Wonder Woman #23 for Sale - First Appearance of Dunbar Dodo - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Wonder Woman (DC, 1942 series)
Issue: #23
Publication date: May-June 1947
Key date: 1947-05-00
On-sale date: 1947-03-26
Indicia publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 52

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Dunbar Dodo - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Fenimore Frog - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Wonder Girl - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

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

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

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

First appearance of Professor Chemico - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Glamora Treat - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Bobby Strong - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Tillie Heyday - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Lillie Heyday - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Millie Heyday - 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	A Story from Wonder Woman's Childhood	cover	1	pencils: Harry Peter; inks: Harry Peter	Etta Candy, Hippolyta, Jumpa First, Princess Diana, Wonder Woman, Wonder Girl First
1	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33	letters: typeset
2	Funny Stuff #21	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.67	pencils: Otto Feuer; inks: Otto Feuer	Dunbar Dodo First, Fenimore Frog First
3	Siege of the Savage War Maidens	comic story	12	script: Charles Moulton; pencils: Harry Peter; inks: Harry Peter	Aphrodite, Etta Candy, Gundra First, Hippolyta, Mala, Odin First, Princess Diana, Steve Trevor, Wonder Woman
6	Amelia Earhart	comic story	4	pencils: Bob Siege; inks: Bob Siege; letters: Bob Siege	Princess Diana
9	The Vanishing Mummy!	comic story	12	script: Charles Moulton; pencils: Harry Peter; inks: Harry Peter	Etta Candy, Phillip Darnell, Princess Diana, Professor Chemico First, Dean Sourpuss, Bobby Strong First, Glamora Treat First, Steve Trevor, Wonder Woman
10	Grim Gamble	text story	1.67	script: John Osgood	Pat Barnes; Judge Huneker; Kid Newsome
11	October 1 1946	statement of ownership	0.33	script: J. S. Liebowitz
12	-	cartoon	1	script: Harry Lampert; pencils: Harry Lampert; inks: Harry Lampert; letters: Harry Lampert	Barton; Flossie; Polly (a parrot)
13	Wonder Woman and the Coming of the Kangas!	comic story	12	script: William Moulton Marston; pencils: Harry Peter; inks: Harry Peter	Etta Candy, Lillie Heyday First, Millie Heyday First, Tillie Heyday First, Hippolyta, Jumpa First, Mala, Princess Diana, Wonder Woman, Wonder Girl First
15	Flash Comics #83	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Joe Kubert, E. E. Hibbard; inks: Joe Kubert, E. E. Hibbard	The Flash, Jay Garrick, Hawkman, Carter Hall

Plus 6 pages of advertisements and other matter across 6 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
"May" Cover	See the GCD record for identification notes.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Wonder Woman: The Golden Age Omnibus #3 ISBN 978-1-4012-8082-6	2019	On eBay ›
Tails of the Super-Pets #[nn] ISBN 978-1-77951-339-7	2022	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

‹ #2223 of 329#24 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Wikidata, Q114353565 (Fenimore Frog), first-appearance property (CC0)

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