Volume: 1
Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 68
On-sale Date: 1942-06-02
Editing: M. C. Gaines (managing editor); Sheldon Mayer (editor); Ted Udall (assistant editor)
Cover Thumbnail for Sensation Comics (DC, 1942 series) #8 Edit Cover
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Wonder Woman / cover / 1 page

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?
Letters:
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  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
the Holliday Girls
Reprints (4)

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

The on-sale date is the publication date reported in the U. S. Copyright Office filing.

The assistant editor dates are approximate.

Editorial Advisory Board
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promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page

Smoke Eater
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Good Books Worth Reading / in-house column / 0.67 page

[Department Store Perfidy]
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Wonder Woman / comic story / 13 pages

Script:
William Marston (under house name Charles Moulton)
Pencils:
Harry Peter (signed)
Inks:
Harry Peter (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Colonel Darnell; Major Steve Trevor; Etta Candy; The Holliday Girls; Gloria Bullfinch (department store owner, introduction); Helen; Molly; Beth (co-worker of Diana Prince); Guigi Del Slimo (villain, fortune hunter); Mr. Googins (villain, manager of a department store)
Synopsis:
Wonder Woman steps into the picture when the girls working at the Bullfinch Department Store are found to be mistreated and the store owner isn't interested in rectifying the situation.
Reprints (4)

Indexer Notes

Story title from reprints.

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Kool-Aid / advertisement / 1 page

Spanish Armada
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The Black Pirate / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
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  • Genre:historical
Characters:
The Black Pirate [Jon Valor]; Justin Valor; King Phillip II of Spain; Sir Francis Drake

[The Crooked Carnival]
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Mr. Terrific / comic story / 7 pages

Script:
Charles Reizenstein (credited as Reizenstein)
Pencils:
Hal Sharp (signed)
Inks:
Hal Sharp (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Mr. Terrific [Terry Sloane]; Wanda Wilson; crooked carnival owner (villain)
Synopsis:
Wanda suggests that she and Terry visit a local carnival, but every time Terry attempts to win her a prize, he loses. He gets dejected and the crowd really razzes him. But Terry suspects the games are fixed, and so, as Mr. Terrific, he goes back and gives the management a taste of their own medicine!

Indexer Notes

Credits by Jerry Bails.

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public service announcement / 1 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:A special message to the boys and girls of America from Henry Morgenthau, Jr. - Secretary of the Treasury!

[Murder at the Movies]
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O'Malley of the Fourth Precinct / comic story / 4 pages

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?
  • Genre:detective-mystery; crime
Characters:
John O'Malley; Bigkit Tortoni (villain, introduction); Cupcake O'Toole (introduction); Danny the Drool (introduction)

[Flight of the Vultures]
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The Gay Ghost / comic story / 9 pages

Script:
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Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters:
The Gay Ghost [Keith Everet]; Deborah Wallace; Blackie Stover (villain); The Vultures (villains)
Reprints (1)

Gang Doctor, Part I
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Hal Mason / text story / 1.5 pages

Script:
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:crime; adventure
Characters:
Hal Mason

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All-Star Comics; The Justice Society of America / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

[Hobby of Kings!]
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Sensations in Stamps / cartoon / 1 page

Script:
Walter Kaner (credited)
Pencils:
?
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Colors:
?
Letters:
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  • Genre:non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Page includes several small ads from stamps dealers.

[Reggie, the Mystery Kid]
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Little Boy Blue and the Blue Boys / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:children; superhero
Characters:
Little Boy Blue [Tommy Rogers]; The Blue Boys [Toughy; Tubby]; Dan Rogers; Midget Mike (villain, introduction)

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Jerry Bails and Craig Delich.

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Mutt and Jeff / Mutt & Jeff / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

[no title indexed]
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Superman; World's Finest Comics; Batman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

[Smokey Joe's Last Fire]
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Wildcat / comic story / 10 pages

Script:
Bill Finger (credited as Finger)
Pencils:
Irwin Hasen (signed)
Inks:
Irwin Hasen (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Wildcat [Ted Grant]; Stretch Skinner; Smokey Joe Cummings (Fire Chief); Cumming's daughter; Harry Ranson (villain)

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Green Lantern / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

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All-Flash Quarterly / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

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Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System / advertisement / 1 page

The Tootsie Roll of Honor
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Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. [no title indexed]
    Wonder Woman
  2. Editorial Advisory Board
  3. Smoke Eater
    Good Books Worth Reading
  4. [Department Store Perfidy]
    Wonder Woman
  5. [no title indexed]
    Kool-Aid
  6. Spanish Armada
    The Black Pirate
  7. [The Crooked Carnival]
    Mr. Terrific
  8. ["A special message to the boys and girls of America from Henry Morgenthau, Jr. - Secretary of the Treasury!"]
  9. [Murder at the Movies]
    O'Malley of the Fourth Precinct
  10. [Flight of the Vultures]
    The Gay Ghost
  11. Gang Doctor, Part I
    Hal Mason
  12. ["War calls the Justice Society into action!"]
    All-Star Comics; The Justice Society of America
  13. [Hobby of Kings!]
    Sensations in Stamps
  14. [Reggie, the Mystery Kid]
    Little Boy Blue and the Blue Boys
  15. ["Here we are again, folks..."]
    Mutt and Jeff / Mutt & Jeff
  16. ["Here are three other leaders..."]
    Superman; World's Finest Comics; Batman
  17. [Smokey Joe's Last Fire]
    Wildcat
  18. ["Here it is again!"]
    Green Lantern
  19. ["Boys and girls! Here's the summer issue!"]
    All-Flash Quarterly
  20. [no title indexed]
    Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System
  21. The Tootsie Roll of Honor
    Tootsie Roll
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