Wonder Woman #25 is an issue of the series Wonder Woman (Volume 1) with a cover date of September, 1947.
Synopsis for "Siege of the Rykornians"
During a Sky-Kanga-mounted athletic contest on Paradise Island, Etta Candy accidentally falls onto an undiscovered tiny planetoid, called Rykorn, in orbit around Earth. She meets King Tassel and Lord Cob, and their many many minions, who capture her. Etta calls in Wonder Woman by Mental Radio, and Diana finds the well-concealed planetoid. Two Rykornian leaders sneak aboard Wonder Woman's Invisible Plane, and hide there, with a bag of Rykorn seeds; their plan is to plant these on Earth, and grow an army with which to take over the world. When Wonder Woman flies Etta and her Holliday Girls to Hard Candy's Bar-L Ranch, the Rykornians stealthily disembark, and that night they plant their Rykorn Seeds. Enormous stalks of Rykorn quickly overgrow the ranch, and their rapid spread continues. Overnight many new-grown Plant People burst forth from these fields. The U.S.Army attacks the Rykornians, but is defeated.
Paula von Gunther develops a super powered harvesting machine, and Wonder Woman deploys it against the Rykornians, then flies the machine to Rykornia. She frees the Rykornians, who are now so demoralized that they pose no future threat.
Appearing in "Siege of the Rykornians"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Queen Hippolyta
- Etta Candy
- General Darnell
- Major Steve Trevor
- Amazons (Zalia, others)
- Paula von Gunther
- Hard Candy
- several Kangas
Antagonists:
- Plant People
- King Tassel
- Lord Cob
Locations:
Items:
- Bracelets of Submission
- Lasso of Truth
- Wonder Woman's Tiara
- Amazon Speed-Gas
- Mental Radio
- Rykorn Seeds
- Rykornian Knock-out Sap
- Von Gunther's super harvesting machine
Vehicles:
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Appearing in Wonder Women of History: "Dolly Madison"
Featured Characters:
Synopsis for "Who'll Adopt Teasy?"
Appearing in "Who'll Adopt Teasy?"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Villains:
- Tirza
- Yellow-Mask Gang (First appearance)
- Mal Stone (Dearfield's assistant)
Other Characters:
- Teasy (Thomas Zenophan Yerxes; an orphan)
- Alton Dearfield, atomic scientist
- Myrna Dearfield
- Mrs. Grimfall
- orphan boys
Locations:
Items:
- Bracelets of Submission
- Lasso of Truth
- Wonder Woman's Tiara
- Dearfield's secret formula
Vehicles:
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Appearing in "The Judgment of Goddess Vultura"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Villains:
- Sinestra, the Purple Priestess cult leader, former Nazi spy (Single appearance)
- henchmen
Other Characters:
- Yuka, King of Zarikan (Single appearance)
- Princess Allura (Single appearance)
Locations:
- Washington, D.C.
- tenement basement in the Waterfront District = Sinestra's hideout
- Zarikan
Items:
- Bracelets of Submission
- Lasso of Truth
- Wonder Woman's Tiara
- Mental Radio
- Sinestra's Mind-paralyzing Gas
Vehicles:
Notes
- Published by National Comics Publications, Inc.
- Rykornia is an unexplored planetoid, hidden in Earth's atmosphere by a shroud of clouds, and inhabited by fiendish creatures.
- Wonder Woman's Invisible Plane can cruise at 3000 miles per minute.
- Hard Candy was last seen in Sensation Comics #67 and next appears in Comic Cavalcade #24.
- Paula von Gunther was last seen in Comic Cavalcade #21 and next appears in Wonder Woman #26
- General Darnell was last seen in Wonder Woman #24 and next appears in Comic Cavalcade #23.
- Queen Hippolyta was last seen in Comic Cavalcade #22 and next appears in Sensation Comics #70.
- The Purple Priestess's mind-paralyzing gas is effective against Wonder Woman.
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