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Sensation Comics 5

SENSATION COMICS #5

Cover Date: May 1942
Cover Price: $.10

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Cover Credits:
Art: Harry G. Peter


Story: [No Title] (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryCharles Moulton
ArtHarry G. Peter
EditingSheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Wonder Woman

Supporting Character(s):

Captain Trevor
Etta Candy
Eve Brown
Colonel Darnell
Holliday Girls

Villain(s):

saboteurs (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

Washington, DC

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 #1 (1998)


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Second Story: [No Title] (8 Pages)

Credits:

StorySheldon Moldoff
ArtSheldon Moldoff
LetteringSheldon Moldoff
EditingSheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Black Pirate

Supporting Character(s):

Dona Bonita Valor
Court Jester
Justin Valor (first appearance; son of Jon and Dona Bonita Valor; shown soon after his birth)

Villain(s):

Don Diablo (first appearance; a minister of the court of King Phillip secretly working for King Louis; dies)
King Louis of France (first appearance)

Other Character(s):

King Phillip of Spain

Location(s):

Spain and France (in the 16th Century)

Comment(s):

This story takes place some time between 1570 and 1572.


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Third Story: [No Title] (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryCharles Reizenstein
ArtHal Sharp
LetteringHal Sharp
EditingSheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Mister Terrific

Supporting Character(s):

Wanda Wilson

Villain(s):

Casper Crunch (first appearance; a gambling ring owner who masquerades as a reformer)

Story Reprinted in:

The JSA All Stars Archives #1 (2007)


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Fourth Story: "The Toothpick Murder Mystery" (4 Pages)

Credits:

StoryIrwin Hasen
ArtIrwin Hasen
LetteringIrwin Hasen
EditingSheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

"Long John" O'Malley (first appearance; a very short and tough police detective of the 4th Precinct)

Supporting Character(s):

Inspector Appleton (first appearance; a huge man with very little brain)

Villain(s):

Emil (first appearance; head waiter at the Pork Club; kills Grabbit for eating olives)

Other Character(s):

Sam Grabbit (first appearance; a portly politician; dies)


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Fifth Story: [No Title] (9 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
ArtHoward Purcell
LetteringHoward Purcell
EditingSheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Grim Ghost (briefly possesses a German officer)

Villain(s):

Flaming Hand (first appearance; General von Schlitzer; chief of Nazi occupying force in an area of France; uses a flame thrower in place of his arm; probably dies)

Location(s):

Occupied France


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Sixth Story: "The Adventure of the "Sour" Milk" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryBill Finger
ArtJon L. Blummer
LetteringJon L. Blummer
EditingSheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Little Boy Blue

Supporting Character(s):

Blue Boys:
Tubby
Toughy

Villain(s):

Commissioner Calcum (first appearance; running a milk racket)

Other Character(s):

District Attorney Dan Rogers
Martha Rogers

Location(s):

Big City


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Seventh Story: "Introducing Stretch Skinner" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryBill Finger
ArtIrwin Hasen
LetteringIrwin Hasen
EditingSheldon Mayer

Feature Character(s):

Wildcat

Supporting Character(s):

Stretch Skinner
Joan Fortune (becomes Stretch's secretary)

Villain(s):

"Chips" Cardem (first appearance; runs a crooked gambling operation)

Story Reprinted in:

The JSA All Stars Archives #1 (2007)


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