Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 52
On-sale Date: 1947-10-20
Editing: Sheldon Mayer (credited) (editor); Robert Kanigher (assistant editor, uncredited)
Cover Thumbnail for Sensation Comics (DC, 1942 series) #72 Edit Cover
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Menace of the Blue Seal Gang
(Table of Contents)

Wonder Woman / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Harry Peter (signed)
Inks:
Harry Peter (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Blue Seal Gang
Reprints (1)

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Editorial Advisory Board
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 1)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 2)

Green Lantern / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page

The Menace of the Blue Seal Gang
(Table of Contents: 3)

Wonder Woman / comic story / 12 pages

Script:
Joye Hummel (under house name Charles Moulton)
Pencils:
Harry Peter (signed)
Inks:
Harry Peter (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:SEN 72
Characters:
Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Selldom Wright (magazine editor, introduction); Rita Novelle (Mayor of Triboro City, introduction); Chic Novelle (Rita's sister, introduction); The Blue Seal Gang [Asper Cagee; J. C. Leeder (magazine publisher); rest unnamed] (villains, racketeers, introduction for all)
Synopsis:
The recently elected Mayor of Triboro City is shot by the Blue Seal Gang, and when Wonder Woman and the Mayor's sister go to the the editor of a local magazine to find out why they haven't published anything about this, they discover the editor won't listen to women. Later, the Amazon Princess discovers that the magazine's publisher is the gang leader.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Credits by Jerry Bails. Writer credit from The Secret History of Wonder Woman (Jill Lapore, 2014); we formerly credited William Marston.

Bert La Brucherie
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Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page

Captain Tootsie and the Radar Rescue
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Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll / comics-form advertising / 1 page

Little Miss Redhead!
(Table of Contents: 6)

Little Boy Blue and the Blue Boys / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:children; superhero
  • Job Number:SEN 76
Characters:
Little Boy Blue; Toughy; Tubby; Little Miss Readhead [Janie] (intro, origin)
Synopsis:
When the Blue Boys appear to take the side of crime, Janie dons a red wig and begins her own crime-fighting career.

[no title indexed]
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Spalding Sports Equipment / advertisement / 1 page

An Adventure in Dreams!
(Table of Contents: 8)

Sargon the Sorcerer / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Paul Reinman (signed)
Inks:
Paul Reinman (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero; fantasy-supernatural
  • Job Number:SEN 76
Characters:
Sargon; The Blue Lama
Synopsis:
The Blue Lama invades Sargon's dreams until he can't tell whether he's asleep or awake.

[no title indexed]
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Chemcraft Chemistry Sets [Porter] / advertisement / 0.5 page

Junior Jim
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Smith Brothers Cough Drops / advertisement / 0.5 page

Lucky Bill
(Table of Contents: 11)

text story / 2 pages

Script:
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 12)

The Junior Justice Society of America / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 13)

Willy Nilly / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
  • Job Number:OH 17
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Don't you think I'm the most beautiful girl in the world, Willy?

Indexer Notes

credits by Jerry Bails

The Story of Louisa May Alcott
(Table of Contents: 14)

Wonder Women of History / comic story / 2 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:biography
  • Job Number:WW27
Characters:
Louisa May Alcott

Indexer Notes

Credits by Jerry Bails.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 15)

Wildcat / comic story / 7 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Gil Kane (signed)
Inks:
Gil Kane (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:SEN 74
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:When is a dog is a cat is a pigeon?
Characters:
Wildcat [Ted Grant]; Stretch Skinner; King Leo

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 16)

Lifebuoy Soap / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 17)

Parker Johns / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 18)

Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 19)

Baby Ruth / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. Menace of the Blue Seal Gang
    Wonder Woman
  2. Editorial Advisory Board
  3. ["Watch for the Dec.-Jan. Green Lantern!"]
    Green Lantern
  4. The Menace of the Blue Seal Gang
    Wonder Woman
  5. Bert La Brucherie
    Wheaties
  6. Captain Tootsie and the Radar Rescue
    Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll
  7. Little Miss Redhead!
    Little Boy Blue and the Blue Boys
  8. [no title indexed]
    Spalding Sports Equipment
  9. An Adventure in Dreams!
    Sargon the Sorcerer
  10. [no title indexed]
    Chemcraft Chemistry Sets [Porter]
  11. Junior Jim
    Smith Brothers Cough Drops
  12. Lucky Bill
  13. ["Boys and girls! --- The Junior Justice Society of America is back in operation!!"]
    The Junior Justice Society of America
  14. ["Don't you think I'm the most beautiful girl in the world, Willy?"]
    Willy Nilly
  15. The Story of Louisa May Alcott
    Wonder Women of History
  16. ["When is a dog is a cat is a pigeon?"]
    Wildcat
  17. [no title indexed]
    Lifebuoy Soap
  18. [no title indexed]
    Parker Johns
  19. [no title indexed]
    Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns
  20. [no title indexed]
    Baby Ruth
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