and can become an Amazon. But Mavis, a former slave of the Baroness, has stowed away on the flight and isn't having it. She kidnaps Gerta, just as the Nazis had done earlier, to achieve the same result: force Paula to become a Nazi operative. But this time, Wonder Woman tracks Mavis down, rescues Gerta, capturing Mavis. She hands her over to Mala, the Amazon custodian at Transformation Island.
Appearing in "The Treachery of Mavis"
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Notes
- Published bi-monthly by Wonder Woman Publishing Company, Inc.
- This issue is reprinted in 'Wonder Woman Archives Vol. 2'.
- Paula von Gunther has a means of restoring life to a recently dead person.
- A population of Mole Men and Mole Women live underground, somewhere in the vicinity of Washington, D.C.
- Also appearing in this issue of Wonder Woman was:
- Hop Harrigan: "Human Guinea Pig" (text story) by Jon L. Blummer