Wonder Woman #50 is an issue of the series Wonder Woman (Volume 1) with a cover date of November, 1951.
Synopsis for "Menace of the Master Spy"
Trixia detonates an atomic weapon, unsuccessfully disguising the blast as a volcanic eruption. Wonder Woman witnesses this and alerts U.S. Military Intelligence. At a meeting in his office, General Darnell plans to infiltrate the Trixian spy ring operating in Washington, but his own organization has already been infiltrated, by the Trixian master spy, General Voro, the Man of a Thousand Faces, who has kidnapped and impersonated Lt. Lane. So this plan backfires, and Darnell is fed a bunch of misinformation, along with (as part of his own plan) being disgraced and discharged from the Air Force. Then in an accidental encounter with Wonder Woman, a Trixian spy is killed with his own hand grenade, and Darnell is badly wounded. Wonder Woman makes some correct deductions, spots "Lt. Lane" as a phony, and stealthily follows him to his secret underground lair, but steps onto an electrified floor and is captured. The spies unwisely dispose of her and Lt. Lane by tossing them into an underground waterway. She rescues Lane and he tips her off about the fake info, and reveals the spy gang's real targets. Wonder Woman flies to the three sabotage targets, and foils all three attacks.
Wonder Woman then calls an impromptu press conference at General Darnell's hospital room and publicly vouches for him, clearing him of the fake charges against him.
Appearing in "Menace of the Master Spy"
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- Gen. Voro, Trixia's Master Spy
- his Spy Ring in the U.S.
Other Characters:
- Mrs. Darnell
- Lee Darnell
- Lt. Lane
Locations:
- Trixia
- Vulco Volcano (Destroyed)
- Washington, D.C.
- Brood Forest
- Atom Bomb Parts Stockpile
- White Peak
- Research Scientists' Group
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- Wonder Woman's Invisible Plane
- U.S. Radar Ship
- Trixian Submarine (damaged and captured)
- Trixian Guided Missile (Destroyed)
- Trixian Jet Transport Aircraft (damaged and captured)
Synopsis for Romance, Inc.: "Heartbreak For Amy"
Appearing in Romance, Inc.: "Heartbreak For Amy"
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Synopsis for Wonder Women of History: "Ellen Swallow Richards"
Appearing in Wonder Women of History: "Ellen Swallow Richards"
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Synopsis for "The Secret Story of Wonder Woman's Lasso"
Appearing in "The Secret Story of Wonder Woman's Lasso"
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- Demo
- His gang
- Guardians of the Flame Pit
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- Paradise Island
- Dread Island
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Notes
- "The Secret Story of Wonder Woman's Lasso" is reprinted in Wonder Woman Through the Years and Wonder Woman in the Fifties.
- Crisis on Infinite Earths: The Compendium listed this story as an appearance of Earth-Forty.
Trivia
- Wonder Woman's Invisible Plane can dive into the ground and tunnel thru it as fast as it can fly in the air.
- An "Amazon Maze Knot" is a multi-knot lariat-throwing technique for capturing multiple targets with the same throw. It requires great skill.
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