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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 EARTHWONDER WOMAN — 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 COLLEGELEAVING NO CLUE BUT--

*THE MYSTERY OF THE RHYMING RIDDLE!"

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WONDER WOMAN. No- 34. Mar.-April, 1949 Published bimonthly by National Comics Publications, Inc., 480 Lexington Ave,, New York 17, N. Y. Whitney Ellsworth. Editor. Reentered as second class matter Feb. 14, 1946 at the Post Office at New York, N Y under the act of March J. 1879, Yearly subscription in the U. S. 75c including postage. Foreign, SI. SO III American funds Enure con ten;* copy righted 1949 bv Ns

tional Comic* Publications, Inc. For advertising rates addrcte Richard A. Feldon & Co., 205 E. 42nd St., New York 17. N. Y. Except those who have authorized uia of their names, the stories, characters and incidents mentioned in this periodical are entirely imaginary and fictitious and no identification wttfr actual person!, living or dead* it intended or should be inferred

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

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ILL SUMMON MY

INVISIBLE PLANE 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 M

MIGHT HAVE KNOWN"

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PERPLEXED, WONDER WOMAN QUESTIONS A GUARD-

HOLLIDAY COLLEGE? HERE? YOU'RE MISTAKEN, LADY! THIS

HIGH EXPLOSIVES STOCK PILE HAS BEEN HERE FOR YEARS! BETTER MOVE ALONG NOW, IT'S A DANGEROUS AREA—ESPECIALLY FOR STRANGERS.

OBEYING THE LAW, AS ALWAYS, WONDER WOMAN TAKES OFF BUT*-

SOMETHING TERRIBLE HAS HAPPENED TO MAKE HOLLIDAY COLLEGE DISAPPEAR OVERNIGHT. TURN AROUND AND FLY'LOW, STEVE,WHILE I LOOK OVER THE GROUND FOR CLUES.

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SUDDENLY THE KEEN-EYED AMAZON PRINCESS SPRINGS INTO ACTION;- f

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I SPOTTED IT JUST WHERE THE PEACE BUILDING STOOD,] THERE ARE MARKINGS ON

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ITS A RHYMING RIDDLE WITH THE ANSWER IN THE MISSING LINE, SEE— FOUR WORDS-THE NUMBER OF DOTS TELLS THE NUMBER OF .ETTERS IN EACH WORD.

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THAT MAY ■ TAKE A MILLION YEARS!

AND EVEN AS SHE SPEAKS"

MERCIFUL MINERVA" THE

METEOR I IT'S GONE!

FAILING TO CONTACT ETTA.WONDER WOMAN SPEEDS TO PAULA'S SECRET LABORATORY.

WE NEED PAULA'S HELP,STEVE. MAYBE THE BRAIN WAVE DETECTOR"

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MEANWHILE. LET US GO BACK AND SEE WHAT' HAPPENED ON THE PLANET MARS BEFORE STEVE „ "ESCORTED"

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Tl WON'T HAVE IT! WONDER WOMAN IS STIRRING EVERYBODY UP FOR PEACE! SHE'S OPENING ANEW PEACE BUILDING TOMORROW. MY PLANS FOR A NEW WORLD WAR WILL BE RUINED I DUKE OF DECEPTION, STOP HER !

DECEPTION RUSHES TO THE STOREROOM WHERE HE COLLECTS FALSE FORMS, OR PHANTASMS, OF LIVING PEOPLE WHICH

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STREAKING THROUGH SPACE HIS MARTIAN SPACE SHIP ENVELOPES ITSELF IN A CLOUD AS IT NEARS THE EARTH.

A FEW MINUTES fc&TERilN PAULA'S SECRET

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THE MARTIANS FINISH THEIR DASTARDLY WORK"

*^ YOUR BRAIN WAVE DETECTOR IS THE ONLY WAY I CAN FIND HER.

SEE.PAULA-ALL WE NEED IS THE MISSING LINE!

TO THE- HOME OF THE DINOSAURS.

LATER WHEN WONDER WOMAN AND STEVE MAKE THEIR INFORMAL ENTRANCE"

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PAULA, SOMETHING TERRIBLE HAS HAPPENED! HOLLIDAY COLLEGE HAS VANISHED" I CAN'T GET ETTA ON THE MENTAL RADIO !

WE NEED YOUR HELP"

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THE ARROW IS SPINNING WILDLY BUT IT'S NOT POINTING ANYWHERE. THE BRAIN WAVE DETECTOR CAN'T GET THROUGH \jO ETTA, EITHER!

BUT DECEPTION'S PLAN SUCCEEDS.

GREAT HERA! IT JUST V/'THEN WHY NOT THE

OCCURRED TO ME" THEY MIGHT BE INTHEPASTI THEY MUST BE SOMEWHERE IN TIME OR SPACE)

TIME OF THE DINOSAURS'-WE CAN TRY IT.CAN'TWE ?

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

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MEANWHILE IN THE "SHACKLED DOMAIN OF MARS; THE GOD OF WAR AWAITS NEWS FROM THE DUKE OFDECEPTION--

HAIL, ALL-HIGHESTI

HA! HA! NOW OUR PLANS 'FOR A NEW WAR CAN PROCEED

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UNAWARE OF MAR'S EPIC PLOT AGAINST HER, WONDER WOMAN IS FIGHTING FOR HER LIFE AGAINST THE PRE'DAWN MONSTERS.

UNWIELDLY BEAST!

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

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[9UT THE FROZEN WASTES YIELD NO SIGN OF THE MISSING GIRLS. THERE'S VOLCANIC ACTION HERE OR THIS LAND WOULD BE COVERED WITH ICE. WHERE THERE'S WARMTH THERE MAY BE-

SUDDENLY" \f PLEHG \t TOOBJOKONI JUK" ==<V.WASKIS! JlBEZUK KIJEZ WUBZI! WHAT ARE THEY SAYING? ITS ALL APE TALK TO ME-

THE AMAZON PRINCESS.WHO HAS BEEN TRAINED IN ALL EARTH LANGUA6ES,TRANSLATES"

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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GREAT COLD WALL— OF DEATH!

A GLACIER!

WITH BLINDING SPEED, WONDER WOMAN DIGS A TRENCH OPENING UP VOLCANIC FISSURES INTO

WHICH THE MASSIVE GLACIER RUMBLES "

THIS TRICERATOPS SKULL DOES PRETTY WELL AS A SHOVEL"

THE BOILING HEAT FROM THE EARTH'S INTERIOR INFILTRATES THE ^GLACIER BREAK"--

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OFF THE COAST OF PLYMOUTH-

SPANISH GALLEONS! WHAT ARE THEY DOING HERE?

THIS MUSTB£ 1588" OH! — IF PAULA IS NOT IN THE LABORATORY, WHO CAN HAVE STOPPED

THE SPACE-TRANSFORMER?

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DRAKE MAKES SHORT WORK OF

DEFEATING THE SPANISH ARMADA.

AFTER THE BATTLE, AS SPANISH PRISONERS ARE MARCHED TO LONDON"

I'LL BET THEY NEVER DREAMED THEY'D BESHACKLED PRISONERS OF WAR WHEN THEY ENTERED ENGLAND'S DOMAIN!

f WHAT WAS THAT YOU JUST SAID? "SHACKLED PRISONERS" ENGLAND'S DOMAIN" " AND I ANSWERED YOU WITH VSTHE GOD OF WAR MARS!" GREAT HERA, STEVE! I'VE GOT THE MISSING LINE TO THE RHYMING RIDDLE!

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.

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

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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 CONQUEST, GREED, AND DECEPTION!

BEAUTIFUL AS APHRODITE,WISE AS ATHENA STRONGER THAN HERCULES, AND SWIFTER THAN MERCURY— WONDER WOMAN CONTINUES HER SEARCH FOR HOLLIDAY COLLEGE 8Y DELIBERATELY ALLOWING HERSELF TO BETAKEN PRISONER TO MARS' SHACKLED

DOMAIN!

ON THAT RED PLANET,WONDER WOMAN

ANSWERS MARS' AMAZING CHALLENGE UNAWARE THAT 8EHIND IT STAND * THE BEWILDERING

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WONDER WOMAN SURRENDERS TO ONE OF MARS' GUARDS AND IS IMMEDIATELY CHAINED.

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.

HERE S A TASTE OF WHAT YOU LL GET ON MARS!

MERCY!

SO — SLAVE! YOU'D

AGAINST UNBOUND FORCE AND BRUTALITY" ALWAYS!

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

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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.

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BUT-WONDER WOMAN I HAVE A LUXURIOUS SPACE YACHT WAITING! IT WILL TAKE BUT A MOMENT TO FREE YOU AND —

SORRY, DUKE! BUT I MUST REFUSE YOUR OFFER!

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

IT'LL TAKE-A LEGION" TO SUBDUE THIS AMAZON!

'/^PLEASEMF j YOU DON'T GO I WITH THE GUARD,WE*LL ALL BE PUNISHED!

A MOMENT LATER.THE SLAVE GIRL IS REVEALED TO BE A PHANTASM, WORN AS A DISGUISE BY DECEPTION! )' " ' "?

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KNEEL TO THE GOD OF

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""

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

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WHERE'S THE REST OF THE HOLLIDAY GIRLS, ETTA?

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

BETTER GET IN BACK OF ME, ETTA! OUT OF HARM'S WAY !

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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!

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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^

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ALL-HIGHEST! WONDER WOMAN HAS BEEN TWICE FOOLED BY MY MASQUERADING IN PHANTASMS! SHE WON'T BE A THIRD TIME! SHE'LL SUSPECT ME IN ANOTHER SHAPE! BUT SHE'LL BE DECEIVED IF SHE SEES BOTH THE PHANTASM AND ME AT THE SAME TIME! BECAUSE IF SHE SEES ME,SHE'LL THINK THE PHANTASM MUST BE REAL!

SHORTLY, MARS MAKES AN ANNOUNCEMENT ~

FOR FAILING IN HIS MISSION TO DECEIVE WONDER WOMAN "THE DUKE OF DECEPTION SHALL FORFEIT HIS LIFE IN THE NEXT TEST! RELEASE THE WEAPON!

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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!

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I WARNED YOU NOT TO TRY TO FOLLOW ME, STEVE! HOW DID YOU GET HERE? BY CONVINCING PAULA TO ALLOW YOU TO DRINK THE ELIXIR OF LIVING DEATH?

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WONDER WOMAN'S AMAZING QUEST ON THE RED PLANET.

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

))i FOREVER*. DROP HER INTO THE DISSOLVING VATS'.

WITH WONDER WOMAN GONE" 1 THE PLANET EARTH ONCE MORE WILL BECOME A TEST TUBE INTO WHICH 'I'LL POUR AND MIX CONQUEST GREED, AND DECEPTION' AN— -HOUNDS OF PHOBQS; IT-GULP!" -IT" CAN'T BE"?

DECEPTION — THIS'IS NO TIME FOR JESYING—OR DECEPTIONS! REMOVE THAT PHANTASM AT ONCE! BEFORE l~<

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AMAZONS ARE TAUGHT HOW TO ROL-L 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 !

BOUND BY THE MAGIC LASSO, MARS MUST OBEY";

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IF MARS CREATED AN UNKNOWN FUTURE AS A HIDING PLACE FOR HOLLIDAY COLLEGE, THEN THE ONLY WAY I CAN FIND IT IS BY FOLLOWING IN HIS FOOTSTEPS 1 PUTTING MYSELF IN HIS PLACE! I'VE GOT TO THINK AND ACT AS HE WOULD !

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WONDER WOMAN '^ WITH ENOUGH LEGIONS, 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!

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WONDER WOMAN MEETS CONQUEST IN SINGLE

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I HAVEN'T MADE ANY CLAIMS YET, CONQUEST!

YOU HAVEN'T WON—UNTIL YOU'VE CONQUERED CONQUEST! AND THAT YOU'LL NEVER LIVE TO DO! THIS AX WILL SEVER ALL YOUR CLAIMS TO LIVING! HA I HA!

IX BUT HERE'S ONE! MY i BRACELET WILL OUTLAST YOUR AX! r

A MOMENT LATER IN MARS' ROYAL BOXWONDER WOMAN Y' LOOK-SHE'slT WHAT DEFEATED CONQUEST!! COMING THIS I CAN

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WONDER WOMAN SETS HER PRISONERS ATOP THE DEBRIS LEFT BY HER BATTLE!

^ BEHOLD THE UNKNOWN FUTURE! T MARS' IDEA OF THE FUTURE! WARRAVAGED LAND! CITIES REDUCED TO RUBBLE HEAPS! HUMANS LIVING LIKE MOLES IN THE EARTH! MISERABLE SLAVES RULED BY CONQUEST, GREED, AND DECEPTION!

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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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I AM COMPELLED TO SPEAK! THAT -IS NOT THE UNKNOWN FUTURE ! THAT" IS NOT WHERE HOLLIDAY COLLEGE IS HIDDEN 1 WONDER WOMAN "YOU HAVE FAILED!

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AS WONDER WOMAN JOINS PRISONERS OUTSIDE THE ARENA"

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

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I WONDER WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR ME.WISE ATHENA? THE FUTURE-SO VAST" AND UNKNOWN"'

WHAT IS UNKNOWN, MAIDEN, BECOMES KNOWN ! THE FUTURE IS WHAT YOU MAKE IT i A PARADISE ISLE "OR A SHACKLED DOMAIN OF MARS!

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ALL RIGHT, SLAVES! MARCH!

THIS CAN'T BE THE END ! IF^v I LET MARS WIN-HOLLIDAY 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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MEANWHILE,!N MARS' ROYAL BOX AT THE ARENA"

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

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" THE INCENSE OF APHRODITE

BY ZEUS! I'M SWITCHING ALLEGIANCE FROM MARS TO APHRODITE!

WANTS TO FIGHT, ANYWAY?

REMEMBER YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE, ALL-HIGHEST!

AND PLEASE BORROW MY SPACE YACHT, WONDER WOMAN. IT'S THE LEAST \ CAN DO, AFTER ALL THE TRICKS 1 TRIED TO PLAY ON YOU! r"..,^ '

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HAVE YOU GONE MAD? MAKING IT EASIER FOR WONDER WOMAN?

YOU SHOULD KNOW YOUR \J DECEPTION BETTER THAN THAT, ALL-HIGHEST! MY SPACE YACHT IS TIMED TO EXPLODE BEFORE WONDER WOMAN AND THE HOLLIDAY GIRLS CAN REACH THE EARTH "IF THE GUARDS ON LIMBO LET THEM LEAVE THERE ALIVE!

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SO THIS IS MARS' UNKNOWN FUTURE! THE

GOD OF WAR'S MIND IS S07EMPTY 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-^

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EASILY ENOUGH,

WHAT ABOUT HOLUDAY COLLEGE, WONDER WOMAN? IT WON'T FIT INTO DECEPTION'S SPACE YACHT",

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LANDING AT THE FORMER SITE OF HOLLIDAY COLLEGE-

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

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

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i'll chew *w etta-don't! a stick of tnt) you'll blow first-toendIup themy misery!

LATER, WONDER WOMAN AWAKENS IN PAULA'S ABORATORY"

TO HOLLIDAY ^ COLLEGE-WE'VE A DATE TO KEEP

IN THE PEACE BUILDING AT HOLLIDAY COLLEGE"