Wonder Woman #2

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Synopsis

The Men Behind Wonder WomanThe issue begins with a picture of four men who are all involved in the creation of Wonder Woman comics: William Moulton Marston, writer and creator of Wonder Woman, H.G. Peter, the primary artist, Sheldon Mayer, the editor, and M.C. Gaines, the general manager and president of All-American Comics, Inc., a branch of D.C. that published early Wonder Woman comics. In addition to pictures of these men, the first page also contains a brief note from Associate Editor Alice Marble describing their contributions to the comic.The God of WarThe next page gives a brief summary of who Ares is in the Greek pantheon (and explains that we know him as Mars), and explains how he is in control of the world at war, but that Aphrodite, with Wonder Woman as her champion, will reclaim the world with her messages of love and peace. All of the stories in this issue involve Wonder Woman battling Mars and his three lieutenants: the Count of Conquest, the Earl of Greed, and the Duke of Deception.Mars, the God of WarMars is furious to learn that Wonder Woman is foiling Axis spies in the U.S. so he plots to capture Steve Trevor in order to trap her. Steve speeds off on a mission whose orders he can't read until he is on the plane taking him where he needs to go. He gets Wonder Woman to promise not to follow him despite her suspicions that he is in danger. She does, though, give him pills containing her purple ray of healing.When Steve doesn't return from his mission, Wonder Woman learns from Aphrodite that Mars has captured him and taken him to the planet Mars. She explains that the only way Wonder Woman can follow is to take a potion that will make her seem dead. Mars will then claim her spirit and take her Astral Body to his planet.She takes the potion and, along with the dead from World War II is taken to Mars. She goes under the name Etta Candy. Mars' men separate the prisoners into the strong and the weak, then force the strong to fight each other in a tournament....