Wonder Woman #16 - First Appearance of Dean Sourpuss, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Wonder Woman (DC, 1942 series)
Issue: #16
Publication date: March-April 1946
Key date: March 1946
On-sale date: February 4, 1946
Indicia publisher: Wonder Woman Publishing Co. Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 52

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Dean Sourpuss - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	In Pluto's Kingdom	cover	1	pencils: Harry Peter; inks: Harry Peter	Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; King Pluto
1	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33	letters: typeset
2	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.67
3	[In Pluto's Kingdom, Part 1] The Secret of the Dark Planet!	comic story	14	script: Charles Moulton; pencils: Harry Peter; inks: Harry Peter	Aphrodite, Etta Candy, Phillip Darnell, Princess Diana, Steve Trevor, Wonder Woman
5	[In Pluto's Kingdom, Part 2] The River of Liquid Fire	comic story	11	script: Charles Moulton; pencils: Harry Peter; inks: Harry Peter	Etta Candy, Princess Diana, Wonder Woman
8	Madame Curie	comic story	4	script: Alice Marble; pencils: Alfonso Greene; inks: Alfonso Greene	Madame Curie
9	Victory Puzzles	activity	1	script: A. W. Nugent; pencils: A. W. Nugent; inks: A. W. Nugent; letters: A. W. Nugent
10	Watt the Question Man	cartoon	0.67	script: Ed Wheelan; pencils: Ed Wheelan; inks: Ed Wheelan
11	-	statement of ownership	0.33	script: Jack Liebowitz
12	Dangerous Adventure	text story	2	script: Jim Robinson
13	Big Chief Moose	comic story	1	script: Burton Geller; pencils: Burton Geller; inks: Burton Geller
14	[In Pluto's Kingdom, Part 3] King Pluto's Revenge	comic story	11	script: Charles Moulton; pencils: Harry Peter; inks: Harry Peter	Aphrodite, Etta Candy, Phillip Darnell, Hippolyta, Princess Diana, Dean Sourpuss First, Steve Trevor, Wonder Woman

Plus 5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Wonder Woman Archives #7 ISBN 978-1-4012-3743-1	2013	On eBay ›
Wonder Woman: The Golden Age Omnibus #3 ISBN 978-1-4012-8082-6	2019	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

Golden-age paper is brittle. Ask about page suppleness and check edges for chips in the photos.
Check for trimmed edges, married covers, and clipped coupons - all common on books this old.
Confirm the indicia matches this plate; many golden-age titles changed names mid-run.

Series context

‹ #1516 of 329#17 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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