Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 52
On-sale Date: 1949-04-18
Editing: Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor); Robert Kanigher (actual editor)
Cover Thumbnail for Sensation Comics (DC, 1942 series) #90 Edit Cover
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The Secret of the Human Sphinx
(Table of Contents)

Wonder Woman / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
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?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Reprints (1)

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

[no title indexed]
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AMF Roadmaster Bicycles / advertisement / 1 page

The Secret of the Modern Sphinx!
(Table of Contents: 2)

Wonder Woman / comic story / 12 pages

Script:
Robert Kanigher (under house name Charles Moulton)
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Colors:
?
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  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:What makes a beautiful young girl sacrifice her life...
Characters:
Wonder Woman; Rogo Spy Gang (Intro, villains); Phil Cary; Mary Cary; Helen Cary; Steve Trevor; Capt. Jack Lane
Synopsis:
Mary Smith is going to be executed for murder unless someone can turn up and tell her who she really is. Or Wonder Woman could use her lasso, but it's missing.

[no title indexed]
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Kellogg's Shredded Wheat / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 4)

Funny Facts / cartoon / 0.5 page

Script:
Martin Naydel (signed)
Pencils:
Martin Naydel (signed)
Inks:
Martin Naydel (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:non-fiction
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:It has been estimated that there have been more...

Indexer Notes

Five unrelated panels offering unusual facts.

Editorial Advisory Board
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promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

The Mystery of Cell 17!
(Table of Contents: 6)

Wildcat / comic story / 7 pages

Script:
?
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?
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?
  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Police...watchin' the canyon road...
Characters:
Wildcat [Ted Grant]; Stretch Skinner; Creeps Handley; Silt; Wolf

Indexer Notes

Credits from Jerry Bails. End of series. Next appearance in The Brave and the Bold #62.

Keith Chandler : The art was previously credited to Arthur Peddy ?, but none of his style is evident. This looks more to be the work of Gil Kane (whom Bails credits with working on this feature during this period).

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 7)

Chip / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Harry Lampert (signed)
Pencils:
Harry Lampert (signed)
Inks:
Harry Lampert (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Let's pick up Chip...
Characters:
Chip; Tom; Bill; Harry; Betty
Synopsis:
Chip is a member of a singing quartet, but has laryngitis, so at Betty's party he subsitutes a record of Bing Crosby for his own voice.

[no title indexed]
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Columbia Bicycles; Daydream Mike and His Wonderful Bike! / comics-form advertising / 1 page

Lightning Speed... Heroic Deed!
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 9)

"P-F" Canvas Shoes; Another Jim Wise Story / comics-form advertising / 1 page

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 10)

Willy Nilly / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
?
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Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
  • Job Number:OH 45
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Willy! Be a dear and pick up my new dress...
Characters:
Willy Nilly; Betty; Mr. Needles; Dexter Dumwood
Synopsis:
After collecting Betty's new dress from the tailor, Willy gets it covered in mud, so a section has to be removed. She herself puts an iron through it, so has to wear another dress. But sneaky Dexter drops Willy in it by producing the cut-off hem from the tailor's shop. It backfires when they enter the dance and discover that all the girls are wearing the same style as the ruined dress, so Betty stands out from the crowd.

Indexer Notes

credits from Jerry Bails

[no title indexed]
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Bazooka Bubble Gum / advertisement / 1 page

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

Out of the Gag-Bag / cartoon / 1 page

Script:
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?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Silly Sally says...

Mirror Reflections
(Table of Contents: 13)

text article / 2 pages

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?
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Letters:
typeset
Synopsis:
History of mirrors

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 14)

Ma Nature's Curiosity Shop / cartoon / 0.5 page

Script:
Martin Naydel (signed)
Pencils:
Martin Naydel (signed)
Inks:
Martin Naydel (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:non-fiction; nature
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:A duck has more feathers than a chicken!

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

Listerine Tooth Paste / advertisement / 0.5 page

Adventure of the Shipwrecked Pirates
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 16)

Ray-o-Vac Batteries / advertisement / 1 page

The House of a Thousand Secrets!
(Table of Contents: 17)

Lady Danger / comic story / 10 pages

Script:
?
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Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:A crisis threatens in the City Press office..
Characters:
Valerie Vaughn [Lady Danger]; Gary Grath; Mr. Sparkes; Needles Rawson (villain)
Synopsis:
Valerie is assigned to find out about the recent activities of her ex-beau Grath. She uncovers a gang of crooks blackmailing prominent citizens, but when Grath tries to take credit she shoves him into the river.

Indexer Notes

credits by Jerry Bails

Ruining the Ransom Plan
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"U. S." Royal [U. S. Royal; adventure comic ad]; U. S. Royal Bicycle Tires [U. S. Royal Bike Tires; U. S. Royal Tires; U. S. Bike Tires; Uniroyal] / comics-form advertising / 1 page

The Forest Rangers
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 19)

Popsicle Pete; Popsicle Products / comics-form advertising / 1 page

Take a Bow, Beverly!
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 20)

Miss Beverly Hills of Hollywood / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

[no title indexed]
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Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. The Secret of the Human Sphinx
    Wonder Woman
  2. [no title indexed]
    AMF Roadmaster Bicycles
  3. The Secret of the Modern Sphinx!
    Wonder Woman
  4. [no title indexed]
    Kellogg's Shredded Wheat
  5. ["It has been estimated that there have been more..."]
    Funny Facts
  6. Editorial Advisory Board
  7. The Mystery of Cell 17!
    Wildcat
  8. ["Let's pick up Chip..."]
    Chip
  9. [no title indexed]
    Columbia Bicycles; Daydream Mike and His Wonderful Bike!
  10. Lightning Speed... Heroic Deed!
    "P-F" Canvas Shoes; Another Jim Wise Story
  11. ["Willy! Be a dear and pick up my new dress..."]
    Willy Nilly
  12. [no title indexed]
    Bazooka Bubble Gum
  13. ["Silly Sally says..."]
    Out of the Gag-Bag
  14. Mirror Reflections
  15. ["A duck has more feathers than a chicken!"]
    Ma Nature's Curiosity Shop
  16. [no title indexed]
    Listerine Tooth Paste
  17. Adventure of the Shipwrecked Pirates
    Ray-o-Vac Batteries
  18. The House of a Thousand Secrets!
    Lady Danger
  19. Ruining the Ransom Plan
    "U. S." Royal [U. S. Royal; adventure comic ad]; U. S. Royal Bicycle Tires [U. S. Royal Bike Tires; U. S. Royal Tires; U. S. Bike Tires; Uniroyal]
  20. The Forest Rangers
    Popsicle Pete; Popsicle Products
  21. Take a Bow, Beverly!
    Miss Beverly Hills of Hollywood
  22. [no title indexed]
    Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns
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  • Keith Chandler
  • Bob Hughes
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Jim Van Dore
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