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SENSATION COMICS #34

Cover Date: October 1944
Cover Price: $.10

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Cover Credits:
Art: Harry G. Peter (signed)

Story: "Edgar's New World" (12 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Charles Moulton
Art	Harry G. Peter
Lettering	Mechanical
Assistant editing	Ted Udall, Julius Schwartz
Editing	Sheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Wonder Woman (next in All-Star Comics #22)

Supporting Character(s):

Col. Darnell (no actual appearance; heard on telephone)

Villain(s):

Mayor Goode (first appearance; mayor of Bourbon City; kills District Attorney Poole and frames his wife)

Other Character(s):

Edgar Poole (first appearance; a young myopic boy; given corrective glasses)

Location(s):

Bourbon City (first appearance)

Comment(s):

The lettering in this story is done with an Ames Lettering Guide, probably by Peter, but this is not confirmed.

Charles Moulton is the pen name of psychologist William Moulton Marston.

Story Reprinted in:

Wonder Woman Archives #5 (2007)

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Second Story: "Now It Can Be Told!" (7 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Sheldon Moldoff
Assistant editing	Julius Schwartz, Ted Udall
Editing	Sheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Sargon the Sorcerer (last in Comic Cavalcade #6/4)

Supporting Character(s):

Flora Styles

Villain(s):

Nazis (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

West Coast of the United States

Somewhere in Europe

Comment(s):

This story takes place in October 1942.

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Third Story: "Behind That Door!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Evelyn Gaines
Art	Frank Harry
Assistant editing	Ted Udall, Julius Schwartz
Editing	Sheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Little Boy Blue

Supporting Character(s):

Blue Boys:

Tubby

Toughy

Dan Rogers

Villain(s):

Diamond Dixon and his gang (first appearance for all; diamond swindler who fakes his own death)

Location(s):

Big City

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Fourth Story: "Runaway Fighter" (2 Pages)

Credits:

Assistant editing	Ted Udall, Julius Schwartz
Editing	Sheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Hop Harrigan

Supporting Character(s):

Tank Tinker

Villain(s):

Nazis (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

Tunisia

Comment(s):

This is a text story.

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Fifth Story: "Air Tight Alibi" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Stan Aschmeier
Assistant editing	Ted Udall, Julius Schwartz
Editing	Sheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Mister Terrific

Villain(s):

Krug (first appearance; tries to threaten a witness against him)

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Sixth Story: "The Saga of the Craven City" (9 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Joe Gallagher
Assistant editing	Ted Udall, Julius Schwartz
Editing	Sheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Wildcat

Supporting Character(s):

Stretch Skinner

Villain(s):

Jack Benz (first appearance; uses an escaped leopard to cover his killing of his partner)

Location(s):

Silverton (first appearance)

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